1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1955–56 1955 1st 45–15–10 29–5–1 16–10–9 222 131 Frank J. Selke Toe Blake Emile Bouchard Montreal Forum Jean Beliveau, 47 Bert Olmstead, 56 Jean Beliveau, 88 Jean Beliveau, 143 Jacques Plante (42) Jacques Plante (1.86) yes yesThe 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 47th season of play. The Canadiens placed first in the regular season standings (with their 45 wins setting an NHL record) and won the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in the club's history. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1955–56 regular season1955-56 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1956_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 6, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 8, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 9, 1955||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||3–0–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||4–0–0 |- |5||T||October 16, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–0–1 |- |6||L||October 20, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 22, 1955||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||5–1–1 |- |8||L||October 26, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||5–2–1 |- |9||L||October 27, 1955||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||5–3–1 |- |10||W||October 29, 1955||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||6–3–1 |- |11||T||October 30, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||6–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||T||November 3, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||6–3–3 |- |13||W||November 5, 1955||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||7–3–3 |- |14||T||November 6, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||7–3–4 |- |15||T||November 9, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||7–3–5 |- |16||W||November 12, 1955||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||8–3–5 |- |17||W||November 13, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||9–3–5 |- |18||W||November 16, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||10–3–5 |- |19||W||November 19, 1955||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||11–3–5 |- |20||T||November 20, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||11–3–6 |- |21||L||November 24, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||11–4–6 |- |22||W||November 26, 1955||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||12–4–6 |- |23||T||November 27, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||12–4–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||W||December 1, 1955||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||13–4–7 |- |25||W||December 3, 1955||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||14–4–7 |- |26||W||December 4, 1955||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||15–4–7 |- |27||W||December 8, 1955||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||16–4–7 |- |28||W||December 10, 1955||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||17–4–7 |- |29||W||December 11, 1955||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||18–4–7 |- |30||W||December 15, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||19–4–7 |- |31||W||December 17, 1955||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||20–4–7 |- |32||L||December 18, 1955||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||20–5–7 |- |33||W||December 20, 1955||7–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||21–5–7 |- |34||W||December 24, 1955||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||22–5–7 |- |35||L||December 25, 1955||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||22–6–7 |- |36||L||December 28, 1955||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||22–7–7 |- |37||W||December 29, 1955||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||23–7–7 |- |38||W||December 31, 1955||7–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||24–7–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||L||January 5, 1956||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||24–8–7 |- |40||W||January 7, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||25–8–7 |- |41||L||January 11, 1956||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||25–9–7 |- |42||L||January 14, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||25–10–7 |- |43||L||January 15, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||25–11–7 |- |44||W||January 18, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||26–11–7 |- |45||W||January 19, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||27–11–7 |- |46||W||January 21, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||28–11–7 |- |47||W||January 22, 1956||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||29–11–7 |- |48||L||January 26, 1956||1–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||29–12–7 |- |49||W||January 28, 1956||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||30–12–7 |- |50||T||January 29, 1956||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||30–12–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |51||W||February 2, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||31–12–8 |- |52||W||February 4, 1956||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||32–12–8 |- |53||T||February 5, 1956||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||32–12–9 |- |54||T||February 8, 1956||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||32–12–10 |- |55||W||February 10, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||33–12–10 |- |56||W||February 12, 1956||7–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||34–12–10 |- |57||W||February 16, 1956||8–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||35–12–10 |- |58||W||February 18, 1956||9–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||36–12–10 |- |59||W||February 23, 1956||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||37–12–10 |- |60||W||February 25, 1956||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||38–12–10 |- |61||L||February 29, 1956||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||38–13–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||W||March 2, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||39–13–10 |- |63||W||March 3, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||40–13–10 |- |64||W||March 4, 1956||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||41–13–10 |- |65||W||March 8, 1956||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||42–13–10 |- |66||L||March 10, 1956||0–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||42–14–10 |- |67||L||March 11, 1956||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||42–15–10 |- |68||W||March 15, 1956||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||43–15–10 |- |69||W||March 17, 1956||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||44–15–10 |- |70||W||March 18, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||45–15–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 1956 Stanley Cup Finals This was the first Finals for Henri Richard and Toe Blake's first Finals as coach. The Canadiens faced the Detroit Red Wings for the fourth time in five years, having lost in 1952, 1954, and 1955. This year, they won in five games. Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens Date Away Score Home Score Notes March 31 Detroit 4 Montreal 6 April 3 Detroit 1 Montreal 5 April 5 Montreal 1 Detroit 3 April 8 Montreal 3 Detroit 0 April 10 Detroit 1 Montreal 3 Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Jean Beliveau C 70 47 41 88 143 Maurice Richard RW 70 38 33 71 89 Bert Olmstead LW 70 14 56 70 94 Bernie Geoffrion RW 59 29 33 62 66 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 70 11 39 50 55 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 62 5 39 44 60 Henri Richard C 64 19 21 40 46 Floyd Curry RW 70 14 18 32 10 Ken Mosdell C 67 13 17 30 48 Claude Provost RW 60 13 16 29 30 Jack LeClair C 54 6 8 14 30 Jean-Guy Talbot D 66 1 13 14 80 Dollard St. Laurent D 46 4 9 13 58 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 64 3 10 13 75 Donnie Marshall LW 66 4 1 5 10 Bob Turner Bob Turner (ice hockey) D 33 1 4 5 35 Dick Gamble LW 12 0 3 3 8 Emile Bouchard D 36 0 0 0 22 Connie Broden C 3 0 0 0 2 Wally Clune D 5 0 0 0 6 Jacques Deslauriers D 2 0 0 0 0 Bob Perreault G 6 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 64 0 0 0 10 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 3840 64 42 12 10 119 1.86 7 Bob Perreault 360 6 3 3 0 12 2.00 1 Team: 4200 70 45 15 10 131 1.87 8 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Jean Beliveau C 10 12 7 19 22 Bernie Geoffrion RW 10 5 9 14 6 Maurice Richard RW 10 5 9 14 24 Bert Olmstead LW 10 4 10 14 8 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 10 3 6 9 12 Henri Richard C 10 4 4 8 21 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 10 2 5 7 10 Claude Provost RW 10 3 3 6 12 Floyd Curry RW 10 1 5 6 12 Jack LeClair C 8 1 1 2 4 Ken Mosdell C 9 1 1 2 2 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 10 0 2 2 8 Jean-Guy Talbot D 9 0 2 2 4 Donnie Marshall LW 10 1 0 1 0 Bob Turner Bob Turner (ice hockey) D 10 0 1 1 10 Emile Bouchard D 1 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 10 0 0 0 2 Dollard St. Laurent D 4 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 600 10 8 2 18 1.80 2 Team: 600 10 8 2 18 1.80 2 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1955-56 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1956.html Awards and records Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens Art Ross Trophy: Jean Beliveau Hart Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey Vezina Trophy: Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens Jean Beliveau, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star Doug Harvey, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star Tom Johnson, Defenceman, NHL Second Team All-Star Bert Olmstead, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star Jacques Plante, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star See also 1955–56 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Mon Mon Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons