1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 28-19-23 (79 points), Finished 3rd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Toe Blake (28-19-23)

Captain: Jean Béliveau

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

Goals For: 225 (1st of 6), Goals Against: 183 (3rd of 6)
SRS: 0.50 (1st of 6), SOS: -0.10 (6th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-1) to Toronto Maple Leafs

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	70	28	19	23	79	.564	225	183	0.50	-0.10	3.21	2.61	35			42			7	7	2433	9.2	1997	.908		5
League Average	70	27	27	16	70	.500	208	208					39			39			6	6	2227	9.3	2227	.907		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
6	Ralph Backstrom	ca	C	25	5-10	165	L/-	6	September 18, 1937	23 G, 12 A, 35 P
4	Jean Béliveau (C)	ca	C	31	6-3	205	L/-	11	August 31, 1931	18 G, 49 A, 67 P
18	Red Berenson	ca	LW	23	6-0	185	L/-	1	December 8, 1939	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
26	Gerry Brisson	ca	RW	25	5-9	155	L/-	R	September 3, 1937	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
19	Lou Fontinato	ca	D	31	6-1	195	L/-	8	January 20, 1932	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
11	Jean Gauthier	ca	D	25	6-1	190	R/-	2	April 29, 1937	1 G, 17 A, 18 P
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca	RW	31	5-9	166	R/-	12	February 16, 1931	23 G, 18 A, 41 P
20	Phil Goyette	ca	C	29	5-11	170	L/-	6	October 31, 1933	5 G, 8 A, 13 P
25	Terry Harper	ca	D	23	6-1	200	R/-	R	January 27, 1940	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
8	Bill Hicke	ca	RW	24	5-8	164	L/-	3	March 31, 1938	17 G, 22 A, 39 P
10	Tom Johnson	ca	D	34	6-0	180	L/-	13	February 18, 1928	3 G, 5 A, 8 P
26	Jacques Laperrière	ca	D	21	6-2	190	L/-	R	November 22, 1941	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
25	Claude Larose	ca	RW	20	6-0	180	R/-	R	March 2, 1942	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
30	Cesare Maniago	ca	G	24	6-3	195	-/L	1	January 13, 1939	5-5-4, 3.07 GAA
22	Don Marshall	ca	C	30	5-10	160	L/-	9	March 23, 1932	13 G, 20 A, 33 P
23	Bill McCreary	ca	LW/RW	28	5-10	172	L/-	3	December 2, 1934	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
12	Dickie Moore	ca	LW	32	5-10	168	L/-	11	January 6, 1931	24 G, 26 A, 50 P
1	Jacques Plante	ca	G	34	6-0	175	-/L	10	January 17, 1929	22-14-19, 2.49 GAA
14	Claude Provost	ca	RW	29	5-9	168	R/-	7	September 17, 1933	20 G, 30 A, 50 P
16	Henri Richard	ca	C	26	5-7	160	R/-	7	February 29, 1936	23 G, 50 A, 73 P
15	Bobby Rousseau	ca	RW	22	5-10	178	R/-	2	July 26, 1940	19 G, 18 A, 37 P
24	Bill Sutherland	ca	C	28	5-10	160	L/-	R	November 10, 1934	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	ca	D	30	5-11	170	L/-	8	July 11, 1932	3 G, 22 A, 25 P
21	Gilles Tremblay	ca	LW	24	5-10	170	L/-	2	December 17, 1938	25 G, 24 A, 49 P
3	J.C. Tremblay	ca	D	24	5-11	170	L/-	3	January 22, 1939	1 G, 17 A, 18 P
1	Ernie Wakely	ca	G	22	5-11	160	-/L	R	November 27, 1940	1-0-0, 3.00 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Henri Richard*	26	C	67	23	50	73	24	57	21	2	0	2	40	9	1	289	8.0			5.8	1.2	7.0
2	Jean Béliveau*	31	C	69	18	49	67	5	68	9	9	0	1	36	13	0	241	7.5			4.7	1.2	5.9
3	Dickie Moore*	32	LW	67	24	26	50	13	57	19	5	0	5	24	2	0	159	15.1			3.8	1.2	5.0
4	Claude Provost	29	RW	67	20	30	50	11	26	18	2	0	0	25	5	0	219	9.1			3.4	1.2	4.6
5	Gilles Tremblay	24	LW	60	25	24	49	24	42	20	4	1	1	19	5	0	167	15.0			4.1	1.1	5.2
6	Bernie Geoffrion*	31	RW	51	23	18	41	5	71	16	7	0	4	11	7	0	172	13.4			3.6	0.9	4.5
7	Bill Hicke	24	RW	70	17	22	39	14	39	16	1	0	3	21	1	0	136	12.5			2.0	1.3	3.2
8	Bobby Rousseau	22	RW	62	19	18	37	12	15	15	3	1	1	14	4	0	187	10.2			2.3	1.1	3.4
9	Ralph Backstrom	25	C	70	23	12	35	11	51	23	0	0	6	11	1	0	180	12.8			2.1	1.3	3.4
10	Don Marshall	30	C	65	13	20	33	18	6	8	1	4	1	18	2	0	135	9.6			1.3	1.2	2.4
11	Jean-Guy Talbot	30	D	70	3	22	25	27	51	3	0	0	1	17	4	1	93	3.2			1.4	5.0	6.4
12	Jean Gauthier	25	D	65	1	17	18	9	46	0	1	0	0	11	6	0	74	1.4			0.6	4.7	5.3
13	J.C. Tremblay	24	D	69	1	17	18	28	10	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	132	0.8			0.5	5.0	5.5
14	Phil Goyette	29	C	32	5	8	13	5	2	5	0	0	2	7	0	1	31	16.1			0.2	0.6	0.8
15	Lou Fontinato	31	D	63	2	8	10	10	141	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	70	2.9			0.0	4.5	4.5
16	Tom Johnson*	34	D	42	3	5	8	18	28	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	39	7.7			0.3	3.0	3.3
17	Red Berenson	23	LW	37	2	6	8	-4	13	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	67	3.0			-0.8	0.7	-0.1
18	Bill McCreary	28	LW	14	2	3	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	14	14.3			0.0	0.3	0.3
19	Terry Harper	23	D	14	1	1	2	7	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	11.1			0.0	1.0	1.0
20	Gerry Brisson	25	RW	4	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
21	Jacques Laperrière*	21	D	6	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	0.0			0.1	0.4	0.5
22	Jacques Plante*	34	G	56	0	1	1		2					1					3320	59:17	0.0	0.0	11.4
23	Claude Larose	20	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
24	Cesare Maniago	24	G	14	0	0	0		2					0					820	58:34	0.0	0.0	2.1
25	Ernie Wakely	22	G	1	0	0	0		0					0					60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.2
	Team Total			70	225	361	586	240	743	183	35	7	28	296	61	4	2433	9.2			35.1	37.0	85.7

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Jacques Plante*	34	56		22	14	19	138	1566	1428	.912	2.49	5	3320				96	6.3	2.49	11.4
2	Cesare Maniago	24	14		5	5	4	42	402	360	.896	3.07	0	820				113	-5.0	3.15	2.1
3	Ernie Wakely	22	1		1	0	0	3	29	26	.897	3.00	0	60						3.00	0.2
	Team Total				28	19	23	183	1997	1814	.908	2.61	5	4200				99	1.0	2.63	13.6