1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1961–62 1961 1st 42–14–14 26–2–7 16–12–7 259 166 Frank J. Selke Toe Blake Jean Beliveau Montreal Forum Claude Provost (33) Ralph Backstrom (38) Ralph Backstrom (65) Lou Fontinato (167) Jacques Plante (42) Jacques Plante (2.37) Yes The 1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season was the 53rd season in franchise history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2. 2 Regular season Final standings MON Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1961–62 regular season1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1962_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||W||October 14, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 15, 1961||5–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 18, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||2–0–1 |- |4||W||October 21, 1961||6–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||3–0–1 |- |5||W||October 22, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||4–0–1 |- |6||W||October 26, 1961||7–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||5–0–1 |- |7||W||October 28, 1961||7–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||6–0–1 |- |8||W||October 29, 1961||6–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||7–0–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||L||November 1, 1961||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||7–1–1 |- |10||L||November 2, 1961||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||7–2–1 |- |11||T||November 4, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||7–2–2 |- |12||W||November 9, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||8–2–2 |- |13||W||November 11, 1961||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||9–2–2 |- |14||L||November 12, 1961||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||9–3–2 |- |15||L||November 15, 1961||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||9–4–2 |- |16||L||November 16, 1961||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||9–5–2 |- |17||T||November 18, 1961||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||9–5–3 |- |18||T||November 19, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||9–5–4 |- |19||W||November 23, 1961||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||10–5–4 |- |20||W||November 25, 1961||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||11–5–4 |- |21||T||November 26, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||11–5–5 |- |22||T||November 29, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||11–5–6 |- |23||T||November 30, 1961||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||11–5–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||W||December 2, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||12–5–7 |- |25||W||December 3, 1961||1–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||13–5–7 |- |26||W||December 7, 1961||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||14–5–7 |- |27||T||December 9, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||14–5–8 |- |28||W||December 10, 1961||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||15–5–8 |- |29||W||December 16, 1961||8–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||16–5–8 |- |30||L||December 17, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||16–6–8 |- |31||L||December 21, 1961||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||16–7–8 |- |32||W||December 23, 1961||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||17–7–8 |- |33||W||December 25, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||18–7–8 |- |34||W||December 27, 1961||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||19–7–8 |- |35||T||December 30, 1961||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||19–7–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||L||January 1, 1962||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||19–8–9 |- |37||L||January 3, 1962||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||19–9–9 |- |38||W||January 6, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||20–9–9 |- |39||T||January 7, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||20–9–10 |- |40||W||January 11, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||21–9–10 |- |41||W||January 13, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||22–9–10 |- |42||W||January 14, 1962||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||23–9–10 |- |43||W||January 17, 1962||7–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||24–9–10 |- |44||T||January 20, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||24–9–11 |- |45||W||January 21, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||25–9–11 |- |46||W||January 27, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||26–9–11 |- |47||W||January 28, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||27–9–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||W||February 1, 1962||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||28–9–11 |- |49||W||February 3, 1962||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||29–9–11 |- |50||L||February 4, 1962||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||29–10–11 |- |51||W||February 10, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||30–10–11 |- |52||W||February 11, 1962||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||31–10–11 |- |53||W||February 15, 1962||9–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||32–10–11 |- |54||W||February 17, 1962||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||33–10–11 |- |55||L||February 18, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||33–11–11 |- |56||W||February 21, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||34–11–11 |- |57||W||February 24, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||35–11–11 |- |58||T||February 25, 1962||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||35–11–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |59||T||March 3, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||35–11–13 |- |60||L||March 4, 1962||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||35–12–13 |- |61||T||March 8, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||35–12–14 |- |62||W||March 10, 1962||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||36–12–14 |- |63||W||March 11, 1962||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1961–62) ||37–12–14 |- |64||L||March 14, 1962||2–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||37–13–14 |- |65||W||March 15, 1962||6–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||38–13–14 |- |66||W||March 17, 1962||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1961–62) ||39–13–14 |- |67||L||March 18, 1962||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) ||39–14–14 |- |68||W||March 22, 1962||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) ||40–14–14 |- |69||W||March 24, 1962||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) ||41–14–14 |- |70||W||March 25, 1962||5–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) ||42–14–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs December 2025 Semi-finals http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1962 Montreal Canadiens 1962-63 Game Log and Scores 2008-11-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160103/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1962 2012-02-12 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Ralph Backstrom C 66 27 38 65 29 Claude Provost RW 70 33 29 62 22 Bernie Geoffrion RW 62 23 36 59 36 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 70 32 22 54 28 Bill Hicke RW 70 20 31 51 42 Henri Richard C 54 21 29 50 48 Jean-Guy Talbot D 70 5 42 47 90 Donnie Marshall LW 66 18 28 46 12 Bobby Rousseau RW 70 21 24 45 26 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 57 19 22 41 54 Jean Beliveau C 43 18 23 41 36 Phil Goyette C 69 7 27 34 18 Marcel Bonin W 33 7 14 21 41 J.C. Tremblay D 70 3 17 20 18 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 62 1 17 18 45 Lou Fontinato D 54 2 13 15 167 Al MacNeil D 61 1 7 8 74 Red Berenson C 4 1 2 3 4 Jean Gauthier D 12 0 1 1 10 Billy Carter Billy Carter (ice hockey) C 7 0 0 0 4 Chuck Hamilton LW 1 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 70 0 0 0 14 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 4200 70 42 14 14 166 2.37 4 Team: 4200 70 42 14 14 166 2.37 4 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 6 4 2 6 8 Phil Goyette C 6 1 4 5 2 Claude Provost RW 6 2 2 4 2 Jean Beliveau C 6 2 1 3 4 Red Berenson C 5 2 0 2 0 Jean-Guy Talbot D 6 1 1 2 10 Bill Hicke RW 6 0 2 2 14 Bobby Rousseau RW 6 0 2 2 0 J.C. Tremblay D 6 0 2 2 2 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 6 1 0 1 2 Ralph Backstrom C 5 0 1 1 6 Lou Fontinato D 6 0 1 1 23 Bernie Geoffrion RW 5 0 1 1 6 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 6 0 1 1 0 Donnie Marshall LW 6 0 1 1 2 Al MacNeil D 5 0 0 0 2 Keith McCreary RW 1 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 6 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 360 6 2 4 19 3.17 0 Team: 360 6 2 4 19 3.17 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1962.html See also 1961–62 NHL season References External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:1961 in Montreal Category:1962 in Montreal