1958 Stanley Cup Finals

1958 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 5* 6 Games Montreal Canadiens  2 2 3 1 3 5 4 Boston Bruins  1 5 0 3 2 3 2 * indicates periods of overtime.
Location: Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Boston, MA (Boston Garden) (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Montreal: Toe Blake Boston: Milt Schmidt Captains: Montreal: Maurice Richard Boston: Fernie Flaman Dates: April 8 to April 20, 1958 Series-winning goal: Bernie Geoffrion (19:26, second)
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The 1958 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins in a rematch of the 1957 Final. The Canadiens would win the series 4–2, for their third straight Cup victory, and tenth in the team's history.

Paths to the Final

Montreal defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–0 to reach the final. Boston defeated the New York Rangers 4–2 to reach the final.

The series

Rocket Richard, was the top goal scorer during the playoffs with 11. In game five, he notched his third final series overtime goal of his career and sixth playoff overtime goal of his career.

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

April 8	Montreal Canadiens		2–1		Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
(Doug Harvey, Don Marshall) Bernie Geoffrion - 12:24		First period			No scoring
(Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau) Dickie Moore - 13:52		Second period			5:54 - Allan Stanley, 1 (Don McKenney, Fleming Mackell)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring

April 10	Montreal Canadiens		2-5		Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
(Dickie Moore, Doug Harvey) Bernie Geoffrion - 3:12		First period			0:20 - Norm Johnson, 3 (Larry Regan, Leo Labine) 6:58 - Don McKenney, 6 (Fleming Mackell, Larry Regan) 17:23 - Bronco Horvath, 3 (Carl Boone)
(Dickie Moore) Doug Harvey - 7:00		Second period			5:00 - Larry Regan, 2 (Allan Stanley)
No scoring		Third period			16:52 - Bronco Horvath, 4 (Vic Stasiuk, Doug Mohns)

April 13	Boston Bruins		0-3		Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
No scoring		First period			1:30 - Maurice Richard (Bernie Geoffrion, Doug Harvey)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No Scoring		Third period			3:00 - Henri Richard (Doug Harvey) 15:06 - Maurice Richard (Henri Richard, Dickie Moore)

April 15	Boston Bruins		3-1		Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
(Larry Regan, Fleming Mackell) Don McKenney, 7 - 5:35		First period			No scoring
(Vic Stasiuk, Bronco Horvath) Don McKenney, 8 - 3:30		Second period			No scoring
(Fleming Mackell) Jerry Topazzini, 9 - 2:30		Third period			12:57 - Claude Provost (Jean Beliveau, Marcel Bonin)

April 17	Montreal Canadiens		3–2	OT	Boston Bruins	Montreal Forum
No scoring		First period			18:43 - Fleming Mackell, 5 (Allan Stanley, Jerry Topazzini)
(Jean Beliveau) Bernie Geoffrion - 2:20 (Bernie Geoffrion) Jean Beliveau - 3:02		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			10:35 - Bronco Horvath, 5 (Vic Stasiuk, Leo Boivin)
(Henri Richard, Dickie Moore) Maurice Richard - 5:45		First overtime period			No scoring

April 20	Boston Bruins		5-3		Montreal Canadiens	Boston Garden
(Doug Mohns) Don McKenney, 9 - 18:35		First period			0:46 - Bernie Geoffrion (Jean Beliveau, Bert Olmstead) 1:54 - Maurice Richard (Dickie Moore)
No scoring		Second period			6:42 - Jean Beliveau (Bernie Geoffrion, Doug Harvey) 19:26 - Bernie Geoffrion
(Larry Regan) Norm Johnson, 4 - 5:20 (Leo Labine, Fern Flaman) Larry Regan, 3 - 13:41		Third period			19:00 - Doug Harvey

Montreal won series 4–2

Montreal Canadiens 1958 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 4 Jean Beliveau
• 8 Connie Broden
• 16 Henri Richard
• 20 Phil Goyette

  Wingers

• 5 Bernie Geoffrion
• 6 Floyd Curry(A)
• 9 Maurice Rocket Richard (Captain)
• 12 Dickie Moore
• 14 Claude Provost
• 15 Bert Olmstead
• 18 Marcel Bonin
• 22 Don Marshall
• 23 Andre Pronovost
• 24 Alvin Ab McDonald

  Defencemen

• 2 Doug Harvey(A)
• 10 Tom Johnson(A)
• 11 Bob Turner
• 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
• 19 Dollard St. Laurent
• 21 Albert Langlois

  Goaltenders

• 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, Ab MacDonald, Ken Mosdell, 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

• 1957–58 Boston Bruins season
• 1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season
• 1957–58 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

References

• 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