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1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season

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League
  
1st NHL

Goals for
  
222

General Manager
  
Frank J. Selke

1955–56 record
  
45–15–10

Goals against
  
131

Coach
  
Toe Blake

The 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 47th season of play. The Canadiens placed first in the regular season standings (with their 45 wins setting an NHL record) and won the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in the club's history.

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Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first Finals for Henri Richard and Toe Blake's first Finals as coach. The Canadiens faced the Detroit Red Wings for the fourth time in five years, having lost in 1952, 1954, and 1955. This year, they won in five games.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
 Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

  • Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
  • Art Ross Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau
  • Hart Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau
  • James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey
  • Vezina Trophy: Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens
  • Jean Beliveau, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Doug Harvey, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Tom Johnson, Defenceman, NHL Second Team All-Star
  • Bert Olmstead, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
  • Jacques Plante, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

    • 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.
  • Mistake Bob Turner is listed as Trainer on Stanley Cup. He was a defenseman. Hector Dubois and Gaston Bettez were the trainers, but no position was listed.
  • Mistake Claude Provost name was misspelt C. PREVOST with an "E" instead an "O". Turner and Provost mistakes were not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • Mistake Gaston Bettez was spelt wrong G BETTEX when Cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z", and mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup. His name was spelt correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.

    • References

    1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season Wikipedia
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