1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season

1965–66 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
1965–66 record	41–21–8
Goals for	239
Goals against	173
Team information
General Manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Rousseau (30)
Assists	Jean Beliveau and Bobby Rousseau (48)
Points	Bobby Rousseau (78)
Penalties in minutes	John Ferguson (153)
Wins	Gump Worsley (29)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (2.36)
<1964–65	1966–67>

The 1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 57th season of play. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive season, and the 14th time in their history. Bobby Rousseau registered 78 points and tied with Stan Mikita for second in the overall 1965-66 NHL scoring race. ^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	70	41	21	8	90	239	173	884
Chicago Black Hawks	70	37	25	8	82	240	187	815
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	79	208	187	811
Detroit Red Wings	70	31	27	12	74	221	194	804
Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	48	174	275	787
New York Rangers	70	18	41	11	47	195	261	894

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Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 23, 1965	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	1–0–0
2	W	October 24, 1965	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–0–0
3	W	October 27, 1965	4–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	3–0–0
4	L	October 30, 1965	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	3–1–0
5	T	October 31, 1965	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	3–1–1
6	W	November 4, 1965	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	4–1–1
7	L	November 6, 1965	1–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	4–2–1
8	W	November 7, 1965	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	5–2–1
9	T	November 10, 1965	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	5–2–2
10	W	November 13, 1965	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–2–2
11	T	November 14, 1965	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	6–2–3
12	L	November 18, 1965	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	6–3–3
13	W	November 20, 1965	9–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	7–3–3
14	L	November 21, 1965	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	7–4–3
15	W	November 24, 1965	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	8–4–3
16	W	November 27, 1965	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	9–4–3
17	W	November 28, 1965	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	10–4–3
18	W	December 4, 1965	4–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	11–4–3
19	T	December 5, 1965	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	11–4–4
20	W	December 8, 1965	8–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	12–4–4
21	W	December 11, 1965	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	13–4–4
22	W	December 12, 1965	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	14–4–4
23	L	December 16, 1965	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	14–5–4
24	W	December 18, 1965	2–1	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	15–5–4
25	L	December 19, 1965	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	15–6–4
26	W	December 25, 1965	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	16–6–4
27	L	December 26, 1965	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	16–7–4
28	L	December 29, 1965	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	16–8–4
29	W	January 1, 1966	5–1	New York Rangers (1965–66)	17–8–4
30	W	January 2, 1966	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	18–8–4
31	L	January 5, 1966	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	18–9–4
32	W	January 8, 1966	6–0	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	19–9–4
33	L	January 9, 1966	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	19–10–4
34	L	January 13, 1966	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	19–11–4
35	W	January 15, 1966	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	20–11–4
36	W	January 16, 1966	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	21–11–4
37	L	January 20, 1966	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	21–12–4
38	L	January 22, 1966	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	21–13–4
39	T	January 23, 1966	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–13–5
40	L	January 26, 1966	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–14–5
41	W	January 29, 1966	6–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	22–14–5
42	W	January 30, 1966	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	23–14–5
43	W	February 3, 1966	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	24–14–5
44	T	February 5, 1966	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	24–14–6
45	W	February 6, 1966	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	25–14–6
46	L	February 10, 1966	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	25–15–6
47	T	February 12, 1966	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	25–15–7
48	W	February 13, 1966	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	26–15–7
49	L	February 16, 1966	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	26–16–7
50	W	February 19, 1966	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	27–16–7
51	W	February 20, 1966	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	28–16–7
52	W	February 23, 1966	3–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	29–16–7
53	W	February 26, 1966	4–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	30–16–7
54	W	February 27, 1966	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	31–16–7
55	T	March 2, 1966	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	31–16–8
56	L	March 3, 1966	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	31–17–8
57	W	March 5, 1966	7–2	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	32–17–8
58	W	March 6, 1966	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	33–17–8
59	L	March 9, 1966	1–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	33–18–8
60	W	March 12, 1966	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	34–18–8
61	L	March 13, 1966	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	34–19–8
62	W	March 16, 1966	7–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	35–19–8
63	W	March 19, 1966	6–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	36–19–8
64	L	March 20, 1966	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	36–20–8
65	L	March 24, 1966	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	36–21–8
66	W	March 26, 1966	5–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	37–21–8
67	W	March 27, 1966	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	38–21–8
68	W	March 30, 1966	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)	39–21–8
69	W	April 2, 1966	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	40–21–8
70	W	April 3, 1966	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	41–21–8

