1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

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1964–65 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Division 2nd NHL
1964–65 record 36–23–11
Goals for 211
Goals against 185
General Manager Sam Pollock
Coach Toe Blake
Captain Jean Beliveau
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Claude Provost (27)
Assists Claude Provost (37)
Points Claude Provost (64)
Penalties in minutes John Ferguson (156)
Wins Charlie Hodge (26)
Goals against average Charlie Hodge (2.60)

The 1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season involved the team winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in five seasons, and the 13th time in franchise history.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Draft

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

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

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

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Claude Provost 70 27 37 64 28
Ralph Backstrom 70 25 30 55 41
Henri Richard 53 23 29 52 43
Bobby Rousseau 66 12 35 47 26
John Ferguson 69 17 27 44 156
Jean Beliveau 58 20 23 43 76
Dave Balon 63 18 23 41 61
Claude Larose 68 21 16 37 82
Jacques Laperriere 67 5 22 27 92
Jean-Guy Talbot 67 8 14 22 64
J.C. Tremblay 67 3 17 20 22
Yvan Cournoyer 55 7 10 17 10
Gilles Tremblay 26 9 7 16 16
Dick Duff 40 9 7 16 16
Ted Harris 68 1 14 15 107
Jim Roberts 70 3 10 13 40
Noel Picard 16 0 7 7 33
Terry Harper 62 0 7 7 93

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Charlie Hodge 53 26 16 10 3 2.60
Lorne Worsley 19 10 7 1 1 2.78

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] 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 awarded the inaugural 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

[edit] 1965 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions

Gump Worsley, Charlie Hodge, Jean-Claude Tremblay, Ted Harris, Jean-Guy Talbot, Terry Harper, Jacques Laperriere, Jean Gauthier, Noel Picard, Jean Beliveau, Ralph Backstrom, Dick Duff, Claude Larose, Yvan Cournoyer, Claude Provost, Bobby Rousseau, Henri Richard, Dave Balon, John Ferguson, Red Berenson, Jim Roberts, Toe Blake(coach), Sam Pollock(general manager), Larry Aubut, Andy Galley (trainers)

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] References

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship
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Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cups
Affiliates
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1964–65 NHL season by team
Original Six
Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • NY Rangers • Toronto
See also