1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs
1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs
League	5th NHL
1956–57 record	21–34–15
Home record	12–16–7
Road record	9–18–8
Goals for	174
Goals against	192
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe and ; Hap Day
Coach	Howie Meeker
Captain	Jimmy Thomson ; Ted Kennedy
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Dick Duff (26)
Assists	George Armstrong (26)
Points	George Armstrong (44)
Penalty minutes	Gerry James (90)
Wins	Ed Chadwick (21)
Goals against average	Ed Chadwick (2.66)
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

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]
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		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	Toronto Maple Leafs	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
Toronto	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

References

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

[standings-div-1] "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-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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2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 1956–57 NHL season
Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
See also	All-Star Game Intra-League Draft Stanley Cup Finals

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References