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1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

1964–65 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League2nd NHL
1964–65 record36–23–11
Home record20–8–7
Road record16–15–4
Goals for211
Goals against185
Team information
General managerSam Pollock
CoachToe Blake
CaptainJean Beliveau
Alternate captainsHenri Richard
Jean-Guy Talbot
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsClaude Provost (27)
AssistsClaude Provost (37)
PointsClaude Provost (64)
Penalty minutesJohn Ferguson (156)
WinsCharlie Hodge (26)
Goals against averageCharlie Hodge (2.60)

The 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season was the 56th season of play of the club. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the first time in five seasons, and the 13th time in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks in the final.

Regular season

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Final standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 40 23 7 224 175 +49 87
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 36 23 11 211 185 +26 83
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 34 28 8 224 176 +48 76
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 30 26 14 204 173 +31 74
5 New York Rangers 70 20 38 12 179 246 −67 52
6 Boston Bruins 70 21 43 6 166 253 −87 48
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

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1964–65 NHL Records [1]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–8 3–10–1 3–10–1 5–8–1 4–7–3
Chicago 8–6 — 8–5–1 5–6–3 9–3–2 4–8–2
Detroit 10–3–1 5–8–1 — 8–4–2 10–2–2 7–6–1
Montreal 10–3–1 6–5–3 4–8–2 — 10–2–2 6–5–3
New York 8–5–1 3–9–2 2–10–2 2–10–2 — 5–4–5
Toronto 7–4–3 8–4–2 6–7–1 5–6–3 4–5–5 —


Schedule and results

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1964–65 regular season[2]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 13, 1964 3–0 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 1–0–0
2 T October 17, 1964 2–2 New York Rangers (1964–65) 1–0–1
3 W October 18, 1964 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 2–0–1
4 T October 21, 1964 5–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 2–0–2
5 T October 24, 1964 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 2–0–3
6 W October 28, 1964 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 3–0–3
7 W October 31, 1964 6–2 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 4–0–3
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
8 L November 1, 1964 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 4–1–3
9 T November 5, 1964 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 4–1–4
10 L November 7, 1964 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 4–2–4
11 L November 8, 1964 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 4–3–4
12 W November 11, 1964 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 5–3–4
13 W November 14, 1964 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 6–3–4
14 T November 15, 1964 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 6–3–5
15 L November 18, 1964 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 6–4–5
16 L November 22, 1964 2–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 6–5–5
17 L November 26, 1964 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 6–6–5
18 W November 28, 1964 2–1 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 7–6–5
19 W November 29, 1964 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 8–6–5
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
20 W December 3, 1964 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 9–6–5
21 W December 5, 1964 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 10–6–5
22 L December 6, 1964 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 10–7–5
23 W December 9, 1964 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 11–7–5
24 W December 12, 1964 7–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 12–7–5
25 W December 13, 1964 5–4 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 13–7–5
26 T December 17, 1964 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 13–7–6
27 L December 19, 1964 3–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 13–8–6
28 W December 20, 1964 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 14–8–6
29 W December 23, 1964 2–0 New York Rangers (1964–65) 15–8–6
30 T December 25, 1964 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 15–8–7
31 W December 26, 1964 6–3 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 16–8–7
32 W December 30, 1964 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 17–8–7
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
33 W January 2, 1965 3–1 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 18–8–7
34 W January 3, 1965 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 19–8–7
35 L January 6, 1965 4–5 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 19–9–7
36 L January 9, 1965 5–6 New York Rangers (1964–65) 19–10–7
37 L January 14, 1965 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 19–11–7
38 W January 16, 1965 3–2 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 20–11–7
39 W January 17, 1965 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 21–11–7
40 W January 20, 1965 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 22–11–7
41 W January 23, 1965 5–1 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 23–11–7
42 L January 24, 1965 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 23–12–7
43 W January 27, 1965 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 24–12–7
44 W January 30, 1965 5–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 25–12–7
45 L January 31, 1965 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 25–13–7
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
46 L February 4, 1965 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 25–14–7
47 L February 6, 1965 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 25–15–7
48 L February 7, 1965 0–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 25–16–7
49 L February 10, 1965 2–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 25–17–7
50 W February 11, 1965 7–1 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 26–17–7
51 L February 13, 1965 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 26–18–7
52 T February 14, 1965 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 26–18–8
53 W February 17, 1965 2–0 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 27–18–8
54 W February 20, 1965 6–2 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 28–18–8
55 T February 21, 1965 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 28–18–9
56 W February 24, 1965 6–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 29–18–9
57 T February 27, 1965 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 29–18–10
58 L February 28, 1965 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 29–19–10
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
59 T March 4, 1965 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 29–19–11
60 W March 6, 1965 2–1 New York Rangers (1964–65) 30–19–11
61 L March 7, 1965 0–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 30–20–11
62 L March 9, 1965 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 30–21–11
63 W March 13, 1965 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 31–21–11
64 W March 14, 1965 6–4 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 32–21–11
65 W March 18, 1965 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 33–21–11
66 W March 20, 1965 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 34–21–11
67 W March 21, 1965 5–2 @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 35–21–11
68 L March 24, 1965 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 35–22–11
69 L March 27, 1965 2–6 Boston Bruins (1964–65) 35–23–11
70 W March 28, 1965 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1964–65) 36–23–11

