1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season

1955–56 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd NHL
1955–56 record	30–24–16
Goals for	183
Goals against	148
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jimmy Skinner
Captain	Ted Lindsay
Alternate captains	Red Kelly Bob Goldham Marty Pavelich
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (38)
Assists	Gordie Howe (41)
Points	Gordie Howe (79)
Penalty minutes	Ted Lindsay (161)
Wins	Glenn Hall (30)
Goals against average	Glenn Hall (2.10)

The 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 30th season. The Red Wings finished 2nd in the league and lost in the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	70	45	15	10	100	222	131
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	24	16	76	183	148
New York Rangers	70	32	28	10	74	204	203
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	33	13	61	153	181
Boston Bruins	70	23	34	13	59	147	185
Chicago Black Hawks	70	19	39	12	50	155	216

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1955	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1955	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	0–2–0
3	L	October 9, 1955	2–3	New York Rangers (1955–56)	0–3–0
4	W	October 15, 1955	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	1–3–0
5	W	October 16, 1955	6–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	2–3–0
6	T	October 20, 1955	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	2–3–1
7	T	October 22, 1955	0–0	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	2–3–2
8	L	October 26, 1955	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	2–4–2
9	L	October 29, 1955	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	2–5–2
10	T	October 30, 1955	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	2–5–3
11	L	November 2, 1955	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	2–6–3
12	T	November 3, 1955	1–1	New York Rangers (1955–56)	2–6–4
13	T	November 5, 1955	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	2–6–5
14	W	November 6, 1955	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	3–6–5
15	T	November 10, 1955	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	3–6–6
16	L	November 12, 1955	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	3–7–6
17	T	November 13, 1955	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	3–7–7
18	T	November 16, 1955	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	3–7–8
19	W	November 19, 1955	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	4–7–8
20	T	November 20, 1955	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	4–7–9
21	W	November 24, 1955	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	5–7–9
22	L	November 27, 1955	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	5–8–9
23	T	November 30, 1955	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	5–8–10
24	W	December 3, 1955	5–0	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	6–8–10
25	L	December 4, 1955	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	6–9–10
26	T	December 8, 1955	2–2	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	6–9–11
27	L	December 10, 1955	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	6–10–11
28	W	December 11, 1955	2–0	New York Rangers (1955–56)	7–10–11
29	W	December 15, 1955	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	8–10–11
30	W	December 18, 1955	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	9–10–11
31	W	December 22, 1955	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	10–10–11
32	L	December 24, 1955	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	10–11–11
33	T	December 25, 1955	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	10–11–12
34	W	December 29, 1955	4–3	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	11–11–12
35	T	December 31, 1955	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	11–11–13
36	W	January 1, 1956	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	12–11–13
37	L	January 4, 1956	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	12–12–13
38	W	January 5, 1956	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	13–12–13
39	W	January 8, 1956	4–3	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	14–12–13
40	W	January 12, 1956	6–0	New York Rangers (1955–56)	15–12–13
41	W	January 14, 1956	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	16–12–13
42	W	January 15, 1956	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	17–12–13
43	W	January 19, 1956	4–2	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	18–12–13
44	L	January 21, 1956	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	18–13–13
45	W	January 22, 1956	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	19–13–13
46	W	January 26, 1956	3–2	New York Rangers (1955–56)	20–13–13
47	W	January 27, 1956	7–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	21–13–13
48	T	January 29, 1956	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	21–13–14
49	L	February 2, 1956	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	21–14–14
50	L	February 4, 1956	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	21–15–14
51	L	February 5, 1956	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	21–16–14
52	W	February 7, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	22–16–14
53	L	February 11, 1956	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	22–17–14
54	L	February 12, 1956	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	22–18–14
55	W	February 14, 1956	5–3	New York Rangers (1955–56)	23–18–14
56	W	February 18, 1956	6–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	24–18–14
57	L	February 19, 1956	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	24–19–14
58	W	February 21, 1956	4–1	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	25–19–14
59	L	February 25, 1956	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	25–20–14
60	L	February 26, 1956	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	25–21–14
61	W	February 28, 1956	4–1	New York Rangers (1955–56)	26–21–14
62	W	March 1, 1956	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	27–21–14
63	T	March 3, 1956	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	27–21–15
64	L	March 4, 1956	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	27–22–15
65	W	March 8, 1956	4–2	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	28–22–15
66	W	March 10, 1956	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	29–22–15
67	W	March 11, 1956	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	30–22–15
68	L	March 13, 1956	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	30–23–15
69	T	March 15, 1956	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	30–23–16
70	L	March 18, 1956	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	30–24–16

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	38	41	79	100
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	68	17	39	56	10
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	25	26	51	24
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	67	27	23	50	161
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	70	16	34	50	39
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	63	12	16	28	10
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	70	12	7	19	30
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	68	3	16	19	32
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	66	9	9	18	26
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	70	5	13	18	38
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	68	4	13	17	46
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	31	8	7	15	12
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	38	1	8	9	20
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	67	2	6	8	86
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	40	1	7	8	31
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	38	3	4	7	24
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	47	0	3	3	53
Hollingworth, GordGord Hollingworth	D	41	0	2	2	28
Corcoran, NormNorm Corcoran	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0
Burton, CummyCummy Burton	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Sandford, EdEd Sandford	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Stankiewicz, EdEd Stankiewicz	C	5	0	0	0	0
Costello, MurrayMurray Costello	C	24	0	0	0	4
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	70	0	0	0	14

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	4200	70	30	24	16	147	2.10	12
Team:	4200	70	30	24	16	147	2.10	12

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	10	3	9	12	8
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	10	7	3	10	2
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	10	6	3	9	22
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	10	2	4	6	2
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	10	1	3	4	13
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	10	1	2	3	12
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	9	1	2	3	6
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	10	0	3	3	4
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	10	1	1	2	8
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	10	0	2	2	8
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	10	0	2	2	2
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	10	1	0	1	8
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	4	0	1	1	0
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	10	0	1	1	6
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	10	0	1	1	14
Burton, CummyCummy Burton	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Hollingworth, GordGord Hollingworth	D	3	0	0	0	2
Costello, MurrayMurray Costello	C	4	0	0	0	0
Melnyk, GerryGerry Melnyk	C	6	0	0	0	0
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	604	10	5	5	28	2.78	0
Team:	604	10	5	5	28	2.78	0

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

• Calder Memorial Trophy: Glenn Hall
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Earl Reibel
• Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Red Kelly, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Glenn Hall, Goalie, 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.

1956 Stanley cup win 9 min

See Also

• 1955–56 NHL season

References

• 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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