1956 Stanley Cup Finals
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| Location(s) | Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Olympia) (3,4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Toe Blake Detroit: Jimmy Skinner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal: Emile Bouchard Detroit: Ted Lindsay | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | March 31 to April 10, 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Maurice Richard (15:08, second) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Montreal Canadiens and the two-time defending champion Detroit Red Wings in the fourth Detroit-Montreal series in the 1950s, the two teams having met in the previous two years as well as 1952; Detroit won all three. The Canadiens were appearing in their sixth consecutive Finals, the Red Wings their third. The Canadiens would win the series 4–1.
Paths to the final
Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–1 to reach the final. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the final.
The series
The Canadiens, down 4–2 after two periods, scored four unanswered goals, in a 5:29 span, in the third period to win Game One 6–4 at the Forum.[1] Jacques Plante held the Red Wings to just ten goals in the five games. This was the first finals for Henri Richard and former Habs player Toe Blake's first finals as coach.
Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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| 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
Montreal Canadiens 1956 Stanley Cup champions
Players
- 5 Bernie Geoffrion
- 6 Floyd Curry
- 9 Maurice Rocket Richard (A)
- 12 Dickie Moore
- 14 Claude Provost
- 15 Bert Olmstead
- 22 Don Marshall
- 2 Doug Harvey (A)
- 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard (captain)
- 10 Tom Johnson
- 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
- 19 Dollard St. Laurent
- 24 Bob Turner
- 1 Jacques Plante
- 1 Charlie Hodge (spare, did not play)
Coaching and administrative staff
- Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Frank Selke (Manager)
- Dalton Coleman (Vice President/Owner), William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owner)
- Ken Reardon (Asst. Manager), Hector Toe Blake (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer)
- Gaston Bettez (Asst. 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 and 1953 as EMILE BOUCHARD. He was then engraved on the Stanley Cup as BUTCH BOUCHARD in 1956.
- In a mistake, Bob Turner is listed as Trainer when the Stanley Cup was redone in 1957-58, but he played defence. Hector Dubois and Gaston Bettez were the trainers, but no position was listed. These mistakes were not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
- In a mistake, Claude Provost's name was misspelled C. PREVOST with an "E" instead an "O". Provost spelling mistake was also not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
- In a mistake, Gaston Bettez was spelled wrong as G BETTEX when the Cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z", and the mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup. His name was spelled correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.
- Hector "Toe" Blake was the ninth coach to win the Stanley Cup in his first year as such.
See also
Notes
- ^ "The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 2013-12-26.
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
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