1956 NHL Stanley Cup Final
Montreal Canadiens defeat Detroit Red Wings 4-1

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Detroit Red Wings

W-L: 30-24-16, .543

SRS: 0.42 (2nd of 6)

Goals: 183 (3rd of 6)

Goals Against: 148 (2nd of 6)

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Montreal Canadiens

W-L: 45-15-10, .714

SRS: 1.08 (1st of 6)

Goals: 222 (1st of 6)

Goals Against: 131 (1st of 6)

Game 1, March 31
Detroit Red Wings	4	Final
Montreal Canadiens	6

Game 2, April 3
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	5

Game 3, April 5
Montreal Canadiens	1	Final
Detroit Red Wings	3

Game 4, April 8
Montreal Canadiens	3	Final
Detroit Red Wings	0

Game 5, April 10
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	3

Detroit Red Wings Skaters Series Stats

Detroit Red Wings Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH
9	Gordie Howe	RW	27	5	1	5	6		4	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
7	Ted Lindsay	LW	30	5	2	3	5		6	2	0	0	1	3	0	0
10	Alex Delvecchio	C/LW	23	5	3	1	4		0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
16	Norm Ullman	C	20	5	1	1	2		11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Bill Dineen	RW	23	5	1	0	1		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Red Kelly	D/C	28	5	1	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Johnny Bucyk	LW	20	5	0	1	1		4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	Dutch Reibel	C	25	5	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Marty Pavelich	LW	28	5	0	1	1		8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	Lorne Ferguson	LW	25	5	0	1	1		8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Al Arbour	D	23	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Gord Hollingworth	D	22	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Larry Hillman	D	18	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Goldham	D	33	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Gerry Melnyk	C	21	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Murray Costello	C	21	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Marcel Pronovost	D	25	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Metro Prystai	C	28	4	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Cummy Burton	RW	19	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total				9	15	24		61	6	3	0	1	10	5	0

Detroit Red Wings Goalies Series Stats

Detroit Red Wings Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
1	Glenn Hall	G	24	5	1-4-0	18	158	140	.886	0	0	300:00	60:00
	Team Total				1-4-0	18	158	140	.886	0	0	300:00	60:00

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Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats

Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH
4	Jean Béliveau	C	24	5	7	3	10		8	5	2	0	2	2	1	0
15	Bert Olmstead	LW	29	5	0	8	8		4	0	0	0	0	6	1	1
5	Bernie Geoffrion	RW	24	5	3	3	6		2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
9	Maurice Richard	RW	34	5	2	2	4		12	1	1	0	1	2	0	0
6	Floyd Curry	RW	30	5	1	3	4		4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
16	Henri Richard	C	19	5	2	1	3		11	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
23	Claude Provost	RW	22	5	1	2	3		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Doug Harvey	D	31	5	0	3	3		6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
12	Dickie Moore	LW	25	5	0	3	3		6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	Jackie Leclair	C	26	5	1	1	2		4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Don Marshall	LW	23	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	D	23	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Ken Mosdell	C	33	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11-24	Bob Turner	D	22	5	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Dollard St. Laurent	D	26	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Tom Johnson	D	27	5	0	0	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Butch Bouchard	D	36	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total				18	31	49		75	14	3	1	4	25	5	1

Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats

Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
1	Jacques Plante	G	27	5	4-1-0	9	124	115	.927	1	0	300:00	60:00
	Team Total				4-1-0	9	124	115	.927	1	0	300:00	60:00

1955-56 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Oct 29, 1955
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	2

Sunday, Oct 30, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	2	Final
Detroit Red Wings	2

Saturday, Nov 12, 1955
Detroit Red Wings	0	Final
Montreal Canadiens	3

Thursday, Nov 24, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	2	Final
Detroit Red Wings	3

Saturday, Dec 10, 1955
Detroit Red Wings	2	Final
Montreal Canadiens	4

Sunday, Dec 18, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	0	Final
Detroit Red Wings	2

Saturday, Dec 24, 1955
Detroit Red Wings	2	Final
Montreal Canadiens	4

Thursday, Jan 5, 1956
Detroit Red Wings	5	Final
Montreal Canadiens	2

Sunday, Jan 15, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	0	Final
Detroit Red Wings	2

Sunday, Jan 29, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	1	Final
Detroit Red Wings	1

Thursday, Feb 2, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	2	Final
Detroit Red Wings	0

Saturday, Feb 4, 1956
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	2

Saturday, Feb 25, 1956
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	5

Sunday, Mar 4, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	6	Final
Detroit Red Wings	4

