1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1965–66 1965 1st 41–21–8 23–11–1 18–10–7 239 173 Sam Pollock Toe Blake Jean Beliveau Henri RichardJean-Guy Talbot Montreal Forum Bobby Rousseau (30) Jean Beliveau and Bobby Rousseau (48) Bobby Rousseau (78) John Ferguson (153) Gump Worsley (29) Gump Worsley (2.36) Yes YesThe 1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 57th season of play. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive season, and the 14th time in their history. Bobby Rousseau registered 78 points and tied with Stan Mikita for second in the overall 1965–66 NHL scoring race.The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p. 184, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, 978-0-385-66325-0. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1965–66 regular season1965-66 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1966_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 23, 1965||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 24, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 27, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||October 30, 1965||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–1–0 |- |5||T||October 31, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||3–1–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |6||W||November 4, 1965||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||4–1–1 |- |7||L||November 6, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||4–2–1 |- |8||W||November 7, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||5–2–1 |- |9||T||November 10, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||5–2–2 |- |10||W||November 13, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||6–2–2 |- |11||T||November 14, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||6–2–3 |- |12||L||November 18, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||6–3–3 |- |13||W||November 20, 1965||9–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||7–3–3 |- |14||L||November 21, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||7–4–3 |- |15||W||November 24, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||8–4–3 |- |16||W||November 27, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||9–4–3 |- |17||W||November 28, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||10–4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |18||W||December 4, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||11–4–3 |- |19||T||December 5, 1965||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||11–4–4 |- |20||W||December 8, 1965||8–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||12–4–4 |- |21||W||December 11, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||13–4–4 |- |22||W||December 12, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||14–4–4 |- |23||L||December 16, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||14–5–4 |- |24||W||December 18, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||15–5–4 |- |25||L||December 19, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||15–6–4 |- |26||W||December 25, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||16–6–4 |- |27||L||December 26, 1965||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||16–7–4 |- |28||L||December 29, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||16–8–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |29||W||January 1, 1966||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||17–8–4 |- |30||W||January 2, 1966||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||18–8–4 |- |31||L||January 5, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||18–9–4 |- |32||W||January 8, 1966||6–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||19–9–4 |- |33||L||January 9, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||19–10–4 |- |34||L||January 13, 1966||0–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||19–11–4 |- |35||W||January 15, 1966||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||20–11–4 |- |36||W||January 16, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||21–11–4 |- |37||L||January 20, 1966||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||21–12–4 |- |38||L||January 22, 1966||0–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||21–13–4 |- |39||T||January 23, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–13–5 |- |40||L||January 26, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–14–5 |- |41||W||January 29, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||22–14–5 |- |42||W||January 30, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||23–14–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||W||February 3, 1966||5–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||24–14–5 |- |44||T||February 5, 1966||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||24–14–6 |- |45||W||February 6, 1966||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||25–14–6 |- |46||L||February 10, 1966||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–15–6 |- |47||T||February 12, 1966||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||25–15–7 |- |48||W||February 13, 1966||4–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||26–15–7 |- |49||L||February 16, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||26–16–7 |- |50||W||February 19, 1966||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||27–16–7 |- |51||W||February 20, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||28–16–7 |- |52||W||February 23, 1966||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||29–16–7 |- |53||W||February 26, 1966||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||30–16–7 |- |54||W||February 27, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||31–16–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |55||T||March 2, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||31–16–8 |- |56||L||March 3, 1966||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||31–17–8 |- |57||W||March 5, 1966||7–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||32–17–8 |- |58||W||March 6, 1966||1–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||33–17–8 |- |59||L||March 9, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||33–18–8 |- |60||W||March 12, 1966||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||34–18–8 |- |61||L||March 13, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||34–19–8 |- |62||W||March 16, 1966||7–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||35–19–8 |- |63||W||March 19, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||36–19–8 |- |64||L||March 20, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||36–20–8 |- |65||L||March 24, 1966||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||36–21–8 |- |66||W||March 26, 1966||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||37–21–8 |- |67||W||March 27, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||38–21–8 |- |68||W||March 30, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||39–21–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |69||W||April 2, 1966||8–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||40–21–8 |- |70||W||April 3, 1966||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||41–21–8 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Finals 1966 Stanley Cup Finals With this series, Toe Blake had coached the Canadiens to seven Stanley Cup championships in eleven years. Henri Richard, a member of all seven, would score the series winner in overtime of game six. Despite the Wings losing, their goalie Roger Crozier would win the Conn Smythe Trophy. Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesApril 17 Detroit 3 Montreal 2 April 20 Detroit 5 Montreal 2 April 22 Montreal 4 Detroit 2 April 25 Montreal 2 Detroit 1 April 27 Detroit 1 Montreal 5 April 29 Montreal 3 Detroit 2 OT Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to two. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Bobby Rousseau RW 70 30 48 78 201004 Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 67 29 48 77 501307 Henri Richard C 62 22 39 61 47307 Claude Provost RW 70 19 36 55 38305 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 70 27 21 48 24504 Dick Duff LW 63 21 24 45 78502 Ralph Backstrom C 67 22 20 42 10103 J. C. Tremblay D 59 6 29 35 8201 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 64 15 18 33 67003 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 57 6 25 31 85212 Yvan Cournoyer RW 65 18 11 29 81600 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 65 11 14 25 153101 Jean-Guy Talbot D 59 1 14 15 50000 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 53 0 13 13 87000 Terry Harper D 69 1 11 12 91000 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 70 5 5 10 20011 Dave Balon LW 45 3 7 10 24001 Red Berenson C 23 3 4 7 12000 Noel Price D 15 0 6 6 8000 Leon Rochefort RW 1 0 1 1 0000 Gump Worsley G 51 0 1 1 4000 Jean Gauthier D 2 0 0 0 0000 Danny Grant ice hockey RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) G 26 0 0 0 0000 Don Johns D 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Gump Worsley 2899 51 29 14 6 114 2.36 2 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) 1301 26 12 7 2 56 2.58 1 Team: 4200 70 41 21 8 170 2.43 3 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG J. C. Tremblay D 10 2 9 11 2 Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 10 5 5 10 6 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 10 4 5 9 0 Bobby Rousseau RW 10 4 4 8 6 Ralph Backstrom C 10 3 4 7 4 Dick Duff LW 10 2 5 7 2 Dave Balon LW 9 2 3 5 16 Yvan Cournoyer RW 10 2 3 5 2 Terry Harper D 10 2 3 5 18 Claude Provost RW 10 2 3 5 2 Henri Richard C 8 1 4 5 2 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 10 2 0 2 44 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 10 1 1 2 10 Leon Rochefort RW 4 1 1 2 4 Jean-Guy Talbot D 10 0 2 2 8 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 6 0 1 1 31 Noel Price D 3 0 1 1 0 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 10 0 0 0 38 Gump Worsley G 10 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Gump Worsley 602 10 8 2 20 1.99 1 Team: 602 10 8 2 20 1.99 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1965-66 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1966.html Milestones November 1965: Henri Richard got his 600th career point January 1966: Richard would earn his 400th career assist Jean Beliveau would play in his 800th career game during the season. During the season, Beliveau would become the first Canadiens player to accumulate 500 career assists. Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1965 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)15 Pierre Bouchard Canada St. Vincent de Paul Saints (LHJAA) See also 1965–66 NHL season List of Stanley Cup champions References External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:1965 in Montreal Category:1966 in Montreal