1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs season
1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 5th East |
1967–68 record | 33–31–10 |
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 4–3. The Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1958 with a record of 33–31–10 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 |
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2 | 16 | J. Bob Kelly | ![]() | 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 |
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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]Season standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 236 | 167 | +69 | 94 |
2 | New York Rangers | 74 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 226 | 183 | +43 | 90 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 259 | 216 | +43 | 84 |
4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 74 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 212 | 222 | −10 | 80 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 209 | 176 | +33 | 76 |
6 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 245 | 257 | −12 | 66 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit] Vs. East Division[edit]
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Schedule and results
[edit]No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 14, 1967 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 1–0–0 |
2 | W | October 15, 1967 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 2–0–0 |
3 | L | October 18, 1967 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 2–1–0 |
4 | L | October 19, 1967 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 2–2–0 |
5 | L | October 21, 1967 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 2–3–0 |
6 | W | October 25, 1967 | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 3–3–0 |
7 | W | October 28, 1967 | 5–2 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 4–3–0 |
8 | L | October 29, 1967 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 4–4–0 |
9 | W | November 1, 1967 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 5–4–0 |
10 | W | November 2, 1967 | 9–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 6–4–0 |
11 | W | November 4, 1967 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 7–4–0 |
12 | T | November 5, 1967 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 7–4–1 |
13 | W | November 8, 1967 | 6–1 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 8–4–1 |
14 | L | November 9, 1967 | 1–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 8–5–1 |
15 | L | November 11, 1967 | 1–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 8–6–1 |
16 | W | November 15, 1967 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 9–6–1 |
17 | T | November 18, 1967 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 9–6–2 |
18 | L | November 19, 1967 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 9–7–2 |
19 | W | November 22, 1967 | 3–0 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 10–7–2 |
20 | W | November 25, 1967 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 11–7–2 |
21 | W | November 29, 1967 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 12–7–2 |
22 | T | November 30, 1967 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 12–7–3 |
23 | W | December 2, 1967 | 3–0 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 13–7–3 |
24 | T | December 6, 1967 | 1–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 13–7–4 |
25 | T | December 9, 1967 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 13–7–5 |
26 | L | December 10, 1967 | 1–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 13–8–5 |
27 | L | December 13, 1967 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 13–9–5 |
28 | W | December 16, 1967 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 14–9–5 |
29 | L | December 17, 1967 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 14–10–5 |
30 | L | December 20, 1967 | 0–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 14–11–5 |
31 | W | December 23, 1967 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 15–11–5 |
32 | W | December 25, 1967 | 3–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 16–11–5 |
33 | T | December 27, 1967 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 16–11–6 |
34 | W | December 30, 1967 | 8–1 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 17–11–6 |
35 | L | December 31, 1967 | 0–4 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 17–12–6 |
36 | T | January 3, 1968 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 17–12–7 |
37 | T | January 6, 1968 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 17–12–8 |
38 | L | January 7, 1968 | 2–6 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 17–13–8 |
39 | W | January 10, 1968 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 18–13–8 |
40 | L | January 12, 1968 | 3–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 18–14–8 |
41 | W | January 13, 1968 | 7–0 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 19–14–8 |
42 | W | January 18, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 20–14–8 |
43 | W | January 20, 1968 | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 21–14–8 |
44 | W | January 21, 1968 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 22–14–8 |
45 | L | January 24, 1968 | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 22–15–8 |
46 | L | January 27, 1968 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 22–16–8 |
47 | W | January 28, 1968 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 23–16–8 |
48 | L | January 30, 1968 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 23–17–8 |
49 | T | February 3, 1968 | 3–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 23–17–9 |
50 | L | February 4, 1968 | 1–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 23–18–9 |
51 | L | February 7, 1968 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 23–19–9 |
52 | L | February 11, 1968 | 3–4 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 23–20–9 |
53 | L | February 12, 1968 | 0–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 23–21–9 |
54 | L | February 14, 1968 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 23–22–9 |
55 | L | February 17, 1968 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 23–23–9 |
56 | L | February 21, 1968 | 1–5 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 23–24–9 |
57 | W | February 24, 1968 | 1–0 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 24–24–9 |
58 | L | February 25, 1968 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 24–25–9 |
59 | L | February 28, 1968 | 0–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 24–26–9 |
60 | L | February 29, 1968 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 24–27–9 |
61 | W | March 2, 1968 | 5–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 25–27–9 |
62 | W | March 6, 1968 | 7–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 26–27–9 |
63 | W | March 9, 1968 | 7–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 27–27–9 |
64 | L | March 10, 1968 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 27–28–9 |
65 | T | March 13, 1968 | 3–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 27–28–10 |
66 | W | March 16, 1968 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 28–28–10 |
67 | L | March 17, 1968 | 4–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 28–29–10 |
68 | L | March 20, 1968 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 28–30–10 |
69 | W | March 21, 1968 | 5–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 29–30–10 |
70 | W | March 23, 1968 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 30–30–10 |
71 | L | March 24, 1968 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 30–31–10 |
72 | W | March 27, 1968 | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 31–31–10 |
73 | W | March 30, 1968 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 32–31–10 |
74 | W | March 31, 1968 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 33–31–10 |
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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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 |
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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 1967–68 season.
Trades
[edit]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
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Awards and records
[edit]- Johnny Bower and Bruce Gamble, Runner-up, Vezina Trophy[5]
- Bruce Gamble, All-Star Game MVP[6]
- Tim Horton, 1967-68 NHL First Team All-Star[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1967-68 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ "Flyers Take Phoenix Star". Tucson Daily Citizen. September 13, 1967. p. 30. Retrieved January 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
- ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 219, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
- ^ 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