1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs
League4th NHL
1955–56 record24–33–13
Home record19–10–6
Road record5–23–7
Goals for153
Goals against181
Team information
General managerConn Smythe and
Hap Day
CoachKing Clancy
CaptainSid Smith
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsTod Sloan (37)
AssistsGeorge Armstrong (32)
PointsTod Sloan (66)
Penalty minutesTod Sloan (100)
WinsHarry Lumley (21)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (2.67)

The 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 45 15 10 222 131 +91 100
2 Detroit Red Wings 70 30 24 16 183 148 +35 76
3 New York Rangers 70 32 28 10 204 203 +1 74
4 70 24 33 13 153 181 −28 61
5 Boston Bruins 70 23 34 13 147 185 −38 59
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 19 39 12 155 216 −61 50

Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 3–8–3 3–8–3 5–8–1 7–5–2 5–5–4
Chicago 8–3–3 — 2–8–4 1–12–1 3–10–1 5–6–3
Detroit 8–3–3 8–2–4 — 4–8–2 5–6–3 5–5–4
Montreal 8–5–1 12–1–1 8–4–2 — 8–2–4 9–3–2
New York 5–7–2 10–3–1 6–5–3 2–8–4 — 9–5
5–5–4 6–5–3 5–5–4 3–9–2 5–9 —


Schedule and results

1955–56 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 6, 1955 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 0–1–0
2 W October 8, 1955 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 1–1–0
3 L October 9, 1955 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 1–2–0
4 L October 12, 1955 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 1–3–0
5 T October 15, 1955 2–2 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 1–3–1
6 L October 16, 1955 0–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 1–4–1
7 L October 19, 1955 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 1–5–1
8 W October 22, 1955 3–2 New York Rangers (1955–56) 2–5–1
9 W October 26, 1955 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 3–5–1
10 W October 29, 1955 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 4–5–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 W November 2, 1955 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 5–5–1
12 T November 3, 1955 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 5–5–2
13 L November 5, 1955 0–3 New York Rangers (1955–56) 5–6–2
14 L November 6, 1955 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 5–7–2
15 L November 11, 1955 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 5–8–2
16 L November 12, 1955 2–3 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 5–9–2
17 L November 13, 1955 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 5–10–2
18 L November 16, 1955 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 5–11–2
19 W November 19, 1955 3–2 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 6–11–2
20 T November 20, 1955 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 6–11–3
21 L November 24, 1955 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 6–12–3
22 W November 26, 1955 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 7–12–3
23 W November 27, 1955 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 8–12–3
24 T November 30, 1955 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 8–12–4
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
25 L December 3, 1955 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 8–13–4
26 L December 4, 1955 0–5 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 8–14–4
27 L December 7, 1955 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 8–15–4
28 L December 8, 1955 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 8–16–4
29 W December 10, 1955 6–1 New York Rangers (1955–56) 9–16–4
30 T December 11, 1955 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 9–16–5
31 L December 15, 1955 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 9–17–5
32 W December 17, 1955 5–1 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 10–17–5
33 L December 18, 1955 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 10–18–5
34 W December 24, 1955 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 11–18–5
35 T December 25, 1955 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 11–18–6
36 W December 28, 1955 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 12–18–6
37 L December 29, 1955 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 12–19–6
38 T December 31, 1955 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 12–19–7
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
39 W January 4, 1956 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 13–19–7
40 W January 7, 1956 6–2 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 14–19–7
41 L January 14, 1956 5–6 New York Rangers (1955–56) 14–20–7
42 W January 15, 1956 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 15–20–7
43 L January 18, 1956 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 15–21–7
44 L January 19, 1956 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 15–22–7
45 W January 21, 1956 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 16–22–7
46 L January 22, 1956 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 16–23–7
47 W January 25, 1956 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 17–23–7
48 L January 28, 1956 1–3 New York Rangers (1955–56) 17–24–7
49 L January 29, 1956 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 17–25–7
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
50 L February 1, 1956 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 17–26–7
51 L February 4, 1956 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 17–27–7
52 L February 5, 1956 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 17–28–7
53 T February 8, 1956 1–1 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 17–28–8
54 T February 9, 1956 1–1 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 17–28–9
55 W February 11, 1956 5–0 New York Rangers (1955–56) 18–28–9
56 T February 12, 1956 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 18–28–10
57 W February 15, 1956 1–0 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 19–28–10
58 L February 16, 1956 1–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 19–29–10
59 L February 18, 1956 1–6 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 19–30–10
60 W February 22, 1956 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 20–30–10
61 W February 24, 1956 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 21–30–10
62 L February 25, 1956 1–3 Boston Bruins (1955–56) 21–31–10
63 W February 29, 1956 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 22–31–10
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
64 T March 3, 1956 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 22–31–11
65 T March 4, 1956 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) 22–31–12
66 L March 8, 1956 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) 22–32–12
67 W March 10, 1956 5–2 New York Rangers (1955–56) 23–32–12
68 L March 11, 1956 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1955–56) 23–33–12
69 T March 17, 1956 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) 23–33–13
70 W March 18, 1956 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) 24–33–13

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Tod Sloan 70 37 29 66 100
George Armstrong 67 16 32 48 97
Dick Duff 69 18 19 37 74
Rudy Migay 70 12 16 28 52
Ron Stewart 69 13 14 27 35
Billy Harris 70 9 13 22 8
Sid Smith 55 4 17 21 8
Hugh Bolton 67 4 16 20 65
Earl Balfour 59 14 5 19 40
Jim Morrison 63 2 17 19 77
Gord Hannigan 48 8 7 15 40
Ron Hurst 50 7 5 12 62
Marc Reaume 48 0 12 12 50
Eric Nesterenko 40 4 6 10 65
Brian Cullen 21 2 6 8 8
Jimmy Thomson 62 0 7 7 96
Gerry James 46 3 3 6 50
Tim Horton 35 0 5 5 36
Larry Cahan 21 0 2 2 46
Jack Bionda 13 0 1 1 18
Bill Burega 4 0 1 1 4
Joe Klukay 18 0 1 1 2
Bob Bailey 6 0 0 0 6
Ed Chadwick 5 0 0 0 0
Barry Cullen 3 0 0 0 4
Ray Gariepy 1 0 0 0 4
Harry Lumley 59 0 0 0 2
Al MacNeil 1 0 0 0 2
Willie Marshall 6 0 0 0 0
Gilles Mayer 6 0 0 0 0
Dave Reid 4 0 0 0 0
Lefty Wilson 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Harry Lumley 3527 59 21 28 10 157 2.67 3
Ed Chadwick 300 5 2 0 3 3 0.60 2
Gilles Mayer 360 6 1 5 0 18 3.00 0
Lefty Wilson 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 4200 70 24 33 13 178 2.54 5

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
George Armstrong 5 4 2 6 0
Dick Duff 5 1 4 5 2
Jimmy Thomson 5 0 3 3 10
Ron Stewart 5 1 1 2 2
Ron Hurst 3 0 2 2 4
Marc Reaume 5 0 2 2 6
Brian Cullen 5 1 0 1 2
Billy Harris 5 1 0 1 4
Gerry James 5 1 0 1 8
Sid Smith 5 1 0 1 0
Earl Balfour 3 0 1 1 2
Hugh Bolton 5 0 1 1 0
Gord Hannigan 4 0 0 0 4
Tim Horton 2 0 0 0 4
Harry Lumley 5 0 0 0 2
Rudy Migay 5 0 0 0 6
Jim Morrison 5 0 0 0 4
Tod Sloan 2 0 0 0 5
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Harry Lumley 304 5 1 4 13 2.57 1
Team: 304 5 1 4 13 2.57 1

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Awards and records

Transactions

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. ^ "1955-56 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "1955-56 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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