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1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season

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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.

League4th NHL
1965–66 record31–27–12
Home record20–8–7
Road record11–19–5
Quick facts Detroit Red Wings, League ...
1965–66 Detroit Red Wings
League4th NHL
1965–66 record31–27–12
Home record20–8–7
Road record11–19–5
Goals for221
Goals against194
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachSid Abel
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsNorm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio (31)
AssistsGordie Howe (46)
PointsGordie Howe (75)
Penalty minutesBryan Watson (133)
WinsRoger Crozier (27)
Goals against averageGeorge Gardner (1.00)
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Regular season

Final standings

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 41 21 8 239 173 +66 90
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 37 25 8 240 187 +53 82
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 34 25 11 208 187 +21 79
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 31 27 12 221 194 +27 74
5 Boston Bruins 70 21 43 6 174 275 −101 48
6 New York Rangers 70 18 41 11 195 261 −66 47
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Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

More information NHL Records, Team ...
1965–66 NHL Records [1]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —4–8–22–11–14–9–18–5–14–9–1
Chicago 8–4–2—11–1–24–8–29–4–15–8–1
Detroit 11–2–11–11–2—4–8–27–3–48–4–2
Montreal 9–4–18–4–28–4–2—12–25–7–2
New York 5–8–14–9–13–7–42–12—3–6–5
Toronto 9–4–18–5–14–8–27–5–26–3–5—
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Playoffs

Schedule and results

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1965–66 regular season[2]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1LOctober 23, 19651–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)0–1–0
2WOctober 24, 19653–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)1–1–0
3LOctober 28, 19651–5Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)1–2–0
4LOctober 30, 19653–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)1–3–0
5TOctober 31, 19652–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)1–3–1
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
6WNovember 4, 19658–1Boston Bruins (1965–66)2–3–1
7LNovember 7, 19652–3@ New York Rangers (1965–66)2–4–1
8LNovember 10, 19652–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)2–5–1
9TNovember 11, 19653–3New York Rangers (1965–66)2–5–2
10TNovember 14, 19652–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)2–5–3
11WNovember 20, 19654–2@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)3–5–3
12TNovember 21, 19653–3@ New York Rangers (1965–66)3–5–4
13LNovember 23, 19652–3Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)3–6–4
14LNovember 25, 19651–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)3–7–4
15LNovember 27, 19652–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)3–8–4
16WNovember 28, 19655–3@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)4–8–4
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
17WDecember 2, 196510–2Boston Bruins (1965–66)5–8–4
18WDecember 4, 19655–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)6–8–4
19WDecember 5, 19655–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)7–8–4
20WDecember 9, 19657–3New York Rangers (1965–66)8–8–4
21WDecember 11, 19654–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)9–8–4
22WDecember 12, 19655–3@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)10–8–4
23LDecember 15, 19653–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)10–9–4
24WDecember 16, 19652–0Boston Bruins (1965–66)11–9–4
25WDecember 18, 19653–1Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)12–9–4
26LDecember 19, 19654–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)12–10–4
27WDecember 23, 19654–2New York Rangers (1965–66)13–10–4
28LDecember 25, 19653–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)13–11–4
29WDecember 26, 19651–0Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)14–11–4
30WDecember 28, 19651–0@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)15–11–4
31LDecember 31, 19651–4Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)15–12–4
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
32WJanuary 2, 19664–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)16–12–4
33WJanuary 6, 19665–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)17–12–4
34WJanuary 8, 19663–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)18–12–4
35WJanuary 9, 19664–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)19–12–4
36TJanuary 15, 19664–4New York Rangers (1965–66)19–12–5
37WJanuary 16, 19664–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)20–12–5
38WJanuary 20, 19665–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)21–12–5
39WJanuary 22, 19663–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)22–12–5
40WJanuary 23, 19665–1New York Rangers (1965–66)23–12–5
41LJanuary 26, 19663–4@ New York Rangers (1965–66)23–13–5
42TJanuary 29, 19664–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)23–13–6
43LJanuary 30, 19661–5Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)23–14–6
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
44WFebruary 3, 19664–2@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)24–14–6
45TFebruary 5, 19662–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)24–14–7
46TFebruary 6, 19663–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)24–14–8
47LFebruary 9, 19661–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)24–15–8
48WFebruary 10, 19666–2New York Rangers (1965–66)25–15–8
49TFebruary 12, 19663–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)25–15–9
50LFebruary 13, 19663–4Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)25–16–9
51LFebruary 16, 19664–5@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)25–17–9
52LFebruary 19, 19661–5Boston Bruins (1965–66)25–18–9
53WFebruary 20, 19664–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)26–18–9
54LFebruary 23, 19660–5@ New York Rangers (1965–66)26–19–9
55LFebruary 26, 19661–4Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)26–20–9
56LFebruary 27, 19663–5Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)26–21–9
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
57LMarch 2, 19664–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)26–22–9
58LMarch 5, 19662–7@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)26–23–9
59TMarch 6, 19661–1@ New York Rangers (1965–66)26–23–10
60LMarch 9, 19660–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)26–24–10
61LMarch 12, 19661–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)26–25–10
62WMarch 13, 19668–4@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)27–25–10
63LMarch 16, 19661–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)27–26–10
64WMarch 17, 19664–2Boston Bruins (1965–66)28–26–10
65WMarch 20, 19666–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)29–26–10
66WMarch 23, 19662–1@ New York Rangers (1965–66)30–26–10
67LMarch 26, 19661–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)30–27–10
68TMarch 27, 19661–1Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)30–27–11
69WMarch 31, 19665–3New York Rangers (1965–66)31–27–11
April
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
70TApril 3, 19663–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66)31–27–12

