1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs
League5th NHL
1956–57 record21–34–15
Home record12–16–7
Road record9–18–8
Goals for174
Goals against192
Team information
General managerConn Smythe and
Hap Day
CoachHowie Meeker
CaptainJimmy Thomson
Ted Kennedy
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsDick Duff (26)
AssistsGeorge Armstrong (26)
PointsGeorge Armstrong (44)
Penalty minutesGerry James (90)
WinsEd Chadwick (21)
Goals against averageEd Chadwick (2.66)

The 1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 40th 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 Detroit Red Wings 70 38 20 12 198 157 +41 88
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 35 23 12 210 155 +55 82
3 Boston Bruins 70 34 24 12 195 174 +21 80
4 New York Rangers 70 26 30 14 184 227 −43 66
5 70 21 34 15 174 192 −18 57
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 16 39 15 169 225 −56 47

Record vs. opponents

1956–57 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 8–5–1 7–4–3 7–4–3 5–8–1 7–3–4
Chicago 5–8–1 — 2–10–2 3–8–3 1–7–6 5–6–3
Detroit 4–7–3 10–2–2 — 4–6–4 10–3–1 10–2–2
Montreal 4–7–3 8–3–3 6–4–4 — 8–5–1 9–4–1
New York 8–5–1 7–1–6 3–10–1 5–8–1 — 3–6–5
3–7–4 6–5–3 2–10–2 4–9–1 6–3–5 —


Schedule and results

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

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
George Armstrong 54 18 26 44 37
Sid Smith 70 17 24 41 4
Dick Duff 70 26 14 40 50
Rudy Migay 66 15 20 35 51
Ron Stewart 65 15 20 35 28
Tod Sloan 52 14 21 35 33
Tim Horton 66 6 19 25 72
Bob Pulford 65 11 11 22 32
Ted Kennedy 30 6 16 22 35
Brian Cullen 46 8 12 20 27
Marc Reaume 63 6 14 20 81
Jim Morrison 63 3 17 20 44
Barry Cullen 51 6 10 16 30
Gerry James 53 4 12 16 90
Al MacNeil 53 4 8 12 84
Jimmy Thomson 62 0 12 12 50
Billy Harris 23 4 6 10 6
Gary Aldcorn 22 5 1 6 4
Bobby Baun 20 0 5 5 37
Mike Nykoluk 32 3 1 4 20
Ron Hurst 14 2 2 4 8
Frank Mahovlich 3 1 0 1 2
Ken Girard 3 0 1 1 2
Hugh Bolton 6 0 0 0 2
Ed Chadwick 70 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Ed Chadwick 4200 70 21 34 15 186 2.66 5
Team: 4200 70 21 34 15 186 2.66 5

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Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1956-57 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "1956-57 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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