1955–56 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1955–56 1955 Boston Bruins 23–34–13 14–14–7 9–20–6 5th 147 185 Lynn Patrick Milt Schmidt Fernie Flaman Boston Garden Vic Stasiuk (19) Cal Gardner (21) Vic Stasiuk (37) Bob Armstrong (122) Terry Sawchuk (22) Terry Sawchuk (2.60) The 1955–56 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 32nd season in the NHL the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1949–50 season. 2 Regular season Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1955–56 regular season1955-56 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1956_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 8, 1955||0–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 9, 1955||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 12, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||1–2–0 |- |4||T||October 15, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||1–2–1 |- |5||W||October 16, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||2–2–1 |- |6||W||October 20, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||3–2–1 |- |7||T||October 22, 1955||0–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||3–2–2 |- |8||L||October 25, 1955||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||3–3–2 |- |9||W||October 29, 1955||1–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||4–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||T||November 3, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–3–3 |- |11||L||November 5, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||4–4–3 |- |12||T||November 6, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||4–4–4 |- |13||W||November 10, 1955||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||5–4–4 |- |14||W||November 12, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||6–4–4 |- |15||T||November 13, 1955||0–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||6–4–5 |- |16||L||November 18, 1955||1–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||6–5–5 |- |17||L||November 19, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||6–6–5 |- |18||T||November 20, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||6–6–6 |- |19||L||November 23, 1955||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||6–7–6 |- |20||L||November 24, 1955||0–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||6–8–6 |- |21||L||November 26, 1955||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||6–9–6 |- |22||L||November 27, 1955||0–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||6–10–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||L||December 1, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||6–11–6 |- |24||L||December 3, 1955||0–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||6–12–6 |- |25||W||December 4, 1955||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||7–12–6 |- |26||T||December 8, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||7–12–7 |- |27||T||December 9, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||7–12–8 |- |28||L||December 11, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||7–13–8 |- |29||W||December 15, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||8–13–8 |- |30||L||December 17, 1955||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||8–14–8 |- |31||L||December 18, 1955||1–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||8–15–8 |- |32||T||December 21, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||8–15–9 |- |33||L||December 22, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||8–16–9 |- |34||L||December 25, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||8–17–9 |- |35||L||December 29, 1955||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||8–18–9 |- |36||L||December 31, 1955||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||8–19–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||L||January 1, 1956||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||8–20–9 |- |38||L||January 7, 1956||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||8–21–9 |- |39||L||January 8, 1956||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||8–22–9 |- |40||L||January 12, 1956||0–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||8–23–9 |- |41||W||January 14, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||9–23–9 |- |42||L||January 15, 1956||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||9–24–9 |- |43||L||January 19, 1956||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||9–25–9 |- |44||W||January 20, 1956||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||10–25–9 |- |45||W||January 22, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||11–25–9 |- |46||W||January 26, 1956||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||12–25–9 |- |47||L||January 28, 1956||1–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||12–26–9 |- |48||W||January 29, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||13–26–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||T||February 2, 1956||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||13–26–10 |- |50||W||February 4, 1956||7–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||14–26–10 |- |51||W||February 5, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||15–26–10 |- |52||T||February 8, 1956||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||15–26–11 |- |53||T||February 9, 1956||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||15–26–12 |- |54||W||February 11, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||16–26–12 |- |55||L||February 12, 1956||1–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||16–27–12 |- |56||L||February 15, 1956||0–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||16–28–12 |- |57||W||February 17, 1956||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||17–28–12 |- |58||W||February 19, 1956||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||18–28–12 |- |59||L||February 21, 1956||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||18–29–12 |- |60||W||February 25, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||19–29–12 |- |61||L||February 26, 1956||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||19–30–12 |- |62||L||February 29, 1956||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||19–31–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |63||L||March 1, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||19–32–12 |- |64||W||March 3, 1956||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||20–32–12 |- |65||T||March 4, 1956||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||20–32–13 |- |66||L||March 8, 1956||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||20–33–13 |- |67||W||March 10, 1956||4–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–33–13 |- |68||W||March 11, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||22–33–13 |- |69||W||March 13, 1956||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||23–33–13 |- |70||L||March 18, 1956||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||23–34–13 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Bruins failed to make the playoffsleading to a moment of NHL history.Ocal Arda 5 Facts You Probably Don't Know About NHL Outdoor Games https://www.msgnetworks.com/2017/12/29/5-facts-you-probably-dont-know-about-nhl-outdoor-games/ MSG Network 2017-12-29 2019-06-20 As was then customary for the Bruins when missing the playoffs, the team played an exhibition tour. This resulted in the first ever outdoor game in Canada involving an NHL team, the 1956 Boston Bruins exhibition game in Newfoundland, on the night of April 9, 1956.http://nlhhs.org/1956-boston-bruins-tour.html Boston Bruins Exhibition Tour of Newfoundland in April 1956 2019-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135955/http://nlhhs.org/1956-boston-bruins-tour.html 2015-04-02 Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Heritage Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Vic Stasiuk LW 59 19 18 37 118 Cal Gardner C 70 15 21 36 57 Leo Labine RW 68 16 18 34 104 Don McKenney C 65 10 24 34 20 Johnny Peirson RW 33 11 14 25 10 Bill Quackenbush D 70 3 22 25 4 Fern Flaman D 62 4 17 21 70 Leo Boivin D 68 4 16 20 80 Real Chevrefils LW 25 11 8 19 10 Doug Mohns LW/D 64 10 8 18 48 Marcel Bonin W 67 9 9 18 49 Fleming MacKell C 52 7 9 16 59 Jerry Toppazzini RW 28 7 7 14 22 Lorne Ferguson LW 32 7 5 12 18 Murray Costello C 41 6 6 12 19 Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1931) D 68 0 12 12 122 Hal Laycoe D 65 5 5 10 16 Orval Tessier C 23 2 3 5 6 Ed Panagabko C 28 0 3 3 38 Lionel Heinrich LW 35 1 1 2 33 Lorne Davis RW 15 0 1 1 0 John Henderson John Henderson (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 0 Al Nicholson LW 14 0 0 0 4 Ellard O'Brien D 2 0 0 0 0 Claude Pronovost G 1 0 0 0 2 Terry Sawchuk G 68 0 0 0 20 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 4080 68 22 33 13 177 2.60 9 Claude Pronovost 60 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 John Henderson John Henderson (ice hockey) 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 4200 70 23 34 13 181 2.59 10 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-09 1955-56 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1956.html See also 1955–56 NHL season References Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Category:1950s in Boston