1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season

	1963–64 Montreal Canadiens
Division	1st NHL
1963–64 record	36-21-13
Goals for	209
Goals against	167
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Toe Blake
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Jean Beliveau (28)
Assists	Jean Beliveau (50)
Points	Jean Beliveau (78)
Penalty minutes	Terry Harper (149)
Wins	Charlie Hodge (33)
Goals against average	Charlie Hodge (2.26)
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The 1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 55th season of play. The Canadiens finished 1st in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 3.

Regular Season[]

The Canadiens were coming off what was for them a very poor season. The team finished third in the 1962-63 NHL season and lost the Semi-finals in a very poorly played 5 games to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Lou Fontinato suffered a career-ending injury in that year and veterans Tom Johnson and Dickie Moore also missed a lot of time due to injuries. Goaltender Jacques Plante played his worst season in a Canadiens' uniform.

Moore retired, Johnson went to the Boston Bruins while Phil Goyette, Don Marshall, and Plante were traded to the New York Rangers. To replace them, the Canadiens obtained Gump Worsley and Dave Balon from the Rangers and got the tough enforcer John Ferguson from the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League. Rookies Jacques Laperriere and Terry Harper reinforced the defence. With the exception of Worsley, all the new players played beyond expectations.

Worlsey was injured in the eighth game of the season. To replace him the Canadiens brought up Charlie Hodge from the Quebec Aces. Hodge had been the team's second-string goalie for years behind Jacques Plante. Given the chance, Hodge blossomed into a fine first-string goalie and won the Vezina Trophy.

1963-Nov10-Howe 545 goal — Gordie Howe scores his 545th career goal, November 10, 1963.

The Detroit Red Wings blanked the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 on November 10th. While the Wings were a man short, Gordie Howe scored on Charlie Hodge for his 545th career goal, breaking Maurice Richard's record. Yet another record was tied by Terry Sawchuk when he recorded his 94th career NHL shutout, tying him with George Hainsworth as the all-time NHL shutout leader.

Jean Béliveau came off of a so-so 1962-63 season to finish third in the league scoring race and win the Hart Memorial Trophy. Laperriere won the Calder Memorial Trophy ahead of teammates Ferguson and Harper. Bobby Rousseau scored five goals in one game against the Detroit Red Wings as part of a fine 25 goal season.

The Leafs, strengthened by superstar Andy Bathgate upset the Canadiens in the Semi-finals, but a dynasty was born. The Canadiens would win four of the next five Stanley Cups, narrowly missing winning the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals.

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	70	36	21	13	209	167	982	85
Chicago Black Hawks	70	36	22	12	218	169	1116	84
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	33	25	12	192	172	928	78
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	29	11	191	204	771	71
New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	186	242	715	54
Boston Bruins	70	18	40	12	170	212	858	48

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

Game Log[]

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 8, 1963	4–4	@ Boston Bruins	0–0–1
2	W	October 12, 1963	6–2	New York Rangers	1–0–1
3	L	October 16, 1963	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1–1
4	W	October 19, 1963	2–0	Boston Bruins	2–1–1
5	L	October 20, 1963	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–1
6	T	October 26, 1963	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–2
7	W	October 27, 1963	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–2–2
8	L	October 30, 1963	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3–2
9	W	November 2, 1963	5–1	Detroit Red Wings	4–3–2
10	W	November 3, 1963	5–3	@ New York Rangers	5–3–2
11	T	November 7, 1963	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3–3
12	W	November 9, 1963	4–2	New York Rangers	6–3–3
13	L	November 10, 1963	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	6–4–3
14	T	November 13, 1963	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–4–4
15	L	November 16, 1963	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	6–5–4
16	W	November 17, 1963	3–2	@ Boston Bruins	7–5–4
17	W	November 20, 1963	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	8–5–4
18	L	November 24, 1963	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks	8–6–4
19	W	November 28, 1963	7–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	9–6–4
20	T	November 30, 1963	0–0	Boston Bruins	9–6–5
21	W	December 1, 1963	3–1	@ Boston Bruins	10–6–5
22	L	December 4, 1963	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	10–7–5
23	W	December 5, 1963	4–2	New York Rangers	11–7–5
24	W	December 7, 1963	5–2	Detroit Red Wings	12–7–5
25	L	December 8, 1963	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	12–8–5
26	W	December 12, 1963	6–4	New York Rangers	13–8–5
27	W	December 14, 1963	3–1	Boston Bruins	14–8–5
28	L	December 15, 1963	2–4	@ New York Rangers	14–9–5
29	W	December 18, 1963	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	15–9–5
30	W	December 21, 1963	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	16–9–5
31	W	December 22, 1963	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings	17–9–5
32	L	December 25, 1963	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	17–10–5
33	T	December 28, 1963	1–1	Detroit Red Wings	17–10–6
34	W	December 29, 1963	6–2	@ New York Rangers	18–10–6
35	T	January 1, 1964	3–3	@ Boston Bruins	18–10–7
36	W	January 4, 1964	5–1	Boston Bruins	19–10–7
37	T	January 5, 1964	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	19–10–8
38	L	January 8, 1964	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	19–11–8
39	W	January 12, 1964	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks	20–11–8
40	W	January 16, 1964	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks	21–11–8
41	L	January 18, 1964	0–2	Detroit Red Wings	21–12–8
42	T	January 19, 1964	1–1	@ Boston Bruins	21–12–9
43	W	January 22, 1964	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	22–12–9
44	W	January 23, 1964	4–2	New York Rangers	23–12–9
45	L	January 25, 1964	0–6	Boston Bruins	23–13–9
46	T	January 26, 1964	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	23–13–10
47	W	January 29, 1964	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	24–13–10
48	W	February 1, 1964	9–3	Detroit Red Wings	25–13–10
49	L	February 2, 1964	2–4	@ New York Rangers	25–14–10
50	W	February 5, 1964	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	26–14–10
51	W	February 8, 1964	8–2	@ New York Rangers	27–14–10
52	T	February 9, 1964	4–4	@ Boston Bruins	27–14–11
53	W	February 12, 1964	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	28–14–11
54	L	February 15, 1964	1–4	Detroit Red Wings	28–15–11
55	W	February 16, 1964	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	29–15–11
56	W	February 20, 1964	3–2	Boston Bruins	30–15–11
57	W	February 22, 1964	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	31–15–11
58	L	February 23, 1964	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	31–16–11
59	W	February 26, 1964	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	32–16–11
60	W	February 29, 1964	4–0	New York Rangers	33–16–11
61	L	March 1, 1964	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	33–17–11
62	L	March 5, 1964	5–7	Detroit Red Wings	33–18–11
63	L	March 7, 1964	2–3	New York Rangers	33–19–11
64	T	March 8, 1964	0–0	@ New York Rangers	33–19–12
65	L	March 11, 1964	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	33–20–12
66	W	March 14, 1964	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	34–20–12
67	L	March 15, 1964	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	34–21–12
68	T	March 18, 1964	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	34–21–13
69	W	March 21, 1964	5–1	Boston Bruins	35–21–13
70	W	March 22, 1964	2–1	@ New York Rangers	36–21–13

