1956 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

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

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 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.

|1-1-1 =Alex Delvecchio (5) - pp - 8:17 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Bill Dineen (1) - 3:45 Ted Lindsay (5) - 8:11 Alex Delvecchio (6) - pp - 11:20 |1-2-2 =3:00 - pp - Jean Beliveau (6) 6:40 - Henri Richard (3) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =5:20 - Jack LeClair (1) 6:20 - Bernie Geoffrion (3) 7:31 - Jean Beliveau (7) 10:49 - Claude Provost (3) |goalie1-1 =Glenn Hall 38 saves / 44 shots |goalie1-2 =Jacques Plante 23 saves / 27 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =7:23 - pp - Donnie Marshall (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =11:37 - Henri Richard (4) 14:38 - Bernie Geoffrion (4) |2-3-1 =Norm Ullman (1) - 00:31 |2-3-2 =2:48 - Jean Beliveau (8) 19:21 - Maurice Richard (4) |goalie2-1 =Glenn Hall 28 saves / 33 shots |goalie2-2 =Jacques Plante 21 saves / 22 shots

|3-1-1 =14:27 - pp - Red Kelly (2) |3-1-2 =Jean Beliveau (9) - 19:20 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =11:36 - Ted Lindsay (6) 18:12 - Gordie Howe (3) |3-3-2 =No scoring |goalie3-1 =Glenn Hall 20 saves / 21 shots |goalie3-2 =Jacques Plante 22 saves / 25 shots

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jean Beliveau (10) - 15:52 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Jean Beliveau (11) - 11:39 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Floyd Curry (1) - 11:34 |goalie4-1 =Glenn Hall 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie4-2 =Jacques Plante 24 saves / 24 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =14:16 - pp - Jean Beliveau (12) 15:08 - pp - Maurice Richard (5) |5-3-1 =Alex Delvecchio (7) - 00:35 |5-3-2 =00:13 - Bernie Geoffrion (5) |goalie5-1 =Glenn Hall 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Jacques Plante 25 saves / 26 shots

Stanley Cup engraving

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

• 1 Charlie Hodge (spare, did not play)
• 3 Emile Bouchard (Captain)
• 10 Tom Johnson
• 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
• 19 Dollard St. Laurent
• 24 Bob Turner
• 8 Jack LeClair
• 16 Henri Richard
• 18 Ken Mosdell (A)
• 5 Bernie Geoffrion
• 6 Floyd Curry
• 9 Maurice Richard (A)
• 12 Dickie Moore
• 14 Claude Provost
• 15 Bert Olmstead
• 22 Don Marshall |non-players=
• Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Frank Selke (Manager)
• Dalton Coleman (Vice President/Owner), William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owner)
• Ken Reardon (Asst. Manager), Toe Blake (Coach)
• Hector Dubois (Trainer)
• Gaston Bettez (Asst. Trainer) |engraving-notes=
• 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.
• Three engraving mistakes were made on the Stanley Cup. Only Gaston Bettez had his name correctly spelled on the replica Stanley Cup created in the 1992–93 season: 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. Claude Provost's name was misspelled C. PREVOST with an "E" instead of an "O". Gaston Bettez was spelt wrong as G BETTEX when the Cup was redone in 1957–58 with an "X" instead of "Z". His name was spelled correctly on the original ring as G. BETTEZ.
• Hector "Toe" Blake was the ninth rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
• Camile DesRoches and Frank Selke Jr. (Publicity Directors) were left off the Stanley Cup engraving, but included in the team picture.
• The 1956 Montreal Canadiens filled the last spot on the Stanley Cup. (See 1958 Stanley Cup Finals change)}}

Notes

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50.

before = Detroit Red Wings 1955 | after = Montreal Canadiens 1957 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1956|

References

1. "The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search".