# 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

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
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | 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

1962–63 NHL Records :
| 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

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 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### 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 | 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

| 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
#### Scoring

| 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

| 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 |
    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;