1964–65 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1964–65 1964 Detroit Red Wings 40–23–7 25–7–3 15–16–4 1st 224 175 Sid Abel Sid Abel Alex Delvecchio Detroit Olympia Norm Ullman (42) Gordie Howe (47) Norm Ullman (83) Ted Lindsay (173) Roger Crozier (40) Roger Crozier (2.42) The 1964–65 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 40 wins, 23 losses, and 7 draws. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games. Detroit goaltender Roger Crozier won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year. He was also named an NHL First Team All-Star, along with centreman Norm Ullman. Defenseman Bill Gadsby and right winger Gordie Howe were named NHL Second Team All-Stars this season. 2 Offseason July 2010 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1964–65 regular season1964-65 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1965_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 15, 1964||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 17, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 18, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 21, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||2–2–0 |- |5||T||October 24, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||2–2–1 |- |6||W||October 25, 1964||4–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||3–2–1 |- |7||W||October 29, 1964||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||4–2–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||W||November 1, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||5–2–1 |- |9||W||November 5, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||6–2–1 |- |10||W||November 8, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||7–2–1 |- |11||T||November 10, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||7–2–2 |- |12||L||November 11, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||7–3–2 |- |13||L||November 14, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||7–4–2 |- |14||W||November 15, 1964||6–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||8–4–2 |- |15||L||November 17, 1964||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||8–5–2 |- |16||L||November 18, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||8–6–2 |- |17||W||November 21, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||9–6–2 |- |18||T||November 22, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||9–6–3 |- |19||W||November 26, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||10–6–3 |- |20||T||November 29, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||10–6–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||December 3, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||11–6–4 |- |22||L||December 5, 1964||2–10 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||11–7–4 |- |23||W||December 6, 1964||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||12–7–4 |- |24||L||December 12, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||12–8–4 |- |25||L||December 13, 1964||0–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||12–9–4 |- |26||W||December 16, 1964||7–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||13–9–4 |- |27||L||December 17, 1964||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||13–10–4 |- |28||W||December 20, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||14–10–4 |- |29||T||December 25, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||14–10–5 |- |30||L||December 26, 1964||3–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||14–11–5 |- |31||W||December 27, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||15–11–5 |- |32||T||December 31, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||15–11–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |33||L||January 2, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||15–12–6 |- |34||W||January 3, 1965||8–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||16–12–6 |- |35||W||January 6, 1965||5–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||17–12–6 |- |36||L||January 7, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||17–13–6 |- |37||L||January 9, 1965||4–7 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||17–14–6 |- |38||L||January 10, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||17–15–6 |- |39||W||January 16, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||18–15–6 |- |40||L||January 17, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||18–16–6 |- |41||W||January 21, 1965||3–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||19–16–6 |- |42||W||January 24, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||20–16–6 |- |43||W||January 30, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||21–16–6 |- |44||W||January 31, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||22–16–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |45||L||February 4, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||22–17–6 |- |46||W||February 6, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||23–17–6 |- |47||W||February 7, 1965||6–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||24–17–6 |- |48||L||February 10, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||24–18–6 |- |49||W||February 11, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||25–18–6 |- |50||L||February 13, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||25–19–6 |- |51||W||February 14, 1965||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||26–19–6 |- |52||L||February 17, 1965||0–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||26–20–6 |- |53||W||February 20, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||27–20–6 |- |54||W||February 21, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||28–20–6 |- |55||L||February 24, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||28–21–6 |- |56||W||February 27, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||29–21–6 |- |57||W||February 28, 1965||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||30–21–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |58||W||March 3, 1965||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||31–21–6 |- |59||W||March 6, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||32–21–6 |- |60||W||March 7, 1965||6–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||33–21–6 |- |61||W||March 9, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||34–21–6 |- |62||W||March 10, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||35–21–6 |- |63||L||March 13, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||35–22–6 |- |64||W||March 14, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||36–22–6 |- |65||W||March 18, 1965||10–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||37–22–6 |- |66||T||March 19, 1965||6–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||37–22–7 |- |67||W||March 21, 1965||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||38–22–7 |- |68||W||March 25, 1965||7–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||39–22–7 |- |69||W||March 27, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||40–22–7 |- |70||L||March 28, 1965||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) ||40–23–7 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Norm Ullman C 70 42 41 83 709110 Gordie Howe RW 70 29 47 76 1041242 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 68 25 42 67 16607 Parker MacDonald C 69 13 33 46 38601 Floyd Smith ice hockey RW 67 16 29 45 44615 Bruce MacGregor C 66 21 20 41 19314 Ron Murphy LW 58 20 19 39 321002 Ted Lindsay LW 69 14 14 28 173101 Doug Barkley D 67 5 20 25 122000 Eddie Joyal C 46 8 14 22 4001 Paul Henderson RW 70 8 13 21 30001 Pit Martin C 58 8 9 17 32111 Marcel Pronovost D 68 1 15 16 45001 Albert Langlois D 65 1 12 13 107010 Bill Gadsby D 61 0 12 12 122000 Gary Bergman D 58 4 7 11 85002 Val Fonteyne LW 16 2 5 7 4010 Larry Jeffrey LW 41 4 2 6 48002 Lowell MacDonald LW 9 2 1 3 0100 Pete Goegan D 4 1 0 1 2000 John MacMillan ice hockey RW 3 0 1 1 0000 Andre Pronovost LW 3 0 1 1 0000 Roger Crozier G 70 0 0 0 10000 Bob Dillabough C 4 0 0 0 2000 Warren Godfrey D 11 0 0 0 8000 Ted Hampson C 1 0 0 0 0000 Claude Laforge LW 1 0 0 0 2000 Butch Paul C 3 0 0 0 0000 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Jr. C 1 0 0 0 0000 Bob Wall Bob Wall (ice hockey) D 1 0 0 0 0000 Jim Watson Jim Watson (ice hockey) D 1 0 0 0 2000 Carl Wetzel G 2 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Roger Crozier 4168 70 40 22 7 168 2.42 6 Carl Wetzel 32 2 0 1 0 4 7.50 0 Team: 4200 70 40 23 7 172 2.46 6 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Norm Ullman C 7 6 4 10 2 Gordie Howe RW 7 4 2 6 20 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 7 2 3 5 4 Floyd Smith ice hockey RW 7 1 3 4 4 Ted Lindsay LW 7 3 0 3 34 Bill Gadsby D 7 0 3 3 8 Marcel Pronovost D 7 0 3 3 4 Eddie Joyal C 7 1 1 2 4 Parker MacDonald C 7 1 1 2 6 Paul Henderson RW 7 0 2 2 0 Bruce MacGregor C 7 0 2 2 2 Albert Langlois D 6 1 0 1 4 Doug Barkley D 5 0 1 1 14 Gary Bergman D 5 0 1 1 4 Val Fonteyne LW 5 0 1 1 0 Warren Godfrey D 4 0 1 1 2 Pit Martin C 3 0 1 1 2 Ron Murphy LW 5 0 1 1 4 Roger Crozier G 7 0 0 0 2 Bob Dillabough C 4 0 0 0 0 Murray Hall Murray Hall (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0 Larry Jeffrey LW 2 0 0 0 0 Irv Spencer D 1 0 0 0 4 Bob Wall Bob Wall (ice hockey) D 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Roger Crozier 420 7 3 4 23 3.29 0 Team: 420 7 3 4 23 3.29 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1964-65 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1965.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; Awards and records Calder Memorial Trophy: Roger Crozier Roger Crozier, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star Norm Ullman, Center, NHL First Team All-Star Bill Gadsby, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star Transactions July 2010 Draft picks Detroit'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)11 Claude Gauthier Canada 1957 Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)27 Brian Watts Canada 1957 Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)313 Ralph Buchanan Canada 1957 Montreal East Midgets (QAAAMHL)419 Rene LeClerc Canada 1957 Hamilton Mountain Bees (NDJBHL) See also 1964–65 NHL season References Detroit Red Wings Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings