1964–65 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1964–65 1964 Boston Bruins 21–43–6 12–17–6 9–26–0 6th 166 253 Lynn Patrick Milt Schmidt Leo Boivin Boston Garden Johnny Bucyk (26) Johnny Bucyk (29) Johnny Bucyk (55) Ted Green (156) Eddie Johnston (11) Eddie Johnston (3.47) The 1964–65 Boston Bruins season was the 41st season of operation for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season for the first time in franchise history. 2 Regular season On January 27, 1965, Ulf Sterner, the first European trained player, made his debut in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers in a game versus the Boston Bruins.Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.33, James Duplacey, JG Press, 978-1-57215-037-9 Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1964–65 regular season1964-65 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1965_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |3||L||October 17, 1964||2–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||October 18, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||0–4–0 |- |5||T||October 22, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||0–4–1 |- |6||L||October 25, 1964||0–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||0–5–1 |- |7||L||October 28, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||0–6–1 |- |8||L||October 29, 1964||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||0–7–1 |- |9||L||October 31, 1964||2–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||0–8–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||W||November 1, 1964||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||1–8–1 |- |11||W||November 8, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||2–8–1 |- |12||T||November 10, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||2–8–2 |- |13||L||November 11, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||2–9–2 |- |14||W||November 14, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||3–9–2 |- |15||T||November 15, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||3–9–3 |- |16||L||November 21, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||3–10–3 |- |17||L||November 22, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||3–11–3 |- |18||W||November 26, 1964||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||4–11–3 |- |19||L||November 28, 1964||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||4–12–3 |- |20||W||November 29, 1964||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||5–12–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||L||December 3, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||5–13–3 |- |22||T||December 5, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||5–13–4 |- |23||L||December 10, 1964||1–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||5–14–4 |- |24||L||December 12, 1964||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||5–15–4 |- |25||L||December 13, 1964||4–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||5–16–4 |- |26||L||December 16, 1964||5–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||5–17–4 |- |27||W||December 17, 1964||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||6–17–4 |- |28||L||December 20, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||6–18–4 |- |29||L||December 25, 1964||0–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||6–19–4 |- |30||W||December 26, 1964||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||7–19–4 |- |31||L||December 27, 1964||2–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||7–20–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |32||W||January 1, 1965||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||8–20–4 |- |33||L||January 2, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||8–21–4 |- |34||L||January 3, 1965||1–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||8–22–4 |- |35||L||January 6, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||8–23–4 |- |36||W||January 7, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||9–23–4 |- |37||L||January 9, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||9–24–4 |- |38||W||January 14, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||10–24–4 |- |39||L||January 16, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||10–25–4 |- |40||L||January 17, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||10–26–4 |- |41||L||January 20, 1965||1–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||10–27–4 |- |42||L||January 21, 1965||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||10–28–4 |- |43||L||January 23, 1965||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||10–29–4 |- |44||W||January 24, 1965||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||11–29–4 |- |45||L||January 27, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||11–30–4 |- |46||L||January 28, 1965||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||11–31–4 |- |47||L||January 30, 1965||1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||11–32–4 |- |48||L||January 31, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||11–33–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||W||February 4, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||12–33–4 |- |50||W||February 6, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||13–33–4 |- |51||L||February 7, 1965||3–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||13–34–4 |- |52||L||February 11, 1965||1–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||13–35–4 |- |53||W||February 13, 1965||5–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||14–35–4 |- |54||T||February 14, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||14–35–5 |- |55||L||February 20, 1965||2–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||14–36–5 |- |56||L||February 21, 1965||0–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||14–37–5 |- |57||W||February 24, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||15–37–5 |- |58||L||February 27, 1965||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||15–38–5 |- |59||W||February 28, 1965||5–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||16–38–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |60||W||March 3, 1965||6–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||17–38–5 |- |61||L||March 4, 1965||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||17–39–5 |- |62||L||March 6, 1965||3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||17–40–5 |- |63||T||March 7, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||17–40–6 |- |64||W||March 13, 1965||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||18–40–6 |- |65||L||March 14, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||18–41–6 |- |66||W||March 17, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||19–41–6 |- |67||L||March 18, 1965||3–10 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||19–42–6 |- |68||L||March 21, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||19–43–6 |- |69||W||March 27, 1965||6–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||20–43–6 |- |70||W||March 28, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||21–43–6 |- |- | 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 John Bucyk LW 68 26 29 55 24702 Murray Oliver C 65 20 23 43 30604 Reggie Fleming D/LW 67 18 23 41 136124 Ted Green D 70 8 27 35 156200 Tommy Williams Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1940) RW 65 13 21 34 28203 Ed Westfall D/RW 68 12 15 27 65022 Orland Kurtenbach C 64 6 20 26 86010 Dean Prentice LW 31 14 9 23 12312 Wayne Rivers RW 58 6 17 23 72000 Ab McDonald LW 60 9 9 18 6203 Bill Knibbs C 53 7 10 17 4000 Wayne Maxner LW 54 7 6 13 42100 Leo Boivin D 67 3 10 13 68001 Bob Woytowich D 21 2 10 12 16000 Ron Schock C 33 4 7 11 14100 Forbes Kennedy C 52 6 4 10 41040 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 51 0 9 9 30000 Bob McCord D 43 0 6 6 26000 Don Awrey D 47 2 3 5 41000 Bobby Leiter C 18 3 1 4 6000 Murray Balfour RW 15 0 2 2 26000 Gary Dornhoefer RW 20 0 1 1 13000 Jeannot Gilbert C 4 0 1 1 0000 Joe Watson Joe Watson (ice hockey) D 4 0 1 1 0000 Wayne Cashman LW 1 0 0 0 0000 Bill Goldsworthy RW 2 0 0 0 0000 Eddie Johnston G 47 0 0 0 4000 Jack Norris Jack Norris (ice hockey) G 23 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Eddie Johnston 2820 47 11 32 4 163 3.47 3 Jack Norris Jack Norris (ice hockey) 1380 23 10 11 2 85 3.70 1 Team: 4200 70 21 43 6 248 3.54 4 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-09 1964-65 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1965.html Draft picks Boston's draft picks at the 1964 NHL entry draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)12 Alex Campbell Canada 1957 Strathroy Midgets (OAAAMHL)28 Jim Booth Canada 1957 Sault Ste. Marie Midgets (OAAAMHL)314 Ken Dryden Canada 1957 Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)420 Allister Blair Canada 1957 Ingersoll Marlands (WBJHL) See also 1964–65 NHL season References Boston Bruins Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Category:1960s in Boston