1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 40th season in the NHL, and the club was coming off a third-place finish in 1964–65, as Chicago had a record of 34–28–8, earning 76 points, which was their lowest point total since 1961–62. The Hawks then upset the first place Detroit Red Wings in the NHL semi-finals, before losing to the Montreal Canadiens in seven games in the 1965 Stanley Cup Finals.[1]

1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks
Division2nd NHL
1965–66 record37–25–8
Home record21–8–6
Road record16–17–2
Goals for240
Goals against187
Team information
General managerTommy Ivan
CoachBilly Reay
CaptainPierre Pilote
Alternate captainsBill Hay
Bobby Hull
Stan Mikita
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Hull (54)
AssistsStan Mikita (48)
PointsBobby Hull (97)
Penalty minutesMatt Ravlich (78)
WinsGlenn Hall (34)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.63)

Chicago began the season very strong, going unbeaten in their first seven games, with a 6–0–1 record, before recording their first loss of the year. The Hawks continued to play very strong hockey all season long, only once did they have a losing streak of more than three games, as the club set a team record for wins with 37, and their 82 points earned was a six-point improvement over the previous season, as the Black Hawks finished second in the NHL, and earned a playoff spot for the eighth consecutive season.[2]

On February 26, 1966, team owner James D. Norris died due to a heart attack. Norris was 59 years old.

Offensively, the Hawks were led by Bobby Hull, who had a record breaking season, as he scored an NHL record 54 goals, while earning an NHL record 97 points, as he won the Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy for his efforts. Stan Mikita recorded a team high 48 assists and finished second with 78 points in NHL scoring. Phil Esposito had a strong season, scoring 27 goals and 53 points, while Bill Hay had 20 goals and 51 points. Kenny Wharram and Doug Mohns each scored over 20 goals, earning 26 and 22 respectively. On the blueline, Pierre Pilote led the way, earning 36 points, while fellow defenseman Pat Stapleton earned 34 points. Matt Ravlich led the club with 78 penalty minutes.

In goal, Glenn Hall earned the majority of playing time, tying the club record with 34 victories, while posting a team best 2.63 GAA, along with 4 shutouts.[3]

The Hawks would face the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL semi-finals for the fourth consecutive season, as the Wings finished fourth in the NHL standings with a record of 31–27–12, recording 74 points, which was eight fewer than the Black Hawks. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Black Hawks took a 1–0 series lead, as they defeated Detroit 2–1, however, the Red Wings evened the series up, as Detroit stunned Chicago with a 7–0 win in the second game. The series shifted to the Detroit Olympia for the next two games, however, in the third game, the Hawks took the series lead, with a 2–1 victory, but once again, the Red Wings evened the series, easily defeating Chicago 5–1 to tie the series up at two. The fifth game was played in Chicago, but it was Detroit winning the game 5–3, and taking the series lead, and the underdog Red Wings completed the upset in the sixth game held back in Detroit, as they defeated the Black Hawks 3–2 to end the series.[4]

Season standings
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
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents
1965–66 NHL Records [5]
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—

