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1956-57 Montreal Canadiens

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35-23-12 (82 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1956-57 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 210 goals, Allowed 155 goals, SRS: 0.66 (1st of 6)
Coached by Toe Blake (35-23-12)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) over New York Rangers

1956-57 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 70 35 23 12 82 .586 210 155 0.66 5.21
League Average 70 28 28 13 70 .500 188 188 0.00 5.38

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Jean Beliveau C 6-3 205 25 69 33 51 84 1.22 32 0.47 105
2 Maurice Richard RW 5-10 170 35 63 33 29 62 0.98 25 0.40 74
3 Dickie Moore LW 5-10 168 26 70 29 29 58 0.83 23 0.34 56
4 Henri Richard C 5-7 160 20 63 18 36 54 0.86 20 0.32 71
5 Doug Harvey D 5-11 187 32 70 6 44 50 0.71 17 0.24 92
6 Bert Olmstead LW 6-1 180 30 64 15 33 48 0.75 18 0.28 74
7 Bernie Geoffrion RW 5-9 166 25 41 19 21 40 0.98 16 0.39 18
8 Claude Provost RW 5-9 168 23 67 16 14 30 0.45 12 0.18 24
9 Andre Pronovost LW 5-10 188 20 64 10 11 21 0.33 8 0.13 58
10 Don Marshall LW 5-10 160 24 70 12 8 20 0.29 8 0.12 6
11 Floyd Curry RW 5-11 174 31 70 7 9 16 0.23 6 0.09 20
12 Tom Johnson D 6-0 180 28 70 4 11 15 0.21 5 0.08 59
13 Jackie Leclair C 5-10 150 27 47 3 10 13 0.28 5 0.10 14
14 Jean-Guy Talbot D 5-11 170 24 59 0 13 13 0.22 4 0.07 70
15 Dollard St. Laurent D 5-11 205 27 64 1 11 12 0.19 4 0.06 49
16 Phil Goyette C 5-11 170 23 14 3 4 7 0.50 3 0.20 0
17 Bob Turner D 6-0 170 23 58 1 4 5 0.09 2 0.03 48
18 Allan Johnson RW/C 5-11 180 21 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0.16 2
19 Guy Rousseau LW 5-6 140 22 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
20 Ralph Backstrom C 5-10 165 19 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
21 Murray Balfour RW 5-9 178 20 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2
22 Stan Smrke LW 5-11 180 28 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
23 Jerry Wilson C 6-2 200 19 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2
24 Glen Cressman C 5-9 155 22 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2
25 Bud MacPherson D 6-4 200 29 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 4
26 Bronco Horvath C 5-11 185 26 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
27 Gene Achtymichuk C 5-11 170 24 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
Team Total 70 210 339 549 7.84 210 3.00 210 155 868

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jacques Plante G 6-0 175 28 61 3660 31 18 12 74 .607 9 122 2.00 0 0 0 16
2 Gerry McNeil G 5-7 155 30 9 540 4 5 0 8 .444 0 31 3.44 0 0 0 2
Team Total 70 4200 35 23 12 9 153 2.19

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Bernie Geoffrion RW 5-9 166 25 10 11 7 18 1.80 2
2 Jean Beliveau C 6-3 205 25 10 6 6 12 1.20 15
3 Maurice Richard RW 5-10 170 35 10 8 3 11 1.10 8
4 Dickie Moore LW 5-10 168 26 10 3 7 10 1.00 4
5 Bert Olmstead LW 6-1 180 30 10 0 9 9 0.90 13
6 Henri Richard C 5-7 160 20 10 2 6 8 0.80 10
7 Doug Harvey D 5-11 187 32 10 0 7 7 0.70 10
8 Floyd Curry RW 5-11 174 31 10 3 2 5 0.50 2
9 Don Marshall LW 5-10 160 24 10 1 3 4 0.40 2
10 Phil Goyette C 5-11 170 23 10 2 1 3 0.30 4
11 Tom Johnson D 6-0 180 28 10 0 2 2 0.20 13
12 Jean-Guy Talbot D 5-11 170 24 10 0 2 2 0.20 10
13 Dollard St. Laurent D 5-11 205 27 7 0 1 1 0.14 13
14 Claude Provost RW 5-9 168 23 10 0 1 1 0.10 8
15 Andre Pronovost LW 5-10 188 20 8 1 0 1 0.13 4
16 Bob Turner D 6-0 170 23 6 0 1 1 0.17 0
17 Connie Broden C 5-8 160 24 6 0 1 1 0.17 0
Team Total 10 37 59 96 9.60 122

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jacques Plante G 6-0 175 28 10 616 8 2 16 .800 1 17 1.66 0 0 0 4
Team Total 70 616 8 2 1 17 1.66