1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1965–66 1965 Detroit Red Wings 4th 31–27–12 20–8–7 11–19–5 221 194 Sid Abel Sid Abel Alex Delvecchio Detroit Olympia Norm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio (31) Gordie Howe (46) Gordie Howe (75) Bryan Watson (133) Roger Crozier (27) 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. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Playoffs July 2010 Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1965–66 regular season1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1966_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 23, 1965||1–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 24, 1965||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 28, 1965||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 30, 1965||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||1–3–0 |- |5||T||October 31, 1965||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||1–3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |6||W||November 4, 1965||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||2–3–1 |- |7||L||November 7, 1965||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–4–1 |- |8||L||November 10, 1965||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||2–5–1 |- |9||T||November 11, 1965||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–5–2 |- |10||T||November 14, 1965||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||2–5–3 |- |11||W||November 20, 1965||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||3–5–3 |- |12||T||November 21, 1965||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–5–4 |- |13||L||November 23, 1965||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–6–4 |- |14||L||November 25, 1965||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–7–4 |- |15||L||November 27, 1965||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||3–8–4 |- |16||W||November 28, 1965||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||4–8–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |17||W||December 2, 1965||10–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||5–8–4 |- |18||W||December 4, 1965||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||6–8–4 |- |19||W||December 5, 1965||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||7–8–4 |- |20||W||December 9, 1965||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||8–8–4 |- |21||W||December 11, 1965||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||9–8–4 |- |22||W||December 12, 1965||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||10–8–4 |- |23||L||December 15, 1965||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||10–9–4 |- |24||W||December 16, 1965||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||11–9–4 |- |25||W||December 18, 1965||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||12–9–4 |- |26||L||December 19, 1965||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||12–10–4 |- |27||W||December 23, 1965||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||13–10–4 |- |28||L||December 25, 1965||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||13–11–4 |- |29||W||December 26, 1965||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||14–11–4 |- |30||W||December 28, 1965||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||15–11–4 |- |31||L||December 31, 1965||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||15–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||W||January 2, 1966||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||16–12–4 |- |33||W||January 6, 1966||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||17–12–4 |- |34||W||January 8, 1966||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||18–12–4 |- |35||W||January 9, 1966||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||19–12–4 |- |36||T||January 15, 1966||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||19–12–5 |- |37||W||January 16, 1966||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||20–12–5 |- |38||W||January 20, 1966||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||21–12–5 |- |39||W||January 22, 1966||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||22–12–5 |- |40||W||January 23, 1966||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||23–12–5 |- |41||L||January 26, 1966||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||23–13–5 |- |42||T||January 29, 1966||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||23–13–6 |- |43||L||January 30, 1966||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||23–14–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |44||W||February 3, 1966||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||24–14–6 |- |45||T||February 5, 1966||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||24–14–7 |- |46||T||February 6, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||24–14–8 |- |47||L||February 9, 1966||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||24–15–8 |- |48||W||February 10, 1966||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||25–15–8 |- |49||T||February 12, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||25–15–9 |- |50||L||February 13, 1966||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||25–16–9 |- |51||L||February 16, 1966||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–17–9 |- |52||L||February 19, 1966||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–18–9 |- |53||W||February 20, 1966||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||26–18–9 |- |54||L||February 23, 1966||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||26–19–9 |- |55||L||February 26, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||26–20–9 |- |56||L||February 27, 1966||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–21–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |57||L||March 2, 1966||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||26–22–9 |- |58||L||March 5, 1966||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–23–9 |- |59||T||March 6, 1966||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||26–23–10 |- |60||L||March 9, 1966||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||26–24–10 |- |61||L||March 12, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–25–10 |- |62||W||March 13, 1966||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||27–25–10 |- |63||L||March 16, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||27–26–10 |- |64||W||March 17, 1966||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||28–26–10 |- |65||W||March 20, 1966||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||29–26–10 |- |66||W||March 23, 1966||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||30–26–10 |- |67||L||March 26, 1966||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||30–27–10 |- |68||T||March 27, 1966||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||30–27–11 |- |69||W||March 31, 1966||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||31–27–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |70||T||April 3, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||31–27–12 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Gordie Howe RW 70 29 46 75 83703 Norm Ullman C 70 31 41 72 35702 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 31 38 69 16946 Floyd Smith ice hockey RW 66 21 28 49 20203 Andy Bathgate RW 70 15 32 47 25403 Paul Henderson RW 69 22 24 46 34509 Bruce MacGregor C 70 20 14 34 28112 Ab McDonald LW 43 6 16 22 6100 Doug Barkley D 43 5 15 20 65100 Gary Bergman D 61 3 16 19 96100 Bert Marshall D 61 0 19 19 45000 Ron Murphy LW 32 10 7 17 10201 Bill Gadsby D 58 5 12 17 72000 Parker MacDonald C 37 5 12 17 24000 Dean Prentice LW 19 6 9 15 8011 Val Fonteyne LW 59 5 10 15 0100 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 70 2 7 9 133010 Don McKenney C 24 1 6 7 0000 Billy Harris Billy Harris (ice hockey, born 1935) C 24 1 4 5 6000 Leo Boivin D 16 0 5 5 16000 Warren Godfrey D 26 0 4 4 22000 Pit Martin C 10 1 1 2 0001 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Jr. C 6 1 1 2 2100 Bob Wall Bob Wall (ice hockey) D 8 1 1 2 8000 Pete Goegan D 13 0 2 2 14000 Bob McCord D 9 0 2 2 16000 Pete Mahovlich C 3 0 1 1 0000 Hank Bassen G 11 0 0 0 0000 Dwight Carruthers D 1 0 0 0 0000 Bart Crashley D 1 0 0 0 0000 Roger Crozier G 64 0 0 0 4000 Gary Doak D 4 0 0 0 12000 George Gardner George Gardner (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 0000 Murray Hall Murray Hall (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Doug Roberts Doug Roberts (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Jim Watson Jim Watson (ice hockey) D 2 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Roger Crozier 3734 64 27 24 12 173 2.78 7 Hank Bassen 406 11 3 3 0 17 2.51 0 George Gardner George Gardner (ice hockey) 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 Norm Ullman C 12 6 9 15 12 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 12 0 11 11 4 Dean Prentice LW 12 5 5 10 4 Gordie Howe RW 12 4 6 10 12 Andy Bathgate RW 12 6 3 9 6 Floyd Smith ice hockey RW 12 5 2 7 4 Paul Henderson RW 12 3 3 6 10 Bruce MacGregor C 12 1 4 5 2 Ab McDonald LW 10 1 4 5 2 Bill Gadsby D 12 1 3 4 12 Bert Marshall D 12 1 3 4 16 Gary Bergman D 12 0 3 3 14 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 12 2 0 2 30 Val Fonteyne LW 12 1 0 1 4 Leo Boivin D 12 0 1 1 16 Hank Bassen G 1 0 0 0 0 Roger Crozier G 12 0 0 0 0 Warren Godfrey D 4 0 0 0 0 Pete Goegan D 1 0 0 0 0 Murray Hall Murray Hall (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0 Parker MacDonald C 9 0 0 0 2 Irv Spencer D 3 0 0 0 2 Bob Wall Bob Wall (ice hockey) D 6 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Roger Crozier 668 12 6 5 26 2.34 1 Hank Bassen 54 1 0 1 2 2.22 0 Team: 722 12 6 6 28 2.33 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1966.html 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. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)13 George Forgie Canada Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)28 Bob Birdsell Canada Stettler Midgets (MAAAMHL) References Red Wings on Hockey Database Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1965 in Detroit Category:1966 in Detroit