1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1964–65
Year:	1964
Leaguerank:	2nd
Record:	36–23–11
Goalsfor:	211
Goalsagainst:	185
Goalsleader:	Claude Provost (27)
Assistsleader:	Claude Provost (37)
Pointsleader:	Claude Provost (64)
Pimleader:	John Ferguson (156)
Winsleader:	Charlie Hodge (26)
Gaaleader:	Charlie Hodge (2.60)
Stanleycup:	Yes

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. This season can be marked as the start of the Golden Era. The team won 10 cup finals from 1965-1979.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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

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Playoffs

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

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	70	27	37	64	28	11	1	5
	C	70	25	30	55	41	7	0	2
	C	53	23	29	52	43	5	0	5
	RW	66	12	35	47	26	5	1	2
	LW	69	17	27	44	156	6	0	2
	C	58	20	23	43	76	9	0	1
	LW	63	18	23	41	61	1	0	5
	RW	68	21	16	37	82	4	0	4
	D	67	5	22	27	92	0	0	0
	D	67	8	14	22	64	0	1	3
	D	68	3	17	20	22	1	0	1
	RW	55	7	10	17	10	4	0	0
	LW	40	9	7	16	16	0	0	3
	LW	26	9	7	16	16	4	1	1
	D	68	1	14	15	107	0	0	0
	D/RW	70	3	10	13	40	0	1	0
	D	62	0	7	7	93	0	0	0
	D	16	0	7	7	33	0	0	0
	C	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	1
	RW	9	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
	RW	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
	C	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
	RW	17	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
	D	5	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	53	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	13	8	8	16	34
	RW	13	5	8	13	24
	C	13	7	4	11	24
	D	13	1	9	10	18
	LW	13	3	6	9	17
	RW	13	2	6	8	12
	C	13	2	3	5	10
	D	13	0	5	5	45
	RW	12	3	1	4	0
	LW	13	3	1	4	28
	D	6	1	1	2	16
	C	9	0	1	1	2
	RW	13	0	1	1	14
	D	3	0	1	1	0
	D	13	0	1	1	22
	LW	10	0	0	0	10
	D	2	0	0	0	4
	D	13	0	0	0	19
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	D/RW	13	0	0	0	30
	G	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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Awards and records

• Jean Beliveau, inaugural winner, Conn Smythe Trophy.

Draft picks

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

• 1964–65 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

External links

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.