Game log

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 23Chicago Black Hawks4–0Toronto Maple Leafs1–0–02
2October 24Chicago Black Hawks6–2Boston Bruins2–0–04
3October 28Chicago Black Hawks5–1Detroit Red Wings3–0–06
4October 30Chicago Black Hawks6–4Montreal Canadiens4–0–08
5November 3Boston Bruins2–2Chicago Black Hawks4–0–19
6November 7Toronto Maple Leafs0–9Chicago Black Hawks5–0–111
7November 10Detroit Red Wings2–5Chicago Black Hawks6–0–113
8November 13Montreal Canadiens5–2Chicago Black Hawks6–1–113
9November 14New York Rangers4–2Chicago Black Hawks6–2–113
10November 17Chicago Black Hawks5–3New York Rangers7–2–115
11November 20Chicago Black Hawks1–3Toronto Maple Leafs7–3–115
12November 21Toronto Maple Leafs7–3Chicago Black Hawks7–4–115
13November 23Chicago Black Hawks3–2Detroit Red Wings8–4–117
14November 25Detroit Red Wings1–3Chicago Black Hawks9–4–119
15November 27Chicago Black Hawks1–0New York Rangers10–4–121
16November 28Montreal Canadiens2–1Chicago Black Hawks10–5–121
17December 1Boston Bruins2–4Chicago Black Hawks11–5–123
18December 4Chicago Black Hawks10–1Boston Bruins12–5–125
19December 5Chicago Black Hawks6–2New York Rangers13–5–127
20December 8New York Rangers2–2Chicago Black Hawks13–5–228
21December 11Chicago Black Hawks1–2Montreal Canadiens13–6–228
22December 12Montreal Canadiens5–3Chicago Black Hawks13–7–228
23December 15Boston Bruins4–8Chicago Black Hawks14–7–230
24December 18Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings14–8–230
25December 19Detroit Red Wings4–5Chicago Black Hawks15–8–232
26December 22New York Rangers3–4Chicago Black Hawks16–8–234
27December 25Chicago Black Hawks3–5Toronto Maple Leafs16–9–234
28December 26Toronto Maple Leafs1–1Chicago Black Hawks16–9–335
29December 29Chicago Black Hawks3–0New York Rangers17–9–337
30December 31Chicago Black Hawks4–1Detroit Red Wings18–9–339
31January 2Boston Bruins1–3Chicago Black Hawks19–9–341
32January 5Chicago Black Hawks4–2Montreal Canadiens20–9–343
33January 8Chicago Black Hawks4–6New York Rangers20–10–343
34January 9Toronto Maple Leafs3–5Chicago Black Hawks21–10–345
35January 13Chicago Black Hawks1–1Boston Bruins21–10–446
36January 15Chicago Black Hawks4–6Montreal Canadiens21–11–446
37January 16New York Rangers6–5Chicago Black Hawks21–12–446
38January 20Chicago Black Hawks3–4Boston Bruins21–13–446
39January 22Chicago Black Hawks0–4Toronto Maple Leafs21–14–446
40January 23Montreal Canadiens3–3Chicago Black Hawks21–14–547
41January 26Chicago Black Hawks4–2Montreal Canadiens22–14–549
42January 27Chicago Black Hawks3–5Boston Bruins22–15–549
43January 29Detroit Red Wings4–4Chicago Black Hawks22–15–650
44January 30Chicago Black Hawks5–1Detroit Red Wings23–15–652
45February 2New York Rangers3–4Chicago Black Hawks24–15–654
46February 5Chicago Black Hawks2–5Toronto Maple Leafs24–16–654
47February 6Toronto Maple Leafs2–3Chicago Black Hawks25–16–656
48February 9Detroit Red Wings1–2Chicago Black Hawks26–16–658
49February 12Montreal Canadiens2–2Chicago Black Hawks26–16–759
50February 13New York Rangers1–6Chicago Black Hawks27–16–761
51February 16Chicago Black Hawks5–2New York Rangers28–16–763
52February 19Chicago Black Hawks2–5Montreal Canadiens28–17–763
53February 20Boston Bruins1–5Chicago Black Hawks29–17–765
54February 23Toronto Maple Leafs3–2Chicago Black Hawks29–18–765
55February 26Chicago Black Hawks4–1Detroit Red Wings30–18–767
56February 27Boston Bruins1–7Chicago Black Hawks31–18–769
57March 2Detroit Red Wings4–5Chicago Black Hawks32–18–771
58March 5Chicago Black Hawks0–5Toronto Maple Leafs32–19–771
59March 6Montreal Canadiens1–0Chicago Black Hawks32–20–771
60March 9Chicago Black Hawks0–1New York Rangers32–21–771
61March 12New York Rangers2–4Chicago Black Hawks33–21–773
62March 13Toronto Maple Leafs1–5Chicago Black Hawks34–21–775
63March 16Detroit Red Wings1–4Chicago Black Hawks35–21–777
64March 19Chicago Black Hawks2–4Toronto Maple Leafs35–22–777
65March 20Montreal Canadiens2–4Chicago Black Hawks36–22–779
66March 23Chicago Black Hawks1–3Boston Bruins36–23–779
67March 27Chicago Black Hawks1–1Detroit Red Wings36–23–880
68March 29Boston Bruins2–4Chicago Black Hawks37–23–882
69April 2Chicago Black Hawks3–8Montreal Canadiens37–24–882
70April 3Chicago Black Hawks2–4Boston Bruins37–25–882

Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 7Detroit Red Wings1–2Chicago Black Hawks1–0
2April 10Detroit Red Wings7–0Chicago Black Hawks1–1
3April 12Chicago Black Hawks2–1Detroit Red Wings2–1
4April 14Chicago Black Hawks1–5Detroit Red Wings2–2
5April 17Detroit Red Wings5–3Chicago Black Hawks2–3
6April 19Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings2–4

Season stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bobby Hull6554439770
Stan Mikita6830487858
Phil Esposito6927265349
Bill Hay6820315120
Doug Mohns7022274963

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Glenn Hall6437473421716442.63
Dave Dryden114533412303.05

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Pat Stapleton62354
Bobby Hull622410
Stan Mikita61232
Chico Maki31120
Phil Esposito61122

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLGASOGAA
Dave Dryden11300000.00
Glenn Hall6347242203.80

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
12Andy Culligan CanadaSt. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)
27Brian McKenney CanadaSmiths Falls Bears (CJAHL)

References
  1. 1964–65 NHL Season Summary – Hockey-Reference.com
  2. 1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks Games – Hockey-Reference.com
  3. "Chicago Blackhawks goaltending history : Glenn Hall". Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  4. 1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com
  5. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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