title: 1956–57 NHL transactions
text: # 1956–57 NHL transactions
  
  The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1956–57 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.
  
  ## Transactions
  
  | May 17, $1956^1$ | To Montreal Canadiens$30,000 cash | To Chicago Black HawksBud MacPherson Ken Mosdell |
  | - | - | - |
  | May 21, 1956 | To Toronto Maple Leafs$40,000 cash | To Chicago Black HawksHarry Lumley Eric Nesterenko |
  | May 24, $1956^2$ | To Montreal Canadiens$5,000 cash | To Chicago Black HawksEddie Mazur |
  | May 24, 1956 | To Montreal Canadiens$50,000 cash | To Chicago Black HawksEddie Kachur Forbes Kennedy |
  | June 19, 1956 | To Chicago Black HawksWally Hergesheimer | To New York RangersRed Sullivan |
  | July 7, 1956 | To Toronto Maple Leafscash | To Detroit Red WingsRay Gariepy Bob Hassard Willie Marshall Gilles Mayer Jack Price Bob Solinger |
  | August 1, 1956 | To Detroit Red WingsTony Leswick | To Chicago Black Hawkscash |
  | October 8, 1956 | To Boston BruinsAllan Stanley | To Chicago Black Hawkscash |
  | November 4, 1956 | To Montreal CanadiensBronco Horvath | To New York Rangerscash |
  | January 22, 1957 | To Boston BruinsDon Simmons | To New York RangersNorm Defelice future $considerations^3$ (Floyd Smith) loan of Jack Bionda |
  | February 14, 1957 | To Detroit Red WingsAl Dewsbury | To Chicago Black HawksBob Hassard |
  
  ### Notes
  
  * Montreal held the rights to recall the players. MacPherson returned to Montreal after training camp on October 10, 1956. Mosdell returned to Montreal on September 20, 1957.
  * Montreal held the rights to recall the player. Mazur returned to Montreal in November, 1956 (exact date unknown).
  * Transaction completed in June, 1957 (exact date unknown).
  