NHL 1955/56
NHL 1955/56 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | October 6, 1955 to April 10, 1956 |
Teams | 6th |
Games / team | 70 |
Regular season | |
winner | Canadiens de Montréal |
MVP | Jean Béliveau (Montréal) |
Top scorer | Jean Béliveau (Montréal) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | Canadiens de Montréal |
finalist | Detroit Red Wings |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1955/56 NHL season was the 39th season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Montréal Canadiens after a 4-1 win in the final series against the Detroit Red Wings . Before the playoff game between Detroit and Toronto, a newspaper received death threats against Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay . Both dared to play. Howe scored once, Lindsay scored twice and the winning goal in overtime.
Regular season
Closing table
Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Montréal Canadiens | 45 | 15th | 10 | 222 | 131 | 100 |
Detroit Red Wings | 30th | 24 | 16 | 183 | 148 | 76 |
New York Rangers | 32 | 28 | 10 | 204 | 203 | 74 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 24 | 33 | 13 | 153 | 181 | 61 |
Boston Bruins | 23 | 34 | 13 | 147 | 185 | 59 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 19th | 39 | 12 | 155 | 216 | 50 |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts |
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Jean Béliveau | Montreal | 70 | 47 | 41 | 88 |
Gordie Howe | Detroit | 70 | 38 | 41 | 79 |
Maurice Richard | Montreal | 70 | 38 | 33 | 71 |
Bert Olmstead | Montreal | 70 | 14th | 56 | 70 |
Death Sloan | Toronto | 70 | 37 | 29 | 66 |
Andy Bathgate | NY Rangers | 70 | 19th | 47 | 66 |
Bernie Geoffrion | Montreal | 59 | 29 | 33 | 62 |
Earl Reibel | Detroit | 68 | 17th | 39 | 56 |
Alex Delvecchio | Detroit | 70 | 25th | 26th | 51 |
Dave Creighton | NY Rangers | 70 | 20th | 31 | 51 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Semifinals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||
1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | ||||||
3 | New York Rangers | 1 | ||||||
1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | ||||||
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 1 | ||||||
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | ||||||
4th | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 |
NHL awards
Web links
- Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )