1957 Stanley Cup Final

1957 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1957 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Maurice Richard Toe Blake Boston Bruins Boston Fernie Flaman Milt Schmidt 5 1 4 0 5 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 April 6–16, 1957 Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) Dickie Moore (0:14, second) Canadiens:Jean Beliveau (1972)Bernie Geoffrion (1972)Doug Harvey (1973)Tom Johnson (1970)Dickie Moore (1974)Bert Olmstead (1985)Jacques Plante (1978)Henri Richard (1979)Maurice Richard (1961)Bruins:Leo Boivin (1986)Fernie Flaman (1990)Allan Stanley (1981; did not play)Terry Sawchuk (1971; did not play)Coaches:Toe Blake (1966, player)Milt Schmidt (1961, playerOfficials:George Hayes (1988)Matt Pavelich (1987)Red Storey (1967)Frank Udvari (1973) The 1957 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1956–57 season, and the culmination of the 1957 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens were making their seventh consecutive Final appearance, while Boston was making their first appearance since their 1953 loss to Montreal. The Canadiens won the series, four games to one, for their second straight Cup victory. 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 Game one Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 6 1 1–5 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1957/04/06/1956030211#game=1956030211,game_state=final Maurice Richard scored four times in game one, including three in the second period, to tie Ted Lindsay's record, set in 1955 for a winning Detroit team, and give the Canadiens a 1–0 lead in the series. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd BOS Fleming MacKell (2) – pp Doug Mohns (3) and Larry Regan (1) 07:37 1–0 BOS MTL Maurice Richard (5) Dickie Moore (13) and Tom Johnson (1) 10:39 1–1 MTL Maurice Richard (6) – pp Doug Harvey (3) 13:29 2–1 MTL MTL Bernie Geoffrion (8) – pp Doug Harvey (4) 15:35 3–1 MTL MTL Maurice Richard (7) Henri Richard (5) and Doug Harvey (4) 17:00 4–1 MTL 3rd MTL Maurice Richard (8) Henri Richard (6) 18:17 5–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS Jack Bionda High-sticking 04:05 2:00 MTL Phil Goyette Hooking 06:57 2:00 BOS Buddy Boone Elbowing 11:53 2:00 MTL Jean Beliveau High-sticking 13:17 2:00 2nd MTL Jean-Guy Talbot Tripping 01:04 2:00 MTL Bert Olmstead Tripping 06:54 2:00 BOS Larry Regan High-sticking 08:02 2:00 BOS Buddy Boone Interference 11:54 2:00 BOS Real Chevrefils Tripping 13:52 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Boston 7 8 6 21 Montreal 9 16 16 41 Game two Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 9 1 0–1 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1957/04/09/1956030212 Jean Beliveau scored the game winning goal early in the second period and Jacques Plante made 24 saves in a 1–0 victory for Montreal. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd MTL Jean Beliveau (6) Dollard St. Laurent (1) and Bernie Geoffrion (6) 02:27 1–0 MTL 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Jean Beliveau Slashing 03:29 2:00 BOS Fernie Flaman High-sticking 06:35 2:00 MTL Jean-Guy Talbot Tripping 12:33 2:00 BOS Leo Labine Tripping 13:50 2:00 BOS Vic Stasiuk Spearing 14:41 2:00 MTL Doug Harvey Spearing 14:41 2:00 MTL Henri Richard Holding 17:39 2:00 2nd MTL Jean-Guy Talbot Interference 03:51 2:00 BOS Larry Regan Tripping 04:23 2:00 BOS Leo Labine High-sticking 07:37 2:00 BOS Jean Beliveau High-sticking 07:37 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Boston 7 9 8 24 Montreal 6 6 11 23 Game three Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins Boston Garden April 14 4–2 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1957/04/11/1956030213 Bernie Geoffrion scored twice in game three in Boston as the Canadiens won the game 4–2, taking a 3–0 series lead. