1955–56 NHL season

The 1955–56 NHL season was the 39th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to one in the best-of-seven final series.

Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Montreal Canadiens  70 45 15 10  100 222 131 977 Detroit Red Wings  70  30 24 16  76 183 148 794 New York Rangers  70 32 28 10  74 204 203 911 Toronto Maple Leafs  70  24 33 13  61 153 181 1051 Boston Bruins  70 23 34 13  59 147 185 929 Chicago Black Hawks  70 19 39 12  50 155 216 826

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
 Player Team GP G A PTS PIM Jean Beliveau  Montreal Canadiens  70 47 41 88 143 Gordie Howe  Detroit Red Wings  70 38 41 79 100 Maurice Richard  Montreal Canadiens  70 38 33 71 89 Bert Olmstead  Montreal Canadiens  70 14 56 70 94 Tod Sloan  Toronto Maple Leafs  70 37 29 66 100 Andy Bathgate  New York Rangers  70 19 47 66 59

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:  Montreal CanadiensArt Ross Memorial Trophy:  Jean Beliveau, Montreal CanadiensCalder Memorial Trophy:  Glenn Hall, Detroit Red WingsHart Memorial Trophy:  Jean Beliveau, Montreal CanadiensJames Norris Memorial Trophy:  Doug Harvey, Montreal CanadiensLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Earl Reibel, Detroit Red WingsVezina Trophy:  Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens

All-Star teams
 First team    Position    Second teamJacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens GGlenn Hall, Detroit Red WingsDoug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens DRed Kelly, Detroit Red WingsBill Gadsby, New York Rangers DTom Johnson, Montreal CanadiensJean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens CTod Sloan, Toronto Maple LeafsMaurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens RWGordie Howe, Detroit Red WingsTed Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings LWBert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens

References
Hockey Database
NHL.com

Category:1955 in North America
Category:National Hockey League seasons