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1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1965–66
year	1965
Team	Detroit Red Wings
LeagueRank	4th
Record	31–27–12
HomeRecord	20–8–7
RoadRecord	11–19–5
GoalsFor	221
GoalsAgainst	194
GeneralManager	Sid Abel
Coach	Sid Abel
Captain	Alex Delvecchio
Arena	Detroit Olympia
GoalsLeader	Norm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio (31)
AssistsLeader	Gordie Howe (46)
PointsLeader	Gordie Howe (75)
PIMLeader	Bryan Watson (133)
WinsLeader	Roger Crozier (27)
GAALeader	George Gardner (1.00)

The 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 31 wins, 27 losses, and 12 ties for 74 points. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in six games in the semifinals before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games. The Red Wings would not appear in the Finals again until the 1995 Finals.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 23, 1965||1–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 24, 1965||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 28, 1965||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 30, 1965||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||1–3–0 |- |5||T||October 31, 1965||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||1–3–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	70	29	46	75	83	7	0	3
C	70	31	41	72	35	7	0	2
C/LW	70	31	38	69	16	9	4	6
RW	66	21	28	49	20	2	0	3
RW	70	15	32	47	25	4	0	3
RW	69	22	24	46	34	5	0	9
C	70	20	14	34	28	1	1	2
LW	43	6	16	22	6	1	0	0
D	43	5	15	20	65	1	0	0
D	61	3	16	19	96	1	0	0
D	61	0	19	19	45	0	0	0
LW	32	10	7	17	10	2	0	1
D	58	5	12	17	72	0	0	0
C	37	5	12	17	24	0	0	0
LW	19	6	9	15	8	0	1	1
LW	59	5	10	15	0	1	0	0
D	70	2	7	9	133	0	1	0
C	24	1	6	7	0	0	0	0
C	24	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
D	16	0	5	5	16	0	0	0
D	26	0	4	4	22	0	0	0
C	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
C	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
D	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	0
D	13	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
D	9	0	2	2	16	0	0	0
C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	64	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3734	64	27	24	12	173	2.78	7
	406	11	3	3	0	17	2.51	0
	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0
Team:	4200	70	31	27	12	191	2.73	7

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
C	12	6	9	15	12
C/LW	12	0	11	11	4
LW	12	5	5	10	4
RW	12	4	6	10	12
RW	12	6	3	9	6
RW	12	5	2	7	4
RW	12	3	3	6	10
C	12	1	4	5	2
LW	10	1	4	5	2
D	12	1	3	4	12
D	12	1	3	4	16
D	12	0	3	3	14
D	12	2	0	2	30
LW	12	1	0	1	4
D	12	0	1	1	16
G	1	0	0	0	0
G	12	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	2
D	3	0	0	0	2
D	6	0	0	0	2

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	668	12	6	5	26	2.34	1
	54	1	0	1	2	2.22	0
Team:	722	12	6	6	28	2.33	1

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;

Draft picks

Detroit'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)
1	3	George Forgie	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)
2	8	Bob Birdsell	Canada	Stettler Midgets (MAAAMHL)

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

References

"1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1965-66 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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