1955–56 NHL season

The 1955–56 NHL season was the 39th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to one in the best-of-seven final series.

Regular season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	70	45	15	10	100	222	131	977
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	24	16	76	183	148	794
New York Rangers	70	32	28	10	74	204	203	911
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	33	13	61	153	181	1051
Boston Bruins	70	23	34	13	59	147	185	929
Chicago Black Hawks	70	19	39	12	50	155	216	826

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Jean Beliveau	Montreal Canadiens	70	47	41	88	143
Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	41	79	100
Maurice Richard	Montreal Canadiens	70	38	33	71	89
Bert Olmstead	Montreal Canadiens	70	14	56	70	94
Tod Sloan	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	37	29	66	100
Andy Bathgate	New York Rangers	70	19	47	66	59

First team	Position	Second team
Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens	G	Glenn Hall, Detroit Red Wings
Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens	D	Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings
Bill Gadsby, New York Rangers	D	Tom Johnson, Montreal Canadiens
Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens	C	Tod Sloan, Toronto Maple Leafs
Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens	RW	Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings	LW	Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Glenn Hall, Detroit Red Wings
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Earl Reibel, Detroit Red Wings
Vezina Trophy:	Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens