1956–57 Boston Bruins season explained

League:NHL
Season:1956–57
Year:1956
Team:Boston Bruins
Record:34–24–12
Division:NHL
Divisionrank:3rd
Goalsfor:195
Goalsagainst:174
Goalsleader:Real Chevrefils (31)
Assistsleader:Don McKenney (39)
Pointsleader:Don McKenney (60)
Pimleader:Leo Labine (128)
Winsleader:Terry Sawchuk (18)
Gaaleader:Terry Sawchuk (2.38)

The 1956–57 Boston Bruins were one of six teams in the 40th season of the National Hockey League. The team finished with a record of 34 wins, 24 losses, and 12 ties. Their record earned them the third seed in the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the final. With 21 goals and 39 assists, Center Don McKenney was the team's leading scorer.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecord
1TOctober 11, 19564–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 0–0–1
2LOctober 13, 19560–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 0–1–1
3WOctober 14, 19563–1 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 1–1–1
4LOctober 17, 19560–2 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 1–2–1
5TOctober 20, 19562–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 1–2–2
6TOctober 21, 19563–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 1–2–3
7WOctober 27, 19561–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 2–2–3
8LOctober 30, 19560–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 2–3–3
9WNovember 1, 19565–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 3–3–3
10WNovember 4, 19564–1 New York Rangers (1956–57) 4–3–3
11WNovember 7, 19564–2 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 5–3–3
12WNovember 8, 19563–1 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 6–3–3
13WNovember 10, 19563–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 7–3–3
14WNovember 11, 19563–2 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 8–3–3
15WNovember 15, 19565–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 9–3–3
16TNovember 17, 19564–4 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 9–3–4
17WNovember 18, 19564–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 10–3–4
18LNovember 22, 19563–4 New York Rangers (1956–57) 10–4–4
19WNovember 24, 19563–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 11–4–4
20WNovember 25, 19563–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 12–4–4
21LNovember 28, 19561–2 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 12–5–4
22WNovember 29, 19562–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 13–5–4
23WDecember 2, 19563–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 14–5–4
24LDecember 6, 19562–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 14–6–4
25WDecember 8, 19565–3 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 15–6–4
26TDecember 9, 19561–1 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 15–6–5
27WDecember 13, 19563–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 16–6–5
28LDecember 15, 19564–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 16–7–5
29WDecember 16, 19564–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 17–7–5
30TDecember 20, 19561–1 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 17–7–6
31WDecember 22, 19563–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 18–7–6
32LDecember 23, 19561–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 18–8–6
33LDecember 25, 19562–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 18–9–6
34LDecember 27, 19563–5 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 18–10–6
35WDecember 30, 19564–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 19–10–6
36WJanuary 1, 19575–3 New York Rangers (1956–57) 20–10–6
37LJanuary 5, 19572–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 20–11–6
38TJanuary 6, 19574–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 20–11–7
39WJanuary 10, 19572–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 21–11–7
40LJanuary 12, 19571–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 21–12–7
41LJanuary 13, 19571–3 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 21–13–7
42TJanuary 17, 19572–2 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 21–13–8
43LJanuary 19, 19571–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 21–14–8
44LJanuary 20, 19572–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 21–15–8
45LJanuary 26, 19573–5 New York Rangers (1956–57) 21–16–8
46WJanuary 27, 19575–2 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 22–16–8
47WJanuary 31, 19572–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 23–16–8
48WFebruary 2, 19572–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 24–16–8
49WFebruary 3, 19574–1 New York Rangers (1956–57) 25–16–8
50LFebruary 6, 19572–3 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 25–17–8
51WFebruary 7, 19571–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 26–17–8
52TFebruary 9, 19572–2 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 26–17–9
53WFebruary 10, 19575–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 27–17–9
54TFebruary 13, 19572–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 27–17–10
55LFebruary 16, 19575–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 27–18–10
56LFebruary 17, 19572–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 27–19–10
57LFebruary 20, 19572–5 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 27–20–10
58WFebruary 23, 19575–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 28–20–10
59LFebruary 24, 19573–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 28–21–10
60WFebruary 28, 19574–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 29–21–10
61LMarch 2, 19572–3 New York Rangers (1956–57) 29–22–10
62WMarch 3, 19575–2 Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 30–22–10
63LMarch 7, 19572–4 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 30–23–10
64WMarch 9, 19574–2 Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 31–23–10
65TMarch 10, 19573–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 31–23–11
66WMarch 13, 19572–1 @ New York Rangers (1956–57) 32–23–11
67TMarch 16, 19572–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 32–23–12
68WMarch 17, 19576–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 33–23–12
69WMarch 21, 19572–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 34–23–12
70LMarch 23, 19572–4 New York Rangers (1956–57) 34–24–12

Playoffs

See 1957 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Boston Bruins were seeded third in the Stanley Cup Semi-finals, where they defeated the top seeded Detroit Red Wings 4–1. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
C 69 21 39 60 31
LW 70 31 17 48 38
RW 67 18 29 47 128
LW 64 24 16 40 69
LW/D 68 6 34 40 89
C 65 22 17 39 73
RW 68 13 26 39 41
RW 55 15 23 38 26
RW 69 14 19 33 29
C 70 12 20 32 66
D 68 6 25 31 108
D 60 6 25 31 45
D 57 1 15 16 79
D 55 2 8 10 55
D 35 2 3 5 43
C 47 2 2 4 20
C 18 0 3 3 2
LW 5 0 1 1 0
D 6 0 0 0 4
G 10 0 0 0 2
D 6 0 0 0 10
C 1 0 0 0 0
LW 2 0 0 0 0
G 34 0 0 0 14
G 26 0 0 0 0
RW 23 0 0 0 6
Goaltending
Player MIN GPWLTGAGAA SO
2040 34 18 10 6 81 2.38 2
1560 26 13 9 4 63 2.42 4
600 10 3 5 2 30 3.00 0
Team: 4200 70 34 24 12 174 2.49 6

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
C 10 5 3 8 4
C 10 1 5 6 4
RW 10 3 2 5 14
D 10 2 3 5 12
LW/D 10 2 3 5 2
LW 10 2 1 3 4
C 10 2 1 3 2
LW 10 2 1 3 2
D 10 0 3 3 10
D 10 0 3 3 19
RW 10 0 3 3 12
RW 8 0 2 2 10
RW 10 1 0 1 12
C 10 1 0 1 4
D 10 0 1 1 14
RW 10 0 1 1 2
G 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GPWLGAGAA SO
600 10 5 5 29 2.90 2
Team: 600 10 5 5 29 2.90 2
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Awards and records

26-year-old RW Larry Regan was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the Rookie of the Year.

Farm teams

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-09 . 1956-57 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.

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