1964–65 NHL season

The 1964–65 NHL season was the 48th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. Jean Beliveau was the winner of the newly introduced Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player during the playoffs. The Montreal Canadiens won their first Stanley Cup since 1960 as they were victorious over the Chicago Black Hawks in a seven-game final series.

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
Detroit Red Wings	70	40	23	7	87	224	175	1121
Montreal Canadiens	70	36	23	11	83	211	185	1033
Chicago Black Hawks	70	34	28	8	76	224	176	1051
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	30	26	14	74	204	173	1068
New York Rangers	70	20	38	12	52	179	246	760
Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	48	166	253	946

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	59	87	154
Norm Ullman	Detroit Red Wings	70	42	41	83	70
Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	47	76	104
Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	61	39	32	71	32
Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	68	25	42	67	16

Stanley Cup playoffs

For the third straight playoffs, it was Montreal vs. Toronto and Detroit vs. Chicago in the first round. The Canadiens came beat the Leafs in six games, while the Hawks beat the Wings in seven.

Playoff bracket

Semifinals			Finals

1	Detroit Red Wings	3

3	Chicago Black Hawks	4
			3	Chicago Black Hawks	3

			2	Montreal Canadiens	4
2	Montreal Canadiens	4

4	Toronto Maple Leafs	2

NHL awards

1964–65 NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
Vezina Trophy:	Johnny Bower & Terry Sawchuk, Toronto Maple Leafs

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings	G	Charlie Hodge, Montreal Canadiens
Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks	D	Bill Gadsby, Detroit Red Wings
Jacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens	D	Carl Brewer, Toronto Maple Leafs
Norm Ullman, Detroit Red Wings	C	Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
Claude Provost, Montreal Canadiens	RW	Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks	LW	Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs