1956-57 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 35-23-12 (82 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Toe Blake (35-23-12)

Captain: Maurice Richard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

1956-57 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 210 (1st of 6), Goals Against: 155 (1st of 6)
SRS: 0.66 (1st of 6), SOS: -0.13 (6th of 6)

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

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

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
Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	82	.586	210	155	0.66	-0.13	3.00	2.21	54			38			5	4						9
League Average	70	28	28	13	70	.500	188	188					44			44			4	4		113000.0				5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

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%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
24	Gene Achtymichuk	ca CA	C	24	5-11	170	L/-	1	September 7, 1932
20	Ralph Backstrom	ca CA	C	19	5-10	165	L/-	R	September 18, 1937
20	Murray Balfour	ca CA	RW	20	5-9	178	R/-	R	August 24, 1936
4	Jean Béliveau	ca CA	C	25	6-3	205	L/-	5	August 31, 1931
24	Connie Broden	ca CA	C	24	5-8	160	L/-	1	April 6, 1932
20-24	Glen Cressman	ca CA	C	22	5-9	155	R/-	R	August 29, 1934
6	Floyd Curry	ca CA	RW	31	5-11	174	R/-	8	August 11, 1925
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca CA	RW	25	5-9	166	R/-	6	February 16, 1931
20	Phil Goyette	ca CA	C	23	5-11	170	L/-	R	October 31, 1933
2	Doug Harvey	ca CA	D	32	5-11	187	L/-	9	December 19, 1924
20	Bronco Horvath	ca CA	C	26	5-11	185	L/-	1	March 12, 1930
20	Allan Johnson	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	180	R/-	R	March 30, 1935
10	Tom Johnson	ca CA	D	28	6-0	180	L/-	7	February 18, 1928
8	Jackie Leclair	ca CA	C	27	5-10	150	L/-	2	May 30, 1929
21	Bud MacPherson	ca CA	D	29	6-4	200	L/-	6	March 31, 1927
22	Don Marshall	ca CA	C	24	5-10	160	L/-	3	March 23, 1932
1-30	Gerry McNeil	ca CA	G	30	5-7	155	-/L	6	April 17, 1926
12	Dickie Moore	ca CA	LW	26	5-10	168	L/-	5	January 6, 1931
15	Bert Olmstead	ca CA	LW	30	6-1	180	L/-	8	September 4, 1926
1	Jacques Plante	ca CA	G	28	6-0	175	-/L	4	January 17, 1929
23	André Pronovost	ca CA	LW	20	5-10	188	L/-	R	July 9, 1936
14	Claude Provost	ca CA	RW	23	5-9	168	R/-	1	September 17, 1933
16	Henri Richard	ca CA	C	20	5-7	160	R/-	1	February 29, 1936
9	Maurice Richard (C)	ca CA	RW	35	5-10	170	L/-	14	August 4, 1921
20	Guy Rousseau	ca CA	LW	22	5-6	140	L/-	1	December 21, 1934
8	Stan Smrke	yu YU	LW	28	5-11	180	L/-	R	September 2, 1928
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca CA	D	27	5-11	205	L/-	6	May 12, 1929
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	ca CA	D	24	5-11	170	L/-	2	July 11, 1932
11	Bob Turner	ca CA	D	23	6-0	170	L/-	1	January 31, 1934
20-21	Jerry Wilson	ca CA	C	19	6-2	200	L/-	R	April 10, 1937

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

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	Jean Béliveau*	25	C	69	33	51	84		105	21	12	0	4	33	18	0					8.8	1.3	10.2
2	Maurice Richard*	35	RW	63	33	29	62		74	21	12	0	2	19	10	0					6.8	1.2	8.1
3	Dickie Moore*	26	LW	70	29	29	58		56	16	13	0	10	21	8	0					5.7	1.4	7.1
4	Henri Richard*	20	C	63	18	36	54		71	15	3	0	2	23	13	0					4.5	1.2	5.7
5	Doug Harvey*	32	D	70	6	44	50		100	4	2	0	2	19	24	1					4.4	5.4	9.8
6	Bert Olmstead*	30	LW	64	15	33	48		74	11	3	1	1	24	9	0					3.5	1.2	4.7
7	Bernie Geoffrion*	25	RW	41	19	21	40		16	15	4	0	3	12	9	0					4.2	0.8	5.0
8	Claude Provost	23	RW	67	16	14	30		24	14	2	0	5	12	2	0					1.6	1.3	2.9
9	André Pronovost	20	LW	64	10	11	21		56	10	0	0	1	11	0	0					0.2	1.2	1.5
10	Don Marshall	24	C	70	12	8	20		6	8	1	3	2	7	1	0					0.0	1.4	1.4
11	Floyd Curry	31	RW	70	7	9	16		20	5	1	1	2	7	1	1					-0.9	1.4	0.5
12	Tom Johnson*	28	D	70	4	11	15		59	4	0	0	0	9	1	1					0.6	5.4	6.0
13	Jackie Leclair	27	C	47	3	10	13		14	2	1	0	0	10	0	0					-0.5	0.9	0.4
14	Jean-Guy Talbot	24	D	69	0	13	13		74	0	0	0	0	13	0	0					0.0	5.3	5.4
15	Dollard St. Laurent	27	D	64	1	11	12		49	1	0	0	1	11	0	0					0.1	4.9	5.1
16	Phil Goyette	23	C	14	3	4	7		0	3	0	0	0	3	1	0					0.4	0.3	0.7
17	Bob Turner	23	D	58	1	4	5		48	1	0	0	0	4	0	0					-0.5	4.5	4.0
18	Allan Johnson	21	RW	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
19	Gene Achtymichuk	24	C	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
20	Ralph Backstrom	19	C	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
21	Murray Balfour	20	RW	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Glen Cressman	22	C	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
23	Bronco Horvath	26	C	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Bud MacPherson	29	D	10	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.8	0.6
25	Gerry McNeil	30	G	9	0	0	0		2					0					538	59:47	0.0	0.0	0.7
26	Jacques Plante*	28	G	61	0	0	0		16					0					3658	59:58	0.0	0.0	14.2
27	Guy Rousseau	22	LW	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
28	Stan Smrke	28	LW	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
29	Jerry Wilson	19	C	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			70	210	339	549		878	151	54	5	35	239	97	3					38.0	40.3	93.3

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Jacques Plante*	28	61		31	18	12	122	1523	1401	.920	2.00	9	3658				90	13.6	2.17	14.2
2	Gerry McNeil	30	9		4	5	0	31	252	221	.877	3.46	0	538						3.90	0.7
	Team Total				35	23	12	153	1775	1622	.914	2.19	9	4196				97	5.1	2.39	15.0