1967-68 Toronto Maple Leafs season
1967โ68 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 5th East |
1967โ68 record | 33โ31โ10 |
Goals for | 209 |
Goals against | 176 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Punch Imlach |
Coach | Punch Imlach |
Captain | George Armstrong |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mike Walton (30) |
Assists | Dave Keon (37) |
Points | Mike Walton (59) |
Penalty minutes | Tim Horton, Pete Stemkowski (82) |
Wins | Bruce Gamble (19) |
Goals against average | Johnny Bower (2.25) |
The Maple Leafs entered the season as defending Stanley Cup champions. The franchise hosted the 21st National Hockey League National Hockey League All-Star Game. It was played at Maple Leaf Gardens on January 16, 1968. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated an all-star team by a score of 4โ3. The Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1958 with a record of 33โ31โ10 for 76 points for a fifth place in the East Division. The Leafs finished with a better record than any of the six expansion teams that season.
Offseason[edit]
NHL Draft[edit]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 16 | J. Bob Kelly | Canada | Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL) |
Players lost in Expansion Draft[edit]
The following Maple Leafs were lost to various franchises in the Expansion Draft.
Player | Position | Drafted to |
---|---|---|
Al Arbour | (D) | St. Louis Blues |
Bob Baun | (D) | Oakland Seals |
Don Blackburn | (W) | Philadelphia Flyers |
John Brenneman | (LW) | St. Louis Blues |
Terry Clancy | (W) | Oakland Seals |
Mike Corrigan | (LW) | Los Angeles Kings |
Kent Douglas | (D) | Oakland Seals |
Darryl Edestrand | (D) | St. Louis Blues |
Aut Erickson | (D) | Oakland Seals |
Bill Flett | (RW) | Los Angeles Kings |
Pat Hannigan | (LW) | Philadelphia Flyers |
Fred Hucul | (D) | St. Louis Blues |
Larry Jeffrey | (LW) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Ed Joyal | (C) | Los Angeles Kings |
Larry Keenan | (LW) | St. Louis Blues |
Mike Laughton | (W) | Oakland Seals |
Lowell MacDonald | (LW) | Los Angeles Kings |
Terry Sawchuk | (G) | Los Angeles Kings |
Brit Selby | (W) | Philadelphia Flyers |
Gary Smith | (G) | Oakland Seals |
Gary Veneruzzo | (LW) | St. Louis Blues |
Regular season[edit]
Called up from the London Nationals of the Ontario Hockey Association, Garry Unger played his first NHL game on November 4, 1967 in a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers. The November 6, 1967 match versus Boston saw a bench clearing brawl at 5:28 of the second period. With the Bruins leading 1-0 on a Bobby Orr Power play goal, Leafs Brian Conacher was killing a penalty and dumped the puck into the Bruins zone as Orr approached him. Conacher's stick came up and broke Orr's nose. John McKenzie starting pummeling Conacher, who fell to the ice. Orr then joined in on beating Conacher, which resulted in the Leafs bench clearing, followed by the Bruins. It was the first bench clearing brawl in the league since December 6, 1963. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.
J. P. Parisรฉ played his only game for the Maple Leafs on November 15, 1967 in a 4-2 win over the Bruins and recorded an assist. Having signed a contract with Toronto, Garry Unger was given a regular shift with Pete Stemkowski and Jim Pappin for the November 18, 1967 game versus the Chicago Blackhawks. Trailing 1-0 early in the second period, Stemkowski dug the puck out of the corner and his centering pass caromed to Unger who whacked in his first NHL goal past Denis DeJordy.
Disaster struck during the December 9, 1967 Bruins-Leafs game in Toronto. In the first period while killing a penalty to Skip Krake, Bobby Orr began to carry the puck from in front of the Bruins net. He was hit with a clean check by Frank Mahovlich which broke his left collarbone. Amazingly, Orr played another penalty-killing shift before leaving the game. Later, a Mahovlich slap shot hit Ted Green above the knee and he was forced to leave the game. Green's injury caused him to miss only two games, but Orr was out until Christmas.
