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1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

1962–63 Montreal Canadiens
League3rd NHL
1962–63 record28–19–23
Home record15–10–10
Road record13–9–13
Goals for225
Goals against183
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainJean Beliveau
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsHenri Richard (23)
AssistsHenri Richard (50)
PointsHenri Richard (73)
Penalty minutesLou Fontinato (141)
WinsJacques Plante (22)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (2.49)

The 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season was the 54th season in franchise history. The team placed third in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1.

Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 35 23 12 221 180 +41 82
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 32 21 17 194 178 +16 81
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 28 19 23 225 183 +42 79
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 32 25 13 200 194 +6 77
5 New York Rangers 70 22 36 12 211 233 −22 56
6 Boston Bruins 70 14 39 17 198 281 −83 45

Record vs. opponents

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1962–63 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–10–2 2–7–5 2–7–5 4–7–3 4–8–2
Chicago 10–2–2 — 5–6–3 3–7–4 10–2–2 4–7–3
Detroit 7–2–5 6–5–3 — 3–9–2 9–3–2 7–6–1
Montreal 7–2–5 7–3–4 9–3–2 — 5–5–4 3–6–5
New York 7–4–3 2–10–2 3–9–2 5–5–4 — 5–8–1
Toronto 8–4–2 7–4–3 6–7–1 6–3–5 8–5–1 —


Schedule and results

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1962–63 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1962 0–5 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 0–1–0
2 W October 13, 1962 6–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 1–1–0
3 L October 14, 1962 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 1–2–0
4 W October 18, 1962 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 2–2–0
5 W October 20, 1962 7–3 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 3–2–0
6 T October 21, 1962 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 3–2–1
7 T October 23, 1962 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 3–2–2
8 L October 27, 1962 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 3–3–2
9 W October 31, 1962 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 4–3–2
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
10 L November 1, 1962 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 4–4–2
11 T November 3, 1962 3–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 4–4–3
12 W November 8, 1962 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 5–4–3
13 L November 10, 1962 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 5–5–3
14 W November 11, 1962 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 6–5–3
15 L November 14, 1962 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 6–6–3
16 T November 18, 1962 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 6–6–4
17 W November 22, 1962 3–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 7–6–4
18 T November 24, 1962 5–5 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 7–6–5
19 W November 25, 1962 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 8–6–5
20 T November 29, 1962 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 8–6–6
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
21 W December 1, 1962 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 9–6–6
22 W December 2, 1962 3–0 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 10–6–6
23 L December 5, 1962 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 10–7–6
24 W December 8, 1962 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 11–7–6
25 L December 9, 1962 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 11–8–6
26 T December 13, 1962 1–1 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 11–8–7
27 L December 15, 1962 2–4 New York Rangers (1962–63) 11–9–7
28 W December 16, 1962 5–2 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 12–9–7
29 T December 20, 1962 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 12–9–8
30 T December 22, 1962 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 12–9–9
31 T December 23, 1962 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 12–9–10
32 W December 25, 1962 6–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 13–9–10
33 W December 29, 1962 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 14–9–10
34 T December 30, 1962 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 14–9–11
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
35 W January 3, 1963 4–1 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 15–9–11
36 T January 5, 1963 2–2 New York Rangers (1962–63) 15–9–12
37 W January 6, 1963 6–0 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 16–9–12
38 L January 10, 1963 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 16–10–12
39 W January 12, 1963 7–2 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 17–10–12
40 T January 13, 1963 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 17–10–13
41 W January 17, 1963 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 18–10–13
42 W January 19, 1963 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 19–10–13
43 T January 20, 1963 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 19–10–14
44 L January 23, 1963 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 19–11–14
45 T January 24, 1963 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 19–11–15
46 L January 26, 1963 2–4 New York Rangers (1962–63) 19–12–15
47 W January 27, 1963 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 20–12–15
48 L January 31, 1963 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 20–13–15
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
49 T February 2, 1963 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 20–13–16
50 W February 3, 1963 6–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 21–13–16
51 L February 6, 1963 3–6 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 21–14–16
52 T February 9, 1963 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 21–14–17
53 T February 10, 1963 5–5 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 21–14–18
54 L February 14, 1963 1–2 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 21–15–18
55 W February 16, 1963 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 22–15–18
56 W February 17, 1963 6–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 23–15–18
57 L February 20, 1963 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 23–16–18
58 W February 23, 1963 6–3 New York Rangers (1962–63) 24–16–18
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
59 L March 2, 1963 1–7 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 24–17–18
60 T March 3, 1963 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 24–17–19
61 W March 5, 1963 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 25–17–19
62 W March 7, 1963 8–0 Boston Bruins (1962–63) 26–17–19
63 L March 9, 1963 2–5 New York Rangers (1962–63) 26–18–19
64 W March 10, 1963 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 27–18–19
65 T March 14, 1963 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 27–18–20
66 W March 16, 1963 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 28–18–20
67 T March 17, 1963 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 28–18–21
68 T March 20, 1963 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 28–18–22
69 T March 23, 1963 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 28–18–23
70 L March 24, 1963 0–5 @ New York Rangers (1962–63) 28–19–23

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

Playoffs

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Semi-finals

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Henri Richard C 67 23 50 73 57
Jean Beliveau C 69 18 49 67 68
Dickie Moore LW 67 24 26 50 61
Claude Provost RW 67 20 30 50 26
Gilles Tremblay LW 60 25 24 49 42
Bernie Geoffrion RW 51 23 18 41 73
Bill Hicke RW 70 17 22 39 39
Bobby Rousseau RW 62 19 18 37 15
Ralph Backstrom C 70 23 12 35 51
Donnie Marshall LW 65 13 20 33 6
Jean-Guy Talbot D 70 3 22 25 51
Jean Gauthier D 65 1 17 18 46
J.C. Tremblay D 69 1 17 18 10
Phil Goyette C 32 5 8 13 2
Lou Fontinato D 63 2 8 10 141
Tom Johnson D 43 3 5 8 28
Red Berenson C 37 2 6 8 15
Bill McCreary LW 14 2 3 5 0
Terry Harper D 14 1 1 2 10
Gerry Brisson RW 4 0 2 2 4
Jacques Laperriere D 6 0 2 2 2
Jacques Plante G 56 0 1 1 2
Claude Larose RW 4 0 0 0 0
Cesare Maniago G 14 0 0 0 2
Ernie Wakely G 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 3320 56 22 14 19 138 2.49 5
Cesare Maniago 820 14 5 5 4 42 3.07 0
Ernie Wakely 60 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0
Team: 4200 70 28 19 23 183 2.61 5

Playoffs

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Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jean Beliveau C 5 2 1 3 2
Gilles Tremblay LW 5 2 0 2 0
Henri Richard C 5 1 1 2 2
Terry Harper D 5 1 0 1 8
Bernie Geoffrion RW 5 0 1 1 4
Jacques Laperriere D 5 0 1 1 4
Dickie Moore LW 5 0 1 1 2
Claude Provost RW 5 0 1 1 2
Bobby Rousseau RW 5 0 1 1 2
Ralph Backstrom C 5 0 0 0 2
Red Berenson C 5 0 0 0 0
Jean Gauthier D 5 0 0 0 12
Phil Goyette C 2 0 0 0 0
Bill Hicke RW 5 0 0 0 0
Donnie Marshall LW 5 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 5 0 0 0 0
Bill Sutherland C 2 0 0 0 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 5 0 0 0 8
J.C. Tremblay D 5 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 300 5 1 4 14 2.80 0
Team: 300 5 1 4 14 2.80 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Montreal Canadiens 1963-64 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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