1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season

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.The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p. 184, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, .

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 23, 1965||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 24, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–0–0

|3||W||October 27, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–0–0

|4||L||October 30, 1965||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–1–0

|5||T||October 31, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||3–1–1

|6||W||November 4, 1965||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||4–1–1

|7||L||November 6, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||4–2–1

|8||W||November 7, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||5–2–1

|9||T||November 10, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||5–2–2

|10||W||November 13, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||6–2–2

|11||T||November 14, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||6–2–3

|12||L||November 18, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||6–3–3

|13||W||November 20, 1965||9–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||7–3–3

|14||L||November 21, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||7–4–3

|15||W||November 24, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||8–4–3

|16||W||November 27, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||9–4–3

|17||W||November 28, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||10–4–3

|18||W||December 4, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||11–4–3

|19||T||December 5, 1965||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||11–4–4

|20||W||December 8, 1965||8–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||12–4–4

|21||W||December 11, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||13–4–4

|22||W||December 12, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||14–4–4

|23||L||December 16, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||14–5–4

|24||W||December 18, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||15–5–4

|25||L||December 19, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||15–6–4

|26||W||December 25, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||16–6–4

|27||L||December 26, 1965||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||16–7–4

|28||L||December 29, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||16–8–4

|29||W||January 1, 1966||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||17–8–4

|30||W||January 2, 1966||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||18–8–4

|31||L||January 5, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||18–9–4

|32||W||January 8, 1966||6–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||19–9–4

|33||L||January 9, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||19–10–4

|34||L||January 13, 1966||0–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||19–11–4

|35||W||January 15, 1966||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||20–11–4

|36||W||January 16, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||21–11–4

|37||L||January 20, 1966||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||21–12–4

|38||L||January 22, 1966||0–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||21–13–4

|39||T||January 23, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–13–5

|40||L||January 26, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–14–5

|41||W||January 29, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||22–14–5

|42||W||January 30, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||23–14–5

|43||W||February 3, 1966||5–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||24–14–5

|44||T||February 5, 1966||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||24–14–6

|45||W||February 6, 1966||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||25–14–6

|46||L||February 10, 1966||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–15–6

|47||T||February 12, 1966||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||25–15–7

|48||W||February 13, 1966||4–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||26–15–7

|49||L||February 16, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||26–16–7

|50||W||February 19, 1966||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||27–16–7

|51||W||February 20, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||28–16–7

|52||W||February 23, 1966||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||29–16–7

|53||W||February 26, 1966||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||30–16–7

|54||W||February 27, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||31–16–7

|55||T||March 2, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||31–16–8

|56||L||March 3, 1966||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||31–17–8

|57||W||March 5, 1966||7–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||32–17–8

|58||W||March 6, 1966||1–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||33–17–8

|59||L||March 9, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||33–18–8

|60||W||March 12, 1966||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||34–18–8

|61||L||March 13, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||34–19–8

|62||W||March 16, 1966||7–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||35–19–8

|63||W||March 19, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||36–19–8

|64||L||March 20, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||36–20–8

|65||L||March 24, 1966||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||36–21–8

|66||W||March 26, 1966||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||37–21–8

|67||W||March 27, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||38–21–8

|68||W||March 30, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||39–21–8

|69||W||April 2, 1966||8–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||40–21–8

|70||W||April 3, 1966||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||41–21–8

Legend:

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 NotesApril 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 statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 70 30 48 78 201004 C 67 29 48 77 501307 C 62 22 39 61 47307 RW 70 19 36 55 38305 LW 70 27 21 48 24504 LW 63 21 24 45 78502 C 67 22 20 42 10103 D 59 6 29 35 8201 RW 64 15 18 33 67003 D 57 6 25 31 85212 RW 65 18 11 29 81600 LW 65 11 14 25 153101 D 59 1 14 15 50000 D 53 0 13 13 87000 D 69 1 11 12 91000 D/RW 70 5 5 10 20011 LW 45 3 7 10 24001 C 23 3 4 7 12000 D 15 0 6 6 8000 RW 1 0 1 1 0000 G 51 0 1 1 4000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 G 26 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000

Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2899 51 29 14 6 114 2.36 2 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 D 10 2 9 11 2 C 10 5 5 10 6 LW 10 4 5 9 0 RW 10 4 4 8 6 C 10 3 4 7 4 LW 10 2 5 7 2 LW 9 2 3 5 16 RW 10 2 3 5 2 D 10 2 3 5 18 RW 10 2 3 5 2 C 8 1 4 5 2 LW 10 2 0 2 44 D/RW 10 1 1 2 10 RW 4 1 1 2 4 D 10 0 2 2 8 RW 6 0 1 1 31 D 3 0 1 1 0 D 10 0 0 0 38 G 10 0 0 0 0

Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 602 10 8 2 20 1.99 1 Team: 602 10 8 2 20 1.99 1

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, Beliveau would become the first Canadiens player to accumulate 500 career assists.

Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1965 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)15 Pierre Bouchard St. Vincent de Paul Saints (LHJAA)

See also 1965–66 NHL season List of Stanley Cup champions

References

External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference