1956-57 NHL Births

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Vezina Trophy: Jacques Plante (31-18-12, 2.00 GAA)

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Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe (44 G, 45 A, 89 P)

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Listing births between Sept. 1 before the season began, and Aug. 31 following the season's end.

Births

Births Table
							Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Jeff Allan	1957-05-17		1978	1978	D	4	0	0	0	0	2
2	John Anderson	1957-03-28		1978	1989	RW	814	282	349	631	3	261
3	Ron Areshenkoff	1957-06-13	2019-12-15	1980	1980	C	4	0	0	0	-4	0
4	John Baby	1957-05-18		1978	1979	D	26	2	8	10	-12	26
5	Bill Baker	1956-11-29		1981	1983	D	143	7	25	32	-29	175
6	Steve Baker	1957-05-06		1980	1983	G	57	0	0	0	0	7	57	20	20	11	.872	3.71
7	Jeff Bandura	1957-02-04		1981	1981	D	2	0	1	1	-3	0
8	Murray Bannerman	1957-04-27		1978	1987	G	289	0	10	10	0	37	289	116	125	33	.880	3.84
9	Barry Beck	1957-06-03		1978	1990	D	615	104	251	355	31	1016
10	Jim Bedard	1956-11-14		1978	1979	G	73	0	2	2	0	10	73	17	40	13	.872	3.95
11	Doug Berry	1957-06-03		1980	1981	C	121	10	33	43	-38	24
12	John Bethel	1957-01-15		1980	1980	LW	17	0	2	2	-3	4
13	Dan Bonar	1956-09-23		1981	1983	C	170	25	39	64	-12	208
14	Mike Bossy	1957-01-22	2022-04-15	1978	1987	RW	752	573	553	1126	380	210
15	Scott Campbell	1957-06-22	2022-09-03	1980	1982	D	80	4	21	25	-37	243
16	Greg Carroll	1956-11-10		1979	1980	C	131	20	34	54	-13	44
17	Guy Chouinard	1956-10-20		1975	1984	C	578	205	370	575	-3	120
18	Joe Contini	1957-01-29		1978	1981	C	68	17	21	38	-21	34
19	Ross Cory	1957-02-04		1980	1981	D	51	2	10	12	-25	41
20	Alain Côté	1957-05-03		1980	1989	LW	696	103	190	293	22	383
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Jim Craig	1957-05-31		1980	1984	G	30	0	1	1	0	11	30	11	10	7	.857	3.78
22	Mike Crombeen	1957-04-16		1978	1985	RW	475	55	68	123	-78	218
23	Bruce Crowder	1957-03-25		1982	1985	RW	243	47	51	98	14	156
24	Mal Davis	1956-10-10		1979	1986	LW	100	31	22	53	-5	34
25	Lucien DeBlois	1957-06-21		1978	1992	C	993	249	276	525	-170	814
26	Ron Duguay	1957-07-06		1978	1989	C/RW	864	274	346	620	-103	582
27	Richie Dunn	1957-05-12	2016-09-20	1978	1989	D	483	36	140	176	10	314
28	Norm Dupont	1957-02-05		1980	1984	LW	256	55	85	140	-110	52
29	Dwight Foster	1957-04-02	2025-01-06	1978	1987	RW	541	111	163	274	-42	420
30	Jere Gillis	1957-01-18		1978	1987	LW	386	78	95	173	-61	230
31	Bob Gladney	1957-08-27		1983	1984	D	14	1	5	6	-3	4
32	Eddy Godin	1957-03-29		1978	1979	RW	27	3	6	9	-16	12
33	Tom Gorence	1957-03-11		1979	1984	RW	303	58	53	111	28	89
34	Benoit Gosselin	1957-07-19		1978	1978	LW	7	0	0	0	-3	33
35	Jim Hamilton	1957-01-18		1978	1985	RW	95	14	18	32	-10	28
36	Glen Hanlon	1957-02-20		1978	1991	G	476	0	11	11	0	210	476	167	202	61	.884	3.61
37	Keith Hanson	1957-04-26		1984	1984	D	25	0	2	2	-14	77
38	Tim Harrer	1957-05-10		1983	1983	RW	3	0	0	0	0	2
39	Archie Henderson	1957-02-17		1981	1983	RW	23	3	1	4	-3	92
40	Brian Hill	1957-01-12		1980	1980	RW	19	1	1	2	-1	4
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	John Hilworth	1957-05-23		1978	1980	D	57	1	1	2	-14	89
42	Mark Holden	1957-06-12		1982	1985	G	8	0	1	1	0	0	8	2	2	1	.850	4.03
43	Warren Holmes	1957-02-18		1982	1984	C	45	8	18	26	-10	7
44	Mike Hordy	1956-10-10		1979	1980	D	11	0	0	0	-1	7
45	Dave Hoyda	1957-05-20	2015-02-08	1978	1981	LW	132	6	17	23	-7	299
46	Jack Hughes	1957-07-20		1981	1982	D	46	2	5	7	-29	104
47	Peter Ihnačák	1957-05-03		1983	1990	C	417	102	165	267	-41	175
48	Randy Ireland	1957-04-05		1979	1979	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.857	6.02
49	Don Jackson	1956-09-02		1978	1987	D	315	16	52	68	78	640
50	Val James	1957-02-14		1982	1987	LW	11	0	0	0	-1	30
51	Steve Janaszak	1957-01-07		1980	1982	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	.874	5.63
52	Bob Janecyk	1957-05-18		1984	1989	G	111	0	4	4	0	46	111	44	47	13	.867	4.15
53	Trevor Johansen	1957-03-30		1978	1982	D	286	11	46	57	-73	282
54	Bernie Johnston	1956-09-15		1980	1981	C	57	12	24	36	5	16
