1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

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==
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===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season 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
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 1===
http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	67	23	50	73 	57
 	C 	69	18	49	67 	68
 	LW 	67	24	26	50 	61
 	RW 	67	20	30	50 	26
 	LW 	60	25	24	49 	42
 	RW 	51	23	18	41 	73
 	RW 	70	17	22	39 	39
 	RW 	62	19	18	37 	15
 	C 	70	23	12	35 	51
 	LW 	65	13	20	33 	6
 	D 	70	3 	22	25 	51
 	D 	65	1 	17	18 	46
 	D 	69	1 	17	18 	10
 	C 	32	5 	8 	13 	2
 	D 	63	2 	8 	10 	141
 	D 	43	3 	5 	8 	28
 	C 	37	2 	6 	8 	15
 	LW 	14	2 	3 	5 	0
 	D 	14	1 	1 	2 	10
 	RW 	4 	0 	2 	2 	4
 	D 	6 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	G 	56	0 	1 	1 	2
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3320	56	22	14	19	138	2.49	5
 	820 	14	5 	5 	4 	42 	3.07	0
 	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
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	2
 	LW 	5 	2	0	2 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	2
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	8
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	4
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	12
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	8
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	300	5 	1	4	14	2.80	0
Team: 	300	5 	1	4	14	2.80	0
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==
Bucyk_goal-20Jan1963.gif|John Bucyk scores, January 20, 1963.
62-63MonCanOctober.jpg|The team in October
62-63NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Opening game
62-63NHLExhMonCanShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
62-63NHLExhMlQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
62-63NHLExhMtlOttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
==See Also==
* 1962–63 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1961–62
Montreal Canadiens season, 1962–63