1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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. Coincidentally, the Leafs finished with a better record than any of the six expansion teams that season.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team

Players lost in Expansion Draft

The following Maple Leafs were lost to various franchises in the Expansion Draft.

Player	Position	Drafted to
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

Season standings

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
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

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Walton, MikeMike Walton	73	30	29	59	48
Pulford, BobBob Pulford	74	20	30	50	40
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	74	28	20	48	8
Keon, DaveDave Keon	67	11	37	48	4
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	74	16	21	37	18
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	50	19	17	36	30
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	62	13	21	34	4
Pappin, JimJim Pappin	58	13	15	28	37
Horton, TimTim Horton	69	4	23	27	82
Conacher, BrianBrian Conacher	64	11	14	25	31
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	60	7	15	22	82
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	55	3	17	20	13
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	70	3	17	20	48
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton	65	8	11	19	34
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	13	5	12	17	2
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	64	1	13	14	16
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	13	5	6	11	8
Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp	71	1	8	9	42
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	6	6	1	7	0
Byers, MikeMike Byers	10	2	2	4	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	24	0	3	3	55
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	15	1	1	2	4
Martin, TomTom Martin	3	1	0	1	0
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	5	1	0	1	0
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	43	0	1	1	14
Parise, J. P.J. P. Parise	1	0	1	1	0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	41	0	0	0	2
Harris, DukeDuke Harris	4	0	0	0	0
Hinse, AndreAndre Hinse	4	0	0	0	0
Sly, DarrylDarryl Sly	17	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	2201	41	19	13	3	85	2.32	5
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	2239	43	14	18	7	84	2.25	4
Team:	4440	74	33	31	10	169	2.28	9

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Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1967–68 season.

Trades

June 6, 1967	To Minnesota North Stars Ken Broderick Barry MacKenzie Gary Dineen	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
June 8, 1967	To Los Angeles Kings Red Kelly	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken Block
September 12, 1967^[3]	To Philadelphia Flyers Al Millar	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
September 12, 1967	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Tom Polanic	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
October 3, 1967	To California Seals Gerry Ehman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan Hextall Jr. J. P. Parise
October 15, 1967	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Walt McKechnie	To Toronto Maple Leafs Steve Witiuk
December 23, 1967	To Minnesota North Stars J. P. Parise Milan Marcetta	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ted Taylor Murray Hall Don Johns Len Landle Duke Harris Carl Wetzel
January 13, 1968	To Minnesota North Stars Bronco Horvath	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
March 3, 1968	To Rochester Americans (AHL) Duke Harris	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
March 3, 1968	To Detroit Red Wings Frank Mahovlich Pete Stemkowski Garry Unger Carl Brewer	To Toronto Maple Leafs Doug Barrie Norm Ullman Paul Henderson Floyd Smith
March 25, 1968	To St. Louis Blues Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Quinn
May 14, 1968	To Oakland Seals Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Terry Clancy
May 23, 1968	To Chicago Black Hawks Jim Pappin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pierre Pilote
June 6, 1968	To Detroit Red Wings Doug Barrie	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
June 6, 1968	To Rochester Americans (AHL) Murray Hall	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
June 11, 1968	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Bob Barlow	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash

Intra-League Draft

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

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

Player	Former team
Rene Robert	Undrafted free agent

Player	New team
Dickie Moore	St. Louis Blues

Awards and records

Johnny Bower and Bruce Gamble, Runner-Up, Vezina Trophy^[4]
Bruce Gamble, All-Star Game MVP^[5]

Roster

1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Johnny Bower
30 – Bruce Gamble

Defensemen

2 – Larry Hillman
3 – Marcel Pronovost
4 – Duane Rupp
7 – Tim Horton
17 – Jim McKenny
21 – Darryl Sly
26 – Allan Stanley
28 – Mike Pelyk

Wingers

8 – Ron Ellis
10 – George Armstrong – C
17 – J.P. Parise
17 – Duke Harris
17 – Tom Martin
17 – Floyd Smith
18 – Jim Pappin
19 – Paul Henderson
20 – Bob Pulford
22 – Brian Conacher
23 – Andre Hinse
24 – Mike Byers
25 – Wayne Carleton
27 – Frank Mahovlich

Centres

9 – Norm Ullman
11 – Murray Oliver
12 – Pete Stemkowski
14 – Dave Keon
15 – Garry Unger
16 – Mike Walton
GM: Punch Imlach
Coach: Punch Imlach

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1967-68 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
↑ "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.

1967–68 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	NHL expansion Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise GMs Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six All-time roster Records Award winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owners The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited Charles Querrie 1919-1927 Conn Smythe 1927-1961 Harold Ballard (with Stafford Smythe and John Bassett until 1970-1971) 1961-1990 Steve Stavro 1991-1996 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman) 1996-present President Brendan Shanahan General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arenas	Arena Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre

Rivalries	Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens

Affiliates	AHL Toronto Marlies ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

General managers	Querrie C. Smythe S. Smythe Imlach Gregory Imlach McNamara Stellick Smith Fletcher Dryden Quinn Ferguson Fletcher Burke Nonis Lamoriello

Head coaches	Romeril Smythe Duncan Irvin Day Primeau Clancy Meeker Reay Imlach McLellan Kelly Neilson Smith Duff Crozier Nykoluk Maloney Brophy Armstrong Carpenter Watt Burns Beverley Murphy Quinn Maurice Wilson Carlyle Horachek Babcock

Media	TV Leafs TV Sportsnet Ontario TSN4 Radio Sportsnet 590 The Fan TSN Radio 1050

Championships	1918 1922 1932 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1962 1963 1964 1967

Culture/Lore	Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. 2014 NHL Winter Classic NHL Centennial Classic Fifty Mission Cap J. P. Bickell Memorial Award Carlton the Bear The Kid Line The Love Guru

Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

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1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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