1956β57 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
League | 2nd NHL |
1956β57 record | 35β23β12 |
Goals for | 210 |
Goals against | 155 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Toe Blake |
Captain | Maurice Richard |
Alternate captains |
Floyd Curry Doug Harvey Tom Johnson |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jean Beliveau and Maurice Richard (33) |
Assists | Jean Beliveau (51) |
Points | Jean Beliveau (84) |
Penalty minutes | Jean Beliveau (105) |
Wins | Jacques Plante (31) |
Goals against average | Jacques Plante (2.00) |
The 1956β57 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 48th season of play. The Canadiens would place second in the league to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup for the ninth time in team history and for the second year in a row.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 198 | 157 | +41 | 88 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 210 | 155 | +55 | 82 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 195 | 174 | +21 | 80 |
4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 184 | 227 | β43 | 66 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 21 | 34 | 15 | 174 | 192 | β18 | 57 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 169 | 225 | β56 | 47 |
1956β57 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 8β5β1 | 7β4β3 | 7β4β3 | 5β8β1 | 7β3β4 | ||||||
Chicago | 5β8β1 | β | 2β10β2 | 3β8β3 | 1β7β6 | 5β6β3 | ||||||
Detroit | 4β7β3 | 10β2β2 | β | 4β6β4 | 10β3β1 | 10β2β2 | ||||||
Montreal | 4β7β3 | 8β3β3 | 6β4β4 | β | 8β5β1 | 9β4β1 | ||||||
New York | 8β5β1 | 7β1β6 | 3β10β1 | 5β8β1 | β | 3β6β5 | ||||||
Toronto | 3β7β4 | 6β5β3 | 2β10β2 | 4β9β1 | 6β3β5 | β |
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | October 13, 1956 | 3β0 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 1β0β0 |
2 | L | October 14, 1956 | 1β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 1β1β0 |
3 | T | October 18, 1956 | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 1β1β1 |
4 | W | October 20, 1956 | 5β0 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 2β1β1 |
5 | L | October 24, 1956 | 2β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 2β2β1 |
6 | L | October 25, 1956 | 2β3 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 2β3β1 |
7 | L | October 27, 1956 | 0β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 2β4β1 |
8 | L | October 28, 1956 | 1β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 2β5β1 |
9 | W | November 1, 1956 | 4β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 3β5β1 |
10 | W | November 3, 1956 | 6β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 4β5β1 |
11 | W | November 4, 1956 | 1β0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 5β5β1 |
12 | W | November 7, 1956 | 4β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 6β5β1 |
13 | W | November 8, 1956 | 4β2 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 7β5β1 |
14 | L | November 10, 1956 | 1β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 7β6β1 |
15 | L | November 11, 1956 | 2β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 7β7β1 |
16 | W | November 14, 1956 | 5β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 8β7β1 |
17 | W | November 17, 1956 | 6β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 9β7β1 |
18 | L | November 18, 1956 | 3β8 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 9β8β1 |
19 | L | November 22, 1956 | 3β5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 9β9β1 |
20 | W | November 24, 1956 | 6β1 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 10β9β1 |
21 | T | November 25, 1956 | 1β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 10β9β2 |
22 | W | November 29, 1956 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 11β9β2 |
23 | W | December 1, 1956 | 7β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 12β9β2 |
24 | L | December 2, 1956 | 0β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 12β10β2 |
25 | W | December 5, 1956 | 3β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 13β10β2 |
26 | W | December 7, 1956 | 3β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 14β10β2 |
27 | T | December 9, 1956 | 1β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 14β10β3 |
28 | W | December 13, 1956 | 6β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 15β10β3 |
29 | W | December 15, 1956 | 6β4 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 16β10β3 |
30 | L | December 16, 1956 | 2β4 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 16β11β3 |
31 | W | December 20, 1956 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 17β11β3 |
32 | T | December 22, 1956 | 1β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 17β11β4 |
33 | T | December 23, 1956 | 3β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 17β11β5 |
34 | L | December 26, 1956 | 0β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 17β12β5 |
35 | W | December 29, 1956 | 6β3 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 18β12β5 |
36 | W | January 1, 1957 | 6β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 19β12β5 |
37 | T | January 3, 1957 | 3β3 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 19β12β6 |
38 | W | January 5, 1957 | 1β0 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 20β12β6 |
39 | W | January 6, 1957 | 3β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 21β12β6 |
40 | W | January 10, 1957 | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 22β12β6 |
41 | W | January 12, 1957 | 4β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 23β12β6 |
42 | W | January 13, 1957 | 3β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 24β12β6 |
43 | W | January 16, 1957 | 3β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 25β12β6 |
44 | W | January 19, 1957 | 5β0 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 26β12β6 |
45 | L | January 20, 1957 | 2β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 26β13β6 |
46 | T | January 26, 1957 | 4β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 26β13β7 |
