1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

	1962–63 Montreal Canadiens
League	3rd NHL
Division	3rd NHL
1962–63 record	28-19-23
Goals for	225
Goals against	183
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Henri Richard (23)
Assists	Henri Richard (50)
Points	Henri Richard (73)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (141)
Wins	Jacques Plante (22)
Goals against average	Jacques Plante (2.49)
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season was the 54th season in franchise history. The Canadiens finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1.

Regular Season[]

Fontinato injury-9Mar1963 — The career of Lou Fontinato was ended, March 9, 1963.

Lou Fontinato's career came to a tragic end March 9th when he tried to check Vic Hadfield and instead was thrown headlong into the boards by the Ranger player. Fontinato lay motionless on the ice for some time before being carried off the ice on a stretcher and taken to Montreal General Hospital where the diagnosis was a fractured neck, a crushed cervical vertebra. He gradually recovered from his paralyzed condition, but would never play hockey again. Jacques Laperriere replaced Fontinato on the Canadiens defence.

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	23	12	221	180	816	82
Chicago Black Hawks	70	32	21	17	194	178	906	81
Montreal Canadiens	70	28	19	23	225	183	751	79
Detroit Red Wings	70	32	25	13	200	194	964	77
New York Rangers	70	22	36	12	211	233	657	56
Boston Bruins	70	14	39	17	198	281	636	45

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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

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Playoffs[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

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Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	67	23	50	73	57
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	69	18	49	67	68
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	67	24	26	50	61
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	67	20	30	50	26
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	60	25	24	49	42
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	51	23	18	41	73
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	70	17	22	39	39
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	62	19	18	37	15
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	70	23	12	35	51
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	65	13	20	33	6
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	70	3	22	25	51
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	65	1	17	18	46
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	69	1	17	18	10
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	32	5	8	13	2
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato	D	63	2	8	10	141
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	43	3	5	8	28
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	37	2	6	8	15
McCreary, BillBill McCreary	LW	14	2	3	5	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	14	1	1	2	10
Brisson, GerryGerry Brisson	RW	4	0	2	2	4
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	6	0	2	2	2
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	56	0	1	1	2
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	1	0	0	0	0
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	G	14	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

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

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	5	2	1	3	2
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	5	2	0	2	0
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	5	1	1	2	2
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	5	1	0	1	8
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	5	0	1	1	4
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	5	0	1	1	4
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	5	0	1	1	2
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	5	0	1	1	2
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	2	0	0	0	0
Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	C	2	0	0	0	0
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	5	0	0	0	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	5	0	0	0	0
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	5	0	0	0	12
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	5	0	0	0	0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	5	0	0	0	8
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	5	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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

Awards and Records[]

Henri Richard, Centre, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963
↑ 1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

[1] 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[2] ttp://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963

[3] 1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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Montreal Canadiens Seasons
1900s	1909–10
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1940s	1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

Montreal Canadiens
Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1962–63 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	All-Star Game • 1963 Stanley Cup Finals

1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]