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1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs season

{{short description|NHL hockey team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey team season

|League=NHL

|Season=1956–57

|year=1956

|Team=Toronto Maple Leafs

|Record=21–34–15

|HomeRecord=12–16–7

|RoadRecord=9–18–8

|LeagueRank=5th

|GoalsFor=174

|GoalsAgainst=192

|GeneralManager=Conn Smythe and
Hap Day

|Coach=Howie Meeker

|Captain=Jimmy Thomson
Ted Kennedy

|Arena=Maple Leaf Gardens

|GoalsLeader=Dick Duff (26)

|AssistsLeader=George Armstrong (26)

|PointsLeader=George Armstrong (44)

|PIMLeader=Gerry James (90)

|WinsLeader=Ed Chadwick (21)

|GAALeader=Ed Chadwick (2.66)

}}

The 1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 40th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

Offseason

{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

Regular season

=Final standings=

{{1956–57 NHL standings|team=TOR}}

=Record vs. opponents=

{{1956–57 NHL Record vs. opponents|team=TOR}}

Schedule and results

{{Game log start|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid;|title=1956–57 regular season{{cite web |title=1956-57 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1957_games.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=April 4, 2025}}}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid;|title=October|Game |Result |Date |Score |Opponent |Record}}

|- {{Game-tied}}

|1||T||October 11||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||0–0–1

|- {{Game-lost}}

|2||L||October 13||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||0–1–1

|- {{Game-won}}

|3||W||October 14||1–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||1–1–1

|- {{Game-tied}}

|4||T||October 18||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||1–1–2

|- {{Game-tied}}

|5||T||October 20||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||1–1–3

|- {{Game-won}}

|6||W||October 25||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||2–1–3

|- {{Game-won}}

|7||W||October 27||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||3–1–3

|- {{Game-tied}}

|8||T||October 28||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||3–1–4

|- {{Game-won}}

|9||W||October 31||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||4–1–4

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid;|title=November|Game |Result |Date |Score |Opponent |Record}}

|- {{Game-lost}}

|10||L||November 3||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||4–2–4

|- {{Game-lost}}

|11||L||November 7||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||4–3–4

|- {{Game-lost}}

|12||L||November 8||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||4–4–4

|- {{Game-won}}

|13||W||November 10||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||5–4–4

|- {{Game-lost}}

|14||L||November 15||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||5–5–4

|- {{Game-lost}}

|15||L||November 17||3–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||5–6–4

|- {{Game-lost}}

|16||L||November 18||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||5–7–4

|- {{Game-tied}}

|17||T||November 21||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||5–7–5

|- {{Game-tied}}

|18||T||November 22||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||5–7–6

|- {{Game-lost}}

|19||L||November 24||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||5–8–6

|- {{Game-lost}}

|20||L||November 25||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||5–9–6

|- {{Game-lost}}

|21||L||November 29||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||5–10–6

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid;|title=December|Game |Result |Date |Score |Opponent |Record}}

|- {{Game-won}}

|22||W||December 1||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||6–10–6

|- {{Game-lost}}

|23||L||December 2||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||6–11–6

|- {{Game-lost}}

|24||L||December 5||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||6–12–6

|- {{Game-tied}}

|25||T||December 8||0–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||6–12–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|26||W||December 9||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||7–12–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|27||L||December 13||2–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||7–13–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|28||W||December 15||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||8–13–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|29||L||December 16||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||8–14–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|30||L||December 20||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||8–15–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|31||L||December 22||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||8–16–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|32||W||December 23||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||9–16–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|33||W||December 26||1–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||10–16–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|34||W||December 29||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||11–16–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|35||L||December 30||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||11–17–7

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid;|title=January|Game |Result |Date |Score |Opponent |Record}}

|- {{Game-lost}}

|36||L||January 2||0–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||11–18–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|37||W||January 5||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||12–18–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|38||L||January 6||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||12–19–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|39||W||January 9||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||13–19–7

|- {{Game-lost}}

|40||L||January 10||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||13–20–7

|- {{Game-won}}

|41||W||January 12||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||14–20–7

|- {{Game-tied}}

|42||T||January 13||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||14–20–8

|- {{Game-lost}}

|43||L||January 16||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||14–21–8

|- {{Game-won}}

|44||W||January 19||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||15–21–8

|- {{Game-won}}

|45||W||January 20||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||16–21–8

|- {{Game-tied}}

|46||T||January 23||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||16–21–9

|- {{Game-lost}}

|47||L||January 26||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||16–22–9

|- {{Game-lost}}

|48||L||January 27||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||16–23–9

