1957 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–1 to reach the final. Boston defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 to reach the final.

Game summaries

Rocket Richard scored four times in game one, including three in the second period, to tie Ted Lindsay's record, set in for a winning Detroit team. Jacques Plante held the Bruins to just six goals in the five games, four of which were scored by Fleming Mackell.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =Fleming MacKell (2) - pp - 7:27 |1-2-2 =10:39 - Maurice Richard (5) 13:29 - pp - Maurice Richard (6) 15:35 - pp - Bernie Geoffrion (8) 17:00 - Maurice Richard (7) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =18:17 - Maurice Richard (8) |goalie1-1 =Don Simmons 34 saves / 39 shots |goalie1-2 =Jacques Plante 22 saves / 23 shots

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =2:27 - Jean Beliveau (6) |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Don Simmons 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie2-2 =Jacques Plante 24 saves / 24 shots

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Bernie Geoffrion (9) - 1:30 Floyd Curry (2) - 14:39 Bernie Geoffrion (10) - pp - 19:54 |3-2-1 =6:16 - Don McKenney (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =19:16 - Fleming MacKell (3) |3-3-2 =Phil Goyette (2) - 7:31 |goalie3-1 =Don Simmons 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie3-2 =Jacques Plante 25 saves / 27 shots

|4-1-1 =2:56 - pp - Fleming MacKell (4) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =19:40 - en - Fleming MacKell (5) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Don Simmons 21 saves / 21 shots |goalie4-2 =Jacques Plante 27 saves / 28 shots

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =18:11 - Andre Pronovost (1) |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =00:14 - pp - Dickie Moore (3) 15:12 - Bernie Geoffrion (11) |5-3-1 =Leo Labine (3) - 13:43 |5-3-2 =17:39 - Donnie Marshall (1) 18:31 - Floyd Curry (3) |goalie5-1 =Don Simmons 29 saves / 34 shots |goalie5-2 =Jacques Plante 26 saves / 27 shots

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1957 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Maurice Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 5–1 win over the Bruins in game five.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1956–57 Montreal Canadiens

• 1 Gerry McNeil (Sub)
• 10 Tom Johnson (A)
• 11 Bob Turner
• 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
• 19 Dollard St. Laurent
• 16 Henri Richard
• 20 Phil Goyette
• 24 Connie Broden
• 5 Bernie Geoffrion
• 6 Floyd Curry (A)
• 9 Maurice Richard (Captain)
• 12 Dickie Moore
• 14 Claude Provost
• 15 Bert Olmstead
• 22 Don Marshall
• 23 Andre Pronovost |non-players=
• William Northey (President/Owner), Donat Raymond (Chairman/Owner)
• Ken Reardon (Vice President), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager)
• Toe Blake (Coach)
• Hector Dubois (Trainer), Larry Aubut (Asst. Trainer)
• Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
• ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.
• #8 Jack LeClair played 47 games for Montreal. His name was not included on the Cup, because LeClair was playing in the minors during the playoffs.
• Dalton C. Colemen left the Montreal Canadiens before the start of the 1957 season.
• After the 1956-57 season, the NHL decided to change the look of the Stanley Cup, so the 1957 Montreal Canadiens were not engraved until 1958.

Notes

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. before = Montreal Canadiens 1956 | after = Montreal Canadiens 1958 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1957|