1956 Stanley Cup Finals

1956 Stanley Cup Finals
12345 Total
Montreal Canadiens 65133 4
Detroit Red Wings 41301 1
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4)
CoachesMontreal: Toe Blake
Detroit: Jimmy Skinner
CaptainsMontreal: Emile Bouchard
Detroit: Ted Lindsay
DatesMarch 31 – April 10, 1956
Series-winning goalMaurice Richard (15:08, second)
Hall of FamersCanadiens:
Jean Beliveau (1972)
Emile Bouchard (1966)
Bernie Geoffrion (1972)
Doug Harvey (1973)
Tom Johnson (1970)
Dickie Moore (1974)
Bert Olmstead (1985)
Jacques Plante (1978)
Henri Richard (1979)
Maurice Richard (1961)
Red Wings:
Johnny Bucyk (1981)
Murray Costello (2005, builder)
Alex Delvecchio (1977)
Glenn Hall (1975)
Gordie Howe (1972)
Red Kelly (1969)
Ted Lindsay (1966)
Marcel Pronovost (1978)
Norm Ullman (1982)
Coaches:
Toe Blake (1966, player)
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The 1956 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1955–56 season, and the culmination of the 1956 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Montreal Canadiens and the two-time defending champion Detroit Red Wings in the fourth Detroit-Montreal series in the 1950s, the two teams having met in the previous two years as well as in 1952; Detroit won all three. The Canadiens were appearing in their sixth consecutive Finals, the Red Wings their third. The Canadiens avenged their previous three losses to Detroit, as they defeated the Red Wings in five games to win their second Stanley Cup in four years.