1956–57 Detroit Red Wings season

1956–57 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st NHL
1956–57 record	38–20–12
Goals for	198
Goals against	157
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jimmy Skinner
Captain	Red Kelly
Alternate captains	Gordie Howe Marcel Pronovost Marty Pavelich
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (44)
Assists	Ted Lindsay (55)
Points	Gordie Howe (89)
Penalty minutes	Ted Lindsay Warren Godfrey (103)
Wins	Glenn Hall (38)
Goals against average	Glenn Hall (2.21)

The 1956–57 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 31st season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	38	20	12	88	198	157
Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	82	210	155
Boston Bruins	70	34	24	12	80	195	174
New York Rangers	70	26	30	14	66	184	227
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	57	174	192
Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	47	169	225

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	W	October 11, 1956	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1956	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1956	2–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	3–0–0
4	T	October 18, 1956	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	3–0–1
5	T	October 21, 1956	3–3	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	3–0–2
6	W	October 25, 1956	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	4–0–2
7	W	October 28, 1956	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	5–0–2
8	L	November 1, 1956	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	5–1–2
9	W	November 3, 1956	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	6–1–2
10	L	November 8, 1956	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	6–2–2
11	W	November 10, 1956	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	7–2–2
12	W	November 11, 1956	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	8–2–2
13	W	November 15, 1956	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	9–2–2
14	L	November 17, 1956	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	9–3–2
15	W	November 18, 1956	8–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	10–3–2
16	T	November 22, 1956	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	10–3–3
17	W	November 24, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	11–3–3
18	T	November 25, 1956	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	11–3–4
19	W	November 29, 1956	4–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	12–3–4
20	L	December 1, 1956	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	12–4–4
21	W	December 2, 1956	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	13–4–4
22	W	December 6, 1956	3–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	14–4–4
23	L	December 8, 1956	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	14–5–4
24	L	December 9, 1956	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	14–6–4
25	W	December 13, 1956	2–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	15–6–4
26	W	December 15, 1956	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–6–4
27	L	December 16, 1956	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–7–4
28	T	December 20, 1956	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	16–7–5
29	T	December 22, 1956	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	16–7–6
30	T	December 23, 1956	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	16–7–7
31	W	December 25, 1956	8–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	17–7–7
32	W	December 27, 1956	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	18–7–7
33	L	December 30, 1956	2–4	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	18–8–7
34	W	December 31, 1956	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	19–8–7
35	W	January 2, 1957	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	20–8–7
36	L	January 5, 1957	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	20–9–7
37	W	January 6, 1957	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	21–9–7
38	L	January 10, 1957	1–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	21–10–7
39	L	January 12, 1957	4–5	New York Rangers (1956–57)	21–11–7
40	W	January 13, 1957	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	22–11–7
41	T	January 17, 1957	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	22–11–8
42	W	January 19, 1957	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	23–11–8
43	W	January 20, 1957	5–2	New York Rangers (1956–57)	24–11–8
44	W	January 24, 1957	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	25–11–8
45	W	January 26, 1957	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	26–11–8
46	W	January 27, 1957	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	27–11–8
47	L	January 31, 1957	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	27–12–8
48	W	February 2, 1957	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	28–12–8
49	T	February 3, 1957	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	28–12–9
50	L	February 7, 1957	0–1	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	28–13–9
51	W	February 9, 1957	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	29–13–9
52	T	February 10, 1957	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	29–13–10
53	W	February 14, 1957	3–2	New York Rangers (1956–57)	30–13–10
54	W	February 16, 1957	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	31–13–10
55	W	February 17, 1957	6–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	32–13–10
56	T	February 21, 1957	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–13–11
57	L	February 23, 1957	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	32–14–11
58	L	February 24, 1957	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	32–15–11
59	L	February 28, 1957	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–16–11
60	L	March 2, 1957	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–17–11
61	T	March 3, 1957	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	32–17–12
62	W	March 7, 1957	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	33–17–12
63	L	March 9, 1957	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	33–18–12
64	L	March 10, 1957	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	33–19–12
65	W	March 12, 1957	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	34–19–12
66	W	March 14, 1957	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	35–19–12
67	W	March 17, 1957	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	36–19–12
68	L	March 21, 1957	0–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	36–20–12
69	W	March 23, 1957	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	37–20–12
70	W	March 24, 1957	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	38–20–12

Playoffs

Boston Bruins 4, Detroit Red Wings 1

The Bruins and Red Wings last met in the 1953 Semi-finals where Boston upset first place Detroit in six games. The Bruins would accomplish another upset in 1957, beating first place Detroit in five games. Rookie Don Simmons outplayed Glenn Hall while the Bruins line of Don McKenney, Real Chevrefils and Larry Regan held the league's two top scorers, Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay, to 2 goals each.

Game 1 at the Detroit Olympia saw the Wings jump out to an early lead on a goal by Ted Lindsay 50 seconds in. Bruins fourth liner Jack Caffery scored the only playoff goal of his career late in the first period to tie the game. Lindsay took a boarding penalty at the end of the first period that would prove costly as Bruins defenseman Doug Mohns scored what would be the winner on the Power play 38 seconds into the second period. Real Chevrefils added another early in the third period as the Bruins stunned the Red Wings 3-1.