47 | L | January 27, 1957 | 2β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 26β14β7 |
48 | W | January 31, 1957 | 5β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 27β14β7 |
49 | L | February 2, 1957 | 1β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 27β15β7 |
50 | T | February 3, 1957 | 3β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 27β15β8 |
51 | T | February 6, 1957 | 1β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 27β15β9 |
52 | T | February 9, 1957 | 2β2 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 27β15β10 |
53 | L | February 10, 1957 | 4β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 27β16β10 |
54 | L | February 14, 1957 | 1β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 27β17β10 |
55 | L | February 16, 1957 | 1β2 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 27β18β10 |
56 | W | February 17, 1957 | 3β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 28β18β10 |
57 | T | February 21, 1957 | 3β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 28β18β11 |
58 | W | February 23, 1957 | 4β1 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 29β18β11 |
59 | L | February 24, 1957 | 3β4 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 29β19β11 |
60 | W | February 28, 1957 | 3β0 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 30β19β11 |
61 | W | March 2, 1957 | 5β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 31β19β11 |
62 | L | March 3, 1957 | 2β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 31β20β11 |
63 | L | March 6, 1957 | 1β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 31β21β11 |
64 | W | March 9, 1957 | 6β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 32β21β11 |
65 | L | March 10, 1957 | 1β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 32β22β11 |
66 | W | March 14, 1957 | 8β4 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 33β22β11 |
67 | T | March 16, 1957 | 2β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 33β22β12 |
68 | L | March 17, 1957 | 1β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 33β23β12 |
69 | W | March 20, 1957 | 2β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 34β23β12 |
70 | W | March 23, 1957 | 3β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 35β23β12 |
The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in second place. The Canadien then faced off against the New York Rangers, winning the best-of-seven series 4β1 to advance to the final against Boston.
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 6 | Boston | 1 | Montreal | 5 | |
April 9 | Boston | 0 | Montreal | 1 | |
April 11 | Montreal | 4 | Boston | 2 | |
April 14 | Montreal | 0 | Boston | 2 | |
April 16 | Boston | 1 | Montreal | 5 |
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Beliveau | C | 69 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 105 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 63 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 74 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 70 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 56 |
Henri Richard | C | 63 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 71 |
Doug Harvey | D | 70 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 92 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 64 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 74 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 41 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 18 |
Claude Provost | RW | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 24 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 64 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 58 |
Don Marshall | LW | 70 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 6 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 70 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 |
Tom Johnson | D | 70 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 59 |
Jack LeClair | C | 47 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 59 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 70 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 64 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 49 |
Phil Goyette | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Bob Turner | D | 58 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 |
Allan Johnson | RW/C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gene Achtymichuk | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murray Balfour | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Glen Cressman | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bronco Horvath | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jacques Plante | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Guy Rousseau | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Smrke | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 3660 | 61 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 122 | 2.00 | 9 |
Gerry McNeil | 540 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 153 | 2.19 | 9 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 10 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
Jean Beliveau | C | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
Henri Richard | C | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Doug Harvey | D | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Don Marshall | LW | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Phil Goyette | C | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Tom Johnson | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Connie Broden | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Claude Provost | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Bob Turner | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jacques Plante | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 616 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1.66 | 1 |
Team: | 616 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1.66 | 1 |
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1956β57 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
