The 1965 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1964–65 season, and the culmination of the 1965 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to three, to win the Stanley Cup. Significantly, Game 7 marked the first time that any NHL competition had taken place during the month of May.
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| Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5, 7) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Chicago: Billy Reay Montreal: Toe Blake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Chicago: Pierre Pilote Montreal: Jean Beliveau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 17 – May 1, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jean Beliveau (Canadiens) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Jean Beliveau (0:14, first, G7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Black Hawks: Phil Esposito (1984) Glenn Hall (1975) Bill Hay (2015, builder) Bobby Hull (1983) Stan Mikita (1983) Pierre Pilote (1975) Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Dick Duff (2006) Jacques Laperriere (1987; did not play) Henri Richard (1979) Gump Worsley (1980) Coaches: Toe Blake (1966, player) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paths to the Finals
editMontreal defeated the three-time defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 to advance to the finals and Chicago defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–3.
Game summaries
editAs in 1955, all games were won by the home team. This was the last final until 2003 that this happened.[1] 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.
| April 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Camille Henry (1) - pp - 4:47 | Second period | 2:39 - Henri Richard (5) 5:26 - John Ferguson (2) | ||||||
| Matt Ravlich (1) - pp - 2:38 | Third period | 8:59 - pp - Yvan Cournoyer (2) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gump Worsley | ||||||
| April 20 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:55 - pp - Jean Beliveau (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 8:07 - pp - Dick Duff (1) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gump Worsley | ||||||
| April 22 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Ferguson (3) - 4:16 | Second period | 5:03 - Phil Esposito (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:08 - Kenny Wharram (2) 19:24 - Chico Maki (3) | ||||||
| Gump Worsley | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall | ||||||
| April 25 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–5 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:57 - Fred Stanfield (2) | ||||||
| Jean Beliveau (5) - pp - 6:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:26 - pp - Bobby Hull (9) 15:20 - pp - Bill Hay (3) 18:48 - Bobby Hull (10) 19:57 - Doug Jarrett (1) | ||||||
| Charlie Hodge | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall | ||||||
| April 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:14 - pp - Jean Beliveau (6) 16:36 - pp - Dick Duff (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:38 - pp - Bobby Rousseau (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 4:29 - pp - Jean Beliveau (7) 6:46 - Henri Richard (6) 19:55 - sh - J.C. Tremblay (1) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall, Denis DeJordy | Goalie stats | Charlie Hodge | ||||||
| April 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ralph Backstrom (2) - 16:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:06 - Moose Vasko (1) 8:15 - pp - Doug Mohns (3) | ||||||
| Charlie Hodge | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall | ||||||
| May 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:14 - Jean Beliveau (8) 5:03 - Dick Duff (3) 16:27 - pp - Yvan Cournoyer (3) 18:45 - pp - Henri Richard (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gump Worsley | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–3 | |
Jean Béliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy
Stanley Cup engraving
editThe 1965 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Jean Beliveau by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 4–0 win over the Black Hawks in game seven.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1964–65 Montreal Canadiens
Players
- 4 Jean Beliveau (Captain)
- 6 Ralph Backstrom
- 16 Henri Richard (A)
- 23 Red Berenson
- 23-24 Garry PetersA
- 8 Dick Duff
- 12 Yvan Cournoyer
- 11 Claude Larose
- 14 Claude Provost
- 15 Bobby Rousseau
- 20 Dave Balon
- 21 Gilles Tremblay*
- 22 John Ferguson Sr.
- 26 Jim Roberts
- 2 Jacques Laperrière
- 3 Jean-Claude J. C. Tremblay
- 10 Edward Ted Harris
- 17 Jean-Guy Talbot (A)
- 18 Bryan WatsonB
- 19 Terry Harper
- 24 Jean Gauthier
- 24-25 Noel Picard
- 1 Charlie Hodge
- 30 Lorne Gump Worsley
- 29 Ernie Wakely (spare/did not play)C
Coaching and administrative staff
- Hartland Molson (Chairman/owner)
- J. David Molson (President), Maurice Rocket Richard (Asst to President)
- Sam Pollock (Vice President/Manager), Toe Blake (Coach)
- Andy Galley (Trainer), Larry Albut (Asst. Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- A Garry Peters played 13 games. B Bryan Watson played 8 games. C Ernie Wakely was dressed but did not play in the regular season. Walkey did dress for games 3-4-5 (of 5) in Stanley Cup Semi-Finals due to Charlie Hodges being injured. All three players spent most of the season in the minors, but their name was put on the Stanley Cup. None of the three players played in the playoff or officially qualifies for Cup engraving.
- *Gilles Tremblay played 25 games and missed the rest of the season injured but was still included in the Stanley Cup.
- When Toronto won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, and 1964, they took up more room than was allowed for engraving their winning members' names on it. So when Montreal won the Stanley Cup, the ring was finished off with 32 members. Had the ring been engraved correctly in 1964–65, there would have been more than enough room to include all 27 members of the Montreal Canadiens 1965–66 roster with their full first and last names, and non-playing positions.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Allen, Kevin (June 10, 2003). "Devils down Ducks for third Cup". USA Today. p. 1C.
This series marked the first time since 1965 that the home team has won all seven games of a Stanley Cup Finals.
References
edit- "All-Time NHL Results".
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub., pp. 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7