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1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup)

Field	Value
Team	Montreal Canadiens
League	NHL
Season	1965–66
year	1965
LeagueRank	1st
Record	41–21–8
HomeRecord	23–11–1
RoadRecord	18–10–7
GoalsFor	239
GoalsAgainst	173
GeneralManager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
AltCaptain	Henri Richard
Jean-Guy Talbot
Arena	Montreal Forum
GoalsLeader	Bobby Rousseau (30)
AssistsLeader	Jean Beliveau and Bobby Rousseau (48)
PointsLeader	Bobby Rousseau (78)
PIMLeader	John Ferguson (153)
WinsLeader	Gump Worsley (29)
GAALeader	Gump Worsley (2.36)
PoWTrophy	Yes
StanleyCup	Yes

Jean-Guy Talbot

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 23, 1965||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 24, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 27, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||October 30, 1965||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–1–0 |- |5||T||October 31, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||3–1–1

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Playoffs

Finals

With this series, Toe Blake had coached the Canadiens to seven Stanley Cup championships in eleven years. Henri Richard, a member of all seven, would score the series winner in overtime of game six. Despite the Wings losing, their goalie Roger Crozier would win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 17	Detroit	3	Montreal	2
April 20	Detroit	5	Montreal	2
April 22	Montreal	4	Detroit	2
April 25	Montreal	2	Detroit	1
April 27	Detroit	1	Montreal	5
April 29	Montreal	3	Detroit	2	OT

Montreal wins Stanley Cup four games to two.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	70	30	48	78	20	10	0	4
C	67	29	48	77	50	13	0	7
C	62	22	39	61	47	3	0	7
RW	70	19	36	55	38	3	0	5
LW	70	27	21	48	24	5	0	4
LW	63	21	24	45	78	5	0	2
C	67	22	20	42	10	1	0	3
D	59	6	29	35	8	2	0	1
RW	64	15	18	33	67	0	0	3
D	57	6	25	31	85	2	1	2
RW	65	18	11	29	8	16	0	0
LW	65	11	14	25	153	1	0	1
D	59	1	14	15	50	0	0	0
D	53	0	13	13	87	0	0	0
D	69	1	11	12	91	0	0	0
D/RW	70	5	5	10	20	0	1	1
LW	45	3	7	10	24	0	0	1
C	23	3	4	7	12	0	0	0
D	15	0	6	6	8	0	0	0
RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
G	51	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2899	51	29	14	6	114	2.36	2
	1301	26	12	7	2	56	2.58	1
Team:	4200	70	41	21	8	170	2.43	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
D	10	2	9	11	2
C	10	5	5	10	6
LW	10	4	5	9	0
RW	10	4	4	8	6
C	10	3	4	7	4
LW	10	2	5	7	2
LW	9	2	3	5	16
RW	10	2	3	5	2
D	10	2	3	5	18
RW	10	2	3	5	2
C	8	1	4	5	2
LW	10	2	0	2	44
D/RW	10	1	1	2	10
RW	4	1	1	2	4
D	10	0	2	2	8
RW	6	0	1	1	31
D	3	0	1	1	0
D	10	0	0	0	38
G	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	602	10	8	2	20	1.99	1
Team:	602	10	8	2	20	1.99	1

Milestones

November 1965: Henri Richard got his 600th career point
January 1966: Richard would earn his 400th career assist
Jean Beliveau would play in his 800th career game during the season.
During the season, Beliveau would become the first Canadiens player to accumulate 500 career assists.

Draft picks

Montreal'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	5	Pierre Bouchard	Canada	St. Vincent de Paul Saints (LHJAA)

References

The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p. 184, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, {{ISBN. 978-0-385-66325-0.
"1965-66 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
"1965-66 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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