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.

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 Bruins	80	49	23	8	312	240	106
Buffalo Sabres	80	48	24	8	301	220	104
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	33	32	15	301	285	81
Cleveland Barons	80	25	42	13	240	292	63

^[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
1	L	October 5, 1976	2–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	0–1–0
2	W	October 9, 1976	7–5	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	T	October 13, 1976	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	1–1–1
4	L	October 15, 1976	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	1–2–1
5	T	October 16, 1976	5–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	1–2–2
6	T	October 20, 1976	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	1–2–3
7	L	October 21, 1976	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	1–3–3
8	L	October 23, 1976	2–5	New York Islanders (1976–77)	1–4–3
9	L	October 27, 1976	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	1–5–3
10	W	October 28, 1976	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	2–5–3
11	W	October 30, 1976	5–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	3–5–3
12	W	November 1, 1976	6–3	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	4–5–3
13	L	November 3, 1976	2–6	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	4–6–3
14	W	November 5, 1976	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	5–6–3
15	L	November 6, 1976	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	5–7–3
16	T	November 10, 1976	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	5–7–4
17	W	November 13, 1976	3–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	6–7–4
18	W	November 17, 1976	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	7–7–4
19	W	November 20, 1976	8–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	8–7–4
20	L	November 21, 1976	5–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	8–8–4
21	L	November 24, 1976	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	8–9–4
22	W	November 27, 1976	4–2	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	9–9–4
23	W	November 28, 1976	5–1	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	10–9–4
24	W	November 30, 1976	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	11–9–4
25	W	December 1, 1976	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	12–9–4
26	T	December 4, 1976	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	12–9–5
27	T	December 5, 1976	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	12–9–6
28	L	December 8, 1976	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	12–10–6
29	W	December 11, 1976	4–1	New York Rangers (1976–77)	13–10–6
30	L	December 12, 1976	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	13–11–6
31	W	December 15, 1976	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	14–11–6
32	L	December 17, 1976	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	14–12–6
33	W	December 18, 1976	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	15–12–6
34	W	December 20, 1976	6–2	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	16–12–6
35	L	December 22, 1976	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	16–13–6
36	L	December 23, 1976	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	16–14–6
37	L	December 26, 1976	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	16–15–6
38	W	December 29, 1976	6–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	17–15–6
39	W	January 1, 1977	3–1	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	18–15–6
40	L	January 2, 1977	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	18–16–6
41	W	January 5, 1977	6–4	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	19–16–6
42	L	January 8, 1977	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	19–17–6
43	W	January 11, 1977	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	20–17–6
44	W	January 12, 1977	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	21–17–6
45	L	January 15, 1977	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	21–18–6
46	L	January 18, 1977	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	21–19–6
47	W	January 21, 1977	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	22–19–6
48	W	January 23, 1977	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	23–19–6
49	W	January 27, 1977	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	24–19–6
50	T	January 29, 1977	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	24–19–7
51	L	January 31, 1977	3–7	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	24–20–7
52	W	February 2, 1977	9–1	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	25–20–7
53	L	February 5, 1977	5–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	25–21–7
54	W	February 9, 1977	5–1	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	26–21–7
55	W	February 12, 1977	10–0	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	27–21–7
56	L	February 13, 1977	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	27–22–7
57	L	February 14, 1977	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	27–23–7
58	W	February 16, 1977	5–3	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	28–23–7
59	T	February 17, 1977	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	28–23–8
60	T	February 19, 1977	6–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	28–23–9
61	W	February 20, 1977	10–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	29–23–9
62	L	February 23, 1977	4–5	New York Rangers (1976–77)	29–24–9
63	L	February 25, 1977	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	29–25–9
64	L	February 26, 1977	5–6	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	29–26–9
65	L	March 2, 1977	1–4	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	29–27–9
66	T	March 5, 1977	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	29–27–10
67	W	March 7, 1977	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	30–27–10
68	T	March 9, 1977	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	30–27–11
69	W	March 12, 1977	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	31–27–11
70	L	March 13, 1977	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	31–28–11
71	W	March 15, 1977	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	32–28–11
72	T	March 16, 1977	4–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	32–28–12
73	W	March 19, 1977	5–4	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	33–28–12
74	L	March 21, 1977	2–7	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	33–29–12
75	T	March 23, 1977	1–1	New York Islanders (1976–77)	33–29–13
76	L	March 26, 1977	5–7	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	33–30–13
77	L	March 27, 1977	4–7	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	33–31–13
78	T	March 30, 1977	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	33–31–14
79	T	April 2, 1977	1–1	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	33–31–15
80	L	April 3, 1977	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	33–32–15