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
More information Player, Pos ...
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gordie HoweRW7029467583703
Norm UllmanC7031417235702
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7031386916946
Floyd SmithRW6621284920203
Andy BathgateRW7015324725403
Paul HendersonRW6922244634509
Bruce MacGregorC7020143428112
Ab McDonaldLW43616226100
Doug BarkleyD435152065100
Gary BergmanD613161996100
Bert MarshallD610191945000
Ron MurphyLW321071710201
Bill GadsbyD585121772000
Parker MacDonaldC375121724000
Dean PrenticeLW1969158011
Val FonteyneLW59510150100
Bryan WatsonD70279133010
Don McKenneyC241670000
Billy HarrisC241456000
Leo BoivinD1605516000
Warren GodfreyD2604422000
Pit MartinC101120001
Jimmy PetersC61122100
Bob WallD81128000
Pete GoeganD1302214000
Bob McCordD902216000
Pete MahovlichC30110000
Hank BassenG110000000
Dwight CarruthersD10000000
Bart CrashleyD10000000
Roger CrozierG640004000
Gary DoakD400012000
George GardnerG10000000
Murray HallRW10000000
Doug RobertsRW10000000
Jim WatsonD20004000
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Goaltending
More information Player, MIN ...
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roger Crozier3734642724121732.787
Hank Bassen40611330172.510
George Gardner60110011.000
Team:4200703127121912.737
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Playoffs

Scoring
More information Player, Pos ...
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Norm UllmanC12691512
Alex DelvecchioC/LW12011114
Dean PrenticeLW1255104
Gordie HoweRW12461012
Andy BathgateRW126396
Floyd SmithRW125274
Paul HendersonRW1233610
Bruce MacGregorC121452
Ab McDonaldLW101452
Bill GadsbyD1213412
Bert MarshallD1213416
Gary BergmanD1203314
Bryan WatsonD1220230
Val FonteyneLW121014
Leo BoivinD1201116
Hank BassenG10000
Roger CrozierG120000
Warren GodfreyD40000
Pete GoeganD10000
Murray HallRW10000
Parker MacDonaldC90002
Irv SpencerD30002
Bob WallD60002
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Goaltending
More information Player, MIN ...
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Roger Crozier6681265262.341
Hank Bassen5410122.220
Team:7221266282.331
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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.

More information Round, # ...
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
13George Forgie CanadaFlin Flon Bombers (SJHL)
28Bob Birdsell CanadaStettler Midgets (MAAAMHL)
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