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1955–56 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League1st NHL
1955–56 record45–15–10
Goals for222
Goals against131
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainEmile Bouchard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJean Beliveau, 47
AssistsJean Beliveau, 41
PointsJean Beliveau, 88
Penalty minutesJean Beliveau, 143
WinsJacques Plante (42)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (1.86)

The 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 47th season of play. The Canadiens placed first in the regular season standings and won the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in the club's history.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 45 15 10 222 131 +91 100
2 Detroit Red Wings 70 30 24 16 183 148 +35 76
3 New York Rangers 70 32 28 10 204 203 +1 74
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 24 33 13 153 181 −28 61
5 Boston Bruins 70 23 34 13 147 185 −38 59
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 19 39 12 155 216 −61 50

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 6, 1955 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 1–0–0
2 W October 8, 1955 2–0 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 2–0–0
3 W October 9, 1955 5–2 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 3–0–0
4 W October 15, 1955 4–1 New York Rangers (1955–56) 4–0–0
5 T October 16, 1955 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 4–0–1
6 L October 20, 1955 2–3 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 4–1–1
7 W October 22, 1955 6–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 5–1–1
8 L October 26, 1955 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 5–2–1
9 L October 27, 1955 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 5–3–1
10 W October 29, 1955 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 6–3–1
11 T October 30, 1955 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 6–3–2
12 T November 3, 1955 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 6–3–3
13 W November 5, 1955 4–2 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 7–3–3
14 T November 6, 1955 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 7–3–4
15 T November 9, 1955 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 7–3–5
16 W November 12, 1955 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 8–3–5
17 W November 13, 1955 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 9–3–5
18 W November 16, 1955 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 10–3–5
19 W November 19, 1955 6–1 New York Rangers (1955–56) 11–3–5
20 T November 20, 1955 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 11–3–6
21 L November 24, 1955 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 11–4–6
22 W November 26, 1955 3–1 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 12–4–6
23 T November 27, 1955 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 12–4–7
24 W December 1, 1955 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 13–4–7
25 W December 3, 1955 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 14–4–7
26 W December 4, 1955 5–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 15–4–7
27 W December 8, 1955 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 16–4–7
28 W December 10, 1955 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 17–4–7
29 W December 11, 1955 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 18–4–7
30 W December 15, 1955 2–0 New York Rangers (1955–56) 19–4–7
31 W December 17, 1955 5–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 20–4–7
32 L December 18, 1955 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 20–5–7
33 W December 20, 1955 7–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 21–5–7
34 W December 24, 1955 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 22–5–7
35 L December 25, 1955 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 22–6–7
36 L December 28, 1955 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 22–7–7
37 W December 29, 1955 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 23–7–7
38 W December 31, 1955 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 24–7–7
39 L January 5, 1956 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 24–8–7
40 W January 7, 1956 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 25–8–7
41 L January 11, 1956 1–6 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 25–9–7
42 L January 14, 1956 0–2 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 25–10–7
43 L January 15, 1956 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 25–11–7
44 W January 18, 1956 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 26–11–7
45 W January 19, 1956 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 27–11–7
46 W January 21, 1956 3–1 New York Rangers (1955–56) 28–11–7
47 W January 22, 1956 6–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 29–11–7
48 L January 26, 1956 1–5 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 29–12–7
49 W January 28, 1956 6–1 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 30–12–7
50 T January 29, 1956 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 30–12–8
51 W February 2, 1956 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 31–12–8
52 W February 4, 1956 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 32–12–8
53 T February 5, 1956 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 32–12–9
54 T February 8, 1956 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 32–12–10
55 W February 10, 1956 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 33–12–10
56 W February 12, 1956 7–1 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 34–12–10
57 W February 16, 1956 8–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 35–12–10
58 W February 18, 1956 9–4 New York Rangers (1955–56) 36–12–10
59 W February 23, 1956 5–2 New York Rangers (1955–56) 37–12–10
60 W February 25, 1956 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 38–12–10
61 L February 29, 1956 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 38–13–10
62 W March 2, 1956 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 39–13–10
63 W March 3, 1956 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 40–13–10
64 W March 4, 1956 6–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 41–13–10
65 W March 8, 1956 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 42–13–10
66 L March 10, 1956 0–4 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 42–14–10
67 L March 11, 1956 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 42–15–10
68 W March 15, 1956 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 43–15–10
69 W March 17, 1956 7–2 New York Rangers (1955–56) 44–15–10
70 W March 18, 1956 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 45–15–10

