1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
On-ice officials first wore striped shirts during the December 29, 1955 game between Toronto and the Montreal Canadiens.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
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==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
==Player Stats==
===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
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
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
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
Harry Lumley	304	5 	1	4	 	13	2.57	 	 	 	1
Team: 	304	5 	1	4	 	13	2.57	 	 	 	1
==Awards and Records==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Tod Sloan, Runner-up
*Tod Sloan, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
19Oct1955-Horvath_scores_on_Lumley.jpg|Rangers Bronco Horvath scores on Leafs Harry Lumley, October 19, 1955.
8Dec1955-Beliveau_Armstrong_fight.jpg|George Armstrong gives Jean Béliveau his first fight, December 8, 1955.
1956-Feb1-Popein-Mayer.jpg|Larry Popein scores on Gil Mayer, February 1, 1956.
1956-Feb2-Woit-Stanley-Stewart-Sloan.jpg|Benny Woit, Allan Stanley, Ron Stewart, Tod Sloan, February 2, 1956.
1955-Sawchuk_Duff.jpg|Terry Sawchuk stops Dick Duff in 1955-56 action.
==See Also==
*1955–56 NHL season
==References==
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Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1955–56
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1955–56
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