1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season

1961–62 Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
1961–62 record 42–14–14
Goals for 259
Goals against 166
Team information
General Manager Frank J. Selke
Coach Toe Blake
Captain Jean Beliveau
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Claude Provost (33)
Assists Ralph Backstrom (38)
Points Ralph Backstrom (65)
Penalties in minutes Lou Fontinato (167)
Wins Jacques Plante (42)
Goals against average Jacques Plante (2.37)
<1960–61 1962–63>

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.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 42 14 14 259 166 +93 98
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 37 22 11 232 180 +52 85
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 31 26 13 217 186 +31 75
4 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 195 207 −12 64
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 23 33 14 184 219 −35 60
6 Boston Bruins 70 15 47 8 177 306 −129 38

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 14, 19613–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 1–0–0
2TOctober 15, 19615–5 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 1–0–1
3WOctober 18, 19615–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 2–0–1
4WOctober 21, 19616–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 3–0–1
5WOctober 22, 19613–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 4–0–1
6WOctober 26, 19617–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 5–0–1
7WOctober 28, 19617–5 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 6–0–1
8WOctober 29, 19616–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 7–0–1
9LNovember 1, 19612–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 7–1–1
10LNovember 2, 19612–5 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 7–2–1
11TNovember 4, 19613–3 New York Rangers (1961–62) 7–2–2
12WNovember 9, 19615–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 8–2–2
13WNovember 11, 19612–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 9–2–2
14LNovember 12, 19610–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 9–3–2
15LNovember 15, 19612–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 9–4–2
16LNovember 16, 19612–3 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 9–5–2
17TNovember 18, 19614–4 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 9–5–3
18TNovember 19, 19613–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 9–5–4
19WNovember 23, 19615–3 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 10–5–4
20WNovember 25, 19615–0 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 11–5–4
21TNovember 26, 19612–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 11–5–5
22TNovember 29, 19612–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 11–5–6
23TNovember 30, 19611–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 11–5–7
24WDecember 2, 19613–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 12–5–7
25WDecember 3, 19611–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 13–5–7
26WDecember 7, 19614–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 14–5–7
27TDecember 9, 19612–2 New York Rangers (1961–62) 14–5–8
28WDecember 10, 19614–3 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 15–5–8
29WDecember 16, 19618–4 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 16–5–8
30LDecember 17, 19611–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 16–6–8
31LDecember 21, 19613–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 16–7–8
32WDecember 23, 19616–1 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 17–7–8
33WDecember 25, 19615–2 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 18–7–8
34WDecember 27, 19613–0 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 19–7–8
35TDecember 30, 19614–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 19–7–9
36LJanuary 1, 19620–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 19–8–9
37LJanuary 3, 19621–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 19–9–9
38WJanuary 6, 19625–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 20–9–9
39TJanuary 7, 19622–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 20–9–10
40WJanuary 11, 19624–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 21–9–10
41WJanuary 13, 19625–3 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 22–9–10
42WJanuary 14, 19624–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 23–9–10
43WJanuary 17, 19627–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 24–9–10
44TJanuary 20, 19622–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 24–9–11
45WJanuary 21, 19625–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 25–9–11
46WJanuary 27, 19625–1 New York Rangers (1961–62) 26–9–11
47WJanuary 28, 19625–1 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 27–9–11
48WFebruary 1, 19625–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 28–9–11
49WFebruary 3, 19628–1 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 29–9–11
50LFebruary 4, 19621–2 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 29–10–11
51WFebruary 10, 19624–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 30–10–11
52WFebruary 11, 19624–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 31–10–11
53WFebruary 15, 19629–1 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 32–10–11
54WFebruary 17, 19626–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 33–10–11
55LFebruary 18, 19622–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 33–11–11
56WFebruary 21, 19624–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 34–11–11
57WFebruary 24, 19624–2 New York Rangers (1961–62) 35–11–11
58TFebruary 25, 19623–3 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 35–11–12
59TMarch 3, 19622–2 Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 35–11–13
60LMarch 4, 19622–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 35–12–13
61TMarch 8, 19621–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 35–12–14
62WMarch 10, 19625–2 Boston Bruins (1961–62) 36–12–14
63WMarch 11, 19622–1 @ New York Rangers (1961–62) 37–12–14
64LMarch 14, 19622–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 37–13–14
65WMarch 15, 19626–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 38–13–14
66WMarch 17, 19622–0 New York Rangers (1961–62) 39–13–14
67LMarch 18, 19622–6 @ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 39–14–14
68WMarch 22, 19624–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 40–14–14
69WMarch 24, 19625–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 41–14–14
70WMarch 25, 19625–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 42–14–14

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Playoffs

Semi-finals

[3]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 66 27 38 65 29
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 70 33 29 62 22
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW 62 23 36 59 36
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay LW 70 32 22 54 28
Hicke, BillBill Hicke RW 70 20 31 51 42
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 54 21 29 50 48
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 70 5 42 47 90
Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW 66 18 28 46 12
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 70 21 24 45 26
Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW 57 19 22 41 54
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 43 18 23 41 36
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C 69 7 27 34 18
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin W 33 7 14 21 41
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D 70 3 17 20 18
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 62 1 17 18 45
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato D 54 2 13 15 167
MacNeil, AlAl MacNeil D 61 1 7 8 74
Berenson, RedRed Berenson C 4 1 2 3 4
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier D 12 0 1 1 10
Carter, BillyBilly Carter C 7 0 0 0 4
Hamilton, ChuckChuck Hamilton LW 1 0 0 0 0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 70 0 0 0 14
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Plante, JacquesJacques 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
Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW 6 4 2 6 8
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C 6 1 4 5 2
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 6 2 2 4 2
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 6 2 1 3 4
Berenson, RedRed Berenson C 5 2 0 2 0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 6 1 1 2 10
Hicke, BillBill Hicke RW 6 0 2 2 14
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 6 0 2 2 0
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D 6 0 2 2 2
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay LW 6 1 0 1 2
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 5 0 1 1 6
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato D 6 0 1 1 23
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW 5 0 1 1 6
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 6 0 1 1 0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW 6 0 1 1 2
MacNeil, AlAl MacNeil D 5 0 0 0 2
McCreary, KeithKeith McCreary RW 1 0 0 0 0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante 360 6 2 4 19 3.17 0
Team: 360 6 2 4 19 3.17 0

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Note:

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;

Roster

1961–1962 Montréal Canadiens Roster
Goaltenders Defencemen Wingers Centres


See also

References

  1. "1961–1962 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1961–62 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1962
  4. "1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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