DET Scoring Regular Season

DET Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Gordie Howe*	27	RW	70	38	41	79		100	24	14	0	8	18	22	1					10.0	1.3	11.3
2	Dutch Reibel	25	C	68	17	39	56		10	15	2	0	3	19	20	0					5.1	1.3	6.4
3	Alex Delvecchio*	23	C	70	25	26	51		24	17	8	0	7	17	8	1					5.4	1.3	6.7
4	Ted Lindsay*	30	LW	67	27	23	50		161	13	14	0	4	13	10	0					5.6	1.2	6.9
5	Red Kelly*	28	D	70	16	34	50		39	7	9	0	3	16	18	0					6.0	5.2	11.2
6	Metro Prystai	28	C	63	12	16	28		10	11	1	0	0	14	2	0					1.6	1.2	2.8
7	Bill Dineen	23	RW	70	12	7	19		28	11	1	0	0	7	0	0					0.3	1.3	1.6
8	Bob Goldham	33	D	68	3	16	19		34	1	0	2	0	14	1	1					1.1	5.0	6.1
9	Norm Ullman*	20	C	66	9	9	18		26	9	0	0	1	8	1	0					0.0	1.2	1.2
10	Marty Pavelich	28	LW	70	5	13	18		38	4	0	1	1	11	1	1					-0.6	1.3	0.7
11	Marcel Pronovost*	25	D	68	4	13	17		46	2	0	2	0	10	3	0					1.0	5.0	6.0
12	Lorne Ferguson	25	LW	28	8	7	15		12	8	0	0	2	7	0	0					1.3	0.5	1.8
13	Johnny Bucyk*	20	LW	38	1	8	9		18	0	1	0	1	7	1	0					-0.6	0.7	0.1
14	Warren Godfrey	24	D	67	2	6	8		86	2	0	0	0	6	0	0					-0.2	4.9	4.7
15	Jerry Toppazzini	24	RW	40	1	7	8		29	1	0	0	0	6	0	1					-0.8	0.7	-0.1
16	Real Chevrefils	23	LW	38	3	4	7		20	1	2	0	0	3	1	0					-0.6	0.7	0.1
17	Larry Hillman	18	D	47	0	3	3		53	0	0	0	0	3	0	0					-0.6	3.5	2.9
18	Gord Hollingworth	22	D	41	0	2	2		28	0	0	0	0	2	0	0					-0.6	3.0	2.4
19	Cummy Burton	19	RW	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
20	Norm Corcoran	24	C	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
21	Murray Costello*	21	C	25	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-1.1	0.5	-0.7
22	Glenn Hall*	24	G	70	0	0	0		14					0					4198	59:58	0.0	0.0	14.5
23	Ed Sandford	27	LW	5	0	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
24	Ed Stankiewicz	26	C	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			70	183	274	457		786	126	52	5	30	181	88	5					31.5	40.1	86.1

DET Goalies Regular Season

DET Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Glenn Hall*	24	70		30	24	16	147	1952	1805	.925	2.10	12	4198				93	10.6
	Team Total				30	24	16	147	1952	1805	.925	2.10	12	4198				93	10.6

MTL Scoring Regular Season

MTL Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Jean Béliveau*	24	C	70	47	41	88		143	28	19	0	8	20	20	1					11.5	1.5	13.0
2	Maurice Richard*	34	RW	70	38	33	71		89	25	13	0	12	17	16	0					8.7	1.5	10.2
3	Bert Olmstead*	29	LW	70	14	56	70		99	10	4	0	3	30	26	0					5.9	1.5	7.5
4	Bernie Geoffrion*	24	RW	59	29	33	62		66	17	12	0	8	22	11	0					7.2	1.3	8.5
5	Dickie Moore*	25	LW	70	11	38	49		55	5	6	0	3	30	8	0					3.4	1.5	5.0
6	Doug Harvey*	31	D	62	5	39	44		60	3	2	0	1	12	26	1					4.1	5.5	9.6
7	Henri Richard*	19	C	64	19	21	40		46	17	2	0	5	18	3	0					3.5	1.4	4.9
8	Floyd Curry	30	RW	70	14	18	32		12	11	1	2	2	17	1	0					1.8	1.5	3.3
9	Ken Mosdell	33	C	67	13	17	30		48	10	2	1	1	15	2	0					1.6	1.5	3.1
10	Claude Provost	22	RW	60	13	16	29		30	12	1	0	0	14	2	0					1.8	1.3	3.1
11	Jackie Leclair	26	C	54	6	8	14		28	5	1	0	0	8	0	0					-0.3	1.2	0.9
12	Jean-Guy Talbot	23	D	66	1	13	14		78	1	0	0	0	11	1	1					0.3	5.8	6.1
13	Dollard St. Laurent	26	D	46	4	9	13		58	3	1	0	0	8	1	0					0.9	4.1	5.0
14	Tom Johnson*	27	D	64	3	10	13		75	2	1	0	0	9	1	0					0.4	5.7	6.1
15	Don Marshall	23	LW	66	4	1	5		8	2	1	1	2	0	1	0					-2.0	1.5	-0.6
16	Bob Turner	22	D	33	1	4	5		35	1	0	0	0	4	0	0					0.0	2.9	2.9
17	Dick Gamble	27	LW	12	0	3	3		8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0					-0.2	0.3	0.0
18	Butch Bouchard*	36	D	36	0	0	0		22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.7	3.2	2.5
19	Connie Broden	23	C	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
20	Wally Clune	25	D	5	0	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.4	0.3
21	Jacques Deslauriers	27	D	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.2	0.1
22	Bob Perreault	25	G	6	0	0	0		0					0					360	59:55	0.0	0.0	1.3
23	Jacques Plante*	27	G	64	0	0	0		10					0					3840	60:00	0.0	0.0	15.1
	Team Total			70	222	360	582		978	152	66	4	45	238	119	3					47.6	44.1	108.0

MTL Goalies Regular Season

MTL Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Jacques Plante*	27	64		42	12	10	119	1716	1597	.931	1.86	7	3840				86	19.5
2	Bob Perreault	25	6		3	3	0	12	174	162	.931	2.00	1	360				85	2.0
	Team Total				45	15	10	131	1890	1759	.931	1.87	8	4200				86	21.6

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1956 NHL Stanley Cup Final
Montreal Canadiens defeat Detroit Red Wings 4-1

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1956 NHL Stanley Cup Final
Montreal Canadiens defeat Detroit Red Wings 4-1