1956 NHL Semi-Finals
Montreal Canadiens defeat New York Rangers 4-1

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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)

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New York Rangers

W-L: 32-28-10, .529

SRS: 0.01 (3rd of 6)

Goals: 204 (2nd of 6)

Goals Against: 203 (5th of 6)

Game 1, March 20
New York Rangers	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	7

Game 2, March 22
New York Rangers	4	Final
Montreal Canadiens	2

Game 3, March 24
Montreal Canadiens	3	Final
New York Rangers	1

Game 4, March 25
Montreal Canadiens	5	Final
New York Rangers	3

Game 5, March 27
New York Rangers	0	Final
Montreal Canadiens	7

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
9	Maurice Richard	RW	34	5	3	7	10		12	2	1	0	1	5	2	0
4	Jean Béliveau	C	24	5	5	4	9		14	4	1	0	0	1	3	0
5	Bernie Geoffrion	RW	24	5	2	6	8		4	1	1	0	0	3	3	0
15	Bert Olmstead	LW	29	5	4	2	6		4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0
12	Dickie Moore	LW	25	5	3	3	6		6	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
16	Henri Richard	C	19	5	2	3	5		10	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
2	Doug Harvey	D	31	5	2	2	4		4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
23	Claude Provost	RW	22	5	2	1	3		10	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
6	Floyd Curry	RW	30	5	0	2	2		8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	Tom Johnson	D	27	5	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	Ken Mosdell	C	33	5	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11-24	Bob Turner	D	22	5	0	1	1		6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	D	23	5	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Don Marshall	LW	23	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Dollard St. Laurent	D	26	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Jackie Leclair	C	26	3	0	0	0		0	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				24	34	58		82	17	7	0	4	21	13	0

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	109	100	.917	1	2	300:00	60:00
	Team Total				4-1-0	9	109	100	.917	1	2	300:00	60:00

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New York Rangers Skaters Series Stats

New York Rangers Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH
4	Bill Gadsby	D	28	5	1	3	4		4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
10	Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	21	5	2	1	3		2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	Andy Bathgate	RW	23	5	1	2	3		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Bronco Horvath	C	25	5	1	2	3		4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
22	Danny Lewicki	LW	24	5	0	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
5	Jack Evans	D	27	5	1	0	1		18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Andy Hebenton	RW	26	5	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wally Hergesheimer	RW	29	5	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Dean Prentice	LW	23	5	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Harry Howell	D	23	5	0	1	1		4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	Ron Murphy	LW	22	5	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Larry Popein	C	25	5	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Pete Conacher	LW	23	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Dave Creighton	C	25	5	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lou Fontinato	D	24	4	0	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ivan Irwin	D	28	5	0	0	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total				9	14	23		60	6	3	0	1	8	6	0

New York Rangers Goalies Series Stats

New York Rangers Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
1	Gump Worsley	G	26	3	0-3-0	14	100	86	.860	0	2	179:30	59:50
1	Gordie Bell	G	30	2	1-1-0	9	70	61	.871	0	0	120:00	60:00
	Team Total				1-4-0	23	170	147	.865	0	2	299:30	59:54

1955-56 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Oct 15, 1955
New York Rangers	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	4

Wednesday, Nov 9, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	1	Final
New York Rangers	1

Saturday, Nov 19, 1955
New York Rangers	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	6

Sunday, Nov 20, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	1	Final
New York Rangers	1

Sunday, Nov 27, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	3	Final
New York Rangers	3

Thursday, Dec 15, 1955
New York Rangers	0	Final
Montreal Canadiens	2

Sunday, Dec 25, 1955
Montreal Canadiens	1	Final
New York Rangers	5

Wednesday, Jan 11, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	1	Final
New York Rangers	6

Saturday, Jan 21, 1956
New York Rangers	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	3

Sunday, Feb 5, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	3	Final
New York Rangers	3

Saturday, Feb 18, 1956
New York Rangers	4	Final
Montreal Canadiens	9

Thursday, Feb 23, 1956
New York Rangers	2	Final
Montreal Canadiens	5

Saturday, Mar 17, 1956
New York Rangers	2	Final
Montreal Canadiens	7

Sunday, Mar 18, 1956
Montreal Canadiens	3	Final
New York Rangers	1

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

NYR Scoring Regular Season

NYR 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	Andy Bathgate*	23	RW	70	19	47	66		59	12	6	1	3	36	11	0					6.0	0.8	6.7
2	Dave Creighton	25	C	70	20	31	51		43	15	5	0	4	23	8	0					4.5	0.8	5.2
3	Bill Gadsby*	28	D	70	9	42	51		84	6	3	0	2	22	20	0					5.1	3.1	8.2
4	Danny Lewicki	24	LW	70	18	27	45		26	16	2	0	2	18	9	0					3.6	0.8	4.4
5	Ron Murphy	22	LW	66	16	28	44		69	12	4	0	3	19	9	0					3.5	0.7	4.2
6	Dean Prentice	23	LW	70	24	18	42		47	24	0	0	3	16	1	1					3.9	0.8	4.7
7	Wally Hergesheimer	29	RW	70	22	18	40		26	17	5	0	5	16	2	0					3.5	0.8	4.3
8	Larry Popein	25	C	64	14	25	39		37	14	0	0	0	25	0	0					2.8	0.7	3.5
9	Andy Hebenton	26	RW	70	24	14	38		8	15	9	0	4	12	2	0					3.5	0.8	4.3
10	Bronco Horvath	25	C	66	12	17	29		38	8	4	0	3	11	6	0					1.4	0.7	2.1
11	Pete Conacher	23	LW	41	11	11	22		8	9	2	0	3	8	3	0					1.7	0.5	2.1
12	Lou Fontinato	24	D	70	3	15	18		206	2	1	0	0	12	3	0					0.9	3.1	3.9
13	Harry Howell*	23	D	70	3	15	18		77	3	0	0	0	13	2	0					0.9	3.1	3.9
14	Don Raleigh	29	C	29	1	12	13		4	1	0	0	0	11	1	0					0.2	0.3	0.5
15	Jean-Guy Gendron	21	LW	63	5	7	12		38	4	1	0	0	6	1	0					-1.1	0.7	-0.4
16	Jack Evans	27	D	70	2	9	11		99	1	0	1	0	9	0	0					0.0	3.1	3.1
17	Aldo Guidolin	23	D	14	1	0	1		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.6	0.6
18	Jim Bartlett	23	LW	12	0	1	1		8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.4	0.1	-0.3
19	Ivan Irwin	28	D	34	0	1	1		20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.6	1.5	0.9
20	Ron Howell	20	LW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
21	Gump Worsley*	26	G	70	0	0	0		2					0					4198	59:58	0.0	0.0	8.8
	Team Total			70	204	338	542		907	160	42	2	32	259	78	1					38.9	22.9	70.6

NYR Goalies Regular Season

NYR 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	Gump Worsley*	26	70		32	28	10	198	2574	2376	.923	2.83	4	4198				95	9.8
	Team Total				32	28	10	198	2574	2376	.923	2.83	4	4198				95	9.8

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Montreal Canadiens defeat New York Rangers 4-1