1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1962–63 1962 3rd 28–19–23 15–10–10 13–9–13 225 183 Frank J. Selke Toe Blake Jean Beliveau Montreal Forum Henri Richard (23) Henri Richard (50) Henri Richard (73) Lou Fontinato (141) Jacques Plante (22) Jacques Plante (2.49)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. 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; 1962–63 regular season1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1963_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||L||October 11, 1962||0–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 13, 1962||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 14, 1962||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 18, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||2–2–0 |- |5||W||October 20, 1962||7–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||3–2–0 |- |6||T||October 21, 1962||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||3–2–1 |- |7||T||October 23, 1962||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||3–2–2 |- |8||L||October 27, 1962||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||3–3–2 |- |9||W||October 31, 1962||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||4–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||L||November 1, 1962||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||4–4–2 |- |11||T||November 3, 1962||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||4–4–3 |- |12||W||November 8, 1962||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||5–4–3 |- |13||L||November 10, 1962||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||5–5–3 |- |14||W||November 11, 1962||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||6–5–3 |- |15||L||November 14, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||6–6–3 |- |16||T||November 18, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||6–6–4 |- |17||W||November 22, 1962||3–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||7–6–4 |- |18||T||November 24, 1962||5–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||7–6–5 |- |19||W||November 25, 1962||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||8–6–5 |- |20||T||November 29, 1962||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||8–6–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||December 1, 1962||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||9–6–6 |- |22||W||December 2, 1962||3–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||10–6–6 |- |23||L||December 5, 1962||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||10–7–6 |- |24||W||December 8, 1962||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||11–7–6 |- |25||L||December 9, 1962||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||11–8–6 |- |26||T||December 13, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||11–8–7 |- |27||L||December 15, 1962||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||11–9–7 |- |28||W||December 16, 1962||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||12–9–7 |- |29||T||December 20, 1962||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||12–9–8 |- |30||T||December 22, 1962||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||12–9–9 |- |31||T||December 23, 1962||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||12–9–10 |- |32||W||December 25, 1962||6–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||13–9–10 |- |33||W||December 29, 1962||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||14–9–10 |- |34||T||December 30, 1962||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||14–9–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||W||January 3, 1963||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||15–9–11 |- |36||T||January 5, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||15–9–12 |- |37||W||January 6, 1963||6–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||16–9–12 |- |38||L||January 10, 1963||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||16–10–12 |- |39||W||January 12, 1963||7–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||17–10–12 |- |40||T||January 13, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||17–10–13 |- |41||W||January 17, 1963||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||18–10–13 |- |42||W||January 19, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||19–10–13 |- |43||T||January 20, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||19–10–14 |- |44||L||January 23, 1963||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||19–11–14 |- |45||T||January 24, 1963||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||19–11–15 |- |46||L||January 26, 1963||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||19–12–15 |- |47||W||January 27, 1963||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||20–12–15 |- |48||L||January 31, 1963||3–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||20–13–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||T||February 2, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||20–13–16 |- |50||W||February 3, 1963||6–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||21–13–16 |- |51||L||February 6, 1963||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||21–14–16 |- |52||T||February 9, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||21–14–17 |- |53||T||February 10, 1963||5–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||21–14–18 |- |54||L||February 14, 1963||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||21–15–18 |- |55||W||February 16, 1963||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||22–15–18 |- |56||W||February 17, 1963||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||23–15–18 |- |57||L||February 20, 1963||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||23–16–18 |- |58||W||February 23, 1963||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||24–16–18 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |59||L||March 2, 1963||1–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||24–17–18 |- |60||T||March 3, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||24–17–19 |- |61||W||March 5, 1963||4–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||25–17–19 |- |62||W||March 7, 1963||8–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||26–17–19 |- |63||L||March 9, 1963||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1962–63) ||26–18–19 |- |64||W||March 10, 1963||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||27–18–19 |- |65||T||March 14, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||27–18–20 |- |66||W||March 16, 1963||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) ||28–18–20 |- |67||T||March 17, 1963||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1962–63) ||28–18–21 |- |68||T||March 20, 1963||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) ||28–18–22 |- |69||T||March 23, 1963||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) ||28–18–23 |- |70||L||March 24, 1963||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1962–63) ||28–19–23 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Semi-finals http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963 Montreal Canadiens 1963-64 Game Log and Scores 2008-11-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160010/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963 2012-02-12 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 Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 67 24 26 50 61 Claude Provost RW 67 20 30 50 26 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) 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 Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 43 3 5 8 28 Red Berenson C 37 2 6 8 15 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. 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 Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1942) 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 GPW LTGAGAA 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 Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) 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 Dickie Moore (ice hockey) 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 hockey 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 GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 300 5 1 4 14 2.80 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 14 2.80 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1963.html See also 1962–63 NHL season References External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:1962 in Montreal Category:1963 in Montreal