1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 57th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 47th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs placed fourth to make the playoffs, but were swept in the first round by the Boston Bruins.

1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division4th East
1973–74 record35–27–16
Goals for274
Goals against230
Team information
General ManagerJim Gregory
CoachRed Kelly
CaptainDave Keon
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsDarryl Sittler (38)
AssistsNorm Ullman (47)
PointsDarry Sittler (84)
Penalty minutesBrian Glennie (100)
WinsDoug Favell (14)
Goals against averageDoug Favell (2.71)

Offseason

The Maple Leafs made several signings that would improve their team. At the entry draft, the Maple Leafs chose Lanny McDonald with the fourth-overall draft pick. He would play six and a half seasons with the Maple Leafs. Bernie Parent, who had left the team for the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972, made it known that he wanted to return to the NHL. The Maple Leafs still had his NHL rights, and they traded Parent to the Philadelphia Flyers for Doug Favell and a first-round draft pick, which the Maple Leafs used to choose Bob Neely. Neely would play four seasons for the Maple Leafs before being traded to the Colorado Rockies.

In a first for Toronto, the club signed players from Europe. Toronto signed Swedish defenceman Borje Salming and forward Inge Hammarstrom. Salming had made the all-star team at the 1973 world championships. Hammarstrom was one of the top scorers in Sweden. Both had played for Brynas of the Swedish League, and the Leafs had to pay the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation for their release.[1] Salming would play with the Leafs until 1989, when he joined the Detroit Red Wings. Hammarstrom would play five seasons in Toronto before moving to the St. Louis Blues.

Regular season

Final standings
East Division[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Boston Bruins7852179349221+128113
2Montreal Canadiens7845249293240+5399
3New York Rangers78402414300251+4994
4Toronto Maple Leafs78352716274230+4486
5Buffalo Sabres78323412242250−876
6Detroit Red Wings78293910255319−6468
7Vancouver Canucks78244311224296−7259
8New York Islanders78194118182247−6556

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 10, 19737–4Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)1–0–0
2LOctober 11, 19730–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)1–1–0
3WOctober 13, 19736–3Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)2–1–0
4WOctober 17, 19735–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)3–1–0
5WOctober 20, 19733–2New York Rangers (1973–74)4–1–0
6LOctober 21, 19733–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)4–2–0
7TOctober 23, 19732–2Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)4–2–1
8LOctober 27, 19732–3Boston Bruins (1973–74)4–3–1
9TOctober 28, 19731–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)4–3–2
10WOctober 30, 19737–0Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)5–3–2
11TNovember 1, 19732–2@ New York Islanders (1973–74)5–3–3
12WNovember 3, 19736–0Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)6–3–3
13LNovember 7, 19731–4Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)6–4–3
14TNovember 10, 19733–3New York Islanders (1973–74)6–4–4
15LNovember 11, 19734–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)6–5–4
16WNovember 14, 19734–1@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)7–5–4
17TNovember 16, 19733–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)7–5–5
18WNovember 17, 19734–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)8–5–5
19WNovember 20, 19734–2@ New York Islanders (1973–74)9–5–5
20LNovember 22, 19732–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)9–6–5
21LNovember 24, 19731–3Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)9–7–5
22WNovember 28, 19734–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)10–7–5
23WNovember 29, 19735–1St. Louis Blues (1973–74)11–7–5
24WDecember 1, 19733–2California Golden Seals (1973–74)12–7–5
25LDecember 2, 19734–6@ New York Rangers (1973–74)12–8–5
26WDecember 6, 19734–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)13–8–5
27LDecember 8, 19731–3Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)13–9–5
28LDecember 9, 19732–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)13–10–5
29LDecember 11, 19733–7@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)13–11–5
30WDecember 13, 19736–1@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)14–11–5
31TDecember 15, 19732–2New York Rangers (1973–74)14–11–6
32WDecember 19, 19735–3California Golden Seals (1973–74)15–11–6
33LDecember 22, 19734–6Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)15–12–6
34LDecember 23, 19733–4@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)15–13–6
35WDecember 26, 19739–2Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)16–13–6
36TDecember 29, 19733–3Atlanta Flames (1973–74)16–13–7
37WDecember 30, 19734–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)17–13–7
38WJanuary 2, 19744–3Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)18–13–7
39LJanuary 5, 19743–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)18–14–7
40WJanuary 7, 19746–2Atlanta Flames (1973–74)19–14–7
41WJanuary 9, 19746–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)20–14–7
42WJanuary 12, 19744–2St. Louis Blues (1973–74)21–14–7
43LJanuary 15, 19742–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)21–15–7
44TJanuary 16, 19745–5@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)21–15–8
45LJanuary 19, 19743–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)21–16–8
46LJanuary 23, 19743–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)21–17–8
47TJanuary 26, 19743–3@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)21–17–9
48WJanuary 27, 19745–2@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)22–17–9
49WJanuary 31, 19743–1Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)23–17–9
50WFebruary 2, 19746–2Boston Bruins (1973–74)24–17–9
51TFebruary 3, 19743–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)24–17–10
52TFebruary 6, 19742–2Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)24–17–11
53WFebruary 9, 19744–1Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)25–17–11
54LFebruary 13, 19741–3Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)25–18–11
55WFebruary 16, 19747–2Atlanta Flames (1973–74)26–18–11
56LFebruary 17, 19741–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)26–19–11
57WFebruary 20, 19744–2Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)27–19–11
58LFebruary 23, 19743–4Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)27–20–11
59TFebruary 24, 19743–3Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)27–20–12
60LFebruary 26, 19743–7@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)27–21–12
61WFebruary 28, 19746–4@ New York Islanders (1973–74)28–21–12
62WMarch 2, 19745–2New York Islanders (1973–74)29–21–12
63WMarch 3, 19746–4@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)30–21–12
64TMarch 7, 19742–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)30–21–13
65LMarch 9, 19741–2Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)30–22–13
66LMarch 12, 19741–2@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)30–23–13
67WMarch 14, 19742–1New York Islanders (1973–74)31–23–13
68LMarch 16, 19742–5Boston Bruins (1973–74)31–24–13
69TMarch 17, 19742–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)31–24–14
70TMarch 19, 19741–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)31–24–15
71WMarch 22, 19743–2@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)32–24–15
72LMarch 24, 19742–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)32–25–15
73LMarch 27, 19743–5Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)32–26–15
74WMarch 30, 19747–3New York Rangers (1973–74)33–26–15
75TMarch 31, 19743–3@ New York Rangers (1973–74)33–26–16
76WApril 3, 19745–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)34–26–16
77WApril 6, 19743–1Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)35–26–16
78LApril 7, 19744–6@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)35–27–16

