1964–65 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season (won the Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1964–65 1964 2nd 36–23–11 20–8–7 16–15–4 211 185 Sam Pollock Toe Blake Jean Beliveau Henri RichardJean-Guy Talbot Montreal Forum Claude Provost (27) Claude Provost (37) Claude Provost (64) John Ferguson (156) Charlie Hodge (26) Charlie Hodge (2.60) YesThe 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. 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; 1964–65 regular season1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1965_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 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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Stanley Cup finals 1965 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 Claude Provost RW 70 27 37 64 281115 Ralph Backstrom C 70 25 30 55 41702 Henri Richard C 53 23 29 52 43505 Bobby Rousseau RW 66 12 35 47 26512 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 69 17 27 44 156602 Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 58 20 23 43 76901 Dave Balon LW 63 18 23 41 61105 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 68 21 16 37 82404 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 67 5 22 27 92000 Jean-Guy Talbot D 67 8 14 22 64013 J. C. Tremblay D 68 3 17 20 22101 Yvan Cournoyer RW 55 7 10 17 10400 Dick Duff LW 40 9 7 16 16003 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 26 9 7 16 16411 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 68 1 14 15 107000 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 70 3 10 13 40010 Terry Harper D 62 0 7 7 93000 Noel Picard D 16 0 7 7 33000 Red Berenson C 3 1 2 3 0001 Keith McCreary RW 9 0 3 3 4000 Leon Rochefort RW 9 2 0 2 0001 Garry Peters ice hockey C 13 0 2 2 6000 Bill Hicke RW 17 0 1 1 6000 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 5 0 1 1 7000 Andre Boudrias André Boudrias LW 1 0 0 0 2000 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) G 53 0 0 0 2000 Gump Worsley G 19 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) 3180 53 26 16 10 135 2.55 3 Gump Worsley 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 Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 13 8 8 16 34 Bobby Rousseau RW 13 5 8 13 24 Henri Richard C 13 7 4 11 24 J. C. Tremblay D 13 1 9 10 18 Dick Duff LW 13 3 6 9 17 Claude Provost RW 13 2 6 8 12 Ralph Backstrom C 13 2 3 5 10 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 13 0 5 5 45 Yvan Cournoyer RW 12 3 1 4 0 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 13 3 1 4 28 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 6 1 1 2 16 Red Berenson C 9 0 1 1 2 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 13 0 1 1 14 Noel Picard D 3 0 1 1 0 Jean-Guy Talbot D 13 0 1 1 22 Dave Balon LW 10 0 0 0 10 Jean Gauthier D 2 0 0 0 4 Terry Harper D 13 0 0 0 19 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) G 5 0 0 0 0 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 13 0 0 0 30 Gump Worsley G 8 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Gump Worsley 501 8 5 3 14 1.68 2 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) 300 5 3 2 10 2.00 1 Team: 801 13 8 5 24 1.80 3 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1964-65 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1965.html Awards and records Jean Beliveau, inaugural winner, Conn Smythe Trophy. Draft picks 1964 NHL amateur draft 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 Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:1964 in Montreal Category:1965 in Montreal