NHL 1964/65

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NHL 1964/65
league NHL Logo 2005.svg National Hockey League
Period October 12, 1964 to May 1, 1965
Teams 6th
Games / team 70
Draft
Event NHL Amateur Draft 1964
Top pick CanadaCanada Claude Gauthier
Elected by Detroit Red Wings
Regular season
winner Detroit Red Wings
MVP CanadaCanada Bobby Hull (Chicago)
Top scorer CanadaCanada Stan Mikita (Chicago)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal
finalist Chicago Black Hawks
Playoff MVP CanadaCanada Jean Béliveau (Montréal)
NHL seasons
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The 1964–65 NHL season was the 48th season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Montréal Canadiens after a 4-3 win in the final series against the Chicago Black Hawks . Four years after retiring from his career, Ted Lindsay made his comeback with the Red Wings at the age of 39 and was very successful with 14 goals and 28 points. With Ulf Sterner , the first NHL player to learn to play ice hockey in Europe made his debut. With more and more teams, it became the norm to go into a season with two goalkeepers. Detroit's rookie goalie Roger Crozier started with a great season and was in goal in all 70 games of the season. After this season, no goalie has ever played all of the season's games.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

W. L. T GF GA Pts
Detroit Red Wings 40 23 7th 224 175 87
Montréal Canadiens 36 23 11 211 185 83
Chicago Blackhawks 34 28 8th 224 176 76
Toronto Maple Leafs 30th 26th 14th 204 173 74
New York Rangers 20th 38 12 179 246 52
Boston Bruins 21st 43 6th 166 253 48

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player team GP G A. Pts
Stan Mikita Chicago 70 28 59 87
Norm Ullman Detroit 70 42 41 83
Gordie Howe Detroit 70 29 47 76
Bobby Hull Chicago 61 39 32 71
Alex Delvecchio Detroit 68 25th 42 67
Claude Provost Montreal 70 27 37 64
Rod Gilbert NY Rangers 70 25th 36 61
Pierre Pilote Chicago 68 14th 45 59
Johnny Bucyk Boston 68 26th 29 55
Ralph Backstrom Montreal 70 25th 30th 55

Stanley Cup playoffs

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Detroit Red Wings 3    
3 Chicago Black Hawks 4th  
3 Chicago Black Hawks 3
  2 Canadiens de Montréal 4th
2 Canadiens de Montréal 4th
4th Toronto Maple Leafs 2  

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy : Stan Mikita , Chicago Blackhawks
Calder Memorial Trophy : Roger Crozier , Detroit Red Wings
Hart Memorial Trophy : Bobby Hull , Chicago Blackhawks
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : Bobby Hull , Chicago Blackhawks
Vezina Trophy : Terry Sawchuk and Johnny Bower , Toronto Maple Leafs
James Norris Memorial Trophy : Pierre Pilote , Chicago Blackhawks

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