| 1957 Stanley Cup Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Montreal:Montreal Forum (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) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The1957 Stanley Cup Final was thechampionship series of theNational Hockey League's (NHL)1956–57 season, and the culmination of the1957 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending championMontreal Canadiens and theBoston Bruins. The Canadiens were making their seventh consecutive Final appearance, while Boston was making their first appearance since their1953 loss to Montreal. The Canadiens won the series, four games to one, for their second straight Cup victory.
Montreal defeated theNew York Rangers 4–1 to reach the final. Boston defeated theDetroit Red Wings 4–1 to reach the final.
Rocket Richard scored four times in game one, including three in the second period, to tieTed Lindsay's record, set in1955 for a winning Detroit team.Jacques Plante held the Bruins to just six goals in the five games, four of which were scored byFleming Mackell.
| April 6 | Boston Bruins | 1–5 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | 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 | Montreal Forum | 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 | Montreal Forum | 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 | |
The 1957 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Maurice Richard byNHL PresidentClarence 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
| Preceded by | Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions 1957 | Succeeded by |
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