1955–56 Boston Bruins season

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

1955–56 Boston Bruins
Division5th NHL
1955–56 record23–34–13
Goals for147
Goals against185
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainFernie Flaman
Team leaders
GoalsVic Stasiuk (19)
AssistsCal Gardner (21)
PointsVic Stasiuk (37)
Penalty minutesBob Armstrong (122)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (22)
Goals against averageClaude Pronovost (0.00)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70451510222131+91100
2Detroit Red Wings70302416183148+3576
3New York Rangers70322810204203+174
4Toronto Maple Leafs70243313153181−2861
5Boston Bruins70233413147185−3859
6Chicago Black Hawks70193912155216−6150

Record vs. opponents
1955–56 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —3–8–33–8–35–8–17–5–25–5–4
Chicago 8–3–3—2–8–41–12–13–10–15–6–3
Detroit 8–3–38–2–4—4–8–25–6–35–5–4
Montreal 8–5–112–1–18–4–2—8–2–49–3–2
New York 5–7–210–3–16–5–32–8–4—9–5
Toronto 5–5–46–5–35–5–43–9–25–9—

Schedule and results
Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 8, 19550–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)0–1–0
2LOctober 9, 19552–5Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)0–2–0
3WOctober 12, 19552–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)1–2–0
4TOctober 15, 19552–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)1–2–1
5WOctober 16, 19554–1New York Rangers (1955–56)2–2–1
6WOctober 20, 19553–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)3–2–1
7TOctober 22, 19550–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)3–2–2
8LOctober 25, 19550–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)3–3–2
9WOctober 29, 19551–0@ New York Rangers (1955–56)4–3–2
10TNovember 3, 19553–3Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)4–3–3
11LNovember 5, 19552–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)4–4–3
12TNovember 6, 19553–3Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)4–4–4
13WNovember 10, 19555–1New York Rangers (1955–56)5–4–4
14WNovember 12, 19553–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)6–4–4
15TNovember 13, 19550–0Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)6–4–5
16LNovember 18, 19551–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)6–5–5
17LNovember 19, 19552–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)6–6–5
18TNovember 20, 19551–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)6–6–6
19LNovember 23, 19550–4@ New York Rangers (1955–56)6–7–6
20LNovember 24, 19550–5New York Rangers (1955–56)6–8–6
21LNovember 26, 19551–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)6–9–6
22LNovember 27, 19550–6Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)6–10–6
23LDecember 1, 19551–2Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)6–11–6
24LDecember 3, 19550–5Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)6–12–6
25WDecember 4, 19555–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)7–12–6
26TDecember 8, 19552–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)7–12–7
27TDecember 9, 19551–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)7–12–8
28LDecember 11, 19552–4Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)7–13–8
29WDecember 15, 19554–1Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)8–13–8
30LDecember 17, 19551–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)8–14–8
31LDecember 18, 19551–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)8–15–8
32TDecember 21, 19553–3@ New York Rangers (1955–56)8–15–9
33LDecember 22, 19552–3Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)8–16–9
34LDecember 25, 19552–4Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)8–17–9
35LDecember 29, 19553–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)8–18–9
36LDecember 31, 19552–6@ New York Rangers (1955–56)8–19–9
37LJanuary 1, 19562–4New York Rangers (1955–56)8–20–9
38LJanuary 7, 19562–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)8–21–9
39LJanuary 8, 19563–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)8–22–9
40LJanuary 12, 19560–5Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)8–23–9
41WJanuary 14, 19562–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)9–23–9
42LJanuary 15, 19561–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)9–24–9
43LJanuary 19, 19562–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)9–25–9
44WJanuary 20, 19563–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)10–25–9
45WJanuary 22, 19563–1New York Rangers (1955–56)11–25–9
46WJanuary 26, 19565–1Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)12–25–9
47LJanuary 28, 19561–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)12–26–9
48WJanuary 29, 19563–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)13–26–9
49TFebruary 2, 19562–2Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)13–26–10
50WFebruary 4, 19567–1New York Rangers (1955–56)14–26–10
51WFebruary 5, 19563–1Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)15–26–10
52TFebruary 8, 19563–3@ New York Rangers (1955–56)15–26–11
53TFebruary 9, 19561–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)15–26–12
54WFebruary 11, 19563–2Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)16–26–12
55LFebruary 12, 19561–7Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)16–27–12
56LFebruary 15, 19560–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)16–28–12
57WFebruary 17, 19564–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)17–28–12
58WFebruary 19, 19563–0@ New York Rangers (1955–56)18–28–12
59LFebruary 21, 19561–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)18–29–12
60WFebruary 25, 19563–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)19–29–12
61LFebruary 26, 19561–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)19–30–12
62LFebruary 29, 19562–4@ New York Rangers (1955–56)19–31–12
63LMarch 1, 19560–2Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)19–32–12
64WMarch 3, 19565–2New York Rangers (1955–56)20–32–12
65TMarch 4, 19562–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)20–32–13
66LMarch 8, 19562–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)20–33–13
67WMarch 10, 19564–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)21–33–13
68WMarch 11, 19563–1Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)22–33–13
69WMarch 13, 19564–0Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)23–33–13
70LMarch 18, 19562–3Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)23–34–13

Playoffs

The Bruins failed to make the playoffs – leading to a moment of NHL history.[3]

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.[4]

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Vic StasiukLW59191837118
Cal GardnerC7015213657
Leo LabineRW68161834104
Don McKenneyC6510243420
Johnny PeirsonRW3311142510
Bill QuackenbushD70322254
Fern FlamanD624172170
Leo BoivinD684162080
Real ChevrefilsLW251181910
Doug MohnsLW/D641081848
Marcel BoninW67991849
Fleming MacKellC52791659
Jerry ToppazziniRW28771422
Lorne FergusonLW32751218
Murray CostelloC41661219
Bob ArmstrongD6801212122
Hal LaycoeD65551016
Orval TessierC232356
Ed PanagabkoC2803338
Lionel HeinrichLW3511233
Lorne DavisRW150110
John HendersonG10000
Al NicholsonLW140004
Ellard O'BrienD20000
Claude PronovostG10002
Terry SawchukG6800020
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk4080682233131772.609
Claude Pronovost60110000.001
John Henderson60101044.000
Team:4200702334131812.5910

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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;

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. Ocal, Arda (December 29, 2017). "5 Facts You Probably Don't Know About NHL Outdoor Games". MSG Network. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  4. "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.
  5. "1955-56 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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