League | 2nd NHL |
1956β57 record | 35β23β12 |
Goals for | 210 |
Goals against | 155 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Toe Blake |
Captain | Maurice Richard |
Alternate captains |
Floyd Curry Doug Harvey Tom Johnson |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jean Beliveau and Maurice Richard (33) |
Assists | Jean Beliveau (51) |
Points | Jean Beliveau (84) |
Penalty minutes | Jean Beliveau (105) |
Wins | Jacques Plante (31) |
Goals against average | Jacques Plante (2.00) |
The 1956β57 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 48th season of play. The Canadiens would place second in the league to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup for the ninth time in team history and for the second year in a row.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 198 | 157 | +41 | 88 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 210 | 155 | +55 | 82 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 195 | 174 | +21 | 80 |
4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 184 | 227 | β43 | 66 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 21 | 34 | 15 | 174 | 192 | β18 | 57 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 169 | 225 | β56 | 47 |
1956β57 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 8β5β1 | 7β4β3 | 7β4β3 | 5β8β1 | 7β3β4 | ||||||
Chicago | 5β8β1 | β | 2β10β2 | 3β8β3 | 1β7β6 | 5β6β3 | ||||||
Detroit | 4β7β3 | 10β2β2 | β | 4β6β4 | 10β3β1 | 10β2β2 | ||||||
Montreal | 4β7β3 | 8β3β3 | 6β4β4 | β | 8β5β1 | 9β4β1 | ||||||
New York | 8β5β1 | 7β1β6 | 3β10β1 | 5β8β1 | β | 3β6β5 | ||||||
Toronto | 3β7β4 | 6β5β3 | 2β10β2 | 4β9β1 | 6β3β5 | β |
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | October 13, 1956 | 3β0 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 1β0β0 |
2 | L | October 14, 1956 | 1β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 1β1β0 |
3 | T | October 18, 1956 | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 1β1β1 |
4 | W | October 20, 1956 | 5β0 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 2β1β1 |
5 | L | October 24, 1956 | 2β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 2β2β1 |
6 | L | October 25, 1956 | 2β3 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 2β3β1 |
7 | L | October 27, 1956 | 0β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 2β4β1 |
8 | L | October 28, 1956 | 1β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 2β5β1 |
9 | W | November 1, 1956 | 4β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 3β5β1 |
10 | W | November 3, 1956 | 6β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 4β5β1 |
11 | W | November 4, 1956 | 1β0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 5β5β1 |
12 | W | November 7, 1956 | 4β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 6β5β1 |
13 | W | November 8, 1956 | 4β2 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 7β5β1 |
14 | L | November 10, 1956 | 1β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 7β6β1 |
15 | L | November 11, 1956 | 2β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 7β7β1 |
16 | W | November 14, 1956 | 5β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 8β7β1 |
17 | W | November 17, 1956 | 6β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 9β7β1 |
18 | L | November 18, 1956 | 3β8 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 9β8β1 |
19 | L | November 22, 1956 | 3β5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 9β9β1 |
20 | W | November 24, 1956 | 6β1 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 10β9β1 |
21 | T | November 25, 1956 | 1β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 10β9β2 |
22 | W | November 29, 1956 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 11β9β2 |
23 | W | December 1, 1956 | 7β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 12β9β2 |
24 | L | December 2, 1956 | 0β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 12β10β2 |
25 | W | December 5, 1956 | 3β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 13β10β2 |
26 | W | December 7, 1956 | 3β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 14β10β2 |
27 | T | December 9, 1956 | 1β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 14β10β3 |
28 | W | December 13, 1956 | 6β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 15β10β3 |
29 | W | December 15, 1956 | 6β4 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 16β10β3 |
30 | L | December 16, 1956 | 2β4 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 16β11β3 |
31 | W | December 20, 1956 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 17β11β3 |
32 | T | December 22, 1956 | 1β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 17β11β4 |
33 | T | December 23, 1956 | 3β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 17β11β5 |
34 | L | December 26, 1956 | 0β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 17β12β5 |
35 | W | December 29, 1956 | 6β3 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 18β12β5 |
36 | W | January 1, 1957 | 6β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 19β12β5 |
37 | T | January 3, 1957 | 3β3 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 19β12β6 |
38 | W | January 5, 1957 | 1β0 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 20β12β6 |
39 | W | January 6, 1957 | 3β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 21β12β6 |
40 | W | January 10, 1957 | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 22β12β6 |
41 | W | January 12, 1957 | 4β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 23β12β6 |
42 | W | January 13, 1957 | 3β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 24β12β6 |
43 | W | January 16, 1957 | 3β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 25β12β6 |
44 | W | January 19, 1957 | 5β0 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 26β12β6 |
45 | L | January 20, 1957 | 2β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 26β13β6 |
46 | T | January 26, 1957 | 4β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 26β13β7 |
