1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 52nd season of the franchise, 42nd season as the Maple Leafs. Although the Maple Leafs made the playoffs, they were swept in the quarter-finals by Boston, suffering two crushing defeats at Boston Garden.

1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division4th East
1968–69 record35–26–15
Goals for271
Goals against202
Team information
General ManagerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Alternate captainsTim Horton
Dave Keon
Bob Pulford
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsNorm Ullman (35)
AssistsNorm Ullman (42)
PointsNorm Ullman (77)
Penalty minutesJim Dorey (200)
WinsBruce Gamble (28)
Goals against averageBruce Gamble (2.80)

Offseason

NHL Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Club team
110Brad SelwoodDefence CanadaNiagara Falls Flyers (OHA)

Regular season

Season standings
East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens76461911271202+69103
2Boston Bruins76421816303221+82100
3New York Rangers7641269231196+3591
4Toronto Maple Leafs76352615234217+1785
5Detroit Red Wings76333112239221+1878
6Chicago Black Hawks7634339280246+3477

Record vs. opponents
1968-69 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MON NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TOR
Boston —5–2–13–2–35–14–0–24–2–23–3–23–1–24–25–12–2–24–2–2
Chicago 2–5–1—3–4–15–15–0–11–74–3–11–53–0–34–23–2–13–4–1
Detroit 2–3–34–3–1—4–24–22–5–14–3–13–2–13–1–24–20–4–23–4–1
Los Angeles 1–51–52–4—1–4–30–4–23–34–2–23–4–15–2–11–6–13–3
Minnesota 0–4–20–5–12–44–1–3—0–5–11–53–4–12–3–33–52–4–21–3–2
Montreal 2–4–27–15–2–14–0–25–0–1—3–4–12–3–15–14–1–15–0–14–3–1
New York 3–3–23–4–13–4–13–35–14–3–1—5–13–1–25–13–1–24–4
Oakland 1–3–25–12–3–12–4–24–3–13–2–11–5—4–2–24–2–21–72–4
Philadelphia 2–40–3–31–3–24–3–13–2–31–51–3–22–4–2—4–1–31–6–11–1–4
Pittsburgh 1–52–42–42–5–15–31–4–11–52–4–21–4–3—3–4–10–3–3
St. Louis 2–2–22–3–14–0–26–1–14–2–20–5–11–3–27–16–1–14–3–1—1–4–1
Toronto 2–4–24–3–14–3–13–33–1–23–4–14–44–21–1–43–0–34–1–1—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 13, 19682–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)1–0–0
2TOctober 16, 19682–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)1–0–1
3LOctober 19, 19681–3Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)1–1–1
4WOctober 23, 19686–4St. Louis Blues (1968–69)2–1–1
5WOctober 26, 19682–0Boston Bruins (1968–69)3–1–1
6WOctober 27, 19685–3@ New York Rangers (1968–69)4–1–1
7LOctober 30, 19680–5Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)4–2–1
8LNovember 2, 19682–3Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)4–3–1
9WNovember 6, 19681–0@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)5–3–1
10LNovember 9, 19681–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)5–4–1
11WNovember 10, 19683–1@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)6–4–1
12TNovember 13, 19681–1Boston Bruins (1968–69)6–4–2
13WNovember 14, 19685–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)7–4–2
14WNovember 16, 19683–1Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)8–4–2
15TNovember 17, 19681–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)8–4–3
16WNovember 20, 19685–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)9–4–3
17LNovember 23, 19682–5Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)9–5–3
18LNovember 24, 19684–7@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)9–6–3
19TNovember 27, 19683–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)9–6–4
20TNovember 30, 19683–3Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)9–6–5
21LDecember 1, 19681–3@ New York Rangers (1968–69)9–7–5
22WDecember 4, 19684–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)10–7–5
23WDecember 7, 19685–2New York Rangers (1968–69)11–7–5
24WDecember 8, 19684–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)12–7–5
25TDecember 11, 19684–4Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)12–7–6
26WDecember 12, 19681–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)13–7–6
27WDecember 14, 19683–2St. Louis Blues (1968–69)14–7–6
28WDecember 18, 19685–2Oakland Seals (1968–69)15–7–6
29WDecember 21, 19688–3Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)16–7–6
30LDecember 22, 19682–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)16–8–6
31WDecember 25, 19684–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)17–8–6
32LDecember 26, 19682–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)17–9–6
33LDecember 28, 19681–4Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)17–10–6
34WJanuary 1, 19697–3Oakland Seals (1968–69)18–10–6
35WJanuary 4, 19695–3New York Rangers (1968–69)19–10–6
36TJanuary 5, 19692–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)19–10–7
37TJanuary 8, 19694–4Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)19–10–8
38LJanuary 9, 19692–3@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)19–11–8
39WJanuary 11, 19694–2Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)20–11–8
40TJanuary 15, 19695–5Boston Bruins (1968–69)20–11–9
41TJanuary 18, 19691–1Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)20–11–10
42LJanuary 19, 19693–5@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)20–12–10
43WJanuary 23, 19693–2@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)21–12–10
44WJanuary 25, 19692–0@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)22–12–10
45LJanuary 26, 19692–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)22–13–10
46LJanuary 29, 19691–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)22–14–10
47LJanuary 31, 19694–5@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)22–15–10
48LFebruary 2, 19693–5@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)22–16–10
49TFebruary 5, 19695–5Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)22–16–11
50LFebruary 8, 19691–4Oakland Seals (1968–69)22–17–11
51WFebruary 9, 19695–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)23–17–11
52WFebruary 12, 19697–1Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)24–17–11
53WFebruary 15, 19696–2New York Rangers (1968–69)25–17–11
54LFebruary 16, 19692–4@ New York Rangers (1968–69)25–18–11
55WFebruary 19, 19695–1Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)26–18–11
56LFebruary 20, 19691–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)26–19–11
57LFebruary 22, 19692–4Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)26–20–11
58LFebruary 23, 19692–7@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)26–21–11
59WFebruary 26, 19693–2St. Louis Blues (1968–69)27–21–11
60TFebruary 27, 19691–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)27–21–12
61TMarch 1, 19693–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)27–21–13
62WMarch 2, 19692–1Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)28–21–13
63WMarch 5, 19696–4Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)29–21–13
64LMarch 6, 19693–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)29–22–13
65TMarch 8, 19692–2Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)29–22–14
66WMarch 12, 19694–0@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)30–22–14
67WMarch 13, 19693–1@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)31–22–14
68WMarch 15, 19697–4Boston Bruins (1968–69)32–22–14
69LMarch 16, 19693–11@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)32–23–14
70TMarch 19, 19691–1@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)32–23–15
71WMarch 22, 19693–1Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)33–23–15
72LMarch 23, 19691–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)33–24–15
73WMarch 26, 19696–4Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)34–24–15
74WMarch 27, 19694–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)35–24–15
75LMarch 29, 19692–4New York Rangers (1968–69)35–25–15
76LMarch 30, 19690–4@ New York Rangers (1968–69)35–26–15