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Bernie Geoffrion (9) Doug Harvey (6) and Bert Olmstead (8) 01:30 1–0 MTL MTL Floyd Curry (2) Phil Goyette (1) 14:39 2–0 MTL MTL Bernie Geoffrion (10) – pp Jean Beliveau (6) 19:54 3–0 MTL 2nd BOS Don McKenney (1) Bob Armstrong (3) 06:16 3–1 MTL 3rd MTL Phil Goyette (2) Donnie Marshall (2) and Floyd Curry (1) 07:31 4–1 MTL BOS Fleming MacKell (3) Fernie Flaman (3) 19:16 4–2 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Dickie Moore Elbowing 04:48 2:00 MTL Doug Harvey Tripping 05:35 2:00 BOS Buddy Boone Interference 09:06 2:00 BOS Buddy Boone Roughing 09:06 2:00 MTL Bernie Geoffrion Roughing 09:06 2:00 MTL Tom Johnson Holding 15:33 2:00 BOS Bob Armstrong Charging 18:36 2:00 2nd BOS Leo Boivin Kneeing 01:39 2:00 3rd BOS Leo Labine Slashing 09:22 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 7 6 12 25 Boston 8 10 9 27 Game four Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins Boston Garden April 11 0–2 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1957/04/14/1956030214/summary Fleming MacKell both goals for Boston in game four and Don Simmons stopped all 21 shots he faced to record his second shutout of the postseason, and Boston forced a game five back in Montreal. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BOS Fleming MacKell (4) – pp Jerry Toppazzini (1) and Larry Regan (2) 02:56 1–0 BOS 2nd None 3rd BOS Fleming MacKell (5) – en Don McKenney (5) and Leo Labine (2) 02:56 2–0 BOS Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS Leo Labine High-sticking 02:02 2:00 MTL Donnie Marshall High-sticking 02:02 2:00 MTL Dollard St. Laurent High-sticking 02:47 2:00 BOS Leo Boivin Holding 03:22 2:00 BOS Jerry Toppazzini Charging 05:26 2:00 BOS Jack Bionda Cross-checking 17:23 2:00 BOS Fernie Flaman Roughing 19:31 2:00 MTL Henri Richard Roughing 19:31 2:00 2nd MTL Maurice Richard Hooking 08:59 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Montreal 9 8 4 21 Boston 6 8 15 27 Game five Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 16 1–5 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1957/04/16/1956030215 Dickie Moore scored the game winning goal early in the second period of game five and Jacques Plante stood tall, making 27 saves. Montreal won the game 5–1, to win second consecutive Stanley Cup. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Andre Pronovost (1) Claude Provost (1) and Donnie Marshall (3) 18:11 1–0 MTL 2nd MTL Dickie Moore (3) – pp Bernie Geoffrion (7) and Doug Harvey (7) 00:14 2–0 MTL MTL Bernie Geoffrion (11) Bert Olmstead (9) and Tom Johnson (2) 15:12 3–0 MTL 3rd BOS Leo Labine (3) Leo Boivin (3) 13:43 3–1 MTL MTL Donnie Marshall (1) Dickie Moore (6) and Floyd Curry (2) 17:38 4–1 MTL MTL Floyd Curry (3) Dickie Moore (7) and Connie Broden (1) 18:31 5–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BOS Leo Labine High-sticking 00:56 2:00 MTL Henri Richard High-sticking 02:44 2:00 BOS Buddy Boone Elbowing 11:24 2:00 MTL Dollard St. Laurent Elbowing 11:24 2:00 MTL Doug Harvey Hooking 13:20 2:00 BOS Fernie Flaman Spearing 19:18 2:00 BOS Fernie Flaman Fighting – major 19:18 5:00 BOS Leo Labine Roughing 19:18 2:00 MTL Bert Olmstead Roughing 19:18 2:00 MTL Bert Olmstead Fighting – major 19:18 5:00 2nd BOS Jack Bionda Tripping 02:20 2:00 BOS Johnny Peirson High-sticking 07:52 2:00 MTL Dollard St. Laurent High-sticking – major 07:52 5:00 BOS Fernie Flaman Hooking 09:26 2:00 3rd MTL Henri Richard Tripping 02:20 2:00 BOS Fleming MacKell High-sticking 10:55 2:00 MTL Andre Pronovost Slashing 10:55 2:00 BOS Johnny Peirson Misconduct 20:00 10:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Boston 13 7 8 28 Montreal 8 12 14 34 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 Jacques Plante 1 Gerry McNeil (Sub) *2 Doug Harvey (A) 10 Tom Johnson (A) 11 Bob Turner 17 Jean-Guy Talbot 19 Dollard St. Laurent *4 Jean Beliveau 16 Henri Richard 20 Phil Goyette 24 Connie Broden * 5 Bernie Geoffrion 6 Floyd Curry (A) 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard (Captain) 12 Dickie Moore 14 Claude Provost 15 Bert Olmstead 22 Don Marshall 23 Andre Pronovost 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. See also 1956–57 NHL season Notes References Diamond Dan Total Stanley Cup 2000 Total Sports Canada Toronto 978-1-892129-07-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse http://www.nhl.com/info/all-time-nhl-playoff-results https://web.archive.org/web/20170724171920/https://www.nhl.com/info/all-time-nhl-playoff-results dead July 24, 2017 All-Time NHL Results Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. 978-1-55168-261-7 Montreal Canadiens1956 Montreal Canadiens1958 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1957 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Boston Bruins games Category:Montreal Canadiens games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Stanley Cup Finals Category:1950s in Montreal Category:1957 in Quebec Category:Ice hockey competitions in Boston Stanley Cup Finals Category:1950s in Boston