1955-56 QHL Season

This is the 1955-56 season of the Quebec Hockey League:
The Valleyfield Braves dropped out but they were replaced by a new team, the Trois-Rivières Lions.
==Standings==
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Shawinigan Falls Cataractes	64	43	18	3	243	166	89
Montreal Royals 	64	34	23	7	192	162	75
Chicoutimi Sagueneens 	64	32	28	4	212	188	68
Quebec Aces 	64	23	37	4	190	230	50
Trois-Rivières Lions 	64	18	44	2	159	250	38
==Playoffs==
===Semi Finals===
Best of 7
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 21	Chicoutimi 5	Shawinigan 1	Shawinigan
March 22	Shawinigan 4	Chicoutimi 0	Chicoutimi
March 25	Shawinigan 6	Chicoutimi 1	Shawinigan
March 27	Shawinigan 2	Chicoutimi 0	Chicoutimi
March 29	Shawinigan 6	Chicoutimi 2	Shawinigan
Shawinigan Falls Cataractes beat Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 wins to 1.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 21	Quebec 3 	Montreal 2	Quebec City
March 24	Quebec 8 	Montreal 3	Montreal
March 25	Montreal 4	Quebec 1 	Montreal
March 28	Quebec 2 	Montreal 1	Quebec City
March 29	Montreal 5	Quebec 4 	Montreal
April 1 	Montreal 2	Quebec 0 	Quebec City
April 6 	Montreal 3	Quebec 2 	Montreal
Montreal Royals beat Quebec Aces 4 wins to 3.
===Final===
Best of 7
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
April 8 	Montreal 5 	Shawinigan 3	Montreal
April 11	Montreal 3 	Shawinigan 2	Shawinigan
April 15	Shawinigan 3	Montreal 1 	Shawinigan
April 17	Montreal 4 	Shawinigan 1	Montreal
April 19	Shawinigan 7	Montreal 1 	Shawinigan
April 22	Montreal 2 	Shawinigan 1	Montreal
Montreal Royals beat Shawinigan Falls Cataractes 4 wins to 2.
Montreal Royals won the Thomas O'Connell Memorial Trophy.
Montreal Royals advanced to the 1955-56 Edinburgh Trophy Final.
==All-Star Teams==
===First Team===
*Goaltender: Gerry McNeil, Montreal Royals
*Defenceman: Jacques Deslauriers, Montreal
*Defenceman: Gerry Glaude, Chicoutimi Sagueneens
*Centre: Erwin Grosse, Shawinigan Falls Cataractes
*Right Winger: André Corriveau, Montreal
*Left Winger: Gilles Dube, Shawinigan
*Coach: Roger Leger, Shawinigan
===Second Team===
*Goaltender: Bob Perreault, Shawinigan
*Defenceman: Jean-Paul Lamirande, Shawinigan
*Defenceman: Georges Roy, Chicoutimi
*Centre: Jimmy Moore, Chicoutimi
*Right Winger: Eddie Kachur, Shawinigan & Lou Smrke, Chicoutimi (tie)
*Left Winger: Stan Smrke, Chicoutimi
*Coach: Gerry Plamondon, Chicoutimi
==Attendance==
#Montreal: 114,292
#Quebec: 81,602
#Chicoutimi: 81,077
#Shawinigan: 78,526
#Trois Rivieres: 64,962
==Team Photos==
55-56MonRoy.jpg|Montreal Royals
55-56QueAce.jpg|Quebec Aces
55-56ChiSag.jpg|Chicoutimi Sagueneens
55-56TRLio.jpg|Trois-Rivières Lions
55-56QHLAS.jpg|All-Star Teams
==Season Tickets==
55-56QHLQuebecSeasonTickets.jpg|Quebec City
==Game Ads==
55-56QHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|@ Quebec City
55-56QHLTrRiversGameAd.jpg|@ Trois Rivieres
55-56QHLShawiniganGameAd.jpg|@ Shawinigan
55-56QHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|@ Montreal
55-56QHLSFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Quebec City
55-56QHLSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Montreal
55-56QHLSFShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Shawinigan
55-56QHLFShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Final @ Shawinigan
55-56QHLFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Final @ Montreal
==TV Coverage==
55-56QHLTVAd.jpg|Montreal television coverage
==See Also==
Quebec Hockey League
Category:1956 in hockey
Category:Quebec Hockey League seasons