1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season

1961–62 Montreal Canadiens
League1st NHL
1961–62 record42–14–14
Goals for259
Goals against166
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainJean Beliveau
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsClaude Provost (33)
AssistsRalph Backstrom (38)
PointsRalph Backstrom (65)
Penalty minutesLou Fontinato (167)
WinsJacques Plante (42)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (2.37)

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

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Final standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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1961–62 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 2–10–2 4–8–2 3–10–1 2–10–2 4–9–1
Chicago 10–2–2 — 7–3–4 3–9–2 7–6–1 4–6–4
Detroit 8–4–2 3–7–4 — 3–8–3 6–5–3 3–9–2
Montreal 10–3–1 9–3–2 8–3–3 — 8–1–5 7–4–3
New York 10–2–2 6–7–1 5–6–3 1–8–5 — 4–9–1
Toronto 9–4–1 6–4–4 9–3–2 4–7–3 9–4–1 —


Schedule and results

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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

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Semi-finals

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring

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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 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
Don Marshall LW 66 18 28 46 12
Bobby Rousseau RW 70 21 24 45 26
Dickie Moore 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 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 C 7 0 0 0 4
Chuck Hamilton LW 1 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 70 0 0 0 14

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 4200 70 42 14 14 166 2.37 4
Team: 4200 70 42 14 14 166 2.37 4

Playoffs

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Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie Moore 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 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 D 6 0 1 1 0
Don 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

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Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques 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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1961–1962 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1961–62 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "Montreal Canadiens 1962-63 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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