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1956–57 Boston Bruins
Division3rd NHL
1956–57 record34–24–12
Goals for195
Goals against174
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainFernie Flaman
Team leaders
GoalsReal Chevrefils (31)
AssistsDon McKenney (39)
PointsDon McKenney (60)
Penalty minutesLeo Labine (128)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (18)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (2.38)

The 1956–57 Boston Bruins were one of six teams in the 40th season of the National Hockey League. The team finished with a record of 34 wins, 24 losses, and 12 ties. Their record earned them the third seed in the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the final. With 21 goals and 39 assists, Center Don McKenney was the team's leading scorer.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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1956–57 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 8–5–1 7–4–3 7–4–3 5–8–1 7–3–4
Chicago 5–8–1 — 2–10–2 3–8–3 1–7–6 5–6–3
Detroit 4–7–3 10–2–2 — 4–6–4 10–3–1 10–2–2
Montreal 4–7–3 8–3–3 6–4–4 — 8–5–1 9–4–1
New York 8–5–1 7–1–6 3–10–1 5–8–1 — 3–6–5
Toronto 3–7–4 6–5–3 2–10–2 4–9–1 6–3–5 —


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

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See 1957 Stanley Cup Finals.
Semifinals Stanley Cup Finals
      
1 Detroit Red Wings 1
3 Boston Bruins 4
3 Boston Bruins 1
2 Montreal Canadiens 4
2 Montreal Canadiens 4
4 New York Rangers 1

The Boston Bruins were seeded third in the Stanley Cup Semi-finals, where they defeated the top seeded Detroit Red Wings 4–1. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens 4–1.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Don McKenney C 69 21 39 60 31
Real Chevrefils LW 70 31 17 48 38
Leo Labine RW 67 18 29 47 128
Vic Stasiuk LW 64 24 16 40 69
Doug Mohns LW/D 68 6 34 40 89
Fleming MacKell C 65 22 17 39 73
Johnny Peirson RW 68 13 26 39 41
Jerry Toppazzini RW 55 15 23 38 26
Larry Regan RW 69 14 19 33 29
Cal Gardner C 70 12 20 32 66
Fern Flaman D 68 6 25 31 108
Allan Stanley D 60 6 25 31 45
Bob Armstrong D 57 1 15 16 79
Leo Boivin D 55 2 8 10 55
Jack Bionda D 35 2 3 5 43
Jack Caffery C 47 2 2 4 20
Bob Beckett C 18 0 3 3 2
Al Nicholson LW 5 0 1 1 0
Dick Cherry D 6 0 0 0 4
Norm Defelice G 10 0 0 0 2
Floyd Hillman D 6 0 0 0 10
Ed Panagabko C 1 0 0 0 0
George Ranieri LW 2 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 34 0 0 0 14
Don Simmons G 26 0 0 0 0
Floyd Smith RW 23 0 0 0 6
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 2040 34 18 10 6 81 2.38 2
Don Simmons 1560 26 13 9 4 63 2.42 4
Norm Defelice 600 10 3 5 2 30 3.00 0
Team: 4200 70 34 24 12 174 2.49 6

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Fleming MacKell C 10 5 3 8 4
Don McKenney C 10 1 5 6 4
Leo Labine RW 10 3 2 5 14
Leo Boivin D 10 2 3 5 12
Doug Mohns LW/D 10 2 3 5 2
Real Chevrefils LW 10 2 1 3 4
Cal Gardner C 10 2 1 3 2
Vic Stasiuk LW 10 2 1 3 2
Bob Armstrong D 10 0 3 3 10
Fern Flaman D 10 0 3 3 19
Johnny Peirson RW 10 0 3 3 12
Larry Regan RW 8 0 2 2 10
Buddy Boone RW 10 1 0 1 12
Jack Caffery C 10 1 0 1 4
Jack Bionda D 10 0 1 1 14
Jerry Toppazzini RW 10 0 1 1 2
Don Simmons G 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Don Simmons 600 10 5 5 29 2.90 2
Team: 600 10 5 5 29 2.90 2

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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;

Awards and records

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26-year-old RW Larry Regan was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the Rookie of the Year.

Transactions

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Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1956-57 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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