1955-56 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics

Record: 30-24-16 (76 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jimmy Skinner (30-24-16)

Captain: Ted Lindsay

Primary Arena: Detroit Olympia

Goals For: 183 (3rd of 6), Goals Against: 148 (2nd of 6)
SRS: 0.42 (2nd of 6), SOS: -0.08 (5th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) over Toronto Maple Leafs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	24	16	76	.543	183	148	0.42	-0.08	2.61	2.11	52			29			5	3						12
League Average	70	29	29	12	70	.500	177	177					42			42			5	5		106400.0				7

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Detroit Red Wings
League Average

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
5	Al Arbour	ca CA	D	23	6-0	180	L/-	1	November 1, 1932
20	Johnny Bucyk	ca CA	LW	20	6-0	215	L/-	R	May 12, 1935
21	Cummy Burton	ca CA	RW	19	5-10	170	R/-	R	May 12, 1936
14	Real Chevrefils	ca CA	LW	23	5-10	180	L/-	4	May 2, 1932
21	Norm Corcoran	ca CA	C	24	5-10	160	R/-	3	August 15, 1931
19	Murray Costello	ca CA	C	21	6-3	190	R/-	2	February 24, 1934
10	Alex Delvecchio	ca CA	C	23	6-0	195	L/-	5	December 4, 1932
17	Bill Dineen	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	180	R/-	2	September 18, 1932
14	Lorne Ferguson	ca CA	LW	25	6-0	175	L/-	4	May 26, 1930
5	Warren Godfrey	ca CA	D	24	6-1	190	L/-	3	March 23, 1931
2	Bob Goldham	ca CA	D	33	6-2	195	R/-	11	May 12, 1922
1	Glenn Hall	ca CA	G	24	5-11	180	-/L	2	October 3, 1931
15	Larry Hillman	ca CA	D	18	6-0	185	L/-	1	February 5, 1937
18	Gord Hollingworth	ca CA	D	22	5-11	170	L/-	1	July 24, 1933
9	Gordie Howe	ca CA	RW	27	6-0	205	R/-	9	March 31, 1928
4	Red Kelly	ca CA	D	28	5-11	180	L/-	8	July 9, 1927
7	Ted Lindsay (C)	ca CA	LW	30	5-8	163	L/-	11	July 29, 1925
21	Gerry Melnyk	ca CA	C	21	5-10	165	R/-	R	September 16, 1934
11	Marty Pavelich	ca CA	LW	28	5-11	168	L/-	8	November 6, 1927
3	Marcel Pronovost	ca CA	D	25	6-0	190	L/-	5	June 15, 1930
12	Metro Prystai	ca CA	C	28	5-8	155	L/-	8	November 7, 1927
8	Dutch Reibel	ca CA	C	25	5-8	160	R/-	2	July 21, 1930
12	Ed Sandford	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	180	R/-	8	August 20, 1928
21	Ed Stankiewicz	ca CA	C	26	5-9	165	R/-	1	December 1, 1929
19	Jerry Toppazzini	ca CA	RW	24	6-0	180	R/-	3	July 29, 1931
16	Norm Ullman	ca CA	C	20	5-10	175	L/-	R	December 26, 1935

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Gordie Howe*	27	RW	70	38	41	79		100	24	14	0	8	18	22	1					10.0	1.3	11.3
2	Dutch Reibel	25	C	68	17	39	56		10	15	2	0	3	19	20	0					5.1	1.3	6.4
3	Alex Delvecchio*	23	C	70	25	26	51		24	17	8	0	7	17	8	1					5.4	1.3	6.7
4	Ted Lindsay*	30	LW	67	27	23	50		161	13	14	0	4	13	10	0					5.6	1.2	6.9
5	Red Kelly*	28	D	70	16	34	50		39	7	9	0	3	16	18	0					6.0	5.2	11.2
6	Metro Prystai	28	C	63	12	16	28		10	11	1	0	0	14	2	0					1.6	1.2	2.8
7	Bill Dineen	23	RW	70	12	7	19		28	11	1	0	0	7	0	0					0.3	1.3	1.6
8	Bob Goldham	33	D	68	3	16	19		34	1	0	2	0	14	1	1					1.1	5.0	6.1
9	Norm Ullman*	20	C	66	9	9	18		26	9	0	0	1	8	1	0					0.0	1.2	1.2
10	Marty Pavelich	28	LW	70	5	13	18		38	4	0	1	1	11	1	1					-0.6	1.3	0.7
11	Marcel Pronovost*	25	D	68	4	13	17		46	2	0	2	0	10	3	0					1.0	5.0	6.0
12	Lorne Ferguson	25	LW	28	8	7	15		12	8	0	0	2	7	0	0					1.3	0.5	1.8
13	Johnny Bucyk*	20	LW	38	1	8	9		18	0	1	0	1	7	1	0					-0.6	0.7	0.1
14	Warren Godfrey	24	D	67	2	6	8		86	2	0	0	0	6	0	0					-0.2	4.9	4.7
15	Jerry Toppazzini	24	RW	40	1	7	8		29	1	0	0	0	6	0	1					-0.8	0.7	-0.1
16	Real Chevrefils	23	LW	38	3	4	7		20	1	2	0	0	3	1	0					-0.6	0.7	0.1
17	Larry Hillman	18	D	47	0	3	3		53	0	0	0	0	3	0	0					-0.6	3.5	2.9
18	Gord Hollingworth	22	D	41	0	2	2		28	0	0	0	0	2	0	0					-0.6	3.0	2.4
19	Cummy Burton	19	RW	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
20	Norm Corcoran	24	C	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
21	Murray Costello*	21	C	25	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-1.1	0.5	-0.7
22	Glenn Hall*	24	G	70	0	0	0		14					0					4198	59:58	0.0	0.0	14.5
23	Ed Sandford	27	LW	5	0	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
24	Ed Stankiewicz	26	C	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			70	183	274	457		786	126	52	5	30	181	88	5					31.5	40.1	86.1