1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 30th season. The Red Wings finished 2nd in the league and lost in the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 6, 1955 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 8, 1955 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 9, 1955 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	0–3–0
4 	W 	October 15, 1955 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	1–3–0
5 	W 	October 16, 1955 	6–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	2–3–0
6 	T 	October 20, 1955 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	2–3–1
7 	T 	October 22, 1955 	0–0 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	2–3–2
8 	L 	October 26, 1955 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	2–4–2
9 	L 	October 29, 1955 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	2–5–2
10 	T 	October 30, 1955 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	2–5–3
11 	L 	November 2, 1955 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	2–6–3
12 	T 	November 3, 1955 	1–1 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	2–6–4
13 	T 	November 5, 1955 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	2–6–5
14 	W 	November 6, 1955 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	3–6–5
15 	T 	November 10, 1955 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	3–6–6
16 	L 	November 12, 1955 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	3–7–6
17 	T 	November 13, 1955 	0–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	3–7–7
18 	T 	November 16, 1955 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	3–7–8
19 	W 	November 19, 1955 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	4–7–8
20 	T 	November 20, 1955 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	4–7–9
21 	W 	November 24, 1955 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	5–7–9
22 	L 	November 27, 1955 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	5–8–9
23 	T 	November 30, 1955 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	5–8–10
24 	W 	December 3, 1955 	5–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	6–8–10
25 	L 	December 4, 1955 	3–7 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	6–9–10
26 	T 	December 8, 1955 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	6–9–11
27 	L 	December 10, 1955 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	6–10–11
28 	W 	December 11, 1955 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	7–10–11
29 	W 	December 15, 1955 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	8–10–11
30 	W 	December 18, 1955 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	9–10–11
31 	W 	December 22, 1955 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	10–10–11
32 	L 	December 24, 1955 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	10–11–11
33 	T 	December 25, 1955 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	10–11–12
34 	W 	December 29, 1955 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	11–11–12
35 	T 	December 31, 1955 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	11–11–13
36 	W 	January 1, 1956 	5–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	12–11–13
37 	L 	January 4, 1956 	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	12–12–13
38 	W 	January 5, 1956 	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	13–12–13
39 	W 	January 8, 1956 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	14–12–13
40 	W 	January 12, 1956 	6–0 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	15–12–13
41 	W 	January 14, 1956 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	16–12–13
42 	W 	January 15, 1956 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	17–12–13
43 	W 	January 19, 1956 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	18–12–13
44 	L 	January 21, 1956 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	18–13–13
45 	W 	January 22, 1956 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	19–13–13
46 	W 	January 26, 1956 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	20–13–13
47 	W 	January 27, 1956 	7–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	21–13–13
48 	T 	January 29, 1956 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	21–13–14
49 	L 	February 2, 1956 	0–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	21–14–14
50 	L 	February 4, 1956 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	21–15–14
51 	L 	February 5, 1956 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	21–16–14
52 	W 	February 7, 1956 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	22–16–14
53 	L 	February 11, 1956 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	22–17–14
54 	L 	February 12, 1956 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	22–18–14
55 	W 	February 14, 1956 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	23–18–14
56 	W 	February 18, 1956 	6–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	24–18–14
57 	L 	February 19, 1956 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	24–19–14
58 	W 	February 21, 1956 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	25–19–14
59 	L 	February 25, 1956 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	25–20–14
60 	L 	February 26, 1956 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	25–21–14
61 	W 	February 28, 1956 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1955–56) 	26–21–14
62 	W 	March 1, 1956 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	27–21–14
63 	T 	March 3, 1956 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	27–21–15
64 	L 	March 4, 1956 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 	27–22–15
65 	W 	March 8, 1956 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	28–22–15
66 	W 	March 10, 1956 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 	29–22–15
67 	W 	March 11, 1956 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	30–22–15
68 	L 	March 13, 1956 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 	30–23–15
69 	T 	March 15, 1956 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1955–56) 	30–23–16
70 	L 	March 18, 1956 	0–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56) 	30–24–16
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	38	41	79 	100
 	C 	68	17	39	56 	10
 	C/LW	70	25	26	51 	24
 	LW 	67	27	23	50 	161
 	D/C 	70	16	34	50 	39
 	C 	63	12	16	28 	10
 	RW 	70	12	7 	19 	30
 	D 	68	3 	16	19 	32
 	C 	66	9 	9 	18 	26
 	LW 	70	5 	13	18 	38
 	D 	68	4 	13	17 	46
 	LW 	31	8 	7 	15 	12
 	LW 	38	1 	8 	9 	20
 	D 	67	2 	6 	8 	86
 	RW 	40	1 	7 	8 	31
 	LW 	38	3 	4 	7 	24
 	D 	47	0 	3 	3 	53
 	D 	41	0 	2 	2 	28
 	C/RW	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	70	0 	0 	0 	14
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4200	70	30	24	16	147	2.10	12
Team: 	4200	70	30	24	16	147	2.10	12
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	10	3	9	12 	8
 	C/LW	10	7	3	10 	2
 	LW 	10	6	3	9 	22
 	D/C 	10	2	4	6 	2
 	C 	10	1	3	4 	13
 	LW 	10	1	2	3 	12
 	C 	9 	1	2	3 	6
 	D 	10	0	3	3 	4
 	LW 	10	1	1	2 	8
 	D 	10	0	2	2 	8
 	C 	10	0	2	2 	2
 	RW 	10	1	0	1 	8
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	6
 	LW 	10	0	1	1 	14
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	604	10	5	5	28	2.78	0
Team: 	604	10	5	5	28	2.78	0
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Glenn Hall
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Earl Reibel
*Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Red Kelly, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Glenn Hall, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Video==
Over nine minutes of highlights beginning with a minute of the Rangers-Canadiens Semi-finals then goals of all five games of the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals.
1956 Stanley cup win 9 min
==See Also==
*1955–56 NHL season
==References==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1955–56
Detroit Red Wings season, 1955–56
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