1956–57 Boston Bruins season

The 1956–1957 Boston Bruins were one of six teams in the 40th season of the National Hockey League. The team finished with a record of 34 wins, 24 losses, and 12 ties. Their record earned them the third seed in the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the final. With 21 goals and 39 assists, Center Don McKenney was the team's leading scorer.

1956–57 Boston Bruins

Division

3rd NHL

1956–57 record

34–24–12

Goals for

195

Goals against

174

Team information

General Manager

Coach

Captain

Team leaders

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
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	−43	66
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	174	192	−18	57
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	169	225	−56	47

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 11, 1956	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	0–0–1
2	L	October 13, 1956	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	0–1–1
3	W	October 14, 1956	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	1–1–1
4	L	October 17, 1956	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	1–2–1
5	T	October 20, 1956	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	1–2–2
6	T	October 21, 1956	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	1–2–3
7	W	October 27, 1956	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	2–2–3
8	L	October 30, 1956	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	2–3–3
9	W	November 1, 1956	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	3–3–3
10	W	November 4, 1956	4–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	4–3–3
11	W	November 7, 1956	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	5–3–3
12	W	November 8, 1956	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	6–3–3
13	W	November 10, 1956	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	7–3–3
14	W	November 11, 1956	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	8–3–3
15	W	November 15, 1956	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	9–3–3
16	T	November 17, 1956	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	9–3–4
17	W	November 18, 1956	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	10–3–4
18	L	November 22, 1956	3–4	New York Rangers (1956–57)	10–4–4
19	W	November 24, 1956	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	11–4–4
20	W	November 25, 1956	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	12–4–4
21	L	November 28, 1956	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	12–5–4
22	W	November 29, 1956	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	13–5–4
23	W	December 2, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	14–5–4
24	L	December 6, 1956	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	14–6–4
25	W	December 8, 1956	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	15–6–4
26	T	December 9, 1956	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	15–6–5
27	W	December 13, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–6–5
28	L	December 15, 1956	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	16–7–5
29	W	December 16, 1956	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	17–7–5
30	T	December 20, 1956	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	17–7–6
31	W	December 22, 1956	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	18–7–6
32	L	December 23, 1956	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	18–8–6
33	L	December 25, 1956	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	18–9–6
34	L	December 27, 1956	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	18–10–6
35	W	December 30, 1956	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	19–10–6
36	W	January 1, 1957	5–3	New York Rangers (1956–57)	20–10–6
37	L	January 5, 1957	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	20–11–6
38	T	January 6, 1957	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	20–11–7
39	W	January 10, 1957	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	21–11–7
40	L	January 12, 1957	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	21–12–7
41	L	January 13, 1957	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	21–13–7
42	T	January 17, 1957	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	21–13–8
43	L	January 19, 1957	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	21–14–8
44	L	January 20, 1957	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	21–15–8
45	L	January 26, 1957	3–5	New York Rangers (1956–57)	21–16–8
46	W	January 27, 1957	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	22–16–8
47	W	January 31, 1957	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	23–16–8
48	W	February 2, 1957	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	24–16–8
49	W	February 3, 1957	4–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	25–16–8
50	L	February 6, 1957	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	25–17–8
51	W	February 7, 1957	1–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	26–17–8
52	T	February 9, 1957	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	26–17–9
53	W	February 10, 1957	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	27–17–9
54	T	February 13, 1957	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	27–17–10
55	L	February 16, 1957	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	27–18–10
56	L	February 17, 1957	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	27–19–10
57	L	February 20, 1957	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	27–20–10
58	W	February 23, 1957	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	28–20–10
59	L	February 24, 1957	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	28–21–10
60	W	February 28, 1957	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	29–21–10
61	L	March 2, 1957	2–3	New York Rangers (1956–57)	29–22–10
62	W	March 3, 1957	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	30–22–10
63	L	March 7, 1957	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	30–23–10
64	W	March 9, 1957	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	31–23–10
65	T	March 10, 1957	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	31–23–11
66	W	March 13, 1957	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	32–23–11
67	T	March 16, 1957	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–23–12
68	W	March 17, 1957	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	33–23–12
69	W	March 21, 1957	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	34–23–12
70	L	March 23, 1957	2–4	New York Rangers (1956–57)	34–24–12

Playoffs

See 1957 Stanley Cup Finals.

