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1964–65 Boston Bruins season

The 1964–65 Boston Bruins season was the 41st season of operation for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season for the first time in franchise history.

1964–65 Boston Bruins
League6th NHL
1964–65 record21–43–6
Home record12–17–6
Road record9–26–0
Goals for166
Goals against253
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainLeo Boivin
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsJohnny Bucyk (26)
AssistsJohnny Bucyk (29)
PointsJohnny Bucyk (55)
Penalty minutesTed Green (156)
WinsEddie Johnston (11)
Goals against averageEddie Johnston (3.47)

Regular season

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On January 27, 1965, Ulf Sterner, the first European trained player, made his debut in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers in a game versus the Boston Bruins.[1]

Final standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 40 23 7 224 175 +49 87
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 36 23 11 211 185 +26 83
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 34 28 8 224 176 +48 76
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 30 26 14 204 173 +31 74
5 New York Rangers 70 20 38 12 179 246 −67 52
6 Boston Bruins 70 21 43 6 166 253 −87 48

Record vs. opponents

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1964–65 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —6–83–10–13–10–15–8–14–7–3
Chicago 8–6—8–5–15–6–39–3–24–8–2
Detroit 10–3–15–8–1—8–4–210–2–27–6–1
Montreal 10–3–16–5–34–8–2—10–2–26–5–3
New York 8–5–13–9–22–10–22–10–2—5–4–5
Toronto 7–4–38–4–26–7–15–6–34–5–5—

Schedule and results

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1964–65 regular season[3]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
3LOctober 17, 19642–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)0–3–0
4LOctober 18, 19641–3Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)0–4–0
5TOctober 22, 19642–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)0–4–1
6LOctober 25, 19640–4Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)0–5–1
7LOctober 28, 19641–3@ New York Rangers (1964–65)0–6–1
8LOctober 29, 19640–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)0–7–1
9LOctober 31, 19642–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)0–8–1
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
10WNovember 1, 19645–2Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)1–8–1
11WNovember 8, 19643–2Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)2–8–1
12TNovember 10, 19643–3Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)2–8–2
13LNovember 11, 19642–4@ New York Rangers (1964–65)2–9–2
14WNovember 14, 19643–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)3–9–2
15TNovember 15, 19642–2Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)3–9–3
16LNovember 21, 19641–3Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)3–10–3
17LNovember 22, 19641–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)3–11–3
18WNovember 26, 19646–1New York Rangers (1964–65)4–11–3
19LNovember 28, 19641–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)4–12–3
20WNovember 29, 19644–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)5–12–3
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
21LDecember 3, 19642–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)5–13–3
22TDecember 5, 19643–3New York Rangers (1964–65)5–13–4
23LDecember 10, 19641–5Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)5–14–4
24LDecember 12, 19643–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)5–15–4
25LDecember 13, 19644–5Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)5–16–4
26LDecember 16, 19645–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)5–17–4
27WDecember 17, 19645–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)6–17–4
28LDecember 20, 19642–3Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)6–18–4
29LDecember 25, 19640–3New York Rangers (1964–65)6–19–4
30WDecember 26, 19642–0@ New York Rangers (1964–65)7–19–4
31LDecember 27, 19642–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)7–20–4
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
32WJanuary 1, 19653–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)8–20–4
33LJanuary 2, 19651–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)8–21–4
34LJanuary 3, 19651–8@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)8–22–4
35LJanuary 6, 19652–5@ New York Rangers (1964–65)8–23–4
36WJanuary 7, 19655–2Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)9–23–4
37LJanuary 9, 19651–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)9–24–4
38WJanuary 14, 19655–2New York Rangers (1964–65)10–24–4
39LJanuary 16, 19652–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)10–25–4
40LJanuary 17, 19651–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)10–26–4
41LJanuary 20, 19651–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)10–27–4
42LJanuary 21, 19650–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)10–28–4
43LJanuary 23, 19651–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)10–29–4
44WJanuary 24, 19653–0Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)11–29–4
45LJanuary 27, 19652–5@ New York Rangers (1964–65)11–30–4
46LJanuary 28, 19652–6Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)11–31–4
47LJanuary 30, 19651–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)11–32–4
48LJanuary 31, 19652–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)11–33–4
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
49WFebruary 4, 19653–1Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)12–33–4
50WFebruary 6, 19653–2New York Rangers (1964–65)13–33–4
51LFebruary 7, 19653–8@ New York Rangers (1964–65)13–34–4
52LFebruary 11, 19651–7Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)13–35–4
53WFebruary 13, 19655–4Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)14–35–4
54TFebruary 14, 19652–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)14–35–5
55LFebruary 20, 19652–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)14–36–5
56LFebruary 21, 19650–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)14–37–5
57WFebruary 24, 19653–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)15–37–5
58LFebruary 27, 19651–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)15–38–5
59WFebruary 28, 19655–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)16–38–5
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
60WMarch 3, 19656–1@ New York Rangers (1964–65)17–38–5
61LMarch 4, 19653–4New York Rangers (1964–65)17–39–5
62LMarch 6, 19653–4Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)17–40–5
63TMarch 7, 19653–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)17–40–6
64WMarch 13, 19652–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)18–40–6
65LMarch 14, 19652–5Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)18–41–6
66WMarch 17, 19652–1Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)19–41–6
67LMarch 18, 19653–10@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65)19–42–6
68LMarch 21, 19652–5Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)19–43–6
69WMarch 27, 19656–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65)20–43–6
70WMarch 28, 19653–1Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)21–43–6

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

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
John BucykLW6826295524702
Murray OliverC6520234330604
Reggie FlemingD/LW67182341136124
Ted GreenD7082735156200
Tommy WilliamsRW6513213428203
Ed WestfallD/RW6812152765022
Orland KurtenbachC646202686010
Dean PrenticeLW311492312312
Wayne RiversRW586172372000
Ab McDonaldLW6099186203
Bill KnibbsC53710174000
Wayne MaxnerLW54761342100
Leo BoivinD673101368001
Bob WoytowichD212101216000
Ron SchockC33471114100
Forbes KennedyC52641041040
Tom JohnsonD5109930000
Bob McCordD4306626000
Don AwreyD4723541000
Bobby LeiterC183146000
Murray BalfourRW1502226000
Gary DornhoeferRW2001113000
Jeannot GilbertC40110000
Joe WatsonD40110000
Wayne CashmanLW10000000
Bill GoldsworthyRW20000000
Eddie JohnstonG470004000
Jack NorrisG230000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Eddie Johnston282047113241633.473
Jack Norris13802310112853.701
Team:420070214362483.544

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Note:
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved;SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

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Boston's draft picks at the 1964 NHL entry draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
12Alex Campbell CanadaStrathroy Midgets (OAAAMHL)
28Jim Booth CanadaSault Ste. Marie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
314Ken Dryden CanadaEtobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
420Allister Blair CanadaIngersoll Marlands (WBJHL)

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.33, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1964-65 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1964-65 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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