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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Stanley Cup finals

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Further information: 1965 Stanley Cup Finals

Like the 1955 finals, every game was won by the home team. Gump Worsley made his first finals appearance after 12 years in the league and recorded two shutouts, including the one in game seven. Jean Beliveau was the inaugural winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, scoring eight goals and eight assists in thirteen games.

Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
April 17 Chicago 2 Montreal 3
April 20 Chicago 0 Montreal 2
April 22 Montreal 1 Chicago 3
April 25 Montreal 1 Chicago 5
April 27 Chicago 0 Montreal 6
April 29 Montreal 1 Chicago 2
May 1 Chicago 0 Montreal 4

Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to three. Jean Beliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Claude Provost RW 70 27 37 64 28 11 1 5
Ralph Backstrom C 70 25 30 55 41 7 0 2
Henri Richard C 53 23 29 52 43 5 0 5
Bobby Rousseau RW 66 12 35 47 26 5 1 2
John Ferguson LW 69 17 27 44 156 6 0 2
Jean Beliveau C 58 20 23 43 76 9 0 1
Dave Balon LW 63 18 23 41 61 1 0 5
Claude Larose RW 68 21 16 37 82 4 0 4
Jacques Laperriere D 67 5 22 27 92 0 0 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 67 8 14 22 64 0 1 3
J. C. Tremblay D 68 3 17 20 22 1 0 1
Yvan Cournoyer RW 55 7 10 17 10 4 0 0
Dick Duff LW 40 9 7 16 16 0 0 3
Gilles Tremblay LW 26 9 7 16 16 4 1 1
Ted Harris D 68 1 14 15 107 0 0 0
Jim Roberts D/RW 70 3 10 13 40 0 1 0
Terry Harper D 62 0 7 7 93 0 0 0
Noel Picard D 16 0 7 7 33 0 0 0
Red Berenson C 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1
Keith McCreary RW 9 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
Leon Rochefort RW 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
Garry Peters C 13 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Bill Hicke RW 17 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Bryan Watson D 5 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
Andre Boudrias LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Charlie Hodge G 53 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gump Worsley G 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Charlie Hodge 3180 53 26 16 10 135 2.55 3
Gump Worsley 1020 19 10 7 1 50 2.94 1
Team: 4200 70 36 23 11 185 2.64 4

Playoffs

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Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Jean Beliveau C 13 8 8 16 34
Bobby Rousseau RW 13 5 8 13 24
Henri Richard C 13 7 4 11 24
J. C. Tremblay D 13 1 9 10 18
Dick Duff LW 13 3 6 9 17
Claude Provost RW 13 2 6 8 12
Ralph Backstrom C 13 2 3 5 10
Ted Harris D 13 0 5 5 45
Yvan Cournoyer RW 12 3 1 4 0
John Ferguson LW 13 3 1 4 28
Jacques Laperriere D 6 1 1 2 16
Red Berenson C 9 0 1 1 2
Claude Larose RW 13 0 1 1 14
Noel Picard D 3 0 1 1 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 13 0 1 1 22
Dave Balon LW 10 0 0 0 10
Jean Gauthier D 2 0 0 0 4
Terry Harper D 13 0 0 0 19
Charlie Hodge G 5 0 0 0 0
Jim Roberts D/RW 13 0 0 0 30
Gump Worsley G 8 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gump Worsley 501 8 5 3 14 1.68 2
Charlie Hodge 300 5 3 2 10 2.00 1
Team: 801 13 8 5 24 1.80 3

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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See also: 1964 NHL amateur draft
Round Overall Player
1 6 Claude Chagnon
2 12 Guy Allen
3 18 Paul Reid
4 24 Michel Jacques

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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