Semi-finals			Stanley Cup Final


1	Detroit Red Wings	1

3	Boston Bruins	4
			3	Boston Bruins	1

			2	Montreal Canadiens	4
2	Montreal Canadiens	4

4	New York Rangers	1

The Boston Bruins were seeded third in the Stanley Cup Semi-finals, where they defeated the top seeded Detroit Red Wings 4–1. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	69	21	39	60	31
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	70	31	17	48	38
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	67	18	29	47	128
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	64	24	16	40	69
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	68	6	34	40	89
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	65	22	17	39	73
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	68	13	26	39	41
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	55	15	23	38	26
Regan, LarryLarry Regan	RW	69	14	19	33	29
Gardner, CalCal Gardner	C	70	12	20	32	66
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	68	6	25	31	108
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	D	60	6	25	31	45
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong	D	57	1	15	16	79
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	55	2	8	10	55
Bionda, JackJack Bionda	D	35	2	3	5	43
Caffery, JackJack Caffery	C	47	2	2	4	20
Beckett, BobBob Beckett	C	18	0	3	3	2
Nicholson, AlAl Nicholson	LW	5	0	1	1	0
Cherry, DickDick Cherry	D	6	0	0	0	4
Defelice, NormNorm Defelice	G	10	0	0	0	2
Hillman, FloydFloyd Hillman	D	6	0	0	0	10
Panagabko, EdEd Panagabko	C	1	0	0	0	0
Ranieri, GeorgeGeorge Ranieri	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	34	0	0	0	14
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	G	26	0	0	0	0
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	RW	23	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	2040	34	18	10	6	81	2.38	2
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	1560	26	13	9	4	63	2.42	4
Defelice, NormNorm Defelice	600	10	3	5	2	30	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	34	24	12	174	2.49	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	10	5	3	8	4
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	10	1	5	6	4
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	10	3	2	5	14
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	10	2	3	5	12
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	10	2	3	5	2
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	10	2	1	3	4
Gardner, CalCal Gardner	C	10	2	1	3	2
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	10	2	1	3	2
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong	D	10	0	3	3	10
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	10	0	3	3	19
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	10	0	3	3	12
Regan, LarryLarry Regan	RW	8	0	2	2	10
Boone, BuddyBuddy Boone	RW	10	1	0	1	12
Caffery, JackJack Caffery	C	10	1	0	1	4
Bionda, JackJack Bionda	D	10	0	1	1	14
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	10	0	1	1	2
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	G	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	600	10	5	5	29	2.90	2
Team:	600	10	5	5	29	2.90	2

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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

26-year-old RW Larry Regan was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the Rookie of the Year.

Roster

1956–57 Boston Bruins

Goaltenders

Defensemen

4 – Bob Armstrong
10 – Allan Stanley
11 – Jack Bionda
14 – Fern Flaman – C
20 – Leo Boivin
22 – Dick Cherry
25 – Floyd Hillman

Wingers

6 – Buddy Boone
7 – Vic Stasiuk
12 – Real Chevrefils
15 – Larry Regan
16 – Leo Labine
19 – Doug Mohns
21 – Jerry Toppazzini
22 – Ed Panagabko
22 – Floyd Smith
23 – Johnny Peirson
24 – George Ranieri
25 – Al Nicholson

Centers

8 – Fleming MacKell
9 – Cal Gardner
17 – Don McKenney
18 – Jack Caffery
24 – Bob Beckett
GM: Lynn Patrick
Coach: Milt Schmidt

Farm teams

References

↑ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1956-57 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

"1956–57 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1956–57 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Roster

Farm teams

See also

References

External links