The 1965 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1964–65 season, and the culmination of the 1965 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested 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. Significantly, Game 7 marked the first time that any NHL competition had taken place during the month of May.
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Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5, 7) Chicago: Chicago Stadium (3, 4, 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Chicago: Billy Reay Montreal: Toe Blake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Chicago: Pierre Pilote Montreal: Jean Beliveau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 17 – May 1, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Jean Beliveau (Canadiens) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Jean Beliveau (0:14, first, G7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Famers | Black Hawks: Phil Esposito (1984) Glenn Hall (1975) Bill Hay (2015, builder) Bobby Hull (1983) Stan Mikita (1983) Pierre Pilote (1975) Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Dick Duff (2006) Jacques Laperriere (1987; did not play) Henri Richard (1979) Gump Worsley (1980) Coaches: Toe Blake (1966, player) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
As in 1955, all games were won by the home team. This was the last final until 2003 that this happened.[1] 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.
April 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Camille Henry (1) - pp - 4:47 | Second period | 2:39 - Henri Richard (5) 5:26 - John Ferguson (2) | ||||||
Matt Ravlich (1) - pp - 2:38 | Third period | 8:59 - pp - Yvan Cournoyer (2) | ||||||
Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gump Worsley |
April 20 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 2:55 - pp - Jean Beliveau (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 8:07 - pp - Dick Duff (1) | ||||||
Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gump Worsley |
April 22 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
John Ferguson (3) - 4:16 | Second period | 5:03 - Phil Esposito (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 2:08 - Kenny Wharram (2) 19:24 - Chico Maki (3) | ||||||
Gump Worsley | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall |
April 25 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–5 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 2:57 - Fred Stanfield (2) | ||||||
Jean Beliveau (5) - pp - 6:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 00:26 - pp - Bobby Hull (9) 15:20 - pp - Bill Hay (3) 18:48 - Bobby Hull (10) 19:57 - Doug Jarrett (1) | ||||||
Charlie Hodge | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall |
April 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 7:14 - pp - Jean Beliveau (6) 16:36 - pp - Dick Duff (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 2:38 - pp - Bobby Rousseau (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 4:29 - pp - Jean Beliveau (7) 6:46 - Henri Richard (6) 19:55 - sh - J.C. Tremblay (1) | ||||||
Glenn Hall, Denis DeJordy | Goalie stats | Charlie Hodge |
April 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ralph Backstrom (2) - 16:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 6:06 - Moose Vasko (1) 8:15 - pp - Doug Mohns (3) | ||||||
Charlie Hodge | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall |
May 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 00:14 - Jean Beliveau (8) 5:03 - Dick Duff (3) 16:27 - pp - Yvan Cournoyer (3) 18:45 - pp - Henri Richard (7) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Glenn Hall | Goalie stats | Gump Worsley |
Montreal won series 4–3 | |
Jean Béliveau wins first Conn Smythe Trophy
The 1965 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Jean Beliveau by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 4–0 win over the Black Hawks in game seven.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1964–65 Montreal Canadiens
This series marked the first time since 1965 that the home team has won all seven games of a Stanley Cup Finals.