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Playoffs

Finals

With this series, Toe Blake had coached the Canadiens to seven Stanley Cup championships in eleven years. Henri Richard, a member of all seven, would score the series winner in overtime of game six. Despite the Wings losing, their goalie Roger Crozier would win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 17	Detroit	3	Montreal	2
April 20	Detroit	5	Montreal	2
April 22	Montreal	4	Detroit	2
April 25	Montreal	2	Detroit	1
April 27	Detroit	1	Montreal	5
April 29	Montreal	3	Detroit	2	OT

Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to two.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	70	30	48	78	20	10	0	4
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	67	29	48	77	50	13	0	7
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	62	22	39	61	47	3	0	7
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	70	19	36	55	38	3	0	5
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	70	27	21	48	24	5	0	4
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	63	21	24	45	78	5	0	2
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	67	22	20	42	10	1	0	3
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	59	6	29	35	8	2	0	1
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	64	15	18	33	67	0	0	3
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	57	6	25	31	85	2	1	2
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	65	18	11	29	8	16	0	0
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	65	11	14	25	153	1	0	1
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	59	1	14	15	50	0	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	53	0	13	13	87	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	69	1	11	12	91	0	0	0
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	70	5	5	10	20	0	1	1
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	45	3	7	10	24	0	0	1
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	23	3	4	7	12	0	0	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	15	0	6	6	8	0	0	0
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	51	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant, DannyDanny Grant	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johns, DonDon Johns	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	2899	51	29	14	6	114	2.36	2
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	1301	26	12	7	2	56	2.58	1
Team:	4200	70	41	21	8	170	2.43	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	10	2	9	11	2
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	10	5	5	10	6
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	10	4	5	9	0
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	10	4	4	8	6
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	10	3	4	7	4
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	10	2	5	7	2
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	9	2	3	5	16
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	10	2	3	5	2
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	10	2	3	5	18
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	10	2	3	5	2
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	8	1	4	5	2
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	10	2	0	2	44
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	10	1	1	2	10
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	4	1	1	2	4
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	10	0	2	2	8
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	6	0	1	1	31
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	3	0	1	1	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	10	0	0	0	38
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	602	10	8	2	20	1.99	1
Team:	602	10	8	2	20	1.99	1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

1966 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions

Gump Worsley, Charlie Hodge, J. C. Tremblay, Ted Harris, Jean-Guy Talbot, Terry Harper, Jacques Laperriere, Jean Gauthier, Noel Picard, Jean Beliveau, Ralph Backstrom, Dick Duff, Claude Larose, Yvan Cournoyer, Claude Provost, Bobby Rousseau, Henri Richard, Dave Balon, John Ferguson, Red Berenson, Jim Roberts, Toe Blake (coach), Sam Pollock (general manager), Larry Aubut, Andy Galley (trainers).

Milestones

• November 1965: Henri Richard got his 600th career point
• January 1966: Richard would earn his 400th career assist
• Jean Beliveau would play in his 800th career game during the season.
• During the season, Jean Beliveau would become the first Canadiens player to accumulate 500 career assists.^[5]

Draft picks

See also

• 1965–66 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

References

1. ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.184, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
2. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
3. ^ "1965–66 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1966_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
4. ^ "1965-66 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1966.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 
5. ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.184, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0

External links

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

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