1956–57 Boston Bruins season

1956–57 Boston Bruins
Division	3rd NHL
1956–57 record	34–24–12
Goals for	195
Goals against	174
Team information
General manager	Lynn Patrick
Coach	Milt Schmidt
Captain	Fernie Flaman
Team leaders
Goals	Real Chevrefils (31)
Assists	Don McKenney (39)
Points	Don McKenney (60)
Penalty minutes	Leo Labine (128)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (18)
Goals against average	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.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	20	12	198	157	+41	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	210	155	+55	82
3	Boston Bruins	70	34	24	12	195	174	+21	80
4	New York Rangers	70	26	30	14	184	227	−43	66
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	174	192	−18	57
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	169	225	−56	47

Record vs. opponents

1956–57 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	8–5–1	7–4–3	7–4–3	5–8–1	7–3–4
Chicago	5–8–1	—	2–10–2	3–8–3	1–7–6	5–6–3
Detroit	4–7–3	10–2–2	—	4–6–4	10–3–1	10–2–2
Montreal	4–7–3	8–3–3	6–4–4	—	8–5–1	9–4–1
New York	8–5–1	7–1–6	3–10–1	5–8–1	—	3–6–5
Toronto	3–7–4	6–5–3	2–10–2	4–9–1	6–3–5	—

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 11, 1956	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	0–0–1
2	L	October 13, 1956	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	0–1–1
3	W	October 14, 1956	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	1–1–1
4	L	October 17, 1956	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	1–2–1
5	T	October 20, 1956	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	1–2–2
6	T	October 21, 1956	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	1–2–3
7	W	October 27, 1956	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	2–2–3
8	L	October 30, 1956	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	2–3–3
9	W	November 1, 1956	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	3–3–3
10	W	November 4, 1956	4–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	4–3–3
11	W	November 7, 1956	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	5–3–3
12	W	November 8, 1956	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	6–3–3
13	W	November 10, 1956	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	7–3–3
14	W	November 11, 1956	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	8–3–3
15	W	November 15, 1956	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	9–3–3
16	T	November 17, 1956	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	9–3–4
17	W	November 18, 1956	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	10–3–4
18	L	November 22, 1956	3–4	New York Rangers (1956–57)	10–4–4
19	W	November 24, 1956	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	11–4–4
20	W	November 25, 1956	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	12–4–4
21	L	November 28, 1956	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	12–5–4
22	W	November 29, 1956	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	13–5–4
23	W	December 2, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	14–5–4
24	L	December 6, 1956	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	14–6–4
25	W	December 8, 1956	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	15–6–4
26	T	December 9, 1956	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	15–6–5
27	W	December 13, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–6–5
28	L	December 15, 1956	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	16–7–5
29	W	December 16, 1956	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	17–7–5
30	T	December 20, 1956	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	17–7–6
31	W	December 22, 1956	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	18–7–6
32	L	December 23, 1956	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	18–8–6
33	L	December 25, 1956	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	18–9–6
34	L	December 27, 1956	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	18–10–6
35	W	December 30, 1956	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	19–10–6
36	W	January 1, 1957	5–3	New York Rangers (1956–57)	20–10–6
37	L	January 5, 1957	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	20–11–6
38	T	January 6, 1957	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	20–11–7
39	W	January 10, 1957	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	21–11–7
40	L	January 12, 1957	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	21–12–7
41	L	January 13, 1957	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	21–13–7
42	T	January 17, 1957	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	21–13–8
43	L	January 19, 1957	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	21–14–8
44	L	January 20, 1957	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	21–15–8
45	L	January 26, 1957	3–5	New York Rangers (1956–57)	21–16–8
46	W	January 27, 1957	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	22–16–8
47	W	January 31, 1957	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	23–16–8
48	W	February 2, 1957	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	24–16–8
49	W	February 3, 1957	4–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	25–16–8
50	L	February 6, 1957	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	25–17–8
51	W	February 7, 1957	1–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	26–17–8
52	T	February 9, 1957	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	26–17–9
53	W	February 10, 1957	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	27–17–9
54	T	February 13, 1957	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	27–17–10
55	L	February 16, 1957	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	27–18–10
56	L	February 17, 1957	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	27–19–10
57	L	February 20, 1957	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	27–20–10
58	W	February 23, 1957	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	28–20–10
59	L	February 24, 1957	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	28–21–10
60	W	February 28, 1957	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	29–21–10
61	L	March 2, 1957	2–3	New York Rangers (1956–57)	29–22–10
62	W	March 3, 1957	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	30–22–10
63	L	March 7, 1957	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	30–23–10
64	W	March 9, 1957	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	31–23–10
65	T	March 10, 1957	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	31–23–11
66	W	March 13, 1957	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	32–23–11
67	T	March 16, 1957	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–23–12
68	W	March 17, 1957	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	33–23–12
69	W	March 21, 1957	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57)	34–23–12
70	L	March 23, 1957	2–4	New York Rangers (1956–57)	34–24–12

