Stanley Cup Finals/Championship 1957 Canadiens de Montréal The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in team history, defeating the Boston Bruins, who had upset the Detroit Red Wings and averted a fourth consecutive Montreal-Detroit championship series. In game seven at Boston's Civic Center, Jean Béliveau scored three goals to lead his team to its first championship in five years. The Canadiens were led by their brilliant 25-year-old star center, Jean Béliveau, who was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs. Béliveau had 49 points (20 goals, 29 assists) in 24 games during the postseason. His performance earned him the title of "King Cheeks" from fans across Canada. Previously known as "Le Gros Billard", Béliveau had already become one of the greatest players in hockey history. A four-time scoring champion, he helped lead the Canadiens to the finals in five consecutive seasons (1954-57). During that period the club won three straight Stanley Cups without losing a game. Béliveau died in January 1968 after suffering multiple injuries in a car accident near his home in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. In 1957 Béliveau joined an exclusive group of players who have scored at least 20 goals in each of their first ten NHL seasons.