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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

Hart Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau (47 G, 41 A, 88 P)
Vezina Trophy: Jacques Plante (42-12-10, 1.86 GAA)
Calder Memorial Trophy: Glenn Hall (30-24-16, 2.10 GAA)

Goals Leader: Jean Beliveau (47)
Assists Leader: Bert Olmstead (56)
Points Leader: Jean Beliveau (88)

League Leaders

Rate Statistic Requirements
Goals
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 47
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 38
  Maurice Richard*-MTL 38
4. Tod Sloan-TOR 37
5. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 29
6. Ted Lindsay*-DET 27
7. Alex Delvecchio*-DET 25
8. Dean Prentice-NYR 24
  Andy Hebenton-NYR 24
  Johnny Wilson-CBH 24
11. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 22
12. Dave Creighton-NYR 20
13. Vic Stasiuk-BOS 19
  Nick Mickoski-CBH 19
  Henri Richard*-MTL 19
  Andy Bathgate*-NYR 19
17. Danny Lewicki-NYR 18
  Dick Duff*-TOR 18
19. Dutch Reibel-DET 17
20. Leo Labine-BOS 16
  Ron Murphy-NYR 16
  Red Kelly*-DET 16
  George Armstrong*-TOR 16
Assists
1. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 56
2. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 47
3. Bill Gadsby*-NYR 42
4. Gordie Howe*-DET 41
  Jean Beliveau*-MTL 41
6. Dutch Reibel-DET 39
  Doug Harvey*-MTL 39
  Dickie Moore*-MTL 39
9. Red Kelly*-DET 34
10. Maurice Richard*-MTL 33
  Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 33
12. George Armstrong*-TOR 32
13. Dave Creighton-NYR 31
14. Ed Litzenberger-CBH 29
  Tod Sloan-TOR 29
16. Ron Murphy-NYR 28
17. Danny Lewicki-NYR 27
18. Red Sullivan-CBH 26
  Alex Delvecchio*-DET 26
20. Larry Popein-NYR 25
Points
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 88
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 79
3. Maurice Richard*-MTL 71
4. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 70
5. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 66
  Tod Sloan-TOR 66
7. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 62
8. Dutch Reibel-DET 56
9. Dave Creighton-NYR 51
  Bill Gadsby*-NYR 51
  Alex Delvecchio*-DET 51
12. Ted Lindsay*-DET 50
  Dickie Moore*-MTL 50
  Red Kelly*-DET 50
15. George Armstrong*-TOR 48
16. Danny Lewicki-NYR 45
17. Ron Murphy-NYR 44
  Doug Harvey*-MTL 44
19. Dean Prentice-NYR 42
20. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 40
  Red Sullivan-CBH 40
  Henri Richard*-MTL 40
Goals Created
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 37.2
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 33.5
3. Maurice Richard*-MTL 30.1
4. Tod Sloan-TOR 29.2
5. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 25.1
6. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 23.2
7. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 23.2
8. Ted Lindsay*-DET 22.0
9. Alex Delvecchio*-DET 21.7
10. Dutch Reibel-DET 20.9
11. Dave Creighton-NYR 19.4
12. Red Kelly*-DET 18.9
13. George Armstrong*-TOR 18.1
14. Dean Prentice-NYR 18.1
15. Danny Lewicki-NYR 17.2
16. Andy Hebenton-NYR 16.9
  Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 16.9
18. Dickie Moore*-MTL 16.8
19. Bill Gadsby*-NYR 16.4
  Ron Murphy-NYR 16.4
Penalties in Minutes
1. Lou Fontinato-NYR 202
2. Ted Lindsay*-DET 161
3. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 143
4. Bob Armstrong-BOS 122
5. Vic Stasiuk-BOS 118
6. Leo Labine-BOS 104
  Jack Evans-NYR 104
8. Gordie Howe*-DET 100
  Tod Sloan-TOR 100
10. George Armstrong*-TOR 97
11. Jimmy Thomson-TOR 96
12. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 94
13. Maurice Richard*-MTL 89
14. Lee Fogolin-CBH 88
