Claude Provost

Claude Provost
Provost with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1960s
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 – 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 named to 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.

Achievements

• Stanley Cup champion — 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 statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
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 also

• List of NHL players with 1000 games played

External links

• 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