1965 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

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.

Game summaries

As in , all games were won by the home team. This was the last final until 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.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Camille Henry (1) - pp - 4:47 |1-2-2 =2:39 - Henri Richard (5) 5:26 - John Ferguson (2) |1-3-1 =Matt Ravlich (1) - pp - 2:38 |1-3-2 =8:59 - pp - Yvan Cournoyer (2) |goalie1-1 =Glenn Hall 28 saves / 31 shots |goalie1-2 =Gump Worsley 22 saves / 24 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =2:55 - pp - Jean Beliveau (4) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =8:07 - pp - Dick Duff (1) |goalie2-1 =Glenn Hall 29 saves / 31 shots |goalie2-2 =Gump Worsley 18 saves / 18 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =5:03 - Phil Esposito (3) |3-2-2 =John Ferguson (3) - 4:16 |3-3-1 =2:08 - Kenny Wharram (2) 19:24 - en - Chico Maki (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Glenn Hall 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie3-2 =Gump Worsley 25 saves / 27 shots

|4-1-1 =2:57 - Fred Stanfield (2) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Jean Beliveau (5) - pp - 6:29 |4-3-1 =00:26 - pp - Bobby Hull (9) 15:20 - pp - Bill Hay (3) 18:48 - Bobby Hull (10) 19:57 - Doug Jarrett (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Glenn Hall 25 saves / 26 shots |goalie4-2 =Charlie Hodge 23 saves / 28 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =7:14 - pp - Jean Beliveau (6) 16:36 - pp - Dick Duff (2) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =2:38 - pp - Bobby Rousseau (5) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =4:29 - pp - Jean Beliveau (7) 6:46 - Henri Richard (6) 19:55 - sh - J.C. Tremblay (1) |goalie5-1 =Glenn Hall 21 saves / 24 shots Denis DeJordy 10 saves / 13 shots |goalie5-2 =Charlie Hodge 23 saves / 23 shots

|6-1-1 =No scoring |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =No scoring |6-2-2 =Ralph Backstrom (2) - 16:57 |6-3-1 =6:06 - Moose Vasko (1) 8:15 - pp - Doug Mohns (3) |6-3-2 =No scoring |goalie6-1 =Glenn Hall 21 saves / 22 shots |goalie6-2 =Charlie Hodge 22 saves / 24 shots

|7-1-1 =No scoring |7-1-2 =00:14 - Jean Beliveau (8) 5:03 - Dick Duff (3) 16:27 - pp - Yvan Cournoyer (3) 18:45 - pp - Henri Richard (7) |7-2-1 =No scoring |7-2-2 =No scoring |7-3-1 =No scoring |7-3-2 =No scoring |goalie7-1 =Glenn Hall 31 saves / 35 shots |goalie7-2 =Gump Worsley 20 saves / 20 shots

Stanley Cup engraving

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

• 29 Ernie Wakely*
• 30 Lorne Gump Worsley
• 3 Jean-Claude J. C. Tremblay
• 10 Edward Ted Harris
• 17 Jean-Guy Talbot (A)
• 18 Bryan Watson*
• 19 Terry Harper
• 24 Jean Gauthier
• 24-25 Noel Picard
• 6 Ralph Backstrom
• 16 Henri Richard (A)
• 23 Gordon Red Berenson
• 23-24 Garry Peters*
• 12 Yvan Cournoyer
• 11 Claude Larose
• 14 Claude Provost
• 15 Bobby Rousseau
• 20 Dave Balon
• 21 Gilles Tremblay*
• 22 John Ferguson Sr.
• 26 Jim Roberts |player-notes=
• • Did not officially qualify, but name still engraved on the Stanley Cup. |non-players=
• 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) |engraving-notes=
• Four players who did not officially qualify had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup.
• #21 Gilles Tremblay (LW) – played in 25 regular season games and missed the rest of the season injured.
• #23-24 Garry Peters (C) – played in 13 regular season games. Spent most of the season in the minors.
• #18 Bryan Watson (D) – played in 8 regular season games. Spent most of the season in the minors.
• #29 Ernie Wakely (G) – dressed but did not play in the regular season. Wakely dressed for games 3-4-5 (of 5) in Stanley Cup Semi-Finals due to Charlie Hodge being 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 the 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 full first and last names, and non-playing positions.}}

Notes

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub., pp. 12, 50.

before = Toronto Maple Leafs 1964 | after = Montreal Canadiens 1966 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1965|

References

1. Allen, Kevin. (June 10, 2003). "Devils down Ducks for third Cup". USA Today.