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LApril 2, 19690–10@ Boston Bruins0–1
2LApril 3, 19690–7@ Boston Bruins0–2
3LApril 5, 19693–4Boston Bruins0–3
4LApril 6, 19692–3Boston Bruins0–4

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Norm Ullman7535427741
Dave Keon7527346112
Paul Henderson7427325916
Murray Oliver7614365016
Ron Ellis7225214612
Mike Walton6622214334
Tim Horton74112940107
Floyd Smith6415193422
Bob Pulford7211233420
Jim Dorey6182230200
George Armstrong5311162710
Larry Mickey558192743
Pierre Pilote693182146
Bill Sutherland44751214
Mike Pelyk653912146
Rick Ley381111239
Pat Quinn4027995
Brit Selby1422419
Wayne Carleton121346
Marcel Pronovost3412320
Forbes Kennedy1303324
Gerry Meehan250222
Johnny Bower200000
Mike Byers50002
Terry Clancy20000
Bruce Gamble610002
Gary Marsh10000
Jim McKenny70002
Al Smith70000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Bruce Gamble3446612820111612.803
Johnny Bower77920543372.852
Al Smith3357221162.870
Team:4560763526152142.825

Playoffs
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Dave Keon41342
Ron Ellis42132
Murray Oliver41230
Norm Ullman41010
Jim Dorey401121
Paul Henderson40110
Pierre Pilote40114
George Armstrong40000
Johnny Bower40000
Bruce Gamble30000
Tim Horton40007
Forbes Kennedy100038
Rick Ley30009
Larry Mickey30005
Mike Pelyk40008
Bob Pulford40002
Pat Quinn400013
Brit Selby40004
Floyd Smith40000
Mike Walton40004
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower154402114.290
Bruce Gamble86302139.070
Team:240404246.000

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Awards and records
  • Tim Horton, runner-up, Norris Trophy.[4]

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season.

Trades
September 30, 1968 To Los Angeles Kings
Gary Croteau
Brian Murphy
Wayne Thomas		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Grant Moore
Lou Deveault
October 1, 1968 To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
Darryl Sly		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
March 2, 1969 To Philadelphia Flyers
Gerry Meehan
Mike Byers
Bill Sutherland		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Brit Selby
Forbes Kennedy
May 1, 1969 To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
Brad Selwood
Rene Robert		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ron Ward
May 30, 1969 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Forbes Kennedy		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash

Intra-League Draft
June 11, 1969 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Al Smith
June 11, 1969 To Montreal Canadiens
Larry Mickey
June 11, 1969 From Pittsburgh Penguins
Marv Edwards

Roster
1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Farm teams

References
  1. "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "1968-69 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  4. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
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