Playoffs

See 1957 Stanley Cup Finals.

	Semifinals					Stanley Cup Finals
	1	Detroit Red Wings	1
	3	Boston Bruins	4
						3	Boston Bruins	1
						2	Montreal Canadiens	4
	2	Montreal Canadiens	4
	4	New York Rangers	1

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
Don McKenney	C	69	21	39	60	31
Real Chevrefils	LW	70	31	17	48	38
Leo Labine	RW	67	18	29	47	128
Vic Stasiuk	LW	64	24	16	40	69
Doug Mohns	LW/D	68	6	34	40	89
Fleming MacKell	C	65	22	17	39	73
Johnny Peirson	RW	68	13	26	39	41
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	55	15	23	38	26
Larry Regan	RW	69	14	19	33	29
Cal Gardner	C	70	12	20	32	66
Fern Flaman	D	68	6	25	31	108
Allan Stanley	D	60	6	25	31	45
Bob Armstrong	D	57	1	15	16	79
Leo Boivin	D	55	2	8	10	55
Jack Bionda	D	35	2	3	5	43
Jack Caffery	C	47	2	2	4	20
Bob Beckett	C	18	0	3	3	2
Al Nicholson	LW	5	0	1	1	0
Dick Cherry	D	6	0	0	0	4
Norm Defelice	G	10	0	0	0	2
Floyd Hillman	D	6	0	0	0	10
Ed Panagabko	C	1	0	0	0	0
George Ranieri	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Terry Sawchuk	G	34	0	0	0	14
Don Simmons	G	26	0	0	0	0
Floyd Smith	RW	23	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Terry Sawchuk	2040	34	18	10	6	81	2.38	2
Don Simmons	1560	26	13	9	4	63	2.42	4
Norm Defelice	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
Fleming MacKell	C	10	5	3	8	4
Don McKenney	C	10	1	5	6	4
Leo Labine	RW	10	3	2	5	14
Leo Boivin	D	10	2	3	5	12
Doug Mohns	LW/D	10	2	3	5	2
Real Chevrefils	LW	10	2	1	3	4
Cal Gardner	C	10	2	1	3	2
Vic Stasiuk	LW	10	2	1	3	2
Bob Armstrong	D	10	0	3	3	10
Fern Flaman	D	10	0	3	3	19
Johnny Peirson	RW	10	0	3	3	12
Larry Regan	RW	8	0	2	2	10
Buddy Boone	RW	10	1	0	1	12
Jack Caffery	C	10	1	0	1	4
Jack Bionda	D	10	0	1	1	14
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	10	0	1	1	2
Don Simmons	G	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Don Simmons	600	10	5	5	29	2.90	2
Team:	600	10	5	5	29	2.90	2

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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

Transactions

Farm teams

• Hershey Bears
• Victoria Cougars
• Quebec Aces

See also

• 1956–57 NHL season

References

1. "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1956-57 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.

• "1956–57 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

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