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	80	46	44	90	77	12	16	4	5
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	73	38	52	90	89	8	12	1	5
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	80	22	57	79	84	47	4	2	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	76	12	66	78	46	45	1	0	0
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	66	15	30	45	7	5	0	3	1
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	76	14	31	45	36	-26	3	0	3
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	77	18	25	43	338	11	1	0	0
Ashby, DonDon Ashby	C	76	19	23	42	24	-14	3	0	4
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	78	24	17	41	16	8	5	0	3
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	41	21	16	37	8	-10	8	1	2
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	80	18	18	36	107	13	3	0	1
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	70	17	16	33	16	-17	3	0	5
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	65	11	19	30	14	2	1	0	2
Garland, ScottScott Garland	C	69	9	20	29	83	-18	3	0	1
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	50	9	15	24	24	0	0	2	0
Alexander, ClaireClaire Alexander	D	48	1	12	13	12	-4	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	69	1	10	11	73	-1	0	0	0
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	15	2	5	7	4	2	0	0	1
Walker, KurtKurt Walker	D	26	2	3	5	24	5	0	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	45	0	5	5	51	-19	0	0	0
Evans, PaulPaul Evans	C/LW	7	1	1	2	19	3	0	0	0
Warner, BobBob Warner	D	10	1	1	2	4	4	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	50	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	D	13	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0
Pratt, TracyTracy Pratt	D	11	0	1	1	8	-7	0	0	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	G	33	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
MacKasey, BlairBlair MacKasey	D	1	0	0	0	2
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	2877	50	23	18	8	154	3.21	4
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	1803	33	10	13	6	116	3.86	1
McRae, GordGord McRae	120	2	0	1	1	9	4.50	0
Team:	4800	80	33	32	15	279	3.49	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	9	5	16	21	4	3	0
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	9	10	7	17	6	3	1
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	9	3	6	9	6	2	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	9	3	6	9	29	0	1
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	9	4	4	8	10	4	0
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	9	1	3	4	6	1	0
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	9	0	4	4	17	0	0
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	7	2	1	3	0	1	1
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	9	0	3	3	7	0	0
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	9	2	0	2	0	0	1
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	9	0	2	2	2	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	D	9	0	2	2	4	0	0
Ashby, DonDon Ashby	C	9	1	0	1	4	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	9	0	1	1	20	0	0
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evans, PaulPaul Evans	C/LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pratt, TracyTracy Pratt	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warner, BobBob Warner	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	360	6	3	3	16	2.67
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	202	4	1	2	12	3.56
Team:	562	9	4	5	28	2.99

^[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

Player	New Team
Rod Seiling	St. Louis Blues
Tom Cassidy	Boston Bruins

Awards and records

Lanny McDonald, Right Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team
Borje Salming, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team

Roster

1976-77 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Gord McRae
29 – Mike Palmateer
30 – Wayne Thomas

Defensemen

2 – Ian Turnbull
4 – Tracy Pratt
16 – Blair MacKasey
16 – Bob Warner
18 – Jim McKenny
20 – Claire Alexander
21 – Borje Salming
23 – Randy Carlyle
24 – Brian Glennie
26 – Kurt Walker
28 – Mike Pelyk

Wingers

Centres

8 – Jack Valiquette
9 – Don Ashby
14 – Stan Weir
17 – Paul Evans
19 – Bruce Boudreau
27 – Darryl Sittler - C
GM: Jim Gregory
Coach: Red Kelly

References

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

1976–77 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo Cleveland Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game 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

1910s	1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 31, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.