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Montréal Canadiens, 1956-57

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Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

1956-57 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
2 70 35-23-12 82 0.586 210 155 +55 23-6-6 12-17-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Semifinals New York Rangers Won 4-1
Stanley Cup Final Boston Bruins Won 4-1

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Jean Beliveau C 69 33 51 84 0 105 0 0
Maurice Richard R 63 33 29 62 0 74 0 0
Dickie Moore L 70 29 29 58 0 56 0 0
Henri Richard C 63 18 36 54 0 71 0 0
Doug Harvey D 70 6 44 50 0 100 0 0
Bert Olmstead L 64 15 33 48 0 74 0 0
Bernie Geoffrion R 41 19 21 40 0 16 0 0
Claude Provost R 67 16 14 30 0 24 0 0
Andre Pronovost L 64 10 11 21 0 56 0 0
Donnie Marshall L 70 12 8 20 0 6 0 0
Floyd Curry R 70 7 9 16 0 20 0 0
Tom Johnson D 70 4 11 15 0 59 0 0
Jack LeClair C 54 3 10 13 0 14 0 0
Jean-Guy Talbot D 70 0 13 13 0 74 0 0
Dollard St. Laurent D 65 1 11 12 0 49 0 0
Phil Goyette C 14 3 4 7 0 0 0 0
Bob Turner D 62 1 4 5 0 48 0 0
Allan Johnson R 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Bronco Horvath C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud MacPherson D 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Gene Achtymichuk C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Cressman C 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Guy Rousseau L 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jerry Wilson C 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Murray Balfour R 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ralph Backstrom C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Smrke L 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Jacques Plante 61 31181209 1523 1401 122 2.00 0.920
Gerry McNeil 9 45000 252 221 31 3.46 0.877

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Mar 23, 1957 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0
Mar 20, 1957 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0
Mar 17, 1957 @ DET L 1-2 0 0
Mar 16, 1957 vs BOS T 2-2 0 0
Mar 14, 1957 vs TOR W 8-4 0 0
Mar 10, 1957 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0
Mar 9, 1957 vs CHI W 6-4 0 0
Mar 6, 1957 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0
Mar 3, 1957 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0
Mar 2, 1957 vs DET W 5-1 0 0
Feb 28, 1957 @ DET W 3-0 0 0
Feb 24, 1957 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0
Feb 23, 1957 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0
Feb 21, 1957 vs DET T 3-3 0 0
Feb 17, 1957 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0
Feb 16, 1957 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0
Feb 14, 1957 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0
Feb 10, 1957 @ NYR L 4-5 0 0
Feb 9, 1957 @ BOS T 2-2 0 0
Feb 6, 1957 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0
Feb 3, 1957 @ DET T 3-3 0 0
Feb 2, 1957 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0
Jan 31, 1957 vs DET W 5-3 0 0
Jan 27, 1957 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0
Jan 26, 1957 vs CHI T 4-4 0 0
Jan 20, 1957 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0
Jan 19, 1957 vs NYR W 5-0 0 0
Jan 16, 1957 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0
Jan 13, 1957 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0
Jan 12, 1957 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0
Jan 10, 1957 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0
Jan 6, 1957 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0
Jan 5, 1957 vs DET W 1-0 0 0
Jan 3, 1957 vs CHI T 3-3 0 0
Jan 1, 1957 @ CHI W 6-2 0 0
Dec 29, 1956 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0
Dec 26, 1956 @ TOR L 0-1 0 0
Dec 23, 1956 @ DET T 3-3 0 0
Dec 22, 1956 vs DET T 1-1 0 0
Dec 20, 1956 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0
Dec 16, 1956 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0
Dec 15, 1956 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0
Dec 13, 1956 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0
Dec 9, 1956 @ BOS T 1-1 0 0
Dec 7, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0
Dec 5, 1956 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0
Dec 2, 1956 @ DET L 0-1 0 0
Dec 1, 1956 vs CHI W 7-0 0 0
Nov 29, 1956 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0
Nov 25, 1956 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0
Nov 24, 1956 vs NYR W 6-1 0 0
Nov 22, 1956 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0
Nov 18, 1956 @ DET L 3-8 0 0
Nov 17, 1956 vs DET W 6-2 0 0
Nov 14, 1956 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0
Nov 11, 1956 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0
Nov 10, 1956 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0
Nov 8, 1956 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0
Nov 7, 1956 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0
Nov 4, 1956 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0
Nov 3, 1956 vs CHI W 6-0 0 0
Nov 1, 1956 vs DET W 4-3 0 0
Oct 28, 1956 @ DET L 1-4 0 0
Oct 27, 1956 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0
Oct 25, 1956 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0
Oct 24, 1956 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0
Oct 20, 1956 vs NYR W 5-0 0 0
Oct 18, 1956 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0
Oct 14, 1956 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0
Oct 13, 1956 vs BOS W 3-0 0 0