Game 2 at Detroit saw the Red Wings special teams capitalize in a rough game where 20 penalties were called. After Red Kelly put Detroit up 1-0 in the first period, Lindsay won a face-off back to Gordie Howe whose one-timer beat Bruins goalie Don Simmons low to the stick side. After Norm Ullman went off for cross-checking, Metro Prystai scored a Shorthanded goal for a 3-0 lead at the end of the first period. Alex Delvecchio and Billy Dea added power play goals in the second period to make it 5-0. With Fern Flaman in the box, Lorne Ferguson smacked in a rebound to make it 6-0 Detroit. The Bruins got on the board when Fleming Mackell tipped in a backhand shot by Bob Armstrong. Ullman countered with his first career playoff goal. With a little over two minutes to play, Leo Boivin scored on a give-and-go with Don McKenney which made little difference as the Wings trounced the Bruins 7-2.

Game 3 at the Boston Garden saw the Bruins never trail. First period goals by Vic Stasiuk and Leo Boivin was countered by a power play goal by Alex Delvecchio for a 2-1 Bruins lead. Leo Labine potted one late in the second period but Gordie Howe and Billy Dea tied it up three minutes into the third period. Veteran Cal Gardner was the hero with the winner at 13:28 for a 4-3 Bruins win.

Game 4 at Boston was a clean game with relatively few penalties called. Don Simmons shutout the Red Wings and goals by Real Chevrefils and Vic Stasiuk saw the Bruins take a stranglehold on the series with a 2-0 victory.

Game 5 at Detroit saw Delvecchio stake the Red Wings to a 1-0 first period lead. Bruins fourth liner Carl "Buddy" Boone scored his first career playoff goal in the second period to tie it up 1-1. The Wings kept pressing and early in the third period, Ted Lindsay put them up 2-1. However, the Bruins exploded for three straight goals by Labine, Mohns and Gardner for a 4-2 lead. Metro Prystai made it 4-3 with two minutes to go but despite pulling Glenn Hall, the Red Wings couldn't tie it up. Though registering only 15 shots on the goal, the Bruins won 4-3 and took the series in five games.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 26	Boston Bruins	3-1	Detroit Red Wings	1-0
2	March 28	Boston Bruins	2-7	Detroit Red Wings	1-1
3	March 31	Detroit Red Wings	3-4	Boston Bruins	1-2
4	April 2	Detroit Red Wings	0-2	Boston Bruins	1-3
5	April 4	Boston Bruins	4-3	Detroit Red Wings	4-1

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	44	45	89	72
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	70	30	55	85	103
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	64	16	36	52	47
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	48	16	25	41	8
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	70	13	23	36	6
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	70	10	25	35	18
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	69	15	15	30	14
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	70	13	10	23	26
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	70	7	15	22	16
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	66	10	11	21	41
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	70	7	9	16	38
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	64	3	13	16	48
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	64	5	10	15	34
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	51	6	7	13	12
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	69	1	8	9	103
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	44	1	6	7	38
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	16	1	2	3	4
Hollingworth, GordGord Hollingworth	D	25	0	1	1	16
Costello, MurrayMurray Costello	C	3	0	0	0	0
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Strate, GordGord Strate	D	5	0	0	0	4
Anderson, DaleDale Anderson	D	13	0	0	0	6
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	70	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	4200	70	38	20	12	155	2.21	4
Team:	4200	70	38	20	12	155	2.21	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	5	2	5	7	6
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	5	2	4	6	8
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	5	3	2	5	2
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	5	2	0	2	2
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	5	2	0	2	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	5	1	1	2	6
Bailey, BobBob Bailey	RW	5	0	2	2	2
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	5	0	2	2	0
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	5	1	0	1	6
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	5	1	0	1	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	5	0	1	1	0
Anderson, DaleDale Anderson	D	2	0	0	0	0
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	5	0	0	0	6
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	5	0	0	0	6
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	5	0	0	0	6
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	5	0	0	0	6
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	5	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	300	5	1	4	15	3.00	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	15	3.00	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

• Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
• Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe
• Art Ross Trophy: Gordie Howe
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Red Kelly, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
• Terry Sawchuk, Gaolie, NHL First Team All-Star

Gallery

Norm Ullman and Pierre Pilote battle for the puck while Al Arbour and Glenn Hall look on, January 19, 1957.

Doug Mohns, Terry Sawchuk, Fern Flaman, Lorne Ferguson during the 1956-57 season.

Video

Three minutes of highlights from Game 2 of the Bruins-Red Wings 1957 Semi-finals with French commentary. Goals by Gordie Howe, Lorne Ferguson, Fleming Mackell and Leo Boivin are shown.

GORDIE HOWE TED LINDSAY DON SIMMONS Boston Bruins Detroit Red Wings 1957 NHL playoff highlights-0

See Also

• 1956–57 NHL season

References

• 1956–57 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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