Claude Provost

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1933-1984)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Right wing

| image = Claude Provost Chex card.jpg

| caption = Provost with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1960s

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|9|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|4|17|1933|9|17}}

| death_place = Hallandale, Florida, U.S.

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens

| career_start = 1955

| career_end = 1970

}}

Claude Joseph Antoine Provost{{cite web |title=Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Claude Provost |url=http://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14053 |website=HHOF.com |access-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807191206/http://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14053 |archive-date=August 7, 2016}} (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.{{cite web |title=Skater Records: Fastest Goals, From Start of Any Period |url=https://records.nhl.com/records/skater-records/fastest-goals/fastest-goal-period-start |website=records.nhl.com |access-date=October 14, 2024}}