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Final

Further information: 1956 Stanley Cup Final

This was the first finals for Henri Richard and Toe Blake's first finals as coach.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 31 Detroit 4 Montreal 6
April 3 Detroit 1 Montreal 5
April 5 Montreal 1 Detroit 3
April 8 Montreal 3 Detroit 0
April 10 Detroit 1 Montreal 3

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jean Beliveau C 70 47 41 88 143
Maurice Richard RW 70 38 33 71 89
Bert Olmstead LW 70 14 56 70 94
Bernie Geoffrion RW 59 29 33 62 66
Dickie Moore LW 70 11 39 50 55
Doug Harvey D 62 5 39 44 60
Henri Richard C 64 19 21 40 46
Floyd Curry RW 70 14 18 32 10
Ken Mosdell C 67 13 17 30 48
Claude Provost RW 60 13 16 29 30
Jackie Leclair C 54 6 8 14 30
Jean-Guy Talbot D 66 1 13 14 80
Dollard St. Laurent D 46 4 9 13 58
Tom Johnson D 64 3 10 13 75
Don Marshall LW 66 4 1 5 10
Bob Turner D 33 1 4 5 35
Dick Gamble LW 12 0 3 3 8
Butch Bouchard D 36 0 0 0 22
Connie Broden C 3 0 0 0 2
Wally Clune D 5 0 0 0 6
Jacques Deslauriers D 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Perreault G 6 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 64 0 0 0 10
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 3840 64 42 12 10 119 1.86 7
Bob Perreault 360 6 3 3 0 12 2.00 1
Team: 4200 70 45 15 10 131 1.87 8

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jean Beliveau C 10 12 7 19 22
Bernie Geoffrion RW 10 5 9 14 6
Maurice Richard RW 10 5 9 14 24
Bert Olmstead LW 10 4 10 14 8
Dickie Moore LW 10 3 6 9 12
Henri Richard C 10 4 4 8 21
Doug Harvey D 10 2 5 7 10
Claude Provost RW 10 3 3 6 12
Floyd Curry RW 10 1 5 6 12
Jackie Leclair C 8 1 1 2 4
Ken Mosdell C 9 1 1 2 2
Tom Johnson D 10 0 2 2 8
Jean-Guy Talbot D 9 0 2 2 4
Don Marshall LW 10 1 0 1 0
Bob Turner D 10 0 1 1 10
Butch Bouchard D 1 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 10 0 0 0 2
Dollard St. Laurent D 4 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 600 10 8 2 18 1.80 2
Team: 600 10 8 2 18 1.80 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

Transactions

Montreal Canadiens 1956 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager)
  • Dalton Coleman, William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owners)
  • Ken Reardon (Ass't Manager), Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
  • Hector Dubois (Trainer), Gaston Bettez (Ass't Trainer)
  • Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
  • ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Emile "Butch" Bouchard was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1944, 1946, 1953 as EMILE BOUCHARD. He was then engraved on the Stanley Cup as BUTCH BOUCHARD in 1956.
  • Mistake Bob Turner is listed as Trainer on Stanley Cup. He was a defenseman. Hector Dubois and Gaston Bettez were the trainers, but no position was listed.
  • Mistake Claude Provost name was misspelt C. PREVOST with an "E" instead an "O". Turner and Provost mistakes were not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • Mistake Gaston Bettez was spelt wrong G BETTEX when cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z", and mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup. His name was spelt correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1955–1956 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "1955–56 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ^ "1955-56 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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