1964–65 Detroit Red Wings season
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 wins, and 7 losses. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games.
1964–65 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Division | 1st NHL |
1964–65 record | 40–23–7 |
Goals for | 224 |
Goals against | 175 |
Team information | |
General manager | Sid Abel |
Coach | Sid Abel |
Captain | Alex Delvecchio |
Arena | Detroit Olympia |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Norm Ullman (42) |
Assists | Gordie Howe (47) |
Points | Norm Ullman (83) |
Penalty minutes | Ted Lindsay (173) |
Wins | Roger Crozier (40) |
Goals against average | Roger Crozier (2.42) |
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.
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 224 | 175 | +49 | 87 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 211 | 185 | +26 | 83 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 224 | 176 | +48 | 76 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 204 | 173 | +31 | 74 |
5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 179 | 246 | −67 | 52 |
6 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 166 | 253 | −87 | 48 |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 15, 1964 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 0–1–0 |
2 | L | October 17, 1964 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 0–2–0 |
3 | W | October 18, 1964 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 1–2–0 |
4 | W | October 21, 1964 | 1–0 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 2–2–0 |
5 | T | October 24, 1964 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 2–2–1 |
6 | W | October 25, 1964 | 4–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 3–2–1 |
7 | W | October 29, 1964 | 2–0 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 4–2–1 |
8 | W | November 1, 1964 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 5–2–1 |
9 | W | November 5, 1964 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 6–2–1 |
10 | W | November 8, 1964 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 7–2–1 |
11 | T | November 10, 1964 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 7–2–2 |
12 | L | November 11, 1964 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 7–3–2 |
13 | L | November 14, 1964 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 7–4–2 |
14 | W | November 15, 1964 | 6–2 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 8–4–2 |
15 | L | November 17, 1964 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 8–5–2 |
16 | L | November 18, 1964 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 8–6–2 |
17 | W | November 21, 1964 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 9–6–2 |
18 | T | November 22, 1964 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 9–6–3 |
19 | W | November 26, 1964 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 10–6–3 |
20 | T | November 29, 1964 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 10–6–4 |
21 | W | December 3, 1964 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 11–6–4 |
22 | L | December 5, 1964 | 2–10 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 11–7–4 |
23 | W | December 6, 1964 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 12–7–4 |
24 | L | December 12, 1964 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 12–8–4 |
25 | L | December 13, 1964 | 0–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 12–9–4 |
26 | W | December 16, 1964 | 7–3 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 13–9–4 |
27 | L | December 17, 1964 | 3–5 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 13–10–4 |
28 | W | December 20, 1964 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 14–10–4 |
29 | T | December 25, 1964 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 14–10–5 |
30 | L | December 26, 1964 | 3–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 14–11–5 |
31 | W | December 27, 1964 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 15–11–5 |
32 | T | December 31, 1964 | 1–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 15–11–6 |
33 | L | January 2, 1965 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 15–12–6 |
34 | W | January 3, 1965 | 8–1 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 16–12–6 |
35 | W | January 6, 1965 | 5–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 17–12–6 |
36 | L | January 7, 1965 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 17–13–6 |
37 | L | January 9, 1965 | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 17–14–6 |
38 | L | January 10, 1965 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 17–15–6 |
39 | W | January 16, 1965 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 18–15–6 |
40 | L | January 17, 1965 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 18–16–6 |
41 | W | January 21, 1965 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 19–16–6 |
42 | W | January 24, 1965 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 20–16–6 |
43 | W | January 30, 1965 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 21–16–6 |
44 | W | January 31, 1965 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 22–16–6 |
45 | L | February 4, 1965 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 22–17–6 |
46 | W | February 6, 1965 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 23–17–6 |
47 | W | February 7, 1965 | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 24–17–6 |
48 | L | February 10, 1965 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 24–18–6 |
49 | W | February 11, 1965 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 25–18–6 |
50 | L | February 13, 1965 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 25–19–6 |
51 | W | February 14, 1965 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 26–19–6 |
52 | L | February 17, 1965 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 26–20–6 |
53 | W | February 20, 1965 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 27–20–6 |
54 | W | February 21, 1965 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 28–20–6 |
55 | L | February 24, 1965 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 28–21–6 |
56 | W | February 27, 1965 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 29–21–6 |
57 | W | February 28, 1965 | 5–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 30–21–6 |
58 | W | March 3, 1965 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 31–21–6 |
59 | W | March 6, 1965 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 32–21–6 |
60 | W | March 7, 1965 | 6–5 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 33–21–6 |
61 | W | March 9, 1965 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 34–21–6 |
62 | W | March 10, 1965 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 35–21–6 |
63 | L | March 13, 1965 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) | 35–22–6 |
64 | W | March 14, 1965 | 5–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 36–22–6 |
65 | W | March 18, 1965 | 10–3 | Boston Bruins (1964–65) | 37–22–6 |
66 | T | March 19, 1965 | 6–6 | @ New York Rangers (1964–65) | 37–22–7 |
67 | W | March 21, 1965 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) | 38–22–7 |
68 | W | March 25, 1965 | 7–4 | New York Rangers (1964–65) | 39–22–7 |
69 | W | March 27, 1965 | 4–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 40–22–7 |
70 | L | March 28, 1965 | 0–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) | 40–23–7 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 29 | 47 | 76 | 104 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 68 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
Parker MacDonald | C | 69 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Floyd Smith | RW | 67 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Bruce MacGregor | C | 66 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Ron Murphy | LW | 58 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
Ted Lindsay | LW | 69 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Doug Barkley | D | 67 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Joyal | C | 46 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Henderson | RW | 70 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pit Martin | C | 58 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Marcel Pronovost | D | 68 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Albert Langlois | D | 65 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Gadsby | D | 61 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Bergman | D | 58 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Val Fonteyne | LW | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Larry Jeffrey | LW | 41 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lowell MacDonald | LW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Goegan | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John MacMillan | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Crozier | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Dillabough | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Warren Godfrey | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Hampson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Claude Laforge | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Butch Paul | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Peters | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Wall | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Watson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carl Wetzel | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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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 |
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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 | 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 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Jeffrey | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Irv Spencer | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bob Wall | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Roger Crozier | 420 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 |
Team: | 420 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 |
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, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
- Bill Gadsby, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
Roster
1964–1965 Detroit Red Wings Roster | ||||||
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Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centers
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Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1964 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 1 | Claude Gauthier | Canada | Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL) |
2 | 7 | Brian Watts | Canada | Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL) |
3 | 13 | Ralph Buchanan | Canada | Montreal East Midgets (QAAAMHL) |
4 | 19 | Rene LeClerc | Canada | Hamilton Mountain Bees (NDJBHL) |
See also
References
- "Standings: 1964–1965". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- "1964-65 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- "1964–65 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.