1965 Stanley Cup Finals

1965 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Games Chicago Black Hawks  2 0 3 5 0 2 0 3 Montreal Canadiens  3 2 1 1 6 1 4 4
Location: Montreal (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5,7) Chicago (Chicago Stadium) (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Montreal: Toe Blake Chicago: Billy Reay Captains: Chicago: Pierre Pilote Montreal: Jean Beliveau Dates: April 17 – May 1, 1965 MVP: Jean Beliveau Series-winning goal: Jean Beliveau (0:14, first)
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The 1965 Stanley Cup Finals was played 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.

Paths to the final

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.

The series

As in 1955, every game was won by the home team. This was the last final until 2003 that this happened. 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.

Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 17	Chicago	2	Montreal	3
April 20	Chicago	0	Montreal	2
April 22	Montreal	1	Chicago	3
April 25	Montreal	1	Chicago	5
April 27	Chicago	0	Montreal	6
April 29	Montreal	1	Chicago	2
May 1	Chicago	0	Montreal	4

Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to three.

Jean Beliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy

Montreal Canadiens 1965 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 4 Jean Beliveau (Captain)
• 6 Ralph Backstrom
• 16 Henri Richard (A)
• 23 Red Berenson
• 24 Garry Peters^A

  Wingers

• 8 Dick Duff
• 12 Yvan Cournoyer
• 11 Claude Larose
• 14 Claude Provost
• 15 Bobby Rousseau
• 20 David Balon
• 21 Gilles Tremblay*
• 22 John Ferguson, Sr.
• 26 Jim Roberts

  Defencemen

• 2 Jacques Laperriere
• 3 Jean-Claude J. C. Tremblay
• 10 Edward Ted Harris
• 17 Jean-Guy Talbot (A)
• 18 Bryan Watson^B
• 19 Terry Harper
• 24 Jean Gauthier
• 25 Noel Picard

  Goaltenders

• 1 Charlie Hodge
• 30 Lorne Gump Worsley
• 29 Ernie Wakely (spare/did not play)^C

  Coaching and administrative staff

• Hartland Molson (Chairman/owner)
• J. David Molson (President), Maurice Rocket Richard (Asst to President)
• Sam Pollock (Vice President/Manager), Toe Blake (Coach)
• Andy Galley (Trainer), Larry Albut (Asst. Trainer)

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. All three players spent most of season in the minors, but 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.
• 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 this 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 first and last names, and non-playing positions.

See also

• 1964–65 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub., pp. 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1964

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1965

Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1966