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1956 Stanley Cup Final
1956 ice hockey championship series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1956 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1955–56 season, and the culmination of the 1956 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between 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 in 1952; Detroit won all three. The Canadiens were appearing in their sixth consecutive Finals, the Red Wings their third. The Canadiens avenged their previous three losses to Detroit, as they defeated the Red Wings in five games to win their second Stanley Cup in four years.
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Paths to the Finals
Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–1 to reach the final. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the final.
Game summaries
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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 9 goals in the five games. This was the first Final for Henri Richard and former Habs player Toe Blake's first Final as coach.
| March 31 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Forum de Montréal | Recap | |||
| Alex Delvecchio (5) - pp - 8:17 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Dineen (1) - 3:45 Ted Lindsay (5) - 8:11 Alex Delvecchio (6) - pp - 11:20 |
Second period | 3:00 - pp - Jean Beliveau (6) 6:40 - Henri Richard (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:20 - Jack LeClair (1) 6:20 - Bernie Geoffrion (3) 7:31 - Jean Beliveau (7) 10:49 - Claude Provost (3) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall 38 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Forum de Montréal | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:23 - pp - Donnie Marshall (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:37 - Henri Richard (4) 14:38 - Bernie Geoffrion (4) | ||||||
| Norm Ullman (1) - 00:31 | Third period | 2:48 - Jean Beliveau (8) 19:21 - Maurice Richard (4) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| Jean Beliveau (9) - 19:20 | First period | 14:27 - pp - Red Kelly (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:36 - Ted Lindsay (6) 18:12 - Gordie Howe (3) | ||||||
| Jacques Plante 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 8 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| Jean Beliveau (10) - 15:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean Beliveau (11) - 11:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Floyd Curry (1) - 11:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacques Plante 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Glenn Hall 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 10 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Forum de Montréal | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:16 - pp - Jean Beliveau (12) 15:08 - pp - Maurice Richard (5) | ||||||
| Alex Delvecchio (7) - 00:35 | Third period | 00:13 - Bernie Geoffrion (5) | ||||||
| Glenn Hall 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–1 | |
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Stanley Cup engraving
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The 1956 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Emile Bouchard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game five.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1955–56 Montreal Canadiens
Players
- 4 Jean Beliveau
- 8 Jack LeClair
- 16 Henri Richard
- 18 Ken Mosdell (A)
- 5 Bernie Geoffrion
- 6 Floyd Curry
- 9 Maurice Richard (A)
- 12 Dickie Moore
- 14 Claude Provost
- 15 Bert Olmstead
- 22 Don Marshall
- 2 Doug Harvey (A)
- 3 Emile 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), Toe Blake (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer)
- Gaston Bettez (Asst. Trainer)
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.
- Three engraving mistakes were made on the Stanley Cup. Only Gaston Bettez had his name correctly spelled on the replica Stanley Cup created in the 1992–93 season: 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. Claude Provost's name was misspelled C. PREVOST with an "E" instead of an "O". Gaston Bettez was spelt wrong as G BETTEX when the Cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z". His name was spelled correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.
- Hector "Toe" Blake was the ninth rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
- Camile DesRoches and Frank Selke Jr. (Publicity Directors) were left off the Stanley Cup engraving, but included in the team picture.
- The 1956 Montreal Canadiens filled the last spot on the Stanley Cup. (See 1958 Stanley Cup Finals change)
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