| 1955 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2, 5, 7) Montreal: Montreal Forum (3, 4, 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Detroit: Jimmy Skinner Montreal: Dick Irvin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Detroit: Ted Lindsay Montreal: Emile Bouchard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 3–14, 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Gordie Howe (19:49, second) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Red Wings: Alex Delvecchio (1977) Gordie Howe (1972) Red Kelly (1969) Ted Lindsay (1966) Marcel Pronovost (1978) Terry Sawchuk (1971) Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972) Emile Bouchard (1966) Bernie Geoffrion (1972) Doug Harvey (1973) Tom Johnson (1970) Dickie Moore (1974) Bert Olmstead (1985) Jacques Plante (1978) Maurice Richard (1961; did not play) Coaches: Dick Irvin (1958, player) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1954–55 season, and the culmination of the 1955 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Montreal Canadiens, appearing in their fifth of ten straight Finals, and the defending champion Detroit Red Wings, in the third Detroit-Montreal Finals series of the 1950s and the second consecutively. The Red Wings once again defeated the Canadiens in seven games for their second consecutive Stanley Cup championship, fourth in six seasons, and seventh overall. The Red Wings would not win the Stanley Cup again until 1997.