1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season



The 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 47th season of play. The Canadiens finished 1st in the league and defeated the Detroit Red Wings in the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 1 for the eighth Stanley Cup in its history.

Regular Season
The Boston Bruins were without Terry Sawchuk for the January 14, 1956 in Montreal and planned to start John Henderson in the nets. However, Henderson had equipment problems leaving Boston without a goalie. Canadiens practice goalie Claude Pronovost (brother of Wings Marcel Pronovost) was loaned to the Bruins and he proceeded to shut his own team out, 2-0. Pronovost made 31 saves and also took a delay of game penalty.

Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 1
This was the first Finals for Henri Richard and Toe Blake's first as coach.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1



Regular Season

 * Scoring
 * Goaltending

Playoffs

 * Scoring
 * Goaltending

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

Awards and Records

 * Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
 * Art Ross Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau
 * Hart Memorial Trophy: Jean Beliveau
 * James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey
 * Vezina Trophy: Jacques Plante
 * Jean Beliveau, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
 * Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
 * Doug Harvey, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star
 * Jacques Plante, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
 * Bert Olmstead, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
 * Tom Johnson, Defenceman, NHL Second Team All-Star

Video
Over nine minutes of highlights beginning with a minute of the Rangers-Canadiens Semi-finals then goals of all five games of the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals.