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1956 Stanley Cup Finals

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1956 Stanley Cup Finals
12345 Total
Montreal Canadiens 65133 4
Detroit Red Wings 41301 1
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4)
CoachesMontreal: Toe Blake
Detroit: Jimmy Skinner
CaptainsMontreal: Emile Bouchard
Detroit: Ted Lindsay
DatesMarch 31 – April 10, 1956
Series-winning goalMaurice Richard (15:08, second)
Hall of FamersCanadiens:
Jean Beliveau (1972)
Emile Bouchard (1966)
Bernie Geoffrion (1972)
Doug Harvey (1973)
Tom Johnson (1970)
Dickie Moore (1974)
Bert Olmstead (1985)
Jacques Plante (1978)
Henri Richard (1979)
Maurice Richard (1961)
Red Wings:
Johnny Bucyk (1981)
Murray Costello (2005, builder)
Alex Delvecchio (1977)
Glenn Hall (1975)
Gordie Howe (1972)
Red Kelly (1969)
Ted Lindsay (1966)
Marcel Pronovost (1978)
Norm Ullman (1982)
Coaches:
Toe Blake (1966, player)
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The 1956 Stanley Cup Finals 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.

Paths to the Finals

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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 Montreal Forum 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 Goalie stats Jacques Plante
April 3 Detroit Red Wings 1–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum 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 Goalie stats Jacques Plante
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 Goalie stats Glenn Hall
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 Goalie stats Glenn Hall
April 10 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum 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 Goalie stats Jacques Plante
Montreal won series 4–1


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

  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff


Stanley Cup engraving

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  • 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.
  • In a mistake, 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. These mistakes were not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • In a mistake, Claude Provost's name was misspelt C. PREVOST with an "E" instead of an "O". Provost spelling mistake was also not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • In a mistake, Gaston Bettez was spelt wrong as G BETTEX when the Cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z", and the mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup. His name was spelt correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.
  • Hector "Toe" Blake was the ninth rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
  • The 1956 Montreal Canadiens filled the last spot on the Stanley Cup. (See 1958 Stanley Cup Finals change)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search". Retrieved December 26, 2013.

References

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Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions

1956
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