1957 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1957 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens were making their seventh consecutive Final appearance, while Boston was making their first appearance since their 1953 loss to Montreal. The Canadiens would win the series 4–1, for their second straight Cup victory.
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| Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Toe Blake Boston: Milt Schmidt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal: Maurice Richard Boston: Fernie Flaman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 6 – April 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Dickie Moore (0:14, second) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Paths to the Finals
Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–1 to reach the final. Boston defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 to reach the final.
Game summaries
Rocket Richard scored four times in game one, including three in the second period, to tie Ted Lindsay's record, set in 1955 for a winning Detroit team. Jacques Plante held the Bruins to just six goals in the five games, four of which were scored by Fleming Mackell.
| April 6 | Boston Bruins | 1–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Fleming MacKell (2) - pp - 7:27 | Second period | 10:39 - Maurice Richard (5) 13:29 - pp - Maurice Richard (6) 15:35 - pp - Bernie Geoffrion (8) 17:00 - Maurice Richard (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:17 - Maurice Richard (8) | ||||||
| Don Simmons | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante | ||||||
| April 9 | Boston Bruins | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:27 - Jean Beliveau (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Don Simmons | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante | ||||||
| April 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Bernie Geoffrion (9) - 1:30 Floyd Curry (2) - 14:39 Bernie Geoffrion (10) - pp - 19:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:16 - Don McKenney (1) | ||||||
| Phil Goyette (2) - 7:31 | Third period | 19:16 - Fleming MacKell (3) | ||||||
| Jacques Plante | Goalie stats | Don Simmons | ||||||
| April 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:56 - pp - Fleming MacKell (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:40 - Fleming MacKell (5) | ||||||
| Jacques Plante | Goalie stats | Don Simmons | ||||||
| April 16 | Boston Bruins | 1–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:11 - Andre Pronovost (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:14 - pp - Dickie Moore (3) 15:12 - Bernie Geoffrion (11) | ||||||
| Leo Labine (3) - 13:43 | Third period | 17:39 - Donnie Marshall (1) 18:31 - Floyd Curry (3) | ||||||
| Don Simmons | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–1 | |
Montreal Canadiens 1957 Stanley Cup champions
Players
- 4 Jean Beliveau
- 16 Henri Richard
- 20 Phil Goyette
- 24 Connie Broden
- 5 Bernie Geoffrion
- 6 Floyd Curry (A)
- 9 Maurice Richard (Captain)
- 12 Dickie Moore
- 14 Claude Provost
- 15 Bert Olmstead
- 22 Don Marshall
- 23 Andre Pronovost
- 2 Doug Harvey (A)
- 10 Tom Johnson (A)
- 11 Bob Turner
- 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
- 19 Dollard St. Laurent
- 1 Jacques Plante
- 1 Gerry McNeil (Sub)
Coaching and administrative staff
- William Northey (President/Owner), Donat Raymond (Chairman/Owner)
- Ken Reardon (Vice President), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager)
- Toe Blake (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer), Larry Aubut (Asst. Trainer)
- Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
- ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.
- &-8 Jack LeClair played 47 games for Montreal. His name was not included on the Cup, because LeClair was playing in the minors during the playoffs.
- - Dalton C. Colemen left the Montreal Canadiens before the start of the 1957 season.
See also
Notes
References
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- "All-Time NHL Results".
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
| Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1956 |
Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1957 |
Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1958 |
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