1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd NHL
1965–66 record	34–25–11
Goals for	208
Goals against	187
Team information
General Manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Team leaders
Goals	Frank Mahovlich (32)
Assists	George Armstrong (35)
Points	Frank Mahovlich (56); Bob Pulford (56)
Penalty minutes	Eddie Shack (88)
Wins	Johnny Bower (18)
Goals against average	Al Smith (1.94)

The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	41	21	8	239	173	+66	90
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	37	25	8	240	187	+53	82
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	208	187	+21	79
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	31	27	12	221	194	+27	74
5	Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	174	275	−101	48
6	New York Rangers	70	18	41	11	195	261	−66	47

Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–8–2	2–11–1	4–9–1	8–5–1	4–9–1
Chicago	8–4–2	—	11–1–2	4–8–2	9–4–1	5–8–1
Detroit	11–2–1	1–11–2	—	4–8–2	7–3–4	8–4–2
Montreal	9–4–1	8–4–2	8–4–2	—	12–2	5–7–2
New York	5–8–1	4–9–1	3–7–4	2–12	—	3–6–5
Toronto	9–4–1	8–5–1	4–8–2	7–5–2	6–3–5	—

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 23, 1965	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	0–1–0
2	L	October 24, 1965	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	0–2–0
3	W	October 27, 1965	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	1–2–0
4	W	October 30, 1965	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	2–2–0
5	T	November 3, 1965	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–2–1
6	L	November 4, 1965	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	2–3–1
7	L	November 6, 1965	2–4	New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–4–1
8	L	November 7, 1965	0–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	2–5–1
9	T	November 10, 1965	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	2–5–2
10	W	November 13, 1965	5–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	3–5–2
11	L	November 14, 1965	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	3–6–2
12	W	November 18, 1965	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	4–6–2
13	W	November 20, 1965	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–6–2
14	W	November 21, 1965	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–6–2
15	L	November 24, 1965	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	6–7–2
16	L	November 27, 1965	1–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	6–8–2
17	W	November 28, 1965	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	7–8–2
18	T	December 1, 1965	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	7–8–3
19	L	December 4, 1965	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	7–9–3
20	L	December 5, 1965	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	7–10–3
21	W	December 11, 1965	8–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	8–10–3
22	T	December 12, 1965	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	8–10–4
23	W	December 15, 1965	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	9–10–4
24	W	December 16, 1965	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	10–10–4
25	W	December 18, 1965	8–4	New York Rangers (1965–66)	11–10–4
26	W	December 19, 1965	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	12–10–4
27	W	December 25, 1965	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	13–10–4
28	T	December 26, 1965	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	13–10–5
29	W	December 29, 1965	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	14–10–5
30	W	January 1, 1966	6–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	15–10–5
31	L	January 2, 1966	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	15–11–5
32	L	January 8, 1966	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	15–12–5
33	L	January 9, 1966	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	15–13–5
34	W	January 13, 1966	6–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	16–13–5
35	W	January 15, 1966	6–1	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	17–13–5
36	L	January 16, 1966	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	17–14–5
37	W	January 19, 1966	6–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	18–14–5
38	W	January 22, 1966	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	19–14–5
39	L	January 23, 1966	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	19–15–5
40	W	January 29, 1966	6–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	20–15–5
41	L	January 30, 1966	4–8	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	20–16–5
42	L	February 3, 1966	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	20–17–5
43	W	February 5, 1966	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–17–5
44	L	February 6, 1966	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–18–5
45	W	February 9, 1966	3–0	New York Rangers (1965–66)	22–18–5
46	T	February 12, 1966	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	22–18–6
47	T	February 13, 1966	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	22–18–7
48	W	February 16, 1966	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	23–18–7
49	L	February 19, 1966	1–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	23–19–7
50	L	February 20, 1966	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	23–20–7
51	W	February 23, 1966	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	24–20–7
52	W	February 26, 1966	3–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	25–20–7
53	T	February 27, 1966	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	25–20–8
54	T	March 2, 1966	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	25–20–9
55	W	March 3, 1966	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	26–20–9
56	W	March 5, 1966	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	27–20–9
57	W	March 6, 1966	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	28–20–9
58	W	March 9, 1966	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	29–20–9
59	W	March 12, 1966	6–0	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	30–20–9
60	L	March 13, 1966	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	30–21–9
61	L	March 16, 1966	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	30–22–9
62	W	March 19, 1966	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	31–22–9
63	L	March 20, 1966	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	31–23–9
64	W	March 24, 1966	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	32–23–9
65	W	March 26, 1966	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	33–23–9
66	W	March 27, 1966	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	34–23–9
67	L	March 30, 1966	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	34–24–9
68	L	March 31, 1966	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	34–25–9
69	T	April 2, 1966	3–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	34–25–10
70	T	April 3, 1966	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	34–25–11

