1956-57 MetMtlHL Season

This is the 1956-57 season of the Metropolitan Montreal Junior League:
The Quebec Frontenacs and Quebec Victorias moved from the Saguenay-Quebec League to join this league.
==Standings==
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Montreal Nationale	36	24	10	2	137	72 	50
Quebec Victorias 	36	20	12	4	153	105	44
Verdun Blues 	36	18	12	6	130	93 	42
L'Abord A Plouffe 	36	13	15	8	96 	113	34
Lakeshore Flyers 	36	3 	33	0	61 	206	6
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
St Laurent Jets 	36	27	6 	3	152	60 	57
Quebec Frontenacs 	36	19	13	4	130	85 	42
Montreal NDG Monarchs	36	20	14	2	117	96 	42
Snowdon Ponsards 	36	8 	21	7	90 	160	23
Lachine Maroons 	36	8 	24	4	76 	141	20
==Playoffs==
===Quarter Finals===
Best of 5
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 8 	Nationale 4 	L'Abord A Plouffe 2	Montreal
March 10	Nationale 6 	L'Abord A Plouffe 2	St. Jerome
March 11	L'Abord A Plouffe 5	Nationale 2 	Montreal
March 17	Nationale 6 	L'Abord A Plouffe 2	St. Jerome
Montreal Nationale beat L'Abord A Plouffe 3 wins to 1.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 8 	St. Laurent 4	Snowdon 1	Montreal
March 10	St. Laurent 4	Snowdon 2	St. Laurent
March 11	St. Laurent 3	Snowdon 2	Montreal
St Laurent Jets beat Snowdon Ponsards 3 wins to none.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 10	Victorias 4	Verdun 1 	Quebec City
March 13	Verdun 5 	Victorias 2	Verdun
March 16	Victorias 3	Verdun 1 	Quebec City
March 17	Verdun 6 	Victorias 0	Verdun
March 19	Victorias 2	Verdun 0 	Quebec City
Quebec Victorias beat Verdun Blues 3 wins to 2.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 10	Frontenacs 3	NDG 3 	Quebec City
March 13	Frontenacs 5	NDG 1 	Verdun
March 17	NDG 3 	Frontenacs 1	Montreal
March 19	Frontenacs 3	NDG 0 	Quebec City
March 20	NDG 4 	Frontenacs 2	Montreal
March 23	Frontenacs 4	NDG 3 	Quebec City
Quebec Frontenacs beat Montreal NDG Monarchs 3 wins to 2, 1 tie.
===Semi Finals===
Best of 5
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 24	Frontenacs 6	St Laurent 4	St Laurent
March 27	Frontenacs 7	St Laurent 1	Quebec City
March 28	St Laurent 5	Frontenacs 4	St Laurent
March 30	St Laurent 4	Frontenacs 2	Quebec City
March 31	St Laurent 4	Frontenacs 2	St Laurent
St Laurent Jets beat Quebec Frontenacs 3 wins to 2.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 20	Nationale 5	Victorias 2	Montreal
March 24	Nationale 5	Victorias 4	Quebec City
March 25	Nationale 6	Victorias 4	Montreal
Montreal Nationale beat Quebec Victorias 3 wins to none.
===Final===
Best of 5
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
April 3 	Nationale 5 	St Laurent 4	St. Jerome
April 4 	St Laurent 5	Nationale 3 	St. Laurent
April 7 	St Laurent 6	Nationale 5 	St. Laurent
April 8 	Nationale 7 	St Laurent 2	Montreal
April 11	Nationale 5 	St Laurent 4	St. Laurent
Montreal Nationale beat St Laurent Jets 3 wins to 2.
Montreal Nationale advanced to the 1956-57 Quebec Junior Playoffs.
== Scoring ==
 	G 	A 	Pts
1.Pierre-Rene Pichette, Queb 	31	43	74
2.Vic Rainville, St.Laurent 	24	40	64
3.Andre Drolet, Quebec 	32	27	59
4.Yves Sarrazin, Palestre 	25	32	57
5.Terry Gray, Palestre 	30	24	54
6.Andre Bessette, St.Laurent 	27	27	54
7.Aurelien Bilodeau, Frontenac	35	17	52
8.Serge Vigeant, Palestre 	20	24	44
9.Bob Champagne, Frontenac 	18	26	44
10.A. Roy, Verdun 	19	25	44
== Honors ==
G-Jacques Gainery, Eric Reid, Verdun
D-Yves Paquette, Palestre Yvon Trudel, St.Laurent
D-Jacques Begin, Frontenacs Guy Vallieres, Lachine
C-Terry Gray, Palestre Vic Rainville, Quebec
RW-Pierre Rene Pichette, Quebec Conrad Mandala, Snowden
LW-Aurelien Bilodeau, Frontenacs Yves Sarrazin, Palestre
==Team Photos==
56-57SLJets.jpg|St Laurent Jets
56-57MonNat.jpg|Montreal Nationale
==Game Ads==
56-57MMJHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Doubleheader @ Quebec City
56-57MetJHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Doubleheader @ Montreal
56-57MetJHLQuebecGameAd2.jpg|Doubleheader @ Quebec City
56-57MetMJHLQFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final doubleheader @ Quebec City
56-57MetMJHLQFSFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final & Semi Final @ Quebec City
56-57MetMtlJrQFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final @ Montreal
==See Also==
*Metropolitan Montreal Junior League
*List of MetMtlHL Seasons
Category:1957 in hockey
Category:MetMtlHL seasons