1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 60th season, 50th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 33 wins, 32 losses and 15 ties for 81 points. In the playoffs, they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the preliminary round 2–1 before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games in the Quarter-finals.

1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd Adams
Conference5th Wales
1976–77 record33–32–15
Goals for301
Goals against285
Team information
General ManagerJim Gregory
CoachRed Kelly
CaptainDarryl Sittler
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsLanny McDonald (46)
AssistsBorje Salming (66)
PointsDarryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald (90)
Penalty minutesTiger Williams (338)
WinsMike Palmateer (23)
Goals against averageMike Palmateer (3.21)

Regular season

On February 2, 1977, Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Ian Turnbull would be the first player in NHL history to score five goals on five shots.[1]

Season standings
Adams Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins8049238312240106
Buffalo Sabres8048248301220104
Toronto Maple Leafs8033321530128581
Cleveland Barons8025421324029263

[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 5, 19762–4@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)0–1–0
2WOctober 9, 19767–5Boston Bruins (1976–77)1–1–0
3TOctober 13, 19764–4Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)1–1–1
4LOctober 15, 19763–5@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)1–2–1
5TOctober 16, 19765–5Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)1–2–2
6TOctober 20, 19764–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)1–2–3
7LOctober 21, 19763–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)1–3–3
8LOctober 23, 19762–5New York Islanders (1976–77)1–4–3
9LOctober 27, 19763–5Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)1–5–3
10WOctober 28, 19763–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)2–5–3
11WOctober 30, 19765–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)3–5–3
12WNovember 1, 19766–3@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)4–5–3
13LNovember 3, 19762–6St. Louis Blues (1976–77)4–6–3
14WNovember 5, 19764–2@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)5–6–3
15LNovember 6, 19762–3@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)5–7–3
16TNovember 10, 19762–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)5–7–4
17WNovember 13, 19763–0@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)6–7–4
18WNovember 17, 19761–0Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)7–7–4
19WNovember 20, 19768–3Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)8–7–4
20LNovember 21, 19765–9@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)8–8–4
21LNovember 24, 19763–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)8–9–4
22WNovember 27, 19764–2Boston Bruins (1976–77)9–9–4
23WNovember 28, 19765–1Cleveland Barons (1976–77)10–9–4
24WNovember 30, 19764–2@ New York Islanders (1976–77)11–9–4
25WDecember 1, 19766–3Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)12–9–4
26TDecember 4, 19762–2Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)12–9–5
27TDecember 5, 19765–5@ New York Rangers (1976–77)12–9–6
28LDecember 8, 19763–4Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)12–10–6
29WDecember 11, 19764–1New York Rangers (1976–77)13–10–6
30LDecember 12, 19764–7@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)13–11–6
31WDecember 15, 19764–1St. Louis Blues (1976–77)14–11–6
32LDecember 17, 19762–3@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)14–12–6
33WDecember 18, 19764–2Colorado Rockies (1976–77)15–12–6
34WDecember 20, 19766–2Atlanta Flames (1976–77)16–12–6
35LDecember 22, 19762–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)16–13–6
36LDecember 23, 19762–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)16–14–6
37LDecember 26, 19762–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)16–15–6
38WDecember 29, 19766–2@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)17–15–6
39WJanuary 1, 19773–1Washington Capitals (1976–77)18–15–6
40LJanuary 2, 19774–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)18–16–6
41WJanuary 5, 19776–4Colorado Rockies (1976–77)19–16–6
42LJanuary 8, 19772–4Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)19–17–6
43WJanuary 11, 19772–0@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)20–17–6
44WJanuary 12, 19773–2Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)21–17–6
45LJanuary 15, 19771–4Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)21–18–6
46LJanuary 18, 19773–6@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)21–19–6
47WJanuary 21, 19773–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)22–19–6
48WJanuary 23, 19775–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)23–19–6
49WJanuary 27, 19772–1@ New York Islanders (1976–77)24–19–6
50TJanuary 29, 19773–3@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)24–19–7
51LJanuary 31, 19773–7@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)24–20–7
52WFebruary 2, 19779–1Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)25–20–7
53LFebruary 5, 19775–7Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)25–21–7
54WFebruary 9, 19775–1Atlanta Flames (1976–77)26–21–7
55WFebruary 12, 197710–0Washington Capitals (1976–77)27–21–7
56LFebruary 13, 19773–8@ New York Rangers (1976–77)27–22–7
57LFebruary 14, 19772–7@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)27–23–7
58WFebruary 16, 19775–3@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)28–23–7
59TFebruary 17, 19772–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)28–23–8
60TFebruary 19, 19776–6Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)28–23–9
61WFebruary 20, 197710–8@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)29–23–9
62LFebruary 23, 19774–5New York Rangers (1976–77)29–24–9
63LFebruary 25, 19772–4@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)29–25–9
64LFebruary 26, 19775–6Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)29–26–9
65LMarch 2, 19771–4Cleveland Barons (1976–77)29–27–9
66TMarch 5, 19774–4Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)29–27–10
67WMarch 7, 19774–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)30–27–10
68TMarch 9, 19772–2Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)30–27–11
69WMarch 12, 19776–0Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)31–27–11
70LMarch 13, 19771–6@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)31–28–11
71WMarch 15, 19774–1@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)32–28–11
72TMarch 16, 19774–4@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)32–28–12
73WMarch 19, 19775–4Atlanta Flames (1976–77)33–28–12
74LMarch 21, 19772–7Cleveland Barons (1976–77)33–29–12
75TMarch 23, 19771–1New York Islanders (1976–77)33–29–13
76LMarch 26, 19775–7Boston Bruins (1976–77)33–30–13
77LMarch 27, 19774–7@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)33–31–13
78TMarch 30, 19773–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)33–31–14
79TApril 2, 19771–1Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)33–31–15
80LApril 3, 19774–7@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)33–32–15

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Lanny McDonaldRW8046449077121645
Darryl SittlerC733852908981215
Ian TurnbullD802257798447420
Borje SalmingD761266784645100
Jack ValiquetteC6615304575031
Jim McKennyD7614314536−26303
Tiger WilliamsLW7718254333811100
Don AshbyC7619234224−14304
Inge HammarstromLW78241741168503
Errol ThompsonLW412116378−10812
Pat BoutetteC/RW8018183610713301
Bob NeelyLW7017163316−17305
Stan WeirC65111930142102
Scott GarlandC699202983−18301
George FergusonC5091524240020
Claire AlexanderD481121312−4000
Brian GlennieD691101173−1000
Bruce BoudreauC1525742001
Kurt WalkerD26235245000
Randy CarlyleD4505551−19000
Paul EvansC/LW7112193000
Bob WarnerD1011244000
Mike PalmateerG5002280000
Mike PelykD130224−4000
Tracy PrattD110118−7000
Wayne ThomasG3301140000
Blair MacKaseyD10002
Gord McRaeG200000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Palmateer287750231881543.214
Wayne Thomas180333101361163.861
Gord McRae120201194.500
Team:4800803332152793.495

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Darryl SittlerC9516214300
Lanny McDonaldRW9107176301
Borje SalmingD93696200
Tiger WilliamsLW936929001
Ian TurnbullD944810400
Bob NeelyLW91346100
Pat BoutetteC/RW904417000
Stan WeirC72130101
George FergusonC90337000
Errol ThompsonLW92020001
Jim McKennyD90222000
Mike PelykD90224000
Don AshbyC91014000
Randy CarlyleD901120000
Bruce BoudreauC30000000
Paul EvansC/LW20000000
Brian GlennieD20000000
Inge HammarstromLW20000000
Mike PalmateerG60000000
Tracy PrattD40000000
Wayne ThomasG40000000
Bob WarnerD20000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mike Palmateer360633162.670
Wayne Thomas202412123.560
Team:562945282.990

[3]

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;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season.

Trades
September 9, 1976 To St. Louis Blues
FA Signing of Rod Seiling		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
2nd round pick in 1978 – Joel Quenneville
Cash
September 15, 1976 To Colorado Rockies
Doug Favell		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
September 27, 1976 To Washington Capitals
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Blair MacKasey
September 28, 1976 To Chicago Black Hawks
Jim Harrison		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
2nd round pick in 1977 – Bob Gladney
March 8, 1977 To Colorado Rockies
3rd round pick in 1977 – Randy Pierce		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tracy Pratt

Free agents
PlayerNew Team
Rod SeilingSt. Louis Blues
Tom CassidyBoston Bruins

Awards and records

Roster
1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
230Randy Carlyle CanadaSudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
348Alain Belanger CanadaSherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
352Gary McFayden CanadaHull Festivals (QMJHL)
466Tim Williams CanadaVictoria Cougars (WCHL)
584Greg Hotham CanadaKingston Canadians (OMJHL)
6102Dan Djakalovic CanadaKitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
7116Charlie Skjodt CanadaWindsor Spitfires (OMJHL)

References
  1. Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 27, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9.
  2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. "1976-77 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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