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Mahovlich	68	32	24	56	68
Bob Pulford	70	28	28	56	51
Dave Keon	69	24	30	54	4
George Armstrong	70	16	35	51	12
Eddie Shack	63	26	17	43	88
Ron Ellis	70	19	23	42	24
Red Kelly	63	8	24	32	12
Tim Horton	70	6	22	28	76
Larry Hillman	48	3	25	28	34
Brit Selby	61	14	13	27	26
Wally Boyer	46	4	17	21	23
Kent Douglas	64	6	14	20	97
Allan Stanley	59	4	14	18	35
Pete Stemkowski	56	4	12	16	55
Orland Kurtenbach	70	9	6	15	54
Marcel Pronovost	54	2	8	10	34
Bob Baun	44	0	6	6	68
Mike Walton	6	1	3	4	0
Jim Pappin	7	0	3	3	8
Larry Jeffrey	20	1	1	2	22
Eddie Joyal	14	0	2	2	2
Dick Gamble	2	1	0	1	0
Al Arbour	4	0	1	1	2
Johnny Bower	35	0	1	1	0
Wayne Carleton	2	0	1	1	0
Duane Rupp	2	0	1	1	0
Terry Sawchuk	27	0	1	1	12
Brian Conacher	2	0	0	0	2
Bruce Gamble	10	0	0	0	0
Brent Imlach	2	0	0	0	0
Jim McKenny	2	0	0	0	2
Darryl Sly	2	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Smith	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnny Bower	1998	35	18	10	5	75	2.25	3
Terry Sawchuk	1521	27	10	11	3	80	3.16	1
Bruce Gamble	501	10	5	2	3	21	2.51	4
Al Smith	62	2	1	0	0	2	1.94	0
Gary Smith	118	3	0	2	0	7	3.56	0
Team:	4200	70	34	25	11	185	2.64	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Eddie Shack	4	2	1	3	33
Larry Hillman	4	1	1	2	6
Bob Pulford	4	1	1	2	12
Red Kelly	4	0	2	2	0
Dave Keon	4	0	2	2	0
Tim Horton	4	1	0	1	12
Frank Mahovlich	4	1	0	1	10
George Armstrong	4	0	1	1	4
Bob Baun	4	0	1	1	8
Wally Boyer	4	0	1	1	0
Kent Douglas	4	0	1	1	12
Johnny Bower	2	0	0	0	0
Ron Ellis	4	0	0	0	2
Orland Kurtenbach	4	0	0	0	20
Marcel Pronovost	4	0	0	0	6
Terry Sawchuk	2	0	0	0	0
Brit Selby	4	0	0	0	0
Allan Stanley	1	0	0	0	0
Pete Stemkowski	4	0	0	0	26

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Johnny Bower	120	2	2	8	4.00
Terry Sawchuk	120	2	2	6	3.00
Team:	240	4	4	14	3.50

[2]

Awards and records

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1965–66 season.

Trades

May 20, 1965	To Detroit Red Wings Andy Bathgate Billy Harris Gary Jarrett	To Toronto Maple Leafs Autry Erickson Larry Jeffrey Eddie Joyal Lowell MacDonald Marcel Pronovost
June 8, 1965	To Boston Bruins Ron Stewart	To Toronto Maple Leafs Andy Hebenton Orland Kurtenbach Pat Stapleton
September 1, 1965	To Springfield Indians (AHL) Larry Johnston Bill Smith	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bruce Gamble

Intra-League Draft

June 8, 1965	To New York Rangers Don Simmons
June 8, 1965	To Montreal Canadiens Tom McCarthy
June 9, 1965	To Boston Bruins Gerry Cheevers
June 9, 1965	To Chicago Black Hawks Pat Stapleton

Intra-League Draft

June 8, 1965	From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL) Larry Johnston

Reverse Draft

June 9, 1965	To Baltimore Clippers (AHL) Mike Corbett
June 9, 1965	From Boston Bruins Bob Perreault

Waivers

June 8, 1965	To Detroit Red Wings Don McKenney

Roster

1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Johnny Bower
1 – Al Smith
1 – Gary Smith
30 – Bruce Gamble
30 – Terry Sawchuk

Defensemen

2 – Larry Hillman
3 – Marcel Pronovost
7 – Tim Horton
17 – Jim McKenny
17 – Duane Rupp
18 – Al Arbour
19 – Kent Douglas
21 – Bobby Baun
21 – Darryl Sly
26 – Allan Stanley

Wingers

8 – Ron Ellis
9 – Dick Gamble
10 – George Armstrong – C
11 – Brit Selby
18 – Brian Conacher
18 – Jim Pappin
20 – Bob Pulford
22 – Larry Jeffrey
23 – Eddie Shack
25 – Orland Kurtenbach
27 – Frank Mahovlich

Centres

4 – Red Kelly
12 – Wayne Carleton
12 – Pete Stemkowski
14 – Dave Keon
15 – Wally Boyer
16 – Mike Walton
24 – Brent Imlach
24 – Eddie Joyal
GM: Punch Imlach
Coach: Punch Imlach

Draft picks

The Maple Leafs opted not to participate in the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held on April 27, 1965, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Farm teams

References

"Standings: 1965–1966". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
"1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

"1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[standings-div-1] "Standings: 1965–1966". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2018-08-13.

[2] "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

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1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Intra-League Draft

Intra-League Draft

Reverse Draft

Waivers

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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