Mike Byers played his first NHL game on December 30, 1967 in an 8-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. The Maple Leafs hosted the 21st National Hockey League All-Star Game at Maple Leaf Gardens on January 16, 1968. Toronto beat a team of All-Stars by a score of 4-3. Mike Pelyk and Andrรฉ Hinse were both called up for their first NHL game, a 3-2 loss to Chicago Black Hawks on February 7, 1968. Hinse played three more games, his only in the NHL, while Pelyk became a regular, his first of nine seasons for the Maple Leafs.
Following expansion of the NHL from six teams to 12 for the 1967โ68 season, the Leafs struggled for most of the season and Imlach responded by pulling off another big trade. In February 1968, he sent Mahovlich, Garry Unger, Pete Stemkowski and the rights to Carl Brewer to the Detroit Red Wings for Paul Henderson, James Rzeznik, Norm Ullman, Doug Barrie, Boise Taylor, and Floyd Smith. The teams met less than a week later on March 9 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Detroit took a 4-0 lead, led by Mahovlich's goal and two assists. However, Ullman and Taylor both turned the tide with two goals and an assist as Toronto came back to win 7-5. Despite excellent performances from the additions of Ullman, Taylor, Rzeznik, Barrie, Smith and Henderson for the rest of the season, both teams missed the playoffs.
Standings[edit]
Season standings[edit]
Template:1967โ68 NHL East Division standings
Record vs. opponents[edit]
Template:NHL Record vs. opponents (East)
Schedule and results[edit]
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | W | October 14, 1967 | 5โ1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 1โ0โ0 |
2 | W | October 15, 1967 | 5โ3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 2โ0โ0 |
3 | L | October 18, 1967 | 2โ3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 2โ1โ0 |
4 | L | October 19, 1967 | 0โ1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 2โ2โ0 |
5 | L | October 21, 1967 | 3โ5 | New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 2โ3โ0 |
6 | W | October 25, 1967 | 4โ2 | Los Angeles Kings (1967โ68) | 3โ3โ0 |
7 | W | October 28, 1967 | 5โ2 | Oakland Seals (1967โ68) | 4โ3โ0 |
8 | L | October 29, 1967 | 2โ3 | @ New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 4โ4โ0 |
9 | W | November 1, 1967 | 5โ0 | Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 5โ4โ0 |
10 | W | November 2, 1967 | 9โ3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 6โ4โ0 |
11 | W | November 4, 1967 | 4โ2 | New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 7โ4โ0 |
12 | T | November 5, 1967 | 2โ2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 7โ4โ1 |
13 | W | November 8, 1967 | 6โ1 | @ Oakland Seals (1967โ68) | 8โ4โ1 |
14 | L | November 9, 1967 | 1โ4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967โ68) | 8โ5โ1 |
15 | L | November 11, 1967 | 1โ2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967โ68) | 8โ6โ1 |
16 | W | November 15, 1967 | 4โ2 | Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 9โ6โ1 |
17 | T | November 18, 1967 | 2โ2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 9โ6โ2 |
18 | L | November 19, 1967 | 2โ6 | @ Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 9โ7โ2 |
19 | W | November 22, 1967 | 3โ0 | Minnesota North Stars (1967โ68) | 10โ7โ2 |
20 | W | November 25, 1967 | 3โ2 | Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 11โ7โ2 |
21 | W | November 29, 1967 | 2โ1 | Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 12โ7โ2 |
22 | T | November 30, 1967 | 3โ3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 12โ7โ3 |
23 | W | December 2, 1967 | 3โ0 | Oakland Seals (1967โ68) | 13โ7โ3 |
24 | T | December 6, 1967 | 1โ1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967โ68) | 13โ7โ4 |
25 | T | December 9, 1967 | 3โ3 | Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 13โ7โ5 |
26 | L | December 10, 1967 | 1โ2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967โ68) | 13โ8โ5 |
27 | L | December 13, 1967 | 1โ2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967โ68) | 13โ9โ5 |
28 | W | December 16, 1967 | 4โ2 | New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 14โ9โ5 |
29 | L | December 17, 1967 | 0โ2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 14โ10โ5 |
30 | L | December 20, 1967 | 0โ5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 14โ11โ5 |
31 | W | December 23, 1967 | 5โ3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 15โ11โ5 |
32 | W | December 25, 1967 | 3โ1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 16โ11โ5 |
33 | T | December 27, 1967 | 2โ2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 16โ11โ6 |
34 | W | December 30, 1967 | 8โ1 | St. Louis Blues (1967โ68) | 17โ11โ6 |
35 | L | December 31, 1967 | 0โ4 | @ New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 17โ12โ6 |
36 | T | January 3, 1968 | 1โ1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 17โ12โ7 |
37 | T | January 6, 1968 | 3โ3 | Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 17โ12โ8 |
38 | L | January 7, 1968 | 2โ6 | @ New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 17โ13โ8 |
39 | W | January 10, 1968 | 2โ1 | Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 18โ13โ8 |
40 | L | January 12, 1968 | 3โ4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967โ68) | 18โ14โ8 |
41 | W | January 13, 1968 | 7โ0 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967โ68) | 19โ14โ8 |
42 | W | January 18, 1968 | 4โ2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 20โ14โ8 |
