1955 Stanley Cup Finals

1955 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Games Detroit Red Wings  4 7 2 3 5 3 3 4 Montreal Canadiens  2 1 4 5 1 6 1 3
Location: Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Olympia) (1,2,5,7) Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Detroit: Jimmy Skinner Montreal: Dick Irvin Captains: Detroit: Ted Lindsay Montreal: Emile Bouchard Dates: April 3 to April 14, 1955 Series-winning goal: Gordie Howe (19:49, second)
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The 1955 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Montreal Canadiens, appearing in their fifth of ten straight Finals and the defending champion Detroit Red Wings, in the third Detroit-Montreal Final series of the 1950s and the second consecutively. The Wings won the series 4–3 to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup, fourth in six seasons, and seventh overall. Detroit, however, would not win the Cup again until 1997.

Paths to the Final

Montreal defeated the Boston Bruins in five games to reach the final. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in four games to reach the final.

The series

Prior to the playoffs, Montreal's Maurice Richard was suspended and would be missed by the Canadiens.

In the second game, Ted Lindsay would score four goals to set a NHL record for most goals in one game in a Final series. The win was also the Wings' fifteenth consecutive, another NHL record.

Gordie Howe set two NHL records, amassing 12 points in this round, and surpassing former Canadiens player (and soon-to-be-coach) Toe Blake's point mark for the playoffs with 20 points in 11 games.

This was also the first final in which the home team won all seven games of the series, a feat that would be repeated only twice in the next 50 years, in 1965 (Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks) and 2003 (the New Jersey Devils beat the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim).

Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 3	Montreal	2	Detroit	4
April 5	Montreal	1	Detroit	7
April 7	Detroit	2	Montreal	4
April 9	Detroit	3	Montreal	5
April 10	Montreal	1	Detroit	5
April 12	Detroit	3	Montreal	6
April 14	Montreal	1	Detroit	3

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3

Detroit Red Wings 1955 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 12 Glen Skov
• 14 Earl Reibel
• 10 Alex Delvecchio
• 19 Vic Stasiuk

  Wingers

• 7 Ted Lindsay (A)
• 8 Tony Leswick
• 9 Gordie Howe
• 15 Marty Pavelich
• 16 John Wilson
• 17 Bill Dineen
• 20 Marcel Bonin

  Defencemen

• 2 Bob Goldham (A)
• 3 Marcel Pronovost
• 4 Leonard Red Kelly (A)
• 5 Benny Woit
• 15 Larry Hillman
• 18 Jim Hay

  Goaltenders

• 1 Terry Sawchuk

  Coaching and administrative staff

• Marguerite Norris (President/Owner), Bruce Norris (Vice President/Owner)
• Jack Adams (Manager), Jimmy Skinner (Coach)
• John Mitchell (Chief Scout), Carl Mattson (Trainer)
• Fred Huber Jr. (Publicity Director), Ross "Lefty" Wilson (Asst. Trainer)

Stanley Cup engraving

• Larry Hillman became the youngest player to be engraved on the Stanley Cup at 18 years, 2 months, 9 days. Gaye Stewart held the previous record in 1942 at 18 years, 9 months, and 21 days.
• Wally Crossman (Asst. Trainer/Stick Boy) was left off the Stanley Cup, and team picture.
• Marguerite Norris was first women to win back to back Stanley Cups in 1953–54, 1954–55.
• Jimmy Skinner was the 8th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.

Members of Detroit Red Wings Dynasty 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955

Gordie Howe, Red Kelly, Ted Lindsay, Marty Pavelich, Marcel Pronovost, John Wilson (6 Players), Jack Adams, Carl Mattson, Fred Hubert Jr. (3 Non-players).

See also

• 1954–55 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7

Preceded by Detroit Red Wings 1954

Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 1955

Succeeded by Montreal Canadiens 1956