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Darryl SittlerC7838468455121106
Norm UllmanC782247691210402
Paul HendersonRW69243155409502
Dave KeonC74252853713123
Ron EllisRW70232548128303
Inge HammarstromLW662023431417404
Jim McKennyD771428423616301
Rick KehoeRW69182240819303
Borje SalmingD76534394838300
Ian TurnbullD78827357412202
Mike PelykD71121931945001
Lanny McDonaldRW70141630433203
Garry MonahanLW7891625704001
Tim EcclestoneLW4691423328121
Brian GlennieD654182210027110
Denis DupereLW34891783200
Eddie ShackLW597815741401
Errol ThompsonLW56781562002
Bob NeelyLW54571298−14200
Pierre JarryLW122810108000
George FergusonC1604441000
Willie BrossartD17011202000
Doug FavellG32000200000
Eddie JohnstonG2600000000
Dunc WilsonG2400060000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Doug Favell1752321479792.710
Eddie Johnston1516261294783.091
Dunc Wilson1412249113682.891
Team:4680783527162252.882

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Bob NeelyLW41340000
Ron EllisRW42130000
Darryl SittlerC42136100
Dave KeonC41230000
Norm UllmanC41120000
Paul HendersonRW40222000
Jim McKennyD40220000
Inge HammarstromLW41010000
Eddie ShackLW41012000
Tim EcclestoneLW40110000
George FergusonC30112000
Garry MonahanLW40117000
Borje SalmingD40114000
Errol ThompsonLW20110000
Willie BrossartD10000000
Denis DupereLW30000000
Doug FavellG30000000
Brian GlennieD300010000
Eddie JohnstonG10000000
Mike PelykD40004000
Ian TurnbullD40008000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Doug Favell181303103.310
Eddie Johnston6010166.000
Team:241404163.980

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1973–74 season.

Trades
May 22, 1973 To Boston Bruins
Future Considerations		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Eddie Johnston
May 23, 1973 To Philadelphia Flyers
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Willie Brossart
May 29, 1973 To Vancouver Canucks
Murray Heatley
Larry McIntyre		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dunc Wilson
July 3, 1973 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Eddie Shack
October 17, 1973 To Detroit Red Wings
Terry Clancy		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
November 29, 1973 To Detroit Red Wings
Pierre Jarry		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tim Ecclestone
May 27, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Fortier
Randy Osburn		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Flett
May 27, 1974 To St. Louis Blues
Eddie Johnston		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Gary Sabourin

Free agents
PlayerFormer Team
Bill ButtersUndrafted Free Agent
Scott GarlandTulsa Oilers (CHL)

Roster
1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
14Lanny McDonald CanadaMedicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
110Bob Neely CanadaPeterborough Petes (OHA)
115Ian Turnbull CanadaOttawa 67's (OHA)
452Frank Rochon CanadaSherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
568Gord Titcomb CanadaSt. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
684Doug Marit CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)
7100Dan Follet CanadaDownsview Bombers (OPJHL)
8116Les Burgess CanadaKitchener Rangers (OHA)
9132Dave Pay CanadaUniversity of Wisconsin (NCAA)
10144Lee Palmer CanadaClarkson University (NCAA)
10147Bob Peace CanadaCornell University (NCAA)
11159Norm McLeod CanadaOttawa M&W Rangers (CJHL)

Farm teams

See also

References
  1. "Gregory enthusiastic about Swedish players Leafs acquire". The Globe and Mail. June 20, 1973. p. 36.
  2. "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. "1973-74 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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