43 | W | January 20, 1968 | 5โ1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967โ68) | 21โ14โ8 |
44 | W | January 21, 1968 | 2โ0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 22โ14โ8 |
45 | L | January 24, 1968 | 1โ2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967โ68) | 22โ15โ8 |
46 | L | January 27, 1968 | 1โ4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 22โ16โ8 |
47 | W | January 28, 1968 | 3โ1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 23โ16โ8 |
48 | L | January 30, 1968 | 0โ3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 23โ17โ8 |
49 | T | February 3, 1968 | 3โ3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967โ68) | 23โ17โ9 |
50 | L | February 4, 1968 | 1โ4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967โ68) | 23โ18โ9 |
51 | L | February 7, 1968 | 2โ3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 23โ19โ9 |
52 | L | February 11, 1968 | 3โ4 | @ Oakland Seals (1967โ68) | 23โ20โ9 |
53 | L | February 12, 1968 | 0โ2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967โ68) | 23โ21โ9 |
54 | L | February 14, 1968 | 2โ4 | Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 23โ22โ9 |
55 | L | February 17, 1968 | 2โ3 | New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 23โ23โ9 |
56 | L | February 21, 1968 | 1โ5 | St. Louis Blues (1967โ68) | 23โ24โ9 |
57 | W | February 24, 1968 | 1โ0 | Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 24โ24โ9 |
58 | L | February 25, 1968 | 1โ3 | @ New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 24โ25โ9 |
59 | L | February 28, 1968 | 0โ1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 24โ26โ9 |
60 | L | February 29, 1968 | 1โ4 | @ Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 24โ27โ9 |
61 | W | March 2, 1968 | 5โ2 | Los Angeles Kings (1967โ68) | 25โ27โ9 |
62 | W | March 6, 1968 | 7โ2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967โ68) | 26โ27โ9 |
63 | W | March 9, 1968 | 7โ5 | Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 27โ27โ9 |
64 | L | March 10, 1968 | 0โ4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 27โ28โ9 |
65 | T | March 13, 1968 | 3โ3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967โ68) | 27โ28โ10 |
66 | W | March 16, 1968 | 3โ0 | Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 28โ28โ10 |
67 | L | March 17, 1968 | 4โ7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967โ68) | 28โ29โ10 |
68 | L | March 20, 1968 | 2โ3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 28โ30โ10 |
69 | W | March 21, 1968 | 5โ2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967โ68) | 29โ30โ10 |
70 | W | March 23, 1968 | 3โ1 | New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 30โ30โ10 |
71 | L | March 24, 1968 | 2โ4 | @ New York Rangers (1967โ68) | 30โ31โ10 |
72 | W | March 27, 1968 | 6โ0 | Montreal Canadiens (1967โ68) | 31โ31โ10 |
73 | W | March 30, 1968 | 3โ0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967โ68) | 32โ31โ10 |
74 | W | March 31, 1968 | 4โ1 | @ Boston Bruins (1967โ68) | 33โ31โ10 |
Player statistics[edit]
Regular season[edit]
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Walton | 73 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 48 |
Bob Pulford | 74 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 40 |
Ron Ellis | 74 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 8 |
Dave Keon | 67 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4 |
Murray Oliver | 74 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 18 |
Frank Mahovlich | 50 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 |
George Armstrong | 62 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 4 |
Jim Pappin | 58 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 37 |
Tim Horton | 69 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 82 |
Brian Conacher | 64 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 31 |
Pete Stemkowski | 60 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 82 |
Larry Hillman | 55 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 13 |
Marcel Pronovost | 70 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 48 |
Wayne Carleton | 65 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 |
Norm Ullman | 13 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 |
Allan Stanley | 64 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
Paul Henderson | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
Duane Rupp | 71 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 42 |
Floyd Smith | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Byers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Mike Pelyk | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
Garry Unger | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Tom Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jim McKenny | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Johnny Bower | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
J.P. Parise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bruce Gamble | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Duke Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Hinse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darryl Sly | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Gamble | 2201 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 85 | 2.32 | 5 | |||
Johnny Bower | 2239 | 43 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 84 | 2.25 | 4 | |||
Team: | 4440 | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 169 | 2.28 | 9 |
Transactions[edit]
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1967โ68 season.
