1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
Team Record: 28-19-23 - 79 points
in the NHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Toe Blake (28-19-23)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1962-63 season with a record of 28 wins and 19 losses and 23 ties for 79 points in the NHL.
The team paced the league with 225 goals. The team surrendered 183 goals. Gilles Tremblay scored 25 goals for the squad, while Henri Richard contributed 50 assists. Jacques Plante topped the team with 22 wins and a team-best 2.49 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Toe Blake coached the team. The 1962-63 Montreal Canadiens lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henri Richard | C | 67 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 57 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.75 | 1.09 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 69 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 68 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.71 | 0.97 |
| Dickie Moore | L | 67 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 61 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.75 |
| Claude Provost | R | 67 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 26 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.75 |
| Gilles Tremblay | L | 60 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 42 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.82 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | R | 51 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 73 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.80 |
| Bill Hicke | R | 70 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.56 |
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 62 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.60 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 70 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 51 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.50 |
| Don Marshall | C | 65 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.51 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 70 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 51 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.36 |
| J.C. Tremblay | D | 69 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.26 |
| Jean Gauthier | D | 65 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| Phil Goyette | C | 32 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.41 |
| Lou Fontinato | D | 63 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 141 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
| Tom Johnson | D | 43 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.19 |
| Red Berenson | C | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.22 |
| Bill McCreary | L | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.36 |
| Terry Harper | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Gerry Brisson | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Jacques Plante | G | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| Claude Larose | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Wakely | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cesare Maniago | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1140 | 225 | 361 | 586 | 751 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesare Maniago | 14 | 820 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3.07 | 409 | 367 | .897 |
| Jacques Plante | 56 | 3320 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 138 | 2.49 | 1578 | 1440 | .913 |
| Ernie Wakely | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 34 | 31 | .912 |
| Totals | 71 | 4200 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 183 | 2.61 | 2021 | 1838 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henri Richard | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.60 |
| Dickie Moore | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Claude Provost | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Gilles Tremblay | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Bernie Geoffrion | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Bill Hicke | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Marshall | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| J.C. Tremblay | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jean Gauthier | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Phil Goyette | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Red Berenson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Harper | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Jacques Plante | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Sutherland | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 89 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.80 | 154 | 140 | .909 |
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.80 | 154 | 140 | .909 |
