1957 Stanley Cup Finals

1957 Stanley Cup Finals
1957 Stanley Cup Finals
Location(s)	Montreal: Forum de Montréal (1, 2, 5); Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
Coaches	Montreal: Toe Blake; Boston: Milt Schmidt
Captains	Montreal: Maurice Richard; Boston: Fernie Flaman
Dates	April 6–16, 1957
Series-winning goal	Dickie Moore (0:14, second)
Hall of Famers	Canadiens:; Jean Beliveau (1972); Bernie Geoffrion (1972); Doug Harvey (1973); Tom Johnson (1970); Dickie Moore (1974); Bert Olmstead (1985); Jacques Plante (1978); Henri Richard (1979); Maurice Richard (1961); Bruins:; Leo Boivin (1986); Fernie Flaman (1990); Allan Stanley (1981; did not play); Terry Sawchuk (1971); Coaches:; Toe Blake (1966, player); Milt Schmidt (1961, player)

The 1957 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1956–57 season, and the culmination of the 1957 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between 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 won the series, four games to one, for their second straight Cup victory.

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	Forum de Montréal	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 34 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats		Jacques Plante 22 saves / 23 shots

April 9	Boston Bruins		0–1	Montreal Canadiens	Forum de Montréal	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		2:27 - Jean Beliveau (6)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Don Simmons 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Jacques Plante 24 saves / 24 shots

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 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Don Simmons 21 saves / 25 shots

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 - en - Fleming MacKell (5)
Jacques Plante 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Don Simmons 21 saves / 21 shots

April 16	Boston Bruins		1–5	Montreal Canadiens	Forum de Montréal	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 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Jacques Plante 26 saves / 27 shots

Montreal won series 4–1

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1957 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Maurice Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 5–1 win over the Bruins in game five.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1956–57 Montreal Canadiens

Players

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

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.
After the 1956-57 season, the NHL decided to change the look of the Stanley Cup, so the 1957 Montreal Canadiens were not engraved until 1958.

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