Trades[edit]
June 6, 1967 | To Minnesota North Stars Ken Broderick Barry MacKenzie Gary Dineen |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
June 8, 1967 | To Los Angeles Kings Red Kelly |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken Block |
September 12, 1967[2] | To Philadelphia Flyers Al Millar |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
September 12, 1967 | To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Tom Polanic |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
October 3, 1967 | To California Seals Gerry Ehman |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan Hextall Jr. J.P. Parise |
October 15, 1967 | To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Walt McKechnie |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Steve Witiuk |
December 23, 1967 | To Minnesota North Stars J.P. Parise Milan Marcetta |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Ted Taylor Murray Hall Don Johns Len Landle Duke Harris Carl Wetzel |
January 13, 1968 | To Minnesota North Stars Bronco Horvath |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
March 3, 1968 | To Rochester Americans (AHL) Duke Harris |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
March 3, 1968 | To Detroit Red Wings Frank Mahovlich Pete Stemkowski Garry Unger rights onto Carl Brewer |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Doug Barrie Norm Ullman James Rzeznik Boise Taylor Paul Henderson Floyd Smith |
March 25, 1968 | To St. Louis Blues Cash |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Quinn |
May 14, 1968 | To Oakland Seals Cash |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Terry Clancy |
May 23, 1968 | To Chicago Black Hawks Jim Pappin |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Pierre Pilote |
June 6, 1968 | To Rochester Americans (AHL) Murray Hall |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
June 11, 1968 | To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Bob Barlow |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
Intra-League Draft[edit]
June 12, 1968 | To New York Rangers Brian Conacher |
June 12, 1968 | To Minnesota North Stars Duane Rupp |
June 12, 1968 | To New York Rangers Larry Hillman |
June 12, 1968 | From Minnesota North Stars Bill Plager |
June 12, 1968 | From New York Rangers Larry Mickey |
June 12, 1968 | From Minnesota North Stars Bill Sutherland |
June 12, 1968 | From Detroit Red Wings Gary Marsh |
Reverse Draft[edit]
June 13, 1968 | To Philadelphia Flyers Allan Stanley |
June 13, 1968 | To Portland Buckaroos (WHL) Rick Foley |
June 13, 1968 | From Detroit Red Wings George Gardner |
Free agents[edit]
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Awards and records[edit]
- Johnny Bower and Bruce Gamble, Runner-up, Vezina Trophy[3]
- Bruce Gamble, All-Star Game MVP[4]
- Tim Horton, 1967-68 NHL First Team All-Star[5]
References[edit]
- โ "1967-68 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- โ "Flyers Take Phoenix Star". Tucson Daily Citizen. September 13, 1967. p. 30. Retrieved January 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- โ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5 Search this book on ..
- โ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 219, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5 Search this book on ..
- โ Why the Leafs Still Suck and How They Can Be Fixed, Updated Edition, Al Strachan, Harper Collins Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-1-44340-846-2, p.216
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