1956–57 Montreal Canadiens season

1956–57 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
1956–57 record 35–23–12
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
Maurice Richard (33)
Assists Jean Beliveau (51)
Points Jean Beliveau (84)
Penalties in minutes Jean Beliveau (105)
Wins Jacques Plante (31)
Goals against average Jacques Plante (2.00)
<1955–56 1957–58>

The 1956–57 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.

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 results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 13, 19563–0 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 1–0–0
2LOctober 14, 19561–3 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 1–1–0
3TOctober 18, 19561–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 1–1–1
4WOctober 20, 19565–0 New York Rangers (1956–57) 2–1–1
5LOctober 24, 19562–3 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 2–2–1
6LOctober 25, 19562–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 2–3–1
7LOctober 27, 19560–1 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 2–4–1
8LOctober 28, 19561–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 2–5–1
9WNovember 1, 19564–3 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 3–5–1
10WNovember 3, 19566–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 4–5–1
11WNovember 4, 19561–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 5–5–1
12WNovember 7, 19564–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 6–5–1
13WNovember 8, 19564–2 New York Rangers (1956–57) 7–5–1
14LNovember 10, 19561–3 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 7–6–1
15LNovember 11, 19562–3 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 7–7–1
16WNovember 14, 19565–3 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 8–7–1
17WNovember 17, 19566–2 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 9–7–1
18LNovember 18, 19563–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 9–8–1
19LNovember 22, 19563–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 9–9–1
20WNovember 24, 19566–1 New York Rangers (1956–57) 10–9–1
21TNovember 25, 19561–1 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 10–9–2
22WNovember 29, 19564–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 11–9–2
23WDecember 1, 19567–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 12–9–2
24LDecember 2, 19560–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 12–10–2
25WDecember 5, 19563–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 13–10–2
26WDecember 7, 19563–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 14–10–2
27TDecember 9, 19561–1 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 14–10–3
28WDecember 13, 19566–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 15–10–3
29WDecember 15, 19566–4 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 16–10–3
30LDecember 16, 19562–4 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 16–11–3
31WDecember 20, 19564–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 17–11–3
32TDecember 22, 19561–1 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 17–11–4
33TDecember 23, 19563–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 17–11–5
34LDecember 26, 19560–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 17–12–5
35WDecember 29, 19566–3 New York Rangers (1956–57) 18–12–5
36WJanuary 1, 19576–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 19–12–5
37TJanuary 3, 19573–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 19–12–6
38WJanuary 5, 19571–0 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 20–12–6
39WJanuary 6, 19573–2 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 21–12–6
40WJanuary 10, 19572–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 22–12–6
41WJanuary 12, 19574–1 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 23–12–6
42WJanuary 13, 19573–1 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 24–12–6
43WJanuary 16, 19573–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 25–12–6
44WJanuary 19, 19575–0 New York Rangers (1956–57) 26–12–6
45LJanuary 20, 19572–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 26–13–6
46TJanuary 26, 19574–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 26–13–7
47LJanuary 27, 19572–5 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 26–14–7
48WJanuary 31, 19575–3 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 27–14–7
49LFebruary 2, 19571–2 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 27–15–7
50TFebruary 3, 19573–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 27–15–8
51TFebruary 6, 19571–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 27–15–9
52TFebruary 9, 19572–2 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 27–15–10
53LFebruary 10, 19574–5 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 27–16–10
54LFebruary 14, 19571–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 27–17–10
55LFebruary 16, 19571–2 New York Rangers (1956–57) 27–18–10
56WFebruary 17, 19573–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 28–18–10
57TFebruary 21, 19573–3 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 28–18–11
58WFebruary 23, 19574–1 New York Rangers (1956–57) 29–18–11
59LFebruary 24, 19573–4 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 29–19–11
60WFebruary 28, 19573–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 30–19–11
61WMarch 2, 19575–1 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 31–19–11
62LMarch 3, 19572–5 @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 31–20–11
63LMarch 6, 19571–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 31–21–11
64WMarch 9, 19576–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 32–21–11
65LMarch 10, 19571–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 32–22–11
66WMarch 14, 19578–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 33–22–11
67TMarch 16, 19572–2 Boston Bruins (1956–57) 33–22–12
68LMarch 17, 19571–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 33–23–12
69WMarch 20, 19572–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 34–23–12
70WMarch 23, 19573–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 35–23–12

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Playoffs

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 4–1 to advance to the final against Boston.

Stanley Cup Final

For more details on this topic, see 1957 Stanley Cup Final.

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 statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 69 33 51 84 105
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 63 33 29 62 74
Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW 70 29 29 58 56
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 63 18 36 54 71
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 70 6 44 50 92
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead LW 64 15 33 48 74
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW 41 19 21 40 18
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 67 16 14 30 24
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost LW 64 10 11 21 58
Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW 70 12 8 20 6
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry RW 70 7 9 16 20
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 70 4 11 15 59
LeClair, JackJack LeClair C 47 3 10 13 14
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 59 0 13 13 70
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent D 64 1 11 12 49
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C 14 3 4 7 0
Turner, BobBob Turner D 58 1 4 5 48
Johnson, AllanAllan Johnson RW/C 2 0 1 1 2
Achtymichuk, GeneGene Achtymichuk C 3 0 0 0 0
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 3 0 0 0 0
Balfour, MurrayMurray Balfour RW 2 0 0 0 2
Cressman, GlenGlen Cressman C 4 0 0 0 2
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath C 1 0 0 0 0
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson D 10 0 0 0 4
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil G 9 0 0 0 2
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 61 0 0 0 16
Rousseau, GuyGuy Rousseau LW 2 0 0 0 0
Smrke, StanStan Smrke LW 4 0 0 0 0
Wilson, JerryJerry Wilson C 3 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante 3660 61 31 18 12 122 2.00 9
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil 540 9 4 5 0 31 3.44 0
Team: 4200 70 35 23 12 153 2.19 9

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW 10 11 7 18 2
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 10 6 6 12 15
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 10 8 3 11 8
Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW 10 3 7 10 4
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead LW 10 0 9 9 13
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 10 2 6 8 10
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 10 0 7 7 10
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry RW 10 3 2 5 2
Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW 10 1 3 4 2
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C 10 2 1 3 4
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 10 0 2 2 13
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 10 0 2 2 10
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost LW 8 1 0 1 4
Broden, ConnieConnie Broden C 6 0 1 1 0
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 10 0 1 1 8
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent D 7 0 1 1 13
Turner, BobBob Turner D 6 0 1 1 0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 10 0 0 0 4
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante 616 10 8 2 17 1.66 1
Team: 616 10 8 2 17 1.66 1

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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 1957 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Coaching and administrative staff
  • William Northey (President/Owner), Donat Raymond (Chairman/Owner)
  • Ken Reardon (Vice President), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager)
  • Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
  • Hector Dubois (Trainer), Larry Aubut (Ass't Trainer)
  • Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
  • 8 Jack LeClair& -Left off the Stanley Cup.
  • ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.

&-Jack LeClair played 47 games for Montreal, qualifying to be on the cup. His name was not included on the Cup, because LeClair was playing in the minors during the playoffs.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "1956–57 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ↑ "1956-57 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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