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
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||W||October 13, 1964||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||1–0–0
|2||T||October 17, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||1–0–1
|3||W||October 18, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||2–0–1
|4||T||October 21, 1964||5–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||2–0–2
|5||T||October 24, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||2–0–3
|6||W||October 28, 1964||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||3–0–3
|7||W||October 31, 1964||6–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||4–0–3
|8||L||November 1, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||4–1–3
|9||T||November 5, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||4–1–4
|10||L||November 7, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||4–2–4
|11||L||November 8, 1964||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||4–3–4
|12||W||November 11, 1964||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||5–3–4
|13||W||November 14, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||6–3–4
|14||T||November 15, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||6–3–5
|15||L||November 18, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||6–4–5
|16||L||November 22, 1964||2–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||6–5–5
|17||L||November 26, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||6–6–5
|18||W||November 28, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||7–6–5
|19||W||November 29, 1964||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||8–6–5
|20||W||December 3, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||9–6–5
|21||W||December 5, 1964||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||10–6–5
|22||L||December 6, 1964||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||10–7–5
|23||W||December 9, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||11–7–5
|24||W||December 12, 1964||7–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||12–7–5
|25||W||December 13, 1964||5–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||13–7–5
|26||T||December 17, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||13–7–6
|27||L||December 19, 1964||3–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||13–8–6
|28||W||December 20, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||14–8–6
|29||W||December 23, 1964||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||15–8–6
|30||T||December 25, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||15–8–7
|31||W||December 26, 1964||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||16–8–7
|32||W||December 30, 1964||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||17–8–7
|33||W||January 2, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||18–8–7
|34||W||January 3, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||19–8–7
|35||L||January 6, 1965||4–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||19–9–7
|36||L||January 9, 1965||5–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||19–10–7
|37||L||January 14, 1965||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||19–11–7
|38||W||January 16, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||20–11–7
|39||W||January 17, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||21–11–7
|40||W||January 20, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||22–11–7
|41||W||January 23, 1965||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||23–11–7
|42||L||January 24, 1965||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||23–12–7
|43||W||January 27, 1965||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||24–12–7
|44||W||January 30, 1965||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||25–12–7
|45||L||January 31, 1965||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||25–13–7
|46||L||February 4, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||25–14–7
|47||L||February 6, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||25–15–7
|48||L||February 7, 1965||0–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||25–16–7
|49||L||February 10, 1965||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||25–17–7
|50||W||February 11, 1965||7–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||26–17–7
|51||L||February 13, 1965||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||26–18–7
|52||T||February 14, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||26–18–8
|53||W||February 17, 1965||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||27–18–8
|54||W||February 20, 1965||6–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||28–18–8
|55||T||February 21, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||28–18–9
|56||W||February 24, 1965||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||29–18–9
|57||T||February 27, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||29–18–10
|58||L||February 28, 1965||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||29–19–10
|59||T||March 4, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||29–19–11
|60||W||March 6, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||30–19–11
|61||L||March 7, 1965||0–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||30–20–11
|62||L||March 9, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||30–21–11
|63||W||March 13, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||31–21–11
|64||W||March 14, 1965||6–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||32–21–11
|65||W||March 18, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||33–21–11
|66||W||March 20, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||34–21–11
|67||W||March 21, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||35–21–11
|68||L||March 24, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||35–22–11
|69||L||March 27, 1965||2–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||35–23–11
|70||W||March 28, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||36–23–11
Legend:
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 NotesApril 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 281115 C 70 25 30 55 41702 C 53 23 29 52 43505 RW 66 12 35 47 26512 LW 69 17 27 44 156602 C 58 20 23 43 76901 LW 63 18 23 41 61105 RW 68 21 16 37 82404 D 67 5 22 27 92000 D 67 8 14 22 64013 D 68 3 17 20 22101 RW 55 7 10 17 10400 LW 40 9 7 16 16003 LW 26 9 7 16 16411 D 68 1 14 15 107000 D/RW 70 3 10 13 40010 D 62 0 7 7 93000 D 16 0 7 7 33000 C 3 1 2 3 0001 RW 9 0 3 3 4000 RW 9 2 0 2 0001 C 13 0 2 2 6000 RW 17 0 1 1 6000 D 5 0 1 1 7000 LW 1 0 0 0 2000 G 53 0 0 0 2000 G 19 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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 GPW LGAGAA 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
Awards and records Jean Beliveau, inaugural winner, Conn Smythe Trophy.
Draft picks
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
References
External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference