1964–65 NHL season

The 1964–65 NHL season was the 48th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. Jean Beliveau was the winner of the newly introduced Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player during the playoffs. The Montreal Canadiens won their first Stanley Cup since 1960 as they were victorious over the Chicago Black Hawks in a seven-game final series.

Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Detroit Red Wings  70 40 23 7  87 224 175 1121 Montreal Canadiens  70  36 23 11  83 211 185 1033 Chicago Black Hawks  70 34 28 8  76 224 176 1051 Toronto Maple Leafs  70 30 26 14  74 204 173 1068 New York Rangers  70 20 38 12  52 179 246 760 Boston Bruins  70 21 43 6  48 166 253 946

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 Player Team GP G A PTS PIM Stan Mikita  Chicago Black Hawks  70 28 59 87 154 Norm Ullman  Detroit Red Wings  70 42 41 83 70 Gordie Howe  Detroit Red Wings  70 29 47 76 104 Bobby Hull  Chicago Black Hawks  61 39 32 71 32 Alex Delvecchio  Detroit Red Wings  68 25 42 67 16

Stanley Cup playoffs
For the third straight playoffs, it was Montreal vs. Toronto and Detroit vs. Chicago in the first round. The Canadiens came beat the Leafs in six games, while the Hawks beat the Wings in seven.

Playoff bracket

NHL awards
 1964–65 NHL awardsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Detroit Red WingsArt Ross Memorial Trophy:  Stan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksCalder Memorial Trophy:  Roger Crozier, Detroit Red WingsConn Smythe Trophy:  Jean Beliveau, Montreal CanadiensHart Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Hull, Chicago Black HawksJames Norris Memorial Trophy:  Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black HawksLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Hull, Chicago Black HawksVezina Trophy:  Johnny Bower & Terry Sawchuk, Toronto Maple Leafs

All-Star teams
 First Team    Position    Second TeamRoger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings GCharlie Hodge, Montreal CanadiensPierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks DBill Gadsby, Detroit Red WingsJacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens DCarl Brewer, Toronto Maple LeafsNorm Ullman, Detroit Red Wings CStan Mikita, Chicago Black HawksClaude Provost, Montreal Canadiens RWGordie Howe, Detroit Red WingsBobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks LWFrank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs

References
 Hockey Database
 NHL.com

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