1956–57 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1956–1957 Detroit Red Wings were one of six teams in the 40th season of the National Hockey League. The team finished with a record of 38 wins, 20 losses, and 12 ties, giving the Red Wings the best record in the regular season and the Prince of Wales Trophy. Their record earned the Red Wings first seed in the 1957 Stanley Cup Semi-finals, where Detroit lost their playoff series with the Boston Bruins 4–1.

1956–57 Detroit Red Wings
Division1st NHL
1956–57 record38–20–12
Goals for198
Goals against157
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJimmy Skinner
CaptainRed Kelly
Alternate captainsGordie Howe
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (44)
AssistsTed Lindsay (55)
PointsGordie Howe (89)
Penalty minutesTed Lindsay (103)
Warren Godfrey (103)
WinsGlenn Hall (38)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.21)

Gordie Howe led the NHL in both goals scored (44) and points overall (89), beating fellow Red Wing Ted Lindsay by four points. Howe also won the Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy.

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings70382012198157+4188
2Montreal Canadiens70352312210155+5582
3Boston Bruins70342412195174+2180
4New York Rangers70263014184227−4366
5Toronto Maple Leafs70213415174192−1857
6Chicago Black Hawks70163915169225−5647

Record vs. opponents
1956–57 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —8–5–17–4–37–4–35–8–17–3–4
Chicago 5–8–1—2–10–23–8–31–7–65–6–3
Detroit 4–7–310–2–2—4–6–410–3–110–2–2
Montreal 4–7–38–3–36–4–4—8–5–19–4–1
New York 8–5–17–1–63–10–15–8–1—3–6–5
Toronto 3–7–46–5–32–10–24–9–16–3–5—

Game log
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 11, 19563–1Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)1–0–0
2WOctober 13, 19564–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)2–0–0
3WOctober 14, 19562–1New York Rangers (1956–57)3–0–0
4TOctober 18, 19563–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)3–0–1
5TOctober 21, 19563–3Boston Bruins (1956–57)3–0–2
6WOctober 25, 19563–1Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)4–0–2
7WOctober 28, 19564–1Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)5–0–2
8LNovember 1, 19563–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)5–1–2
9WNovember 3, 19562–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)6–1–2
10LNovember 8, 19561–3@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)6–2–2
11WNovember 10, 19566–4@ New York Rangers (1956–57)7–2–2
12WNovember 11, 19563–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)8–2–2
13WNovember 15, 19564–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)9–2–2
14LNovember 17, 19562–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)9–3–2
15WNovember 18, 19568–3Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)10–3–2
16TNovember 22, 19562–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)10–3–3
17WNovember 24, 19563–2Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)11–3–3
18TNovember 25, 19563–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)11–3–4
19WNovember 29, 19564–1New York Rangers (1956–57)12–3–4
20LDecember 1, 19560–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)12–4–4
21WDecember 2, 19561–0Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)13–4–4
22WDecember 6, 19563–2Boston Bruins (1956–57)14–4–4
23LDecember 8, 19563–5@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)14–5–4
24LDecember 9, 19562–4@ New York Rangers (1956–57)14–6–4
25WDecember 13, 19562–1New York Rangers (1956–57)15–6–4
26WDecember 15, 19565–1Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)16–6–4
27LDecember 16, 19561–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)16–7–4
28TDecember 20, 19561–1@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)16–7–5
29TDecember 22, 19561–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)16–7–6
30TDecember 23, 19563–3Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)16–7–7
31WDecember 25, 19568–1New York Rangers (1956–57)17–7–7
32WDecember 27, 19565–3@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)18–7–7
33LDecember 30, 19562–4Boston Bruins (1956–57)18–8–7
34WDecember 31, 19561–0@ New York Rangers (1956–57)19–8–7
35WJanuary 2, 19572–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)20–8–7
36LJanuary 5, 19570–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)20–9–7
37WJanuary 6, 19572–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)21–9–7
38LJanuary 10, 19571–2Boston Bruins (1956–57)21–10–7
39LJanuary 12, 19574–5New York Rangers (1956–57)21–11–7
40WJanuary 13, 19573–2@ New York Rangers (1956–57)22–11–7
41TJanuary 17, 19572–2@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)22–11–8
42WJanuary 19, 19573–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)23–11–8
43WJanuary 20, 19575–2New York Rangers (1956–57)24–11–8
44WJanuary 24, 19576–2Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)25–11–8
45WJanuary 26, 19574–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)26–11–8
46WJanuary 27, 19573–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)27–11–8
47LJanuary 31, 19573–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)27–12–8
48WFebruary 2, 19575–4@ New York Rangers (1956–57)28–12–8
49TFebruary 3, 19573–3Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)28–12–9
50LFebruary 7, 19570–1Boston Bruins (1956–57)28–13–9
51WFebruary 9, 19573–0Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)29–13–9
52TFebruary 10, 19572–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)29–13–10
53WFebruary 14, 19573–2New York Rangers (1956–57)30–13–10
54WFebruary 16, 19573–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)31–13–10
55WFebruary 17, 19576–2Boston Bruins (1956–57)32–13–10
56TFebruary 21, 19573–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)32–13–11
57LFebruary 23, 19573–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)32–14–11
58LFebruary 24, 19571–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)32–15–11
59LFebruary 28, 19570–3Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)32–16–11
60LMarch 2, 19571–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)32–17–11
61TMarch 3, 19571–1@ New York Rangers (1956–57)32–17–12
62WMarch 7, 19574–2@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)33–17–12
63LMarch 9, 19572–4@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)33–18–12
64LMarch 10, 19571–4@ New York Rangers (1956–57)33–19–12
65WMarch 12, 19574–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)34–19–12
66WMarch 14, 19573–2Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)35–19–12
67WMarch 17, 19572–1Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)36–19–12
68LMarch 21, 19570–2Boston Bruins (1956–57)36–20–12
69WMarch 23, 19575–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)37–20–12
70WMarch 24, 19574–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)38–20–12

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW7044458972
Ted LindsayLW70305585103
Norm UllmanC6416365247
Alex DelvecchioC/LW481625418
Dutch ReibelC701323366
Red KellyD/C7010253518
Billy DeaLW6915153014
Lorne FergusonLW7013102326
Metro PrystaiC707152216
John BucykLW6610112141
Marcel PronovostD70791638
Marty PavelichLW643131648
Billy McNeillRW645101534
Bill DineenRW51671312
Warren GodfreyD69189103
Al ArbourD4416738
Larry HillmanD161234
Gord HollingworthD2501116
Dale AndersonD130006
Murray CostelloC30000
Glenn HallG700002
Tom McCarthyLW30000
Gord StrateD50004
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Glenn Hall4200703820121552.214
Team:4200703820121552.214

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW52576
Ted LindsayLW52468
Alex DelvecchioC/LW53252
Billy DeaLW52022
Metro PrystaiC52020
Norm UllmanC51126
Bob BaileyRW50222
Dutch ReibelC50220
Lorne FergusonLW51016
Red KellyD/C51010
John BucykLW50110
Dale AndersonD20000
Al ArbourD50006
Bill DineenRW40000
Warren GodfreyD50006
Glenn HallG500010
Marty PavelichLW50006
Marcel PronovostD50006
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Glenn Hall300514153.000
Team:300514153.000

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References
  1. "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1956-57 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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