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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 losses, and 7 draws. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Chicago Black Hawks in seven games.

1964–65 Detroit Red Wings
Division1st NHL
1964–65 record40–23–7
Goals for224
Goals against175
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachSid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsNorm Ullman (42)
AssistsGordie Howe (47)
PointsNorm Ullman (83)
Penalty minutesTed Lindsay (173)
WinsRoger Crozier (40)
Goals against averageRoger 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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

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1964–65 NHL Records [1]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–8 3–10–1 3–10–1 5–8–1 4–7–3
Chicago 8–6 — 8–5–1 5–6–3 9–3–2 4–8–2
Detroit 10–3–1 5–8–1 — 8–4–2 10–2–2 7–6–1
Montreal 10–3–1 6–5–3 4–8–2 — 10–2–2 6–5–3
New York 8–5–1 3–9–2 2–10–2 2–10–2 — 5–4–5
Toronto 7–4–3 8–4–2 6–7–1 5–6–3 4–5–5 —


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
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
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

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
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
Roger Crozier 420 7 3 4 23 3.29 0
Team: 420 7 3 4 23 3.29 0

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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

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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Detroit's draft picks at the 1964 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
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)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1964-65 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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