1955–56 Boston Bruins season

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	45	15	10	222	131	+91	100
2	Detroit Red Wings	70	30	24	16	183	148	+35	76
3	New York Rangers	70	32	28	10	204	203	+1	74
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	33	13	153	181	−28	61
5	Boston Bruins	70	23	34	13	147	185	−38	59
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	19	39	12	155	216	−61	50

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1955	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	0–1–0
2	L	October 9, 1955	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	0–2–0
3	W	October 12, 1955	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	1–2–0
4	T	October 15, 1955	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	1–2–1
5	W	October 16, 1955	4–1	New York Rangers (1955–56)	2–2–1
6	W	October 20, 1955	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	3–2–1
7	T	October 22, 1955	0–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	3–2–2
8	L	October 25, 1955	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	3–3–2
9	W	October 29, 1955	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	4–3–2
10	T	November 3, 1955	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	4–3–3
11	L	November 5, 1955	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	4–4–3
12	T	November 6, 1955	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	4–4–4
13	W	November 10, 1955	5–1	New York Rangers (1955–56)	5–4–4
14	W	November 12, 1955	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	6–4–4
15	T	November 13, 1955	0–0	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	6–4–5
16	L	November 18, 1955	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	6–5–5
17	L	November 19, 1955	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	6–6–5
18	T	November 20, 1955	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	6–6–6
19	L	November 23, 1955	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	6–7–6
20	L	November 24, 1955	0–5	New York Rangers (1955–56)	6–8–6
21	L	November 26, 1955	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	6–9–6
22	L	November 27, 1955	0–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	6–10–6
23	L	December 1, 1955	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	6–11–6
24	L	December 3, 1955	0–5	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	6–12–6
25	W	December 4, 1955	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	7–12–6
26	T	December 8, 1955	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	7–12–7
27	T	December 9, 1955	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	7–12–8
28	L	December 11, 1955	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	7–13–8
29	W	December 15, 1955	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	8–13–8
30	L	December 17, 1955	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	8–14–8
31	L	December 18, 1955	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	8–15–8
32	T	December 21, 1955	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	8–15–9
33	L	December 22, 1955	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	8–16–9
34	L	December 25, 1955	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	8–17–9
35	L	December 29, 1955	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	8–18–9
36	L	December 31, 1955	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	8–19–9
37	L	January 1, 1956	2–4	New York Rangers (1955–56)	8–20–9
38	L	January 7, 1956	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	8–21–9
39	L	January 8, 1956	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	8–22–9
40	L	January 12, 1956	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	8–23–9
41	W	January 14, 1956	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	9–23–9
42	L	January 15, 1956	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	9–24–9
43	L	January 19, 1956	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	9–25–9
44	W	January 20, 1956	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	10–25–9
45	W	January 22, 1956	3–1	New York Rangers (1955–56)	11–25–9
46	W	January 26, 1956	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	12–25–9
47	L	January 28, 1956	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	12–26–9
48	W	January 29, 1956	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	13–26–9
49	T	February 2, 1956	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	13–26–10
50	W	February 4, 1956	7–1	New York Rangers (1955–56)	14–26–10
51	W	February 5, 1956	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	15–26–10
52	T	February 8, 1956	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	15–26–11
53	T	February 9, 1956	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	15–26–12
54	W	February 11, 1956	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	16–26–12
55	L	February 12, 1956	1–7	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	16–27–12
56	L	February 15, 1956	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	16–28–12
57	W	February 17, 1956	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	17–28–12
58	W	February 19, 1956	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	18–28–12
59	L	February 21, 1956	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	18–29–12
60	W	February 25, 1956	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	19–29–12
61	L	February 26, 1956	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	19–30–12
62	L	February 29, 1956	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1955–56)	19–31–12
63	L	March 1, 1956	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	19–32–12
64	W	March 3, 1956	5–2	New York Rangers (1955–56)	20–32–12
65	T	March 4, 1956	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	20–32–13
66	L	March 8, 1956	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	20–33–13
67	W	March 10, 1956	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	21–33–13
68	W	March 11, 1956	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	22–33–13
69	W	March 13, 1956	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	23–33–13
70	L	March 18, 1956	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	23–34–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	59	19	18	37	118
Gardner, CalCal Gardner	C	70	15	21	36	57
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	68	16	18	34	104
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	65	10	24	34	20
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	33	11	14	25	10
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	70	3	22	25	4
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	62	4	17	21	70
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	68	4	16	20	80
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	25	11	8	19	10
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	64	10	8	18	48
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	67	9	9	18	49
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	52	7	9	16	59
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	28	7	7	14	22
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	32	7	5	12	18
Costello, MurrayMurray Costello	C	41	6	6	12	19
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong	D	68	0	12	12	122
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	65	5	5	10	16
Tessier, OrvalOrval Tessier	C	23	2	3	5	6
Panagabko, EdEd Panagabko	C	28	0	3	3	38
Heinrich, LionelLionel Heinrich	LW	35	1	1	2	33
Davis, LorneLorne Davis	RW	15	0	1	1	0
Henderson, JohnJohn Henderson	G	1	0	0	0	0
Nicholson, AlAl Nicholson	LW	14	0	0	0	4
O'Brien, EllardEllard O'Brien	D	2	0	0	0	0
Pronovost, ClaudeClaude Pronovost	G	1	0	0	0	2
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	68	0	0	0	20

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	4080	68	22	33	13	177	2.60	9
Pronovost, ClaudeClaude Pronovost	60	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Henderson, JohnJohn Henderson	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	4200	70	23	34	13	181	2.59	10

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1955–56 Boston Bruins

Goaltenders

Defensemen

4 – Bob Armstrong
10 – Hal Laycoe
11 – Bill Quackenbush
14 – Fern Flaman – C
20 – Leo Boivin

Wingers

6 – Lionel Heinrich
7 – Vic Stasiuk
12 – Real Chevrefils
12 – Lorne Ferguson
16 – Leo Labine
18 – Marcel Bonin
19 – Doug Mohns
21 – Jerry Toppazzini
22 – Ed Panagabko
23 – Johnny Peirson
24 – Lorne Davis
25 – Al Nicholson
25 – Ellard O'Brien

Centers

8 – Fleming MacKell
9 – Cal Gardner
17 – Don McKenney
18 – Orval Tessier
21 – Murray Costello
GM: Lynn Patrick
Coach: Milt Schmidt

References

↑ "1955–1956 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1955-56 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

"1955–56 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1955–56 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Roster

See also

References

External links