Claude Joseph Antoine Provost[1] (September 17, 1933 – April 17, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.
Claude Provost | |||
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![]() Provost with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1960s | |||
Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | September 17, 1933||
Died |
April 17, 1984 Broward County, Florida, USA | (aged 50)||
Height | 5 ft 09 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 |
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 named to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Provost also has the most NHL All-Star Game appearances of all eligible non-HHOF players.
AchievementsEdit
Career statisticsEdit
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1951–52 | Montreal Nationale | QJHL | 49 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
1952–53 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | QJHL | 46 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | ||
1953–54 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | QJHL | 48 | 45 | 39 | 84 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | ||
1954–55 | Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts | QHL | 61 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||
1954–55 | Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts | Ed-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
1955–56 | Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts | QHL | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1955–56 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||
1956–57 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
1957–58 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
1958–59 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 69 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
1959–60 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1960–61 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 49 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
1961–62 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1962–63 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 67 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1963–64 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | ||
1964–65 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ||
1965–66 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
1966–67 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 64 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1967–68 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
1968–69 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1969–70 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 65 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 1,005 | 254 | 335 | 589 | 469 | 126 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 86 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Claude Provost". HHOF.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
External linksEdit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Claude Provost at Find a Grave