1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1955–56 1955 Toronto Maple Leafs 24–33–13 19–10–6 5–23–7 4th 153 181 King Clancy Conn Smythe and Hap Day Sid Smith Maple Leaf Gardens Tod Sloan (37) George Armstrong (32) Tod Sloan (66) Tod Sloan (100) Harry Lumley (21) Harry Lumley (2.67) The 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team would make the playoffs for the third year in a row, before losing in the semifinals. 2 Regular season Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1955–56 regular season1955-56 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1956_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 6, 1955||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 8, 1955||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 9, 1955||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 12, 1955||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||1–3–0 |- |5||T||October 15, 1955||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||1–3–1 |- |6||L||October 16, 1955||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||1–4–1 |- |7||L||October 19, 1955||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||1–5–1 |- |8||W||October 22, 1955||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||2–5–1 |- |9||W||October 26, 1955||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||3–5–1 |- |10||W||October 29, 1955||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||4–5–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 2, 1955||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||5–5–1 |- |12||T||November 3, 1955||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||5–5–2 |- |13||L||November 5, 1955||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||5–6–2 |- |14||L||November 6, 1955||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||5–7–2 |- |15||L||November 11, 1955||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||5–8–2 |- |16||L||November 12, 1955||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||5–9–2 |- |17||L||November 13, 1955||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||5–10–2 |- |18||L||November 16, 1955||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||5–11–2 |- |19||W||November 19, 1955||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||6–11–2 |- |20||T||November 20, 1955||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||6–11–3 |- |21||L||November 24, 1955||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||6–12–3 |- |22||W||November 26, 1955||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||7–12–3 |- |23||W||November 27, 1955||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||8–12–3 |- |24||T||November 30, 1955||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||8–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||L||December 3, 1955||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||8–13–4 |- |26||L||December 4, 1955||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||8–14–4 |- |27||L||December 7, 1955||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||8–15–4 |- |28||L||December 8, 1955||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||8–16–4 |- |29||W||December 10, 1955||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||9–16–4 |- |30||T||December 11, 1955||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||9–16–5 |- |31||L||December 15, 1955||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||9–17–5 |- |32||W||December 17, 1955||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||10–17–5 |- |33||L||December 18, 1955||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||10–18–5 |- |34||W||December 24, 1955||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||11–18–5 |- |35||T||December 25, 1955||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||11–18–6 |- |36||W||December 28, 1955||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||12–18–6 |- |37||L||December 29, 1955||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||12–19–6 |- |38||T||December 31, 1955||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||12–19–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||W||January 4, 1956||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||13–19–7 |- |40||W||January 7, 1956||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||14–19–7 |- |41||L||January 14, 1956||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||14–20–7 |- |42||W||January 15, 1956||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||15–20–7 |- |43||L||January 18, 1956||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||15–21–7 |- |44||L||January 19, 1956||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||15–22–7 |- |45||W||January 21, 1956||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||16–22–7 |- |46||L||January 22, 1956||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||16–23–7 |- |47||W||January 25, 1956||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||17–23–7 |- |48||L||January 28, 1956||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||17–24–7 |- |49||L||January 29, 1956||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||17–25–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||L||February 1, 1956||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||17–26–7 |- |51||L||February 4, 1956||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||17–27–7 |- |52||L||February 5, 1956||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||17–28–7 |- |53||T||February 8, 1956||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||17–28–8 |- |54||T||February 9, 1956||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||17–28–9 |- |55||W||February 11, 1956||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||18–28–9 |- |56||T||February 12, 1956||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||18–28–10 |- |57||W||February 15, 1956||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||19–28–10 |- |58||L||February 16, 1956||1–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||19–29–10 |- |59||L||February 18, 1956||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||19–30–10 |- |60||W||February 22, 1956||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||20–30–10 |- |61||W||February 24, 1956||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||21–30–10 |- |62||L||February 25, 1956||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||21–31–10 |- |63||W||February 29, 1956||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||22–31–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||T||March 3, 1956||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||22–31–11 |- |65||T||March 4, 1956||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1955–56) ||22–31–12 |- |66||L||March 8, 1956||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56) ||22–32–12 |- |67||W||March 10, 1956||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1955–56) ||23–32–12 |- |68||L||March 11, 1956||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1955–56) ||23–33–12 |- |69||T||March 17, 1956||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56) ||23–33–13 |- |70||W||March 18, 1956||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56) ||24–33–13 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Harry Lumley 304 5 1 4 13 2.57 1 Team: 304 5 1 4 13 2.57 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-26 1955-56 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1956.html See also 1955–56 NHL season References Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1955-56 Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Tor