Playoffs[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 3[]

March 26, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 - 0
March 28, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 - 2
March 31, 1964, at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 - 2
April 2, 1964, at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 - 5
April 4, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 2
April 7, 1964, at Toronto Maple Leafs 0 - 3
April 9, 1964, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 - 3^[1]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	68	28	50	78	42
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	70	25	31	56	32
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	66	14	39	53	73
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	59	18	27	45	125
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	70	24	18	42	80
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	55	21	18	39	41
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	61	22	15	37	21
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	68	15	17	32	37
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	65	2	28	30	102
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	70	8	21	29	41
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	70	5	16	21	24
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	48	11	9	20	41
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	70	2	15	17	149
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	69	7	9	16	12
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	66	1	13	14	83
Boudrias, AndreAndre Boudrias	LW	4	1	4	5	2
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	5	4	0	4	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	21	1	1	2	43
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	39	0	2	2	18
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	4	0	1	1	0
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	15	0	1	1	2
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	1	0	0	0	2
Hicks, WayneWayne Hicks	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Reaume, MarcMarc Reaume	D	3	0	0	0	2
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Gray, TerryTerry Gray	RW	4	0	0	0	6
Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna	D	6	0	0	0	2
Morissette, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Morissette	G	1	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	8	0	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	62	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	3720	62	33	18	11	140	2.26	8
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	444	8	3	2	2	22	2.97	1
Morissette, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Morissette	36	1	0	1	0	4	6.67	0
Team:	4200	70	36	21	13	166	2.37	9

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	7	2	2	4	22
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	7	2	1	3	8
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	7	2	1	3	9
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	5	2	0	2	18
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	7	1	1	2	25
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	7	1	1	2	4
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	7	1	1	2	8
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	7	1	1	2	9
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	7	1	1	2	2
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	7	0	2	2	2
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	7	0	2	2	10
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	7	0	1	1	25
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	7	0	1	1	14
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	6	0	0	0	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	7	0	0	0	4
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	7	0	0	0	6
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	420	7	3	4	16	2.29	1
Team:	420	7	3	4	16	2.29	1

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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[]

Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau
Calder Memorial Trophy: Jacques Laperriere
Vezina Trophy: Charlie Hodge
Jean Béliveau, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
Jacques Laperriere, Defenceman, NHL Second Team All-Star
Charlie Hodge, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Trade Jacques Plante, Phil Goyette and Don Marshall to the New York Rangers for Gump Worsley, Dave Balon, Leon Rochefort and Len Ronson on June 4, 1963.

Farm Teams[]

Minor Pro[]

The Canadiens had working arrangements with the following teams:

Quebec Aces (American Hockey League) who finished first in the East Division.
Cleveland Barons (American Hockey League) who won the Calder Cup.
Seattle Totems (Western Hockey League) who finished fifth.
Muskegon Zephyrs (International Hockey League) who finished sixth.

The following team was a wholly-owned farm team:

Omaha Knights (Central Professional Hockey League) who finished first and won the Adams Cup (playoff championship).

Junior[]

Montreal Junior Canadiens (Ontario Hockey Association) who finished second and lost the final.
Peterborough Petes (Ontario Hockey Association) who finished fifth and lost the quarter final.
Regina Pats (Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League) who finished second and lost the final.
Fort William Canadiens (Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League) who finished second and won the final.
St. Boniface Canadiens (Manitoba Junior Hockey League) who finished sixth.

They also sponsored the Ottawa Hull & District Junior League and the Metropolitan Montreal Junior League.

Notable Games[]

Montreal 9 Detroit 3:Feb. 1, 1964

Gallery[]

Video[]

Game 6 of the 1964 Semi-finals between Montreal and Toronto, April 13, 1965.

1964 NHL SCP Semi Final G 6 Montreal @ Toronto 4 7 1964

References[]

↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963
↑ 1963-64 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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Montreal Canadiens Seasons
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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)

1963–64 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	1963 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1964 Stanley Cup Finals

1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 3[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Farm Teams[]

Minor Pro[]

Junior[]

Notable Games[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

See Also[]

References[]