1955 Stanley Cup Finals


The 1955 Stanley Cup Finals 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.

Paths to the Finals

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.

Game summaries

Prior to the playoffs, Montreal's Maurice Richard was suspended and would be missed by the Canadiens.
In the second game, Ted Lindsay scored 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 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 and .

Detroit Red Wings 1955 Stanley Cup champions

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

Gordie Howe, Red Kelly, Ted Lindsay, Marty Pavelich, Marcel Pronovost, John Wilson, Jack Adams, Carl Mattson, Fred Hubert Jr..