1958 Stanley Cup Finals
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| Location(s) |
Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4, 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches |
Montreal: Toe Blake Boston: Milt Schmidt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains |
Montreal: Maurice Richard Boston: Fernie Flaman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 8 – April 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Bernie Geoffrion (19:26, second) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1958 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the two-time defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins in a rematch of the 1957 Final. The Canadiens, who were appearing in the Finals for the eighth consecutive year, would win the series 4–2, for their third straight Cup victory, and tenth in the team's history.
Paths to the Finals
Montreal defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–0 to reach the final. Boston defeated the New York Rangers 4–2 to reach the final.
Game summaries
Montreal captain Maurice "Rocket" Richard led the playoff goal-scoring race with 11. In game five, he notched the third final-series overtime goal and sixth playoff overtime goal of his career.
| April 8 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:24 - pp - Bernie Geoffrion (2) | ||||||
| Allan Stanley (1) - pp - 5:54 | Second period | 13:52 - pp - Dickie Moore (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Simmons | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante | ||||||
| April 10 | Boston Bruins | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Norm Johnson (3) - 00:20 Don McKenney (6) - pp - 6:58 Bronco Horvath (3) - pp - 17:23 |
First period | 3:12 - pp - Bernie Geoffrion (3) | ||||||
| Larry Regan (2) - 5:00 | Second period | 7:00 - Doug Harvey (1) | ||||||
| Bronco Horvath (4) - 16:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Simmons | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante | ||||||
| April 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Maurice Richard (8) - 18:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Henri Richard (1) - 3:00 Maurice Richard (9) - 15:06 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacques Plante | Goalie stats | Don Simmons | ||||||
| April 15 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:35 - pp - Don McKenney (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:30 - Don McKenney (8) | ||||||
| Claude Provost (1) | Third period | 2:30 - Jerry Toppazzini (9) | ||||||
| Jacques Plante | Goalie stats | Don Simmons | ||||||
| April 17 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Fleming MacKell (5) - pp - 18:43 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:20 - Bernie Geoffrion (4) 3:02 - Jean Beliveau (3) | ||||||
| Bronco Horvath (5) - 10:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 5:45 - Maurice Richard (10) | ||||||
| Don Simmons | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante | ||||||
| April 20 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Bernie Geoffrion (5) - 00:46 Maurice Richard (11) - 1:54 |
First period | 18:35 - Don McKenney (9) | ||||||
| Jean Beliveau (4) - 6:42 Bernie Geoffrion (6) - 19:26 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Harvey (2) - 19:00 | Third period | 5:20 - Norm Johnson 13:41 - Larry Regan (3) | ||||||
| Jacques Plante | Goalie stats | Don Simmons | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–2 | |
Montreal Canadiens 1958 Stanley Cup champions
Players
- 5 Bernie Geoffrion
- 6 Floyd Curry (A)
- 9 Maurice Richard (Captain)
- 12 Dickie Moore
- 14 Claude Provost
- 15 Bert Olmstead
- 18 Marcel Bonin
- 22 Don Marshall
- 23 Andre Pronovost
- 24 Alvin Ab McDonald
- 2 Doug Harvey (A)
- 10 Tom Johnson (A)
- 11 Bob Turner
- 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
- 19 Dollard St. Laurent
- 21 Albert Langlois
- 1 Jacques Plante
- 1 Charlie Hodge (Sub)
- 1 Gerry McNeil (Spare-did not play)
Coaching and administrative staff:
- Hartland Molson (President/Owner)
- Frank Selke Sr. (Manager), Ken Reardon (Vice President)
- Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer), Larry Aubut (Asst. Trainer)
- Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
- ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.
Engraving Note
- Every player who was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1957, also had their name put on the Stanley Cup in 1958. This is only time in NHL history. 4 more players were added to cup in 1958, who are not on the cup in 1957– Charlie Hodge (on cup 1956), Ab MacDonald, Marcel Bonin (on cup 1955 with Detroit), Albert Langlois. The only other change was in Ownership, Hartland Molson took over running the Canadiens from William Northey and Donat Raymond.
- 13 members of Montreal Canadiens 1958 team are members of Hockey Hall of Fame – (Players) Jean Beliveau, Bernie Geoffrion, Doug Harvey, Tom Johnson, Dickie Moore, Bert Olmstead, Jacques Plante, Henri Richard, Maurice Richard. (non players) Hartland Molson, Ken Reardon, Frank Selke Sr., Hector 'Toe' Blake.
See also
Notes
References
- "All-Time NHL Results".
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
| Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1957 |
Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1958 |
Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1959 |
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