1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1963–64 1963 1st 36–21–13 22–7–6 14–14–7 209 167 Frank J. Selke Toe Blake Jean Beliveau Bernie GeoffrionHenri Richard Montreal Forum Jean Beliveau (28) Jean Beliveau (50) Jean Beliveau (78) Terry Harper (149) Charlie Hodge (33) Charlie Hodge (2.26) Yes The 1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 55th season of play. The team placed first in the regular season, earning top seed in the playoffs, but lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the semifinals. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1963–64 regular season1963-64 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1964_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 8, 1963||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 12, 1963||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 16, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 19, 1963||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 20, 1963||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||2–2–1 |- |6||T||October 26, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||2–2–2 |- |7||W||October 27, 1963||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||3–2–2 |- |8||L||October 30, 1963||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||3–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||W||November 2, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||4–3–2 |- |10||W||November 3, 1963||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||5–3–2 |- |11||T||November 7, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||5–3–3 |- |12||W||November 9, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||6–3–3 |- |13||L||November 10, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||6–4–3 |- |14||T||November 13, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||6–4–4 |- |15||L||November 16, 1963||2–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||6–5–4 |- |16||W||November 17, 1963||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||7–5–4 |- |17||W||November 20, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||8–5–4 |- |18||L||November 24, 1963||3–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||8–6–4 |- |19||W||November 28, 1963||7–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||9–6–4 |- |20||T||November 30, 1963||0–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||9–6–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||December 1, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||10–6–5 |- |22||L||December 4, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||10–7–5 |- |23||W||December 5, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||11–7–5 |- |24||W||December 7, 1963||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||12–7–5 |- |25||L||December 8, 1963||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||12–8–5 |- |26||W||December 12, 1963||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers||13–8–5 |- |27||W||December 14, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||14–8–5 |- |28||L||December 15, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||14–9–5 |- |29||W||December 18, 1963||7–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||15–9–5 |- |30||W||December 21, 1963||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||16–9–5 |- |31||W||December 22, 1963||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||17–9–5 |- |32||L||December 25, 1963||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||17–10–5 |- |33||T||December 28, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||17–10–6 |- |34||W||December 29, 1963||6–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||18–10–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||T||January 1, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||18–10–7 |- |36||W||January 4, 1964||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||19–10–7 |- |37||T||January 5, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||19–10–8 |- |38||L||January 8, 1964||1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||19–11–8 |- |39||W||January 12, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||20–11–8 |- |40||W||January 16, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||21–11–8 |- |41||L||January 18, 1964||0–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||21–12–8 |- |42||T||January 19, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||21–12–9 |- |43||W||January 22, 1964||3–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||22–12–9 |- |44||W||January 23, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||23–12–9 |- |45||L||January 25, 1964||0–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||23–13–9 |- |46||T||January 26, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||23–13–10 |- |47||W||January 29, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||24–13–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||W||February 1, 1964||9–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||25–13–10 |- |49||L||February 2, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||25–14–10 |- |50||W||February 5, 1964||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||26–14–10 |- |51||W||February 8, 1964||8–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||27–14–10 |- |52||T||February 9, 1964||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||27–14–11 |- |53||W||February 12, 1964||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||28–14–11 |- |54||L||February 15, 1964||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||28–15–11 |- |55||W||February 16, 1964||5–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||29–15–11 |- |56||W||February 20, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||30–15–11 |- |57||W||February 22, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||31–15–11 |- |58||L||February 23, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||31–16–11 |- |59||W||February 26, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||32–16–11 |- |60||W||February 29, 1964||4–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers||33–16–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |61||L||March 1, 1964||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||33–17–11 |- |62||L||March 5, 1964||5–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||33–18–11 |- |63||L||March 7, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers||33–19–11 |- |64||T||March 8, 1964||0–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||33–19–12 |- |65||L||March 11, 1964||0–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||33–20–12 |- |66||W||March 14, 1964||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||34–20–12 |- |67||L||March 15, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||34–21–12 |- |68||T||March 18, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||34–21–13 |- |69||W||March 21, 1964||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||35–21–13 |- |70||W||March 22, 1964||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||36–21–13 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Semifinals 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 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 68 28 50 78 42 Bobby Rousseau RW 70 25 31 56 32 Henri Richard C 66 14 39 53 73 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 59 18 27 45 125 Dave Balon LW 70 24 18 42 80 Bernie Geoffrion RW 55 21 18 39 41 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 61 22 15 37 21 Claude Provost RW 68 15 17 32 37 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 65 2 28 30 102 Ralph Backstrom C 70 8 21 29 41 J. C. Tremblay D 70 5 16 21 24 Bill Hicke RW 48 11 9 20 41 Terry Harper D 70 2 15 17 149 Red Berenson C 69 7 9 16 12 Jean-Guy Talbot D 66 1 13 14 83 Andre Boudrias André Boudrias LW 4 1 4 5 2 Yvan Cournoyer RW 5 4 0 4 0 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 21 1 1 2 43 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 39 0 2 2 18 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 4 0 1 1 0 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 15 0 1 1 2 Jean Gauthier D 1 0 0 0 2 Terry Gray Terry Gray (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 6 John Hanna John Hanna (ice hockey) D 6 0 0 0 2 Wayne Hicks RW 2 0 0 0 0 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) G 62 0 0 0 2 Jean-Guy Morissette G 1 0 0 0 0 Marc Reaume D 3 0 0 0 2 Leon Rochefort RW 3 0 0 0 0 Gump Worsley G 8 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) 3720 62 33 18 11 140 2.26 8 Gump Worsley 444 8 3 2 2 22 2.97 1 Jean-Guy Morissette 36 1 0 1 0 4 6.67 0 Team: 4200 70 36 21 13 166 2.37 9 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1963-64 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1964.html Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Claude Provost RW 7 2 2 4 22 Ralph Backstrom C 7 2 1 3 8 J. C. Tremblay D 7 2 1 3 9 Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 5 2 0 2 18 Dave Balon LW 7 1 1 2 25 Bernie Geoffrion RW 7 1 1 2 4 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 7 1 1 2 8 Henri Richard C 7 1 1 2 9 Bobby Rousseau RW 7 1 1 2 2 Bill Hicke RW 7 0 2 2 2 Jean-Guy Talbot D 7 0 2 2 10 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 2 1 0 1 0 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 7 0 1 1 25 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 7 0 1 1 14 Red Berenson C 7 0 0 0 4 Terry Harper D 7 0 0 0 6 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) G 7 0 0 0 0 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 2 0 0 0 0 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 6 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) 420 7 3 4 16 2.29 1 Team: 420 7 3 4 16 2.29 1 Transactions June 4, 1963 – Jacques Plante was traded to the New York Rangers, along with Phil Goyette and Don Marshall, in exchange for Gump Worsley, Dave Balon, and Leon Rochefort. Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1963 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)11 Garry Monahan CAN 1957 St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)27 Rodney Presswood CAN 1957 Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL)313 Roy Pugh CAN 1957 Aurora Bears (SOJCHL) See also 1963–64 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:1963 in Montreal Category:1964 in Montreal