1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-19-23 - 79 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Semi-Finals - Lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
Coach: Toe Blake (28-19-23)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Results

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, finishing third in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Canadiens paced the league with 225 goals. Montreal 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 NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

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	L	67	24	26	50	61
Claude Provost	R	67	20	30	50	26
Gilles Tremblay	L	60	25	24	49	42
Bernie Geoffrion	R	51	23	18	41	73
Bill Hicke	R	70	17	22	39	39
Bobby Rousseau	R	62	19	18	37	15
Ralph Backstrom	C	70	23	12	35	51
Don Marshall	C	65	13	20	33	6
Jean-Guy Talbot	D	70	3	22	25	51
J.C. Tremblay	D	69	1	17	18	10
Jean Gauthier	D	65	1	17	18	46
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	L	14	2	3	5	0
Terry Harper	D	14	1	1	2	10
Gerry Brisson	R	4	0	2	2	4
Jacques Laperriere	D	6	0	2	2	2
Jacques Plante	G	56	0	1	1	2
Claude Larose	R	4	0	0	0	0
Cesare Maniago	G	14	0	0	0	2
Ernie Wakely	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1140	225	361	586	751

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Jacques Plante	56	3320	22	14	19	5	138	2.49	0
Cesare Maniago	14	820	5	5	4	0	42	3.07	0
Ernie Wakely	1	60	1	0	0	0	3	3.00	0
Totals	71	4200	28	19	23	5	183	2.61		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Henri Richard	C	5	1	1	2	2	0
Jean Beliveau	C	5	2	1	3	2	0
Dickie Moore	L	5	0	1	1	2	0
Claude Provost	R	5	0	1	1	2	0
Gilles Tremblay	L	5	2	0	2	0	1
Bernie Geoffrion	R	5	0	1	1	4	0
Bill Hicke	R	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Rousseau	R	5	0	1	1	2	0
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
Jacques Laperriere	D	5	0	1	1	4	0
Jacques Plante	G	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Sutherland	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		89	6	7	13	48	1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jacques Plante	5	300	1	4	0	0	0	14	2.80	0
Totals	5	300	1	4	0	0	0	14	2.80		0