1957 Stanley Cup Finals

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1957 Stanley Cup Finals
12345 Total
Montreal Canadiens 51405 4
Boston Bruins 10221 1
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
CoachesMontreal: Toe Blake
Boston: Milt Schmidt
CaptainsMontreal: Maurice Richard
Boston: Fernie Flaman
DatesApril 6 – April 16
Series-winning goalDickie Moore (0:14, second)
Hall of FamersCanadiens:
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)
Coaches:
Toe Blake (1966, player)
Milt Schmidt (1961, player)
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The 1957 Stanley Cup Finals 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[edit]

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[edit]

Rocket 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. Jacques Plante held the Bruins to just six goals in the five games, four of which were scored by Fleming Mackell.


April 6 Boston Bruins 1–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Fleming MacKell (2) - pp - 7:27 Second period 10:39 - Maurice Richard (5)
13:29 - pp - Maurice Richard (6)
15:35 - pp - Bernie Geoffrion (8)
17:00 - Maurice Richard (7)
No scoring Third period 18:17 - Maurice Richard (8)
Don Simmons Goalie stats Jacques Plante
April 9 Boston Bruins 0–1 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 2:27 - Jean Beliveau (6)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Don Simmons Goalie stats Jacques Plante
April 11 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Bernie Geoffrion (9) - 1:30
Floyd Curry (2) - 14:39
Bernie Geoffrion (10) - pp - 19:54
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:16 - Don McKenney (1)
Phil Goyette (2) - 7:31 Third period 19:16 - Fleming MacKell (3)
Jacques Plante Goalie stats Don Simmons
April 14 Montreal Canadiens 0–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 2:56 - pp - Fleming MacKell (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:40 - Fleming MacKell (5)
Jacques Plante Goalie stats Don Simmons
April 16 Boston Bruins 1–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 18:11 - Andre Pronovost (1)
No scoring Second period 00:14 - pp - Dickie Moore (3)
15:12 - Bernie Geoffrion (11)
Leo Labine (3) - 13:43 Third period 17:39 - Donnie Marshall (1)
18:31 - Floyd Curry (3)
Don Simmons Goalie stats Jacques Plante
Montreal won series 4–1


Stanley Cup engraving[edit]

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

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

  • 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[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  • Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
  • "All-Time NHL Results".
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions

1957
Succeeded by