1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season

1955–56 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League 1st NHL
1955–56 record 45–15–10
Goals for 222
Goals against 131
Team information
General Manager Frank J. Selke
Coach Toe Blake
Captain Emile Bouchard
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Jean Beliveau, 47
Assists Bert Olmstead, 56
Points Jean Beliveau, 88
Penalties in minutes Jean Beliveau, 143
Wins Jacques Plante (42)
Goals against average Jacques Plante (1.86)

The 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 47th season of play. The Canadiens placed first in the regular season standings (with their 45 wins setting an NHL record) and won the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in the club's history.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70451510222131+91100
2Detroit Red Wings70302416183148+3576
3New York Rangers70322810204203+174
4Toronto Maple Leafs70243313153181−2861
5Boston Bruins70233413147185−3859
6Chicago Black Hawks70193912155216−6150

Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —3–8–33–8–35–8–17–5–25–5–4
Chicago 8–3–3—2–8–41–12–13–10–15–6–3
Detroit 8–3–38–2–4—4–8–25–6–35–5–4
Montreal 8–5–112–1–18–4–2—8–2–49–3–2
New York 5–7–210–3–16–5–32–8–4—9–5
Toronto 5–5–46–5–35–5–43–9–25–9—

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 6, 19552–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)1–0–0
2WOctober 8, 19552–0Boston Bruins (1955–56)2–0–0
3WOctober 9, 19555–2@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)3–0–0
4WOctober 15, 19554–1New York Rangers (1955–56)4–0–0
5TOctober 16, 19552–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)4–0–1
6LOctober 20, 19552–3Boston Bruins (1955–56)4–1–1
7WOctober 22, 19556–0Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)5–1–1
8LOctober 26, 19551–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)5–2–1
9LOctober 27, 19551–4Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)5–3–1
10WOctober 29, 19552–1Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)6–3–1
11TOctober 30, 19552–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)6–3–2
12TNovember 3, 19553–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)6–3–3
13WNovember 5, 19554–2Boston Bruins (1955–56)7–3–3
14TNovember 6, 19553–3@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)7–3–4
15TNovember 9, 19551–1@ New York Rangers (1955–56)7–3–5
16WNovember 12, 19553–0Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)8–3–5
17WNovember 13, 19552–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)9–3–5
18WNovember 16, 19553–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)10–3–5
19WNovember 19, 19556–1New York Rangers (1955–56)11–3–5
20TNovember 20, 19551–1@ New York Rangers (1955–56)11–3–6
21LNovember 24, 19552–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)11–4–6
22WNovember 26, 19553–1Boston Bruins (1955–56)12–4–6
23TNovember 27, 19553–3@ New York Rangers (1955–56)12–4–7
24WDecember 1, 19552–1@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)13–4–7
25WDecember 3, 19553–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)14–4–7
26WDecember 4, 19555–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)15–4–7
27WDecember 8, 19553–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)16–4–7
28WDecember 10, 19554–2Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)17–4–7
29WDecember 11, 19554–2@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)18–4–7
30WDecember 15, 19552–0New York Rangers (1955–56)19–4–7
31WDecember 17, 19555–0Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)20–4–7
32LDecember 18, 19550–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)20–5–7
33WDecember 20, 19557–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)21–5–7
34WDecember 24, 19554–2Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)22–5–7
35LDecember 25, 19551–5@ New York Rangers (1955–56)22–6–7
36LDecember 28, 19550–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)22–7–7
37WDecember 29, 19555–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)23–7–7
38WDecember 31, 19557–3Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)24–7–7
39LJanuary 5, 19562–5Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)24–8–7
40WJanuary 7, 19563–1Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)25–8–7
41LJanuary 11, 19561–6@ New York Rangers (1955–56)25–9–7
42LJanuary 14, 19560–2Boston Bruins (1955–56)25–10–7
43LJanuary 15, 19560–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)25–11–7
44WJanuary 18, 19563–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)26–11–7
45WJanuary 19, 19563–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)27–11–7
46WJanuary 21, 19563–1New York Rangers (1955–56)28–11–7
47WJanuary 22, 19566–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)29–11–7
48LJanuary 26, 19561–5@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)29–12–7
49WJanuary 28, 19566–1Boston Bruins (1955–56)30–12–7
50TJanuary 29, 19561–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)30–12–8
51WFebruary 2, 19562–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)31–12–8
52WFebruary 4, 19562–1Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)32–12–8
53TFebruary 5, 19563–3@ New York Rangers (1955–56)32–12–9
54TFebruary 8, 19561–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)32–12–10
55WFebruary 10, 19563–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)33–12–10
56WFebruary 12, 19567–1@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)34–12–10
57WFebruary 16, 19568–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)35–12–10
58WFebruary 18, 19569–4New York Rangers (1955–56)36–12–10
59WFebruary 23, 19565–2New York Rangers (1955–56)37–12–10
60WFebruary 25, 19565–1Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)38–12–10
61LFebruary 29, 19561–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)38–13–10
62WMarch 2, 19563–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)39–13–10
63WMarch 3, 19563–1Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)40–13–10
64WMarch 4, 19566–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)41–13–10
65WMarch 8, 19564–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)42–13–10
66LMarch 10, 19560–4Boston Bruins (1955–56)42–14–10
67LMarch 11, 19561–3@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)42–15–10
68WMarch 15, 19565–2Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)43–15–10
69WMarch 17, 19567–2New York Rangers (1955–56)44–15–10
70WMarch 18, 19563–1@ New York Rangers (1955–56)45–15–10

