1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs · NHL | |
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Division | 4th NHL |
1955–56 record | 24–33–13 |
Goals for | 153 |
Goals against | 181 |
General Manager | Conn Smythe |
Coach | King Clancy |
Captain | Sid Smith |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team Leaders | |
Goals | Tod Sloan (37) |
Assists | George Armstrong (32) |
Points | Tod Sloan (66) |
Penalties in minutes | Tod Sloan (100) |
Wins | Harry Lumley (21) |
Goals against average | Ed Chadwick (0.60) |
← Seasons → | |
1954–55 | 1956–57 |
The 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 39th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 1.
Contents
Off-season[edit | edit source]
Regular Season[edit | edit source]
On-ice officials first wore striped shirts during the December 29, 1955 game between Toronto and the Montreal Canadiens.
Final Standings[edit | edit source]
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | |
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Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 100 | 222 | 131 |
Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 76 | 183 | 148 |
New York Rangers | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 74 | 204 | 203 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 61 | 153 | 181 |
Boston Bruins | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 59 | 147 | 185 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 50 | 155 | 216 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.
Game Log[edit | edit source]
Regular Season Results | |||||
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No. | R | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Playoffs[edit | edit source]
Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1[edit | edit source]
Player Stats[edit | edit source]
Regular Season[edit | edit source]
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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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 |
Bill Burega | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Jack Bionda | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Joe Klukay | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ray Gariepy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Al MacNeil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Barry Cullen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Dave Reid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Marshall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Bailey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Lefty Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Chadwick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Mayer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Lumley | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
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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[edit | edit source]
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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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 |
Tim Horton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Tod Sloan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Gord Hannigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Rudy Migay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Jim Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Lumley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
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Harry Lumley | 304 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2.57 | 1 | ||||
Team: | 304 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2.57 | 1 |
Awards and Records[edit | edit source]
- Hart Memorial Trophy: Tod Sloan, Runner-up
- Tod Sloan, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
Transactions[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Rangers Bronco Horvath scores on Leafs Harry Lumley, October 19, 1955.
George Armstrong gives Jean Béliveau his first fight, December 8, 1955.
Larry Popein scores on Gil Mayer, February 1, 1956.
Terry Sawchuk stops Dick Duff in 1955-56 action.
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See Also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1955-56 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.
- 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Franchise | Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners |
Arenas | Mutual Street Arena • Maple Leaf Gardens • Scotiabank Centre |
Affiliates | Toronto Marlies (AHL) • Reading Royals (ECHL) |
Rivalries | Montreal Canadiens • Philadelphia Flyers • Ottawa Senators |
Other | Toronto Blueshirts • Toronto Arenas • Toronto St. Patricks • Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. |
Stanley Cup Championships (13) | 1918 • 1922 • 1932 • 1942 • 1945 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1951 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1967 |
Division Championships (5) | 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1937–38 • 1999–00 |
1955–56 NHL season by team | |
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Teams | Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto |
See also | All-Star Game • 1956 Stanley Cup Finals |
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