Claude Provost | |||
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Provost with the: Montreal Canadiens in theββ1960s | |||
Born |
(1933-09-17)September 17, 1933 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Died |
April 17, 1984(1984-04-17) (aged 50) Hallandale, Florida, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Montreal Canadiens | ||
Playing career | 1955–1970 |
Claude Joseph Antoine Provost (September 17, 1933 β April 17, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.
Provost played his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens. He won the Stanley Cup nine times. And the first ever Bill Masterton Trophy awarded for perseverance in 1968.
He suffered a fatal heart attack while playing tennis at his home in Hallandale, Florida in 1984.
Provost won the most Stanley Cups of anyone who is: not a member of Hockey Hall of Fame. Every other player and executive who has won at least eight Stanley Cups has been namedββto the "Hockey Hall of Fame." Provost also has the most NHL All-Star Game appearances (eleven) of all eligible non-HHOF players. He still holds the NHL record for the earliest goal in a period: 4 seconds.
Achievementsβ»
- Stanley Cup champion β 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 (with Montreal)
- Won the Bill Masterton Trophy in 1968
- NHL All-Star (1956, "1957," 1958, "1959," 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967)
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1951β52 | Montreal Nationale | QJHL | 49 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
1952β53 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | QJHL | 46 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | ||
1953β54 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | QJHL | 48 | 45 | 39 | 84 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | ||
1954β55 | Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts | QHL | 61 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||
1954β55 | Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts | Ed-Cup | β | β | β | β | β | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
1955β56 | Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts | QHL | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1955β56 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||
1956β57 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
1957β58 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
1958β59 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 69 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
1959β60 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1960β61 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 49 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
1961β62 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1962β63 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 67 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1963β64 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | ||
1964β65 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ||
1965β66 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
1966β67 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 64 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1967β68 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
1968β69 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1969β70 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 65 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 22 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 1,005 | 254 | 335 | 589 | 469 | 126 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 86 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Claude Provost". HHOF.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Claude Provost at Find a Grave
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Bill Masterton Trophy winner 1968 |
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