1961-62 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 42-14-14 (98 points), Finished 1st in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Toe Blake (42-14-14)

Captain: Jean Béliveau

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

Goals For: 259 (1st of 6), Goals Against: 166 (1st of 6)
SRS: 1.11 (1st of 6), SOS: -0.22 (6th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-2) to Chicago Black Hawks

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

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	42	14	14	98	.700	259	166	1.11	-0.22	3.70	2.37	45			29			8	3	2388	10.8	2160	.923		4
League Average	70	29	29	12	70	.500	211	211					40			40			5	5	2217	9.5	2217	.905		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 Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
6	Ralph Backstrom	ca	C	24	5-10	165	L/-	5	September 18, 1937	27 G, 38 A, 65 P
4	Jean Béliveau (C)	ca	C	30	6-3	205	L/-	10	August 31, 1931	18 G, 23 A, 41 P
24	Red Berenson	ca	LW	22	6-0	185	L/-	R	December 8, 1939	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
18	Marcel Bonin	ca	W	29	5-10	170	L/-	8	September 12, 1932	7 G, 14 A, 21 P
25	Billy Carter	ca	C	24	5-11	155	L/-	2	December 2, 1937	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
19	Lou Fontinato	ca	D	30	6-1	195	L/-	7	January 20, 1932	2 G, 13 A, 15 P
11	Jean Gauthier	ca	D	24	6-1	190	R/-	1	April 29, 1937	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca	RW	30	5-9	166	R/-	11	February 16, 1931	23 G, 36 A, 59 P
20	Phil Goyette	ca	C	28	5-11	170	L/-	5	October 31, 1933	7 G, 27 A, 34 P
24	Chuck Hamilton	ca	LW/D	23	5-11	175	L/-	R	January 18, 1939	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
8	Bill Hicke	ca	RW	23	5-8	164	L/-	2	March 31, 1938	20 G, 31 A, 51 P
10	Tom Johnson	ca	D	33	6-0	180	L/-	12	February 18, 1928	1 G, 17 A, 18 P
23	Al MacNeil	ca	D	26	5-10	183	L/-	4	September 27, 1935	1 G, 7 A, 8 P
22	Don Marshall	ca	C	29	5-10	160	L/-	8	March 23, 1932	18 G, 28 A, 46 P
26	Keith McCreary	ca	LW	21	5-10	180	L/-	R	June 19, 1940	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
12	Dickie Moore	ca	LW	31	5-10	168	L/-	10	January 6, 1931	19 G, 22 A, 41 P
1	Jacques Plante	ca	G	33	6-0	175	-/L	9	January 17, 1929	42-14-14, 2.37 GAA
14-31	Claude Provost	ca	RW	28	5-9	168	R/-	6	September 17, 1933	33 G, 29 A, 62 P
16	Henri Richard	ca	C	25	5-7	160	R/-	6	February 29, 1936	21 G, 29 A, 50 P
15	Bobby Rousseau	ca	RW	21	5-10	178	R/-	1	July 26, 1940	21 G, 24 A, 45 P
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	ca	D	29	5-11	170	L/-	7	July 11, 1932	5 G, 42 A, 47 P
21	Gilles Tremblay	ca	LW	23	5-10	170	L/-	1	December 17, 1938	32 G, 22 A, 54 P
3	J.C. Tremblay	ca	D	23	5-11	170	L/-	2	January 22, 1939	3 G, 17 A, 20 P

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	Ralph Backstrom	24	C	66	27	38	65	35	29	24	3	0	3	36	2	0	181	14.9			5.4	1.3	6.7
2	Claude Provost	28	RW	70	33	29	62	20	22	26	5	2	5	23	6	0	258	12.8			5.5	1.4	6.9
3	Bernie Geoffrion*	30	RW	62	23	36	59	17	36	15	8	0	1	21	15	0	240	9.6			4.7	1.3	5.9
4	Gilles Tremblay	23	LW	70	32	22	54	19	28	26	5	1	3	16	6	0	180	17.8			4.7	1.4	6.1
5	Bill Hicke	23	RW	70	20	31	51	11	42	17	3	0	3	24	7	0	152	13.2			3.3	1.4	4.7
6	Henri Richard*	25	C	53	21	29	50	21	48	18	3	0	5	25	4	0	191	11.0			4.1	1.1	5.1
7	Jean-Guy Talbot	29	D	70	5	42	47	30	90	3	2	0	1	26	14	2	130	3.8			3.4	5.7	9.1
8	Don Marshall	29	C	66	18	28	46	25	12	15	2	1	7	19	4	5	121	14.9			2.8	1.3	4.2
9	Bobby Rousseau	21	RW	70	21	24	45	24	26	17	0	4	3	20	3	1	198	10.6			2.8	1.4	4.3
10	Dickie Moore*	31	LW	57	19	22	41	25	52	17	2	0	4	16	6	0	153	12.4			2.9	1.2	4.0
11	Jean Béliveau*	30	C	43	18	23	41	10	36	10	8	0	4	17	6	0	149	12.1			3.4	0.9	4.3
12	Phil Goyette	28	C	69	7	27	34	2	16	5	2	0	2	23	4	0	108	6.5			0.6	1.4	2.0
13	Marcel Bonin	29	W	33	7	14	21	12	41	7	0	0	1	12	2	0	71	9.9			1.0	0.7	1.7
14	J.C. Tremblay	23	D	70	3	17	20	48	18	2	1	0	0	17	0	0	84	3.6			0.7	5.7	6.4
15	Tom Johnson*	33	D	62	1	17	18	27	43	1	0	0	0	15	1	1	67	1.5			0.5	5.0	5.5
16	Lou Fontinato	30	D	54	2	13	15	55	167	2	0	0	0	12	0	1	63	3.2			0.5	4.4	4.9
17	Al MacNeil	26	D	61	1	7	8	-3	74	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	22	4.5			-0.4	5.0	4.6
18	Red Berenson	22	LW	4	1	2	3	-1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	10.0			0.2	0.1	0.3
19	Jean Gauthier	24	D	12	0	1	1	-2	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0			-0.1	1.0	0.8
20	Billy Carter	24	C	7	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
21	Chuck Hamilton	23	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Jacques Plante*	33	G	70	0	0	0		14					0					4200	60:00	0.0	0.0	15.6
	Team Total			70	259	422	681	373	808	206	45	8	42	332	80	10	2390	10.8			45.6	41.8	102.9