Claude Provost

Claude Joseph Antoine Provost (September 17, 1933 – April 17, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.

A right winger, Provost played all 15 seasons of his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens. He won the Stanley Cup nine times and was the first recipient of the Bill Masterton Trophy, awarded for perseverance, in 1967-68.

Provost won nine Stanley Cups with the Canadiens and appeared in eleven NHL All-Star Games, the most by a player not in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Provost also holds the NHL record for the earliest goal in a period with four seconds. In the sixth game of the 1965 Stanley Cup semifinals, Provost scored the game-winning goal against Toronto in overtime. In the "Original Six" era, he was one of 24 players to record five 50-point seasons.

Achievements Stanley Cup champion — 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 Bill Masterton Trophy: 1968 NHL First All-Star Team: 1965 NHL All-Star Game: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967

Personal life and death Provost had three children. His son, Claude Provost Jr., is the owner and founder of a spa near the municipality of Bolton-Est, Quebec.

Provost died of a heart attack during a vacation to Hallandale, Florida, on April 17, 1984. He was 50 years old.

Career statistics   Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1951–52Montreal NationaleQJHL492429534695274 1952–53Montreal Junior CanadiensQJHL46243660297651110 1953–54Montreal Junior CanadiensQJHL48453984838381116 1954–55Shawinigan-Falls CataractsQHL6125234844136396 1954–55Shawinigan-Falls CataractsEd-Cup—————72244 1955–56Shawinigan-Falls CataractsQHL9781512————— 1955–56Montreal CanadiensNHL60131629301033612 1956–57Montreal CanadiensNHL6716143024100118 1957–58Montreal CanadiensNHL7019325171101348 1958–59Montreal CanadiensNHL6916223837116282 1959–60Montreal CanadiensNHL701729464281120 1960–61Montreal CanadiensNHL49114153261344 1961–62Montreal CanadiensNHL703329622262242 1962–63Montreal CanadiensNHL672030502650112 1963–64Montreal CanadiensNHL6815173237722422 1964–65Montreal CanadiensNHL70273764281326812 1965–66Montreal CanadiensNHL7019365538102352 1966–67Montreal CanadiensNHL641113241671120 1967–68Montreal CanadiensNHL731430442613281010 1968–69Montreal CanadiensNHL7313152818102242 1969–70Montreal CanadiensNHL6510112122————— NHL totals 1,005 254 335 589 469 126 25 38 63 86

See also

List of NHL players with 1,000 games played

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