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid;|title=February|Game |Result |Date |Score |Opponent |Record}}

|- {{Game-tied}}

|49||T||February 2||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||16–23–10

|- {{Game-lost}}

|50||L||February 3||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||16–24–10

|- {{Game-tied}}

|51||T||February 6||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||16–24–11

|- {{Game-tied}}

|52||T||February 9||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||16–24–12

|- {{Game-lost}}

|53||L||February 10||1–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||16–25–12

|- {{Game-tied}}

|54||T||February 13||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||16–25–13

|- {{Game-won}}

|55||W||February 14||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||17–25–13

|- {{Game-lost}}

|56||L||February 16||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||17–26–13

|- {{Game-lost}}

|57||L||February 17||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||17–27–13

|- {{Game-lost}}

|58||L||February 23||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||17–28–13

|- {{Game-won}}

|59||W||February 24||2–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||18–28–13

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid;|title=March|Game |Result |Date |Score |Opponent |Record}}

|- {{Game-lost}}

|60||L||March 2||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||18–29–13

|- {{Game-tied}}

|61||T||March 3||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) ||18–29–14

|- {{Game-won}}

|62||W||March 6||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||19–29–14

|- {{Game-lost}}

|63||L||March 9||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||19–30–14

|- {{Game-tied}}

|64||T||March 10||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1956–57) ||19–30–15

|- {{Game-lost}}

|65||L||March 14||4–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||19–31–15

|- {{Game-won}}

|66||W||March 16||14–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1956–57) ||20–31–15

|- {{Game-won}}

|67||W||March 17||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1956–57) ||21–31–15

|- {{Game-lost}}

|68||L||March 20||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) ||21–32–15

|- {{Game-lost}}

|69||L||March 23||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||21–33–15

|- {{Game-lost}}

|70||L||March 24||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) ||21–34–15

|-

{{Game log section end}}

|-

|

Legend:

{{legend2|#cfc|Win (2 points)|border=1px solid black}}

{{legend2|#fcc|Loss (0 points)|border=1px solid black}}

{{legend2|#ffc|Tie (1 point)|border=1px solid black}}

{{Game log end}}

Player statistics

=Regular season=

;Scoring

class="wikitable sortable" width="60%"
ALIGN="center"

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | A

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | PIM

align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|George|Armstrong|George Armstrong (ice hockey)}}

5418264437
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Sid|Smith|Sid Smith (ice hockey)}}

701724414
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Dick|Duff}}

7026144050
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Rudy|Migay}}

6615203551
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Ron|Stewart}}

6515203528
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Tod|Sloan|Tod Sloan (ice hockey)}}

5214213533
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Tim|Horton}}

666192572
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Bob|Pulford}}

6511112232
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Ted|Kennedy|Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)}}

306162235
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Brian|Cullen}}

468122027
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Marc|Reaume}}

636142081
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Jim|Morrison|Jim Morrison (ice hockey)}}

633172044
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Barry|Cullen}}

516101630
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Gerry|James}}

534121690
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Al|MacNeil

Macneil, Al}}53481284
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Jimmy|Thomson|Jimmy Thomson (ice hockey b. 1927)}}

620121250
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Billy|Harris|Billy Harris (ice hockey b. 1935)}}

2346106
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Gary|Aldcorn}}

225164
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Bobby|Baun}}

2005537
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Mike|Nykoluk}}

3231420
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Ron|Hurst|Ron Hurst (ice hockey player)}}

142248
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Frank|Mahovlich}}

31012
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Ken|Girard}}

30112
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Hugh|Bolton|Hugh Bolton (ice hockey)}}

60002
align="center"

| align="right" | {{sortname|Ed|Chadwick}}

700000

;Goaltending

class="wikitable sortable" width="60%"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |MIN

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |GP

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |W

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"| L

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |T

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |GA

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |GAA

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |SA

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |SV

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |SV%

! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"| SO

align="center"

| align="right" | Ed Chadwick

4200702134151862.665
align="center"

| align="right" | Team:

4200702134151862.665
{{cite web |publisher=hockey-reference.com |accessdate=2009-05-26 |title=1956-57 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1957.html}}

Awards and records

{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

Transactions

{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{Toronto Maple Leafs}}

{{Toronto Maple Leafs seasons}}

{{1956–57 NHL season by team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1956-57 Toronto Maple Leafs season}}

Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1956-57

Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

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