1956–57 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1956–1957 Detroit Red Wings were one of six teams in the 40th season of the National Hockey League. The team finished with a record of 38 wins, 20 losses, and 12 ties, giving the Red Wings the best record in the regular season and the Prince of Wales Trophy. Their record earned the Red Wings first seed in the 1957 Stanley Cup Semi-finals, where Detroit lost their playoff series with the Boston Bruins 4–1.

Gordie Howe led the NHL in both goals scored (44) and points overall (89), beating fellow Red Wing Ted Lindsay by four points. Howe also won the Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy.

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	20	12	198	157	+41	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	210	155	+55	82
3	Boston Bruins	70	34	24	12	195	174	+21	80
4	New York Rangers	70	26	30	14	184	227	−43	66
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	174	192	−18	57
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	169	225	−56	47

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1956	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1956	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1956	2–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	3–0–0
4	T	October 18, 1956	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	3–0–1
5	T	October 21, 1956	3–3	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	3–0–2
6	W	October 25, 1956	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	4–0–2
7	W	October 28, 1956	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	5–0–2
8	L	November 1, 1956	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	5–1–2
9	W	November 3, 1956	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	6–1–2
10	L	November 8, 1956	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	6–2–2
11	W	November 10, 1956	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	7–2–2
12	W	November 11, 1956	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	8–2–2
13	W	November 15, 1956	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	9–2–2
14	L	November 17, 1956	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	9–3–2
15	W	November 18, 1956	8–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	10–3–2
16	T	November 22, 1956	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	10–3–3
17	W	November 24, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	11–3–3
18	T	November 25, 1956	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	11–3–4
19	W	November 29, 1956	4–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	12–3–4
20	L	December 1, 1956	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	12–4–4
21	W	December 2, 1956	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	13–4–4
22	W	December 6, 1956	3–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	14–4–4
23	L	December 8, 1956	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	14–5–4
24	L	December 9, 1956	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	14–6–4
25	W	December 13, 1956	2–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	15–6–4
26	W	December 15, 1956	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–6–4
27	L	December 16, 1956	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–7–4
28	T	December 20, 1956	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	16–7–5
29	T	December 22, 1956	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	16–7–6
30	T	December 23, 1956	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	16–7–7
31	W	December 25, 1956	8–1	New York Rangers (1956–57)	17–7–7
32	W	December 27, 1956	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	18–7–7
33	L	December 30, 1956	2–4	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	18–8–7
34	W	December 31, 1956	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	19–8–7
35	W	January 2, 1957	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	20–8–7
36	L	January 5, 1957	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	20–9–7
37	W	January 6, 1957	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	21–9–7
38	L	January 10, 1957	1–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	21–10–7
39	L	January 12, 1957	4–5	New York Rangers (1956–57)	21–11–7
40	W	January 13, 1957	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	22–11–7
41	T	January 17, 1957	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	22–11–8
42	W	January 19, 1957	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	23–11–8
43	W	January 20, 1957	5–2	New York Rangers (1956–57)	24–11–8
44	W	January 24, 1957	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	25–11–8
45	W	January 26, 1957	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	26–11–8
46	W	January 27, 1957	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	27–11–8
47	L	January 31, 1957	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	27–12–8
48	W	February 2, 1957	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	28–12–8
49	T	February 3, 1957	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	28–12–9
50	L	February 7, 1957	0–1	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	28–13–9
51	W	February 9, 1957	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	29–13–9
52	T	February 10, 1957	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	29–13–10
53	W	February 14, 1957	3–2	New York Rangers (1956–57)	30–13–10
54	W	February 16, 1957	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	31–13–10
55	W	February 17, 1957	6–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	32–13–10
56	T	February 21, 1957	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–13–11
57	L	February 23, 1957	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	32–14–11
58	L	February 24, 1957	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	32–15–11
59	L	February 28, 1957	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–16–11
60	L	March 2, 1957	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	32–17–11
61	T	March 3, 1957	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	32–17–12
62	W	March 7, 1957	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	33–17–12
63	L	March 9, 1957	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57)	33–18–12
64	L	March 10, 1957	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1956–57)	33–19–12
65	W	March 12, 1957	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	34–19–12
66	W	March 14, 1957	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	35–19–12
67	W	March 17, 1957	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57)	36–19–12
68	L	March 21, 1957	0–2	Boston Bruins (1956–57)	36–20–12
69	W	March 23, 1957	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	37–20–12
70	W	March 24, 1957	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	38–20–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	44	45	89	72
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	70	30	55	85	103
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	64	16	36	52	47
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	48	16	25	41	8
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	70	13	23	36	6
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	70	10	25	35	18
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	69	15	15	30	14
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	70	13	10	23	26
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	70	7	15	22	16
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	66	10	11	21	41
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	70	7	9	16	38
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	64	3	13	16	48
McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill	RW	64	5	10	15	34
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	51	6	7	13	12
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	69	1	8	9	103
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	44	1	6	7	38
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	16	1	2	3	4
Hollingworth, GordGord Hollingworth	D	25	0	1	1	16
Anderson, DaleDale Anderson	D	13	0	0	0	6
Costello, MurrayMurray Costello	C	3	0	0	0	0
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	70	0	0	0	2
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Strate, GordGord Strate	D	5	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	4200	70	38	20	12	155	2.21	4
Team:	4200	70	38	20	12	155	2.21	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	5	2	5	7	6
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	5	2	4	6	8
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	5	3	2	5	2
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	LW	5	2	0	2	2
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	5	2	0	2	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	5	1	1	2	6
Bailey, BobBob Bailey	RW	5	0	2	2	2
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	5	0	2	2	0
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	5	1	0	1	6
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	5	1	0	1	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	5	0	1	1	0
Anderson, DaleDale Anderson	D	2	0	0	0	0
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	5	0	0	0	6
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Godfrey, WarrenWarren Godfrey	D	5	0	0	0	6
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	5	0	0	0	10
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	5	0	0	0	6
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	5	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	300	5	1	4	15	3.00	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	15	3.00	0

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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;

References

↑ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1956-57 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

"1956–57 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Detroit Events Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

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Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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