1956–57 Montreal Canadiens season

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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
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Jean Beliveau and 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.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
- 2.1 Stanley Cup Final
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Montreal Canadiens 1957 Stanley Cup champions
- 6.1 Roster
7 See also
8 References

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	38	20	12	88	198	157
Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	82	210	155
Boston Bruins	70	34	24	12	80	195	174
New York Rangers	70	26	30	14	66	184	227
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	57	174	192
Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	47	169	225

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

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

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

James Norris Memorial Trophy: || Doug Harvey
Vezina Trophy: || Jacques Plante

Transactions

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Montreal Canadiens 1957 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

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

Goaltenders

1 Jacques Plante
1 Gerry McNeil (Sub)

Non-players

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.

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "1956–57 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1957_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "1956-57 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1957.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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1960s	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70

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1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Franchise

Franchise • History (Original Six • Centennial) • Players • Coaches • General managers • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • Award winners

Culture and lore

Youppi • The Punch Line • Richard Riot • 1938 European tour

Arenas

Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre • Bell Sports Complex (practice)

Affiliates

Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) • Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

Television

SRC • RDS

Radio

English	The Team 990

French	CKAC Sports 730 AM

Rivalries

Boston Bruins • Quebec Nordiques • Toronto Maple Leafs

v · d · e1956–57 NHL season by team

Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto

See also	All-Star Game • 1957 Stanley Cup Finals

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