1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1955–56 1955 Detroit Red Wings 30–24–16 21–6–8 9–18–8 2nd 183 148 Jack Adams Jimmy Skinner Ted Lindsay Red Kelly Detroit Olympia Gordie Howe (38) Gordie Howe (41) Gordie Howe (79) Ted Lindsay (161) Glenn Hall (30) Glenn Hall (2.10) The 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 30th season. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents CHI Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1955–56 regular season1955-56 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1956_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 6, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 8, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 9, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||0–3–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||1–3–0 |- |5||W||October 16, 1955||6–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||2–3–0 |- |6||T||October 20, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||2–3–1 |- |7||T||October 22, 1955||0–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||2–3–2 |- |8||L||October 26, 1955||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||2–4–2 |- |9||L||October 29, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||2–5–2 |- |10||T||October 30, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||2–5–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 2, 1955||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||2–6–3 |- |12||T||November 3, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||2–6–4 |- |13||T||November 5, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||2–6–5 |- |14||W||November 6, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||3–6–5 |- |15||T||November 10, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||3–6–6 |- |16||L||November 12, 1955||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||3–7–6 |- |17||T||November 13, 1955||0–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||3–7–7 |- |18||T||November 16, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||3–7–8 |- |19||W||November 19, 1955||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–7–8 |- |20||T||November 20, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–7–9 |- |21||W||November 24, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||5–7–9 |- |22||L||November 27, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||5–8–9 |- |23||T||November 30, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||5–8–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||W||December 3, 1955||5–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||6–8–10 |- |25||L||December 4, 1955||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||6–9–10 |- |26||T||December 8, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||6–9–11 |- |27||L||December 10, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||6–10–11 |- |28||W||December 11, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||7–10–11 |- |29||W||December 15, 1955||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||8–10–11 |- |30||W||December 18, 1955||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||9–10–11 |- |31||W||December 22, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||10–10–11 |- |32||L||December 24, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||10–11–11 |- |33||T||December 25, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||10–11–12 |- |34||W||December 29, 1955||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||11–11–12 |- |35||T||December 31, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||11–11–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||W||January 1, 1956||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||12–11–13 |- |37||L||January 4, 1956||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||12–12–13 |- |38||W||January 5, 1956||5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||13–12–13 |- |39||W||January 8, 1956||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||14–12–13 |- |40||W||January 12, 1956||6–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||15–12–13 |- |41||W||January 14, 1956||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||16–12–13 |- |42||W||January 15, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||17–12–13 |- |43||W||January 19, 1956||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||18–12–13 |- |44||L||January 21, 1956||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||18–13–13 |- |45||W||January 22, 1956||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||19–13–13 |- |46||W||January 26, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||20–13–13 |- |47||W||January 27, 1956||7–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||21–13–13 |- |48||T||January 29, 1956||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–13–14 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||L||February 2, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–14–14 |- |50||L||February 4, 1956||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||21–15–14 |- |51||L||February 5, 1956||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||21–16–14 |- |52||W||February 7, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||22–16–14 |- |53||L||February 11, 1956||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||22–17–14 |- |54||L||February 12, 1956||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||22–18–14 |- |55||W||February 14, 1956||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||23–18–14 |- |56||W||February 18, 1956||6–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||24–18–14 |- |57||L||February 19, 1956||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||24–19–14 |- |58||W||February 21, 1956||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||25–19–14 |- |59||L||February 25, 1956||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||25–20–14 |- |60||L||February 26, 1956||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||25–21–14 |- |61||W||February 28, 1956||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||26–21–14 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||W||March 1, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||27–21–14 |- |63||T||March 3, 1956||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||27–21–15 |- |64||L||March 4, 1956||4–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||27–22–15 |- |65||W||March 8, 1956||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||28–22–15 |- |66||W||March 10, 1956||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||29–22–15 |- |67||W||March 11, 1956||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||30–22–15 |- |68||L||March 13, 1956||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||30–23–15 |- |69||T||March 15, 1956||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||30–23–16 |- |70||L||March 18, 1956||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) ||30–24–16 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Howe RW 70 38 41 79 100 Dutch Reibel C 68 17 39 56 10 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 25 26 51 24 Ted Lindsay LW 67 27 23 50 161 Red Kelly D/C 70 16 34 50 39 Metro Prystai C 63 12 16 28 10 Bill Dineen RW 70 12 7 19 30 Bob Goldham D 68 3 16 19 32 Norm Ullman C 66 9 9 18 26 Marty Pavelich LW 70 5 13 18 38 Marcel Pronovost D 68 4 13 17 46 Lorne Ferguson LW 31 8 7 15 12 John Bucyk LW 38 1 8 9 20 Warren Godfrey D 67 2 6 8 86 Jerry Toppazzini RW 40 1 7 8 31 Real Chevrefils LW 38 3 4 7 24 Larry Hillman D 47 0 3 3 53 Gord Hollingworth D 41 0 2 2 28 Cummy Burton RW 3 0 0 0 0 Norm Corcoran C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 Murray Costello C 24 0 0 0 4 Glenn Hall G 70 0 0 0 14 Ed Sandford LW 4 0 0 0 0 Ed Stankiewicz C 5 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Glenn Hall 4200 70 30 24 16 147 2.10 12 Team: 4200 70 30 24 16 147 2.10 12 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Howe RW 10 3 9 12 8 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 10 7 3 10 2 Ted Lindsay LW 10 6 3 9 22 Red Kelly D/C 10 2 4 6 2 Norm Ullman C 10 1 3 4 13 Lorne Ferguson LW 10 1 2 3 12 Metro Prystai C 9 1 2 3 6 Bob Goldham D 10 0 3 3 4 John Bucyk LW 10 1 1 2 8 Marcel Pronovost D 10 0 2 2 8 Dutch Reibel C 10 0 2 2 2 Bill Dineen RW 10 1 0 1 8 Al Arbour D 4 0 1 1 0 Larry Hillman D 10 0 1 1 6 Marty Pavelich LW 10 0 1 1 14 Cummy Burton RW 3 0 0 0 0 Murray Costello C 4 0 0 0 0 Glenn Hall G 10 0 0 0 0 Gord Hollingworth D 3 0 0 0 2 Gerry Melnyk C 6 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Glenn Hall 604 10 5 5 28 2.78 0 Team: 604 10 5 5 28 2.78 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1955-56 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1956.html Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;       MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; See also 1955–56 NHL season References Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings