1955 NHL Playoffs
Montreal vs Boston
George Armstrong scores the first goal of the playoffs, and he gets the 2nd one as well. Those two are enough to hold off the
Bruins.
Montreal wins game one, 2-1.
Armstrong gets his third to open up game two, then adds an assist on the winning goal, a 3-1
Montreal win.
Armstong with a great start to this years playoffs!
All the goals scored in game three occur in the first period, unfortunately for
Boston, they only scored one of them. 2-1 win for
Montreal to go up 3-0. The
Bruins, facing elimination came to play in game 4. They jump out 3-0 and keep the onslaught coming the whole game.
Ed Litzenberger finishes with 4 points, while
Doug Harvey had 3 assists.
Boston stays alive with the 7-1 win.
Litzenberger does his best to keep the Bruins alive!
Boston, blew their load in game four, as they had nothing left in game five.
Sugar Jim Henry made 24 saves against his former team, while
Tom Johnson scored twice.
Montreal eliminates
Boston with the 4-0 win.
Detroit vs Chicago
The
Blackhawks explode to open the series, scoring 3 goals in the first 7 minutes of the game.
Detroit is forced to play catchup, and while they get the next goal, that’s all they can do. 3-1
Chicago. With
Johnny Bower in net, the
Wings offer no fight back. The
Wings get 18 shots on net, while
Chicago gets 34.
Don McKenney gets 2 goals and an assist as
Chicago wins 5-1. The
Wings look completely overmatched.
recently acquired McKenney making an immediate playoff impact!
Detroit is much more competitive in game 3. They take their first lead of the series in the first, but give it up, and find themselves trailing after two. It’s 4-1 before the
Wings fight back, and they score twice late in the third to cut the lead to 1. The lead was too big though, and
Chicago wins again 4-3.
Gordie Howe finally gets a goal in the opening period of game four, but the
Wings still trail 3-2 after a period. This back and forth game found itself tied at 4 after regulation. In overtime,
Pat Lundy deflects an
Allan Stanley point shot behind
Johnny Bower to end the series. 5-4
Chicago. They sweep
Detroit. The
Red Wings run of 3 straight cups is over.
