1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1965–66
Year:	1965
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	31–27–12
Goalsfor:	221
Goalsagainst:	194
Coach:	Sid Abel
Goalsleader:	Norm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio (31)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Howe (46)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Howe (75)
Pimleader:	Bryan Watson (133)
Winsleader:	Roger Crozier (27)
Gaaleader:	George Gardner (1.00)

The 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 31 wins, 27 losses, and 12 ties for 74 points. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in six games in the semifinals before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games. The Red Wings would not appear in the Finals again until the 1995 Finals.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 23, 1965	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	0–1–0
2	W	October 24, 1965	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	1–1–0
3	L	October 28, 1965	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	1–2–0
4	L	October 30, 1965	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	1–3–0
5	T	October 31, 1965	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	1–3–1
6	W	November 4, 1965	8–1	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	2–3–1
7	L	November 7, 1965	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–4–1
8	L	November 10, 1965	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	2–5–1
9	T	November 11, 1965	3–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–5–2
10	T	November 14, 1965	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	2–5–3
11	W	November 20, 1965	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	3–5–3
12	T	November 21, 1965	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	3–5–4
13	L	November 23, 1965	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	3–6–4
14	L	November 25, 1965	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	3–7–4
15	L	November 27, 1965	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	3–8–4
16	W	November 28, 1965	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	4–8–4
17	W	December 2, 1965	10–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	5–8–4
18	W	December 4, 1965	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	6–8–4
19	W	December 5, 1965	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	7–8–4
20	W	December 9, 1965	7–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	8–8–4
21	W	December 11, 1965	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	9–8–4
22	W	December 12, 1965	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	10–8–4
23	L	December 15, 1965	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	10–9–4
24	W	December 16, 1965	2–0	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	11–9–4
25	W	December 18, 1965	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	12–9–4
26	L	December 19, 1965	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	12–10–4
27	W	December 23, 1965	4–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	13–10–4
28	L	December 25, 1965	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	13–11–4
29	W	December 26, 1965	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	14–11–4
30	W	December 28, 1965	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	15–11–4
31	L	December 31, 1965	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	15–12–4
32	W	January 2, 1966	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	16–12–4
33	W	January 6, 1966	5–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	17–12–4
34	W	January 8, 1966	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	18–12–4
35	W	January 9, 1966	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	19–12–4
36	T	January 15, 1966	4–4	New York Rangers (1965–66)	19–12–5
37	W	January 16, 1966	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	20–12–5
38	W	January 20, 1966	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	21–12–5
39	W	January 22, 1966	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	22–12–5
40	W	January 23, 1966	5–1	New York Rangers (1965–66)	23–12–5
41	L	January 26, 1966	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	23–13–5
42	T	January 29, 1966	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	23–13–6
43	L	January 30, 1966	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	23–14–6
44	W	February 3, 1966	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	24–14–6
45	T	February 5, 1966	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	24–14–7
46	T	February 6, 1966	3–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	24–14–8
47	L	February 9, 1966	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	24–15–8
48	W	February 10, 1966	6–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	25–15–8
49	T	February 12, 1966	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	25–15–9
50	L	February 13, 1966	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	25–16–9
51	L	February 16, 1966	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	25–17–9
52	L	February 19, 1966	1–5	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	25–18–9
53	W	February 20, 1966	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	26–18–9
54	L	February 23, 1966	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	26–19–9
55	L	February 26, 1966	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	26–20–9
56	L	February 27, 1966	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	26–21–9
57	L	March 2, 1966	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	26–22–9
58	L	March 5, 1966	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	26–23–9
59	T	March 6, 1966	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	26–23–10
60	L	March 9, 1966	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	26–24–10
61	L	March 12, 1966	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	26–25–10
62	W	March 13, 1966	8–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	27–25–10
63	L	March 16, 1966	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	27–26–10
64	W	March 17, 1966	4–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	28–26–10
65	W	March 20, 1966	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	29–26–10
66	W	March 23, 1966	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	30–26–10
67	L	March 26, 1966	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	30–27–10
68	T	March 27, 1966	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	30–27–11
69	W	March 31, 1966	5–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	31–27–11
70	T	April 3, 1966	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	31–27–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	70	29	46	75	83	7	0	3
	C	70	31	41	72	35	7	0	2
	C/LW	70	31	38	69	16	9	4	6
	RW	66	21	28	49	20	2	0	3
	RW	70	15	32	47	25	4	0	3
	RW	69	22	24	46	34	5	0	9
	C	70	20	14	34	28	1	1	2
	LW	43	6	16	22	6	1	0	0
	D	43	5	15	20	65	1	0	0
	D	61	3	16	19	96	1	0	0
	D	61	0	19	19	45	0	0	0
	LW	32	10	7	17	10	2	0	1
	D	58	5	12	17	72	0	0	0
	C	37	5	12	17	24	0	0	0
	LW	19	6	9	15	8	0	1	1
	LW	59	5	10	15	0	1	0	0
	D	70	2	7	9	133	0	1	0
	C	24	1	6	7	0	0	0	0
	C	24	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
	D	16	0	5	5	16	0	0	0
	D	26	0	4	4	22	0	0	0
	C	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
	C	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
	D	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	0
	D	13	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
	D	9	0	2	2	16	0	0	0
	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	64	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3734	64	27	24	12	173	2.78	7
	406	11	3	3	0	17	2.51	0
	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0
Team:	4200	70	31	27	12	191	2.73	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	12	6	9	15	12
	C/LW	12	0	11	11	4
	LW	12	5	5	10	4
	RW	12	4	6	10	12
	RW	12	6	3	9	6
	RW	12	5	2	7	4
	RW	12	3	3	6	10
	C	12	1	4	5	2
	LW	10	1	4	5	2
	D	12	1	3	4	12
	D	12	1	3	4	16
	D	12	0	3	3	14
	D	12	2	0	2	30
	LW	12	1	0	1	4
	D	12	0	1	1	16
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
	C	9	0	0	0	2
	D	3	0	0	0	2
	D	6	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	668	12	6	5	26	2.34	1
	54	1	0	1	2	2.22	0
Team:	722	12	6	6	28	2.33	1

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3			Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)
2	8			Stettler Midgets (MAAAMHL)

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.