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1956 Stanley Cup Finals

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Start date
  
March 31, 1956

Champion
  
Montreal Canadiens

Location(s)
  
Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Olympia) (3,4)

Coaches
  
Montreal: Toe Blake Detroit: Jimmy Skinner

Captains
  
Montreal: Emile Bouchard Detroit: Ted Lindsay

Dates
  
March 31 to April 10, 1956

Series-winning goal
  
Maurice Richard (15:08, second)

Similar
  
1959 Stanley Cup Finals, 1960 Stanley Cup Finals, 1969 Stanley Cup Finals, 1973 Stanley Cup Finals, 1931 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1956 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by 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 1952; Detroit won all three. The Canadiens were appearing in their sixth consecutive Finals, the Red Wings their third. The Canadiens would win the series 4–1.

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Paths to the final

Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–1 to reach the final. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the final.

The series

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. Jacques Plante held the Red Wings to just ten goals in the five games. This was the first finals for Henri Richard and former Habs player Toe Blake's first finals as coach.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

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

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.
  • 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 misspelled C. PREVOST with an "E" instead an "O". Provost spelling mistake was also not corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • In a mistake, Gaston Bettez was spelled 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 spelled correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.
  • Hector "Toe" Blake was the ninth coach to win the Stanley Cup in his first year as such.

    • References

    1956 Stanley Cup Finals Wikipedia
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