1965 Stanley Cup Finals

1965 Stanley Cup Finals
1234567 Total
Chicago Black Hawks 2035020 3
Montreal Canadiens 3211614 4
Location(s)Montreal: Forum de Montréal (1, 2, 5, 7)
Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6)
CoachesChicago: Billy Reay
Montreal: Toe Blake
CaptainsChicago: Pierre Pilote
Montreal: Jean Beliveau
DatesApril 17 – May 1, 1965
MVPJean Beliveau (Canadiens)
Series-winning goalJean Beliveau (0:14, first, G7)
Hall of FamersBlack 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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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.

Paths to the Finals

Montreal 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

As 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 Forum de Montréal 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 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Gump Worsley 22 saves / 24 shots
April 20 Chicago Black Hawks 0–2 Montreal Canadiens Forum de Montréal 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 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Gump Worsley 18 saves / 18 shots
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 - en - Chico Maki (3)
Gump Worsley 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Glenn Hall 22 saves / 23 shots
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 23 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Glenn Hall 25 saves / 26 shots
April 27 Chicago Black Hawks 0–6 Montreal Canadiens Forum de Montréal 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 21 saves / 24 shots
Denis DeJordy 10 saves / 13 shots 		Goalie stats Charlie Hodge 23 saves / 23 shots
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 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Glenn Hall 21 saves / 22 shots
May 1 Chicago Black Hawks 0–4 Montreal Canadiens Forum de Montréal 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 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Gump Worsley 20 saves / 20 shots
Montreal won series 4–3


Jean Béliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy

Stanley Cup engraving

The 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

  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

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

Notes

  1. ^ 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

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