1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season

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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.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
- 2.1 Semi-finals
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Roster
7 See also
8 References

Regular season

Final standings

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

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 14, 1961	3–1	New York Rangers (1961–62)	1–0–0
2	T	October 15, 1961	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	1–0–1
3	W	October 18, 1961	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	2–0–1
4	W	October 21, 1961	6–2	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	3–0–1
5	W	October 22, 1961	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	4–0–1
6	W	October 26, 1961	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	5–0–1
7	W	October 28, 1961	7–5	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	6–0–1
8	W	October 29, 1961	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	7–0–1
9	L	November 1, 1961	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	7–1–1
10	L	November 2, 1961	2–5	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	7–2–1
11	T	November 4, 1961	3–3	New York Rangers (1961–62)	7–2–2
12	W	November 9, 1961	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	8–2–2
13	W	November 11, 1961	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	9–2–2
14	L	November 12, 1961	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	9–3–2
15	L	November 15, 1961	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	9–4–2
16	L	November 16, 1961	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	9–5–2
17	T	November 18, 1961	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	9–5–3
18	T	November 19, 1961	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	9–5–4
19	W	November 23, 1961	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	10–5–4
20	W	November 25, 1961	5–0	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	11–5–4
21	T	November 26, 1961	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	11–5–5
22	T	November 29, 1961	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	11–5–6
23	T	November 30, 1961	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	11–5–7
24	W	December 2, 1961	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	12–5–7
25	W	December 3, 1961	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	13–5–7
26	W	December 7, 1961	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	14–5–7
27	T	December 9, 1961	2–2	New York Rangers (1961–62)	14–5–8
28	W	December 10, 1961	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	15–5–8
29	W	December 16, 1961	8–4	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	16–5–8
30	L	December 17, 1961	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	16–6–8
31	L	December 21, 1961	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	16–7–8
32	W	December 23, 1961	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	17–7–8
33	W	December 25, 1961	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	18–7–8
34	W	December 27, 1961	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	19–7–8
35	T	December 30, 1961	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	19–7–9
36	L	January 1, 1962	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	19–8–9
37	L	January 3, 1962	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	19–9–9
38	W	January 6, 1962	5–1	New York Rangers (1961–62)	20–9–9
39	T	January 7, 1962	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	20–9–10
40	W	January 11, 1962	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	21–9–10
41	W	January 13, 1962	5–3	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	22–9–10
42	W	January 14, 1962	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	23–9–10
43	W	January 17, 1962	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	24–9–10
44	T	January 20, 1962	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	24–9–11
45	W	January 21, 1962	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	25–9–11
46	W	January 27, 1962	5–1	New York Rangers (1961–62)	26–9–11
47	W	January 28, 1962	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	27–9–11
48	W	February 1, 1962	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	28–9–11
49	W	February 3, 1962	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	29–9–11
50	L	February 4, 1962	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	29–10–11
51	W	February 10, 1962	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	30–10–11
52	W	February 11, 1962	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	31–10–11
53	W	February 15, 1962	9–1	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	32–10–11
54	W	February 17, 1962	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	33–10–11
55	L	February 18, 1962	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	33–11–11
56	W	February 21, 1962	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	34–11–11
57	W	February 24, 1962	4–2	New York Rangers (1961–62)	35–11–11
58	T	February 25, 1962	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	35–11–12
59	T	March 3, 1962	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	35–11–13
60	L	March 4, 1962	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	35–12–13
61	T	March 8, 1962	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	35–12–14
62	W	March 10, 1962	5–2	Boston Bruins (1961–62)	36–12–14
63	W	March 11, 1962	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1961–62)	37–12–14
64	L	March 14, 1962	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	37–13–14
65	W	March 15, 1962	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	38–13–14
66	W	March 17, 1962	2–0	New York Rangers (1961–62)	39–13–14
67	L	March 18, 1962	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62)	39–14–14
68	W	March 22, 1962	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	40–14–14
69	W	March 24, 1962	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	41–14–14
70	W	March 25, 1962	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62)	42–14–14

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Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player stats

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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Roster

1961–1962 Montréal Canadiens Roster

Goaltenders

1 Jacques Plante

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

GM: Frank J. Selke
Coach: Toe Blake

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "1961–62 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1962_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1962
^ "1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1962.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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v t e Montreal Canadiens

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Culture and lore	Youppi The Punch Line Richard Riot 1938 European tour

Arenas	Jubilee Arena Montreal Arena Mount Royal Arena Montreal Forum Bell Centre Bell Sports Complex (practice)

Affiliates	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

Television	TSN SRC RDS

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Rivalries	Boston Bruins Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs

v t e 1961–62 NHL season by team

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game 1962 Stanley Cup Finals

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