15. Gus Mortson-CBH 87
16. Warren Godfrey-DET 86
17. Bill Gadsby*-NYR 84
18. Leo Boivin*-BOS 80
  Jean-Guy Talbot-MTL 80
20. Harry Howell*-NYR 77
  Jim Morrison-TOR 77
Goals Per Game
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 0.67
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 0.54
  Maurice Richard*-MTL 0.54
4. Tod Sloan-TOR 0.53
5. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 0.49
6. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.40
7. Alex Delvecchio*-DET 0.36
8. Dean Prentice-NYR 0.34
  Andy Hebenton-NYR 0.34
  Johnny Wilson-CBH 0.34
11. Vic Stasiuk-BOS 0.32
12. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 0.31
13. Henri Richard*-MTL 0.30
14. Dave Creighton-NYR 0.29
15. Nick Mickoski-CBH 0.27
  Andy Bathgate*-NYR 0.27
17. Dick Duff*-TOR 0.26
18. Danny Lewicki-NYR 0.26
Assists Per Game
1. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 0.80
2. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 0.67
3. Doug Harvey*-MTL 0.63
4. Bill Gadsby*-NYR 0.60
5. Gordie Howe*-DET 0.59
  Jean Beliveau*-MTL 0.59
7. Dutch Reibel-DET 0.57
8. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 0.56
9. Dickie Moore*-MTL 0.56
10. Red Kelly*-DET 0.49
11. George Armstrong*-TOR 0.48
12. Maurice Richard*-MTL 0.47
13. Dave Creighton-NYR 0.44
14. Ron Murphy-NYR 0.42
15. Ed Litzenberger-CBH 0.41
  Tod Sloan-TOR 0.41
17. Danny Lewicki-NYR 0.39
Points Per Game
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 1.26
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 1.13
3. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 1.05
4. Maurice Richard*-MTL 1.01
5. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 1.00
6. Tod Sloan-TOR 0.94
  Andy Bathgate*-NYR 0.94
8. Dutch Reibel-DET 0.82
9. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.75
10. Dave Creighton-NYR 0.73
  Bill Gadsby*-NYR 0.73
  Alex Delvecchio*-DET 0.73
13. George Armstrong*-TOR 0.72
14. Dickie Moore*-MTL 0.71
  Red Kelly*-DET 0.71
16. Doug Harvey*-MTL 0.71
17. Ron Murphy-NYR 0.67
18. Danny Lewicki-NYR 0.64
Goals Created Per Game
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 0.53
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 0.48
3. Maurice Richard*-MTL 0.43
4. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 0.43
5. Tod Sloan-TOR 0.42
6. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 0.33
7. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 0.33
8. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.33
9. Alex Delvecchio*-DET 0.31
10. Dutch Reibel-DET 0.31
11. Dave Creighton-NYR 0.28
12. George Armstrong*-TOR 0.27
13. Red Kelly*-DET 0.27
14. Dean Prentice-NYR 0.26
Games Played
1. Glenn Hall*-DET 70
  Gump Worsley*-NYR 70
3. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 68
4. Jacques Plante*-MTL 64
5. Harry Lumley*-TOR 59
6. Al Rollins-CBH 58
7. Hank Bassen-CBH 12
8. Gilles Mayer-TOR 6
  Bob Perreault-MTL 6
10. Ed Chadwick-TOR 5
11. John Henderson-BOS 1
  Claude Pronovost-BOS 1
  Lefty Wilson-TOR 1
Wins
1. Jacques Plante*-MTL 42
2. Gump Worsley*-NYR 32
3. Glenn Hall*-DET 30
4. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 22
5. Harry Lumley*-TOR 21
6. Al Rollins-CBH 17
7. Bob Perreault-MTL 3
8. Ed Chadwick-TOR 2
  Hank Bassen-CBH 2
10. Claude Pronovost-BOS 1
  Gilles Mayer-TOR 1
Losses
1. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 33
2. Al Rollins-CBH 30
3. Harry Lumley*-TOR 28
  Gump Worsley*-NYR 28
5. Glenn Hall*-DET 24
6. Jacques Plante*-MTL 12
7. Hank Bassen-CBH 9
8. Gilles Mayer-TOR 5
9. Bob Perreault-MTL 3
10. John Henderson-BOS 1
Ties plus OT/SO Losses
1. Glenn Hall*-DET 16
2. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 13
3. Al Rollins-CBH 11
4. Gump Worsley*-NYR 10
  Harry Lumley*-TOR 10
  Jacques Plante*-MTL 10
7. Ed Chadwick-TOR 3
8. Hank Bassen-CBH 1
Goals Against
1. Gump Worsley*-NYR 198
2. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 177
3. Al Rollins-CBH 171
4. Harry Lumley*-TOR 157
5. Glenn Hall*-DET 147
6. Jacques Plante*-MTL 119
7. Hank Bassen-CBH 40
8. Gilles Mayer-TOR 18
9. Bob Perreault-MTL 12
10. John Henderson-BOS 4
11. Ed Chadwick-TOR 3
Goals Against Average
1. Jacques Plante*-MTL 1.86
2. Glenn Hall*-DET 2.10
3. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 2.60
4. Harry Lumley*-TOR 2.67
5. Gump Worsley*-NYR 2.83
6. Al Rollins-CBH 2.95
Shutouts
1. Glenn Hall*-DET 12
2. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 9
3. Jacques Plante*-MTL 7
4. Gump Worsley*-NYR 4
5. Harry Lumley*-TOR 3
  Al Rollins-CBH 3
7. Ed Chadwick-TOR 2
8. Bob Perreault-MTL 1
  Claude Pronovost-BOS 1
  Hank Bassen-CBH 1
Minutes
1. Glenn Hall*-DET 4200
  Gump Worsley*-NYR 4200
3. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 4080
4. Jacques Plante*-MTL 3840
5. Harry Lumley*-TOR 3527
6. Al Rollins-CBH 3480
7. Hank Bassen-CBH 720
8. Gilles Mayer-TOR 360
  Bob Perreault-MTL 360
10. Ed Chadwick-TOR 300
11. Claude Pronovost-BOS 60
  John Henderson-BOS 60
13. Lefty Wilson-TOR 13
Offensive Point Shares
1. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 11.5
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 10.0
3. Maurice Richard*-MTL 8.7
4. Tod Sloan-TOR 8.3
5. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 7.2
6. Red Kelly*-DET 6.0
7. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 6.0
8. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 5.9
9. Ted Lindsay*-DET 5.6
10. Alex Delvecchio*-DET 5.4
11. Dutch Reibel-DET 5.1
12. Bill Gadsby*-NYR 5.1
13. Dave Creighton-NYR 4.5
14. George Armstrong*-TOR 4.1
15. Doug Harvey*-MTL 4.1
16. Dean Prentice-NYR 3.9
17. Danny Lewicki-NYR 3.6
18. Vic Stasiuk-BOS 3.5
19. Henri Richard*-MTL 3.5
20. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 3.5
  Andy Hebenton-NYR 3.5
Defensive Point Shares
1. Jean-Guy Talbot-MTL 5.8
2. Tom Johnson*-MTL 5.7
3. Doug Harvey*-MTL 5.5
4. Red Kelly*-DET 5.2
5. Bob Goldham-DET 5.0
  Marcel Pronovost*-DET 5.0
7. Warren Godfrey-DET 4.9
8. Dollard St. Laurent-MTL 4.1
9. Bill Quackenbush*-BOS 3.9
10. Hugh Bolton-TOR 3.8
11. Leo Boivin*-BOS 3.8
  Bob Armstrong-BOS 3.8
13. Hal Laycoe-BOS 3.6
14. Jim Morrison-TOR 3.6
15. Jimmy Thomson-TOR 3.6
16. Larry Hillman-DET 3.5
17. Fern Flaman*-BOS 3.4
18. Butch Bouchard*-MTL 3.2
19. Lou Fontinato-NYR 3.1
  Harry Howell*-NYR 3.1
  Jack Evans-NYR 3.1
  Bill Gadsby*-NYR 3.1
Goalie Point Shares
1. Jacques Plante*-MTL 15.0
2. Glenn Hall*-DET 14.6
3. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 10.3
4. Gump Worsley*-NYR 8.8
5. Harry Lumley*-TOR 8.4
6. Al Rollins-CBH 6.5
7. Ed Chadwick-TOR 1.9
8. Bob Perreault-MTL 1.3
9. Hank Bassen-CBH 0.8
10. Gilles Mayer-TOR 0.6
11. Claude Pronovost-BOS 0.4
12. Lefty Wilson-TOR 0.1
Point Shares
1. Jacques Plante*-MTL 15.0
2. Glenn Hall*-DET 14.6
3. Jean Beliveau*-MTL 13.0
4. Gordie Howe*-DET 11.3
5. Red Kelly*-DET 11.2
6. Terry Sawchuk*-BOS 10.3
7. Maurice Richard*-MTL 10.2
8. Doug Harvey*-MTL 9.6
9. Tod Sloan-TOR 9.3
10. Gump Worsley*-NYR 8.8
11. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 8.5
12. Harry Lumley*-TOR 8.4
13. Bill Gadsby*-NYR 8.2
14. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 7.5
15. Ted Lindsay*-DET 6.9
16. Andy Bathgate*-NYR 6.7
17. Alex Delvecchio*-DET 6.7
18. Al Rollins-CBH 6.5
19. Dutch Reibel-DET 6.4
20. Jean-Guy Talbot-MTL 6.1