1955–56 Boston Bruins season

1955–56 Boston Bruins
League5th NHL
1955–56 record23–34–13
Home record14–14–7
Road record9–20–6
Goals for147
Goals against185
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainFernie Flaman
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsVic Stasiuk (19)
AssistsCal Gardner (21)
PointsVic Stasiuk (37)
Penalty minutesBob Armstrong (122)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (22)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (2.60)

The 1955–56 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 32nd season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

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 70 23 34 13 147 185 −38 59
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 19 39 12 155 216 −61 50

Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
— 3–8–3 3–8–3 5–8–1 7–5–2 5–5–4
Chicago 8–3–3 — 2–8–4 1–12–1 3–10–1 5–6–3
Detroit 8–3–3 8–2–4 — 4–8–2 5–6–3 5–5–4
Montreal 8–5–1 12–1–1 8–4–2 — 8–2–4 9–3–2
New York 5–7–2 10–3–1 6–5–3 2–8–4 — 9–5
Toronto 5–5–4 6–5–3 5–5–4 3–9–2 5–9 —


Schedule and results

1955–56 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Bruins failed to make the playoffs – leading to a moment of NHL history.[4]

As was then customary for the Bruins when missing the playoffs, the team played an exhibition tour. This resulted in the first ever outdoor game in Canada involving an NHL team, the 1956 Boston Bruins exhibition game in Newfoundland, on the night of April 9, 1956.[5]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Vic Stasiuk LW 59 19 18 37 118
Cal Gardner C 70 15 21 36 57
Leo Labine RW 68 16 18 34 104
Don McKenney C 65 10 24 34 20
Johnny Peirson RW 33 11 14 25 10
Bill Quackenbush D 70 3 22 25 4
Fern Flaman D 62 4 17 21 70
Leo Boivin D 68 4 16 20 80
Real Chevrefils LW 25 11 8 19 10
Doug Mohns LW/D 64 10 8 18 48
Marcel Bonin W 67 9 9 18 49
Fleming MacKell C 52 7 9 16 59
Jerry Toppazzini RW 28 7 7 14 22
Lorne Ferguson LW 32 7 5 12 18
Murray Costello C 41 6 6 12 19
Bob Armstrong D 68 0 12 12 122
Hal Laycoe D 65 5 5 10 16
Orval Tessier C 23 2 3 5 6
Ed Panagabko C 28 0 3 3 38
Lionel Heinrich LW 35 1 1 2 33
Lorne Davis RW 15 0 1 1 0
John Henderson G 1 0 0 0 0
Al Nicholson LW 14 0 0 0 4
Ellard O'Brien D 2 0 0 0 0
Claude Pronovost G 1 0 0 0 2
Terry Sawchuk G 68 0 0 0 20
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk 4080 68 22 33 13 177 2.60 9
Claude Pronovost 60 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
John 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1955–1956 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1955-56 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ Ocal, Arda (December 29, 2017). "5 Facts You Probably Don't Know About NHL Outdoor Games". MSG Network. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Boston Bruins Exhibition Tour of Newfoundland in April 1956". Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Heritage. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "1955-56 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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