47 | L | January 27, 1957 | 2β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 26β14β7 |
48 | W | January 31, 1957 | 5β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 27β14β7 |
49 | L | February 2, 1957 | 1β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 27β15β7 |
50 | T | February 3, 1957 | 3β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 27β15β8 |
51 | T | February 6, 1957 | 1β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 27β15β9 |
52 | T | February 9, 1957 | 2β2 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 27β15β10 |
53 | L | February 10, 1957 | 4β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 27β16β10 |
54 | L | February 14, 1957 | 1β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 27β17β10 |
55 | L | February 16, 1957 | 1β2 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 27β18β10 |
56 | W | February 17, 1957 | 3β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 28β18β10 |
57 | T | February 21, 1957 | 3β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 28β18β11 |
58 | W | February 23, 1957 | 4β1 | New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 29β18β11 |
59 | L | February 24, 1957 | 3β4 | @ New York Rangers ( 1956β57) | 29β19β11 |
60 | W | February 28, 1957 | 3β0 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 30β19β11 |
61 | W | March 2, 1957 | 5β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 31β19β11 |
62 | L | March 3, 1957 | 2β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 31β20β11 |
63 | L | March 6, 1957 | 1β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 31β21β11 |
64 | W | March 9, 1957 | 6β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 32β21β11 |
65 | L | March 10, 1957 | 1β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 32β22β11 |
66 | W | March 14, 1957 | 8β4 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 33β22β11 |
67 | T | March 16, 1957 | 2β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1956β57) | 33β22β12 |
68 | L | March 17, 1957 | 1β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1956β57) | 33β23β12 |
69 | W | March 20, 1957 | 2β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1956β57) | 34β23β12 |
70 | W | March 23, 1957 | 3β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1956β57) | 35β23β12 |
The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in second place. The Canadien then faced off against the New York Rangers, winning the best-of-seven series 4β1 to advance to the final against Boston.
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 6 | Boston | 1 | Montreal | 5 | |
April 9 | Boston | 0 | Montreal | 1 | |
April 11 | Montreal | 4 | Boston | 2 | |
April 14 | Montreal | 0 | Boston | 2 | |
April 16 | Boston | 1 | Montreal | 5 |
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Beliveau | C | 69 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 105 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 63 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 74 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 70 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 56 |
Henri Richard | C | 63 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 71 |
Doug Harvey | D | 70 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 92 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 64 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 74 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 41 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 18 |
Claude Provost | RW | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 24 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 64 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 58 |
Don Marshall | LW | 70 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 6 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 70 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 |
Tom Johnson | D | 70 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 59 |
Jack LeClair | C | 47 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 59 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 70 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 64 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 49 |
Phil Goyette | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Bob Turner | D | 58 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 |
Allan Johnson | RW/C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gene Achtymichuk | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murray Balfour | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Glen Cressman | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bronco Horvath | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jacques Plante | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Guy Rousseau | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Smrke | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 3660 | 61 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 122 | 2.00 | 9 |
Gerry McNeil | 540 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 153 | 2.19 | 9 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 10 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
Jean Beliveau | C | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
Henri Richard | C | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Doug Harvey | D | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Don Marshall | LW | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Phil Goyette | C | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Tom Johnson | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Connie Broden | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Claude Provost | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Bob Turner | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jacques Plante | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 616 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1.66 | 1 |
Team: | 616 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1.66 | 1 |
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