Montreal Canadiens 1956-57 roster and statistics

Photo Gallery [24 photos of 30 players]

Game Results
game results graph

Head Coach: Hector "Toe" Blake (35-23-12-0)

			Regular Season					Playoffs					Vitals
#	Player Name	Pos.	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Birthplace	Age
4	Jean Beliveau	C	69	33	51	84	105	10	6	6	12	15	PQ: Trois-Rivieres	25
9	Maurice "Rocket" Richard	R	63	33	29	62	74	10	8	3	11	8	PQ: Montreal	35
12	Dickie Moore	L	70	29	29	58	56	10	3	7	10	4	PQ: Montreal	25
16	Henri Richard	F	63	18	36	54	71	10	2	6	8	10	PQ: Montreal	20
2	Doug Harvey	D	70	6	44	50	92	10	0	7	7	10	PQ: Montreal	31
15	Bert Olmstead	R	64	15	33	48	74	10	0	9	9	13	SASK: Scepter	29
5	Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion	R	41	19	21	40	18	10	11	7	18	2	PQ: Montreal	25
14	Claude Provost	R	67	16	14	30	24	10	0	1	1	8	PQ: Montreal	22
23	Andre Pronovost	L	64	10	11	21	58	8	1	0	1	4	PQ: Shawinigan Falls	20
22	Don Marshall	C	70	12	8	20	6	10	1	3	4	2	PQ: Verdun	24
6	Floyd Curry	R	70	7	9	16	20	10	3	2	5	2	ONT: Chapleau	31
10	Tom Johnson	D	70	4	11	15	59	10	0	2	2	13	MAN: Baldur	28
8	Jack LeClair	R	47	3	10	13	14	--	--	--	--	--	PQ: Quebec	27
17	Jean-Guy Talbot	D	59	0	13	13	70	10	0	2	2	10	PQ: Cap del la Madeleine	24
19	Dollard St. Laurent	D	64	1	11	12	49	7	0	1	1	13	PQ: Verdun	27
	Phil Goyette	C	14	3	4	7	0	10	2	1	3	4	PQ: Lachine	22
11	Bob Turner	D	58	1	4	5	48	6	0	1	1	0	SASK: Regina	22
	Al Johnson	R	2	0	1	1	2	--	--	--	--	--	MAN: Winnipeg	21
	Connie Broden	C	--	--	--	--	--	6	0	1	1	0	PQ: Montreal	24
	Bronco Horvath¹	C	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Port Colborne	26
	Guy Rousseau	L	2	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--	PQ: Montreal	21
	Murray Balfour	R	2	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Regina	20
	Jerry Wilson	F	3	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--	ALTA: Edmonton	19
	Ralph Backstrom	C	3	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Kirkland Lake	18
	Gene Achtymichuk	C	3	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ALTA: Lamont	23
	Stan Smrke	L	4	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	Yugoslavia: Belgrade	27
	Glen Cressman	C	4	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Kitchener	22
	Gerry McNeil	G	9	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--	PQ: Quebec City	30
	Jim "Bud" MacPherson	D	10	0	0	0	4	--	--	--	--	--	ALTA: Edmonton	29
1	Jacques Plante	G	61	0	0	0	16	10	0	0	0	4	PQ: Shawinigan Falls	27
	Totals			210	339	549	870

Goalies
Player Name	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	EN	SO
Jacques Plante	61	3660	122	2.00	31	18	12	1395	0.920	1	9
Gerry McNeil	9	540	31	3.44	4	5	0	219	0.876	1	0

Trade Key

1: From NY Rangers