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first Finals for Henri Richard and Toe Blake's first Finals as coach. The Canadiens faced the Detroit Red Wings for the fourth time in five years, having lost in 1952, 1954, and 1955. This year, they won in five games.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 31Detroit4Montreal6
April 3Detroit1Montreal5
April 5Montreal1Detroit3
April 8Montreal3Detroit0
April 10Detroit1Montreal3

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jean BeliveauC70474188143
Maurice RichardRW7038337189
Bert OlmsteadLW7014567094
Bernie GeoffrionRW5929336266
Dickie MooreLW7011395055
Doug HarveyD625394460
Henri RichardC6419214046
Floyd CurryRW7014183210
Ken MosdellC6713173048
Claude ProvostRW6013162930
Jack LeClairC54681430
Jean-Guy TalbotD661131480
Dollard St. LaurentD46491358
Tom JohnsonD643101375
Don MarshallLW6641510
Bob TurnerD3314535
Dick GambleLW120338
Butch BouchardD3600022
Connie BrodenC30002
Wally CluneD50006
Jacques DeslauriersD20000
Bob PerreaultG60000
Jacques PlanteG6400010
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante3840644212101191.867
Bob Perreault3606330122.001
Team:4200704515101311.878

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jean BeliveauC101271922
Bernie GeoffrionRW1059146
Maurice RichardRW10591424
Bert OlmsteadLW10410148
Dickie MooreLW1036912
Henri RichardC1044821
Doug HarveyD1025710
Claude ProvostRW1033612
Floyd CurryRW1015612
Jack LeClairC81124
Ken MosdellC91122
Tom JohnsonD100228
Jean-Guy TalbotD90224
Don MarshallLW101010
Bob TurnerD1001110
Butch BouchardD10000
Jacques PlanteG100002
Dollard St. LaurentD40002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante6001082181.802
Team:6001082181.802

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Montreal Canadiens 1956 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff:

  • Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager)
  • Dalton Coleman, William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owners)
  • Ken Reardon (Ass't Manager), Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
  • Hector Dubois (Trainer), Gaston Bettez (Ass't Trainer)
  • Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
  • ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Emile "Butch" Bouchard was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1944, 1946, and 1953 as EMILE BOUCHARD. He was then engraved on the Stanley Cup as BUTCH BOUCHARD in 1956.
  • Mistake Bob Turner is listed as Trainer on Stanley Cup. He was a defenseman. Hector Dubois and Gaston Bettez were the trainers, but no position was listed.
  • Mistake Claude Provost name was misspelt C. PREVOST with an "E" instead an "O". Turner and Provost mistakes were not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • Mistake Gaston Bettez was spelt wrong G BETTEX when Cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z", and mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup. His name was spelt correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1955–1956 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "1955–56 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ↑ "1955-56 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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