55	Hannu Kamppuri	1957-06-01		1985	1985	G	13	0	1	1	0	2	13	1	10	1	.845	5.11
56	Mike Keating	1957-01-21		1978	1978	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0
57	Jim Korn	1957-07-28		1980	1990	D/LW	597	66	122	188	-131	1801
58	Neil Labatte	1957-04-24		1979	1982	C/D	26	0	2	2	-4	19
59	Rod Langway	1957-05-03		1979	1993	D	994	51	278	329	276	851
60	Don Laurence	1957-06-27		1979	1980	C	79	15	21	36	1	14
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Claude Legris	1956-11-06		1981	1982	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	.923	2.62
62	Mark Lofthouse	1957-04-21		1978	1983	RW/C	181	42	38	80	-25	73
63	Peter Loob	1957-07-23		1985	1985	D	8	1	2	3	5	0
64	Bob Manno	1956-10-31		1977	1985	D	371	41	132	173	-37	274
65	Hector Marini	1957-01-27		1979	1984	RW	154	27	46	73	-9	248
66	Peter Marsh	1956-12-21		1980	1984	RW	278	48	71	119	-71	224
67	Markus Mattsson	1957-07-30		1980	1984	G	92	0	3	3	0	6	92	21	46	14	.867	4.13
68	Brad Maxwell	1957-07-08	2023-09-03	1978	1987	D	613	98	270	368	-83	1292
69	Kevin McCarthy	1957-07-14		1978	1987	D	537	67	191	258	-37	527
70	Dale McCourt	1957-01-26		1978	1984	C	532	194	284	478	-67	124
71	Alex McKendry	1956-11-21		1978	1981	W	46	3	6	9	-7	21
72	Greg Millen	1957-06-25		1979	1992	G	604	0	18	18	0	72	604	215	284	89	.873	3.88
73	Bob Miller	1956-09-28	2020-10-01	1978	1985	C	404	75	119	194	-16	220
74	Ken Morrow	1956-10-17		1980	1989	D	550	17	88	105	142	309
75	Joe Mullen	1957-02-26		1982	1997	RW	1062	502	561	1063	167	241
76	Grant Mulvey	1956-09-17		1975	1984	RW	586	149	135	284	-73	816
77	Don Murdoch	1956-10-25		1977	1982	RW	320	121	117	238	-35	155
78	Mark Napier	1957-01-28		1979	1989	RW	767	235	306	541	140	157
79	Lance Nethery	1957-06-28		1981	1982	C	41	11	14	25	0	14
80	Jack O'Callahan	1957-07-24		1983	1989	D	389	27	104	131	18	541
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Robert Palmer	1956-09-10	2023-06-26	1978	1984	D	320	9	101	110	-6	115
82	Dave Parro	1957-04-30		1981	1984	G	77	0	2	2	0	6	77	21	36	10	.876	4.10
83	Doug Patey	1956-12-28		1977	1979	RW	45	4	2	6	-16	8
84	Pete Peeters	1957-08-17		1979	1991	G	489	0	14	14	0	177	489	246	156	51	.886	3.09
85	Robert Picard	1957-05-25		1978	1990	D	899	104	319	423	-41	1025
86	Rob Plumb	1957-08-29		1978	1979	LW	14	3	2	5	-5	2
87	Wayne Ramsey	1957-01-31		1978	1978	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
88	Darcy Regier	1956-11-27		1978	1984	D	26	0	2	2	-3	35
89	Moe Robinson	1957-05-29		1980	1980	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
90	Jean Savard	1957-04-26		1978	1980	C	43	7	12	19	4	29
91	Maynard Schurman	1957-07-16		1980	1980	LW	7	0	0	0	-1	0
92	Rod Schutt	1956-10-13		1978	1986	LW	286	77	92	169	-31	177
93	Dave Semenko	1957-07-12	2017-06-29	1980	1988	LW	575	65	88	153	5	1175
94	Richard Sévigny	1957-04-11		1980	1987	G	176	0	1	1	0	84	176	80	54	20	.884	3.21
95	Glen Sharpley	1956-09-06		1977	1982	C	389	117	161	278	-71	199
96	Bobby Simpson	1956-11-17		1977	1983	LW	175	35	29	64	-4	98
97	Roy Sommer	1957-04-05		1981	1981	LW/C	3	1	0	1	0	7
98	Peter Šťastný	1956-09-18		1981	1995	C	977	450	789	1239	-15	824
99	Jim Stewart	1957-04-23		1980	1980	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.444	15.00
100	Steve Stoyanovich	1957-05-02		1984	1984	C	23	3	5	8	-1	11
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
101	Brian Sutter	1956-10-07		1977	1988	LW	779	303	333	636	-66	1786
102	Mark Suzor	1956-11-05		1977	1978	D	64	4	16	20	-33	60
103	Greg Tebbutt	1957-05-11	2021-12-17	1980	1984	D	26	0	3	3	-27	35
104	John Tonelli	1957-03-23		1979	1992	LW	1028	325	511	836	221	911
105	Mario Tremblay	1956-09-02		1975	1986	RW	852	258	326	584	185	1043
106	Rick Vasko	1957-01-12		1978	1981	D	31	3	7	10	-14	29
107	Yvon Vautour	1956-09-10		1980	1985	RW	204	26	33	59	-69	401
108	Peter Wallin	1957-04-30		1981	1982	RW	52	3	14	17	2	14
109	Jim Walsh	1956-10-26		1982	1982	D	4	0	1	1	1	4
110	Doug Wilson	1957-07-05		1978	1993	D	1024	237	590	827	55	830
111	Miles Zaharko	1957-04-30		1978	1982	D	129	5	32	37	8	84

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