Toronto Maple Leafs

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Toronto Maple Leafs
Conference	Eastern
Division	Northeast
Founded	1917
History	Toronto Arenas 1917-19 Toronto St. Patricks 1919-27 Toronto Maple Leafs 1927-present
Arena	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Local Media Affiliates	Leafs TV Rogers Sportsnet Ontario CFMJ (640 AM)
Team Colours	Royal Blue, White, and Silver
Owner	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.
General Manager	John Ferguson Jr.
Head Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Mats Sundin
Minor League Affiliates	Toronto Marlies (AHL) Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	1917-18, 1921-22, 1931-32, 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1966-67
Conference Championships	none
Division Championships	1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1999-2000

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL) at the Air Canada Centre (ACC). The organization is officially known as the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club, owned by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE).

Contents 1 Franchise History 1.1 Early years (1917-27) 1.2 The Conn Smythe Era 1.3 The Last Great Leafs Teams 1.4 Post-Original Six 1.5 The Ballard Years 1.6 Resurgence In and After the 1990s 1.7 Current Developments 2 Following 3 Rivalries 4 Season-by-season record 5 Notable players 5.1 Current roster 5.2 Hall of famers 5.3 Team captains 5.4 Retired numbers 5.4.1 Honoured numbers 5.5 First round draft picks 5.6 Franchise scoring leaders 6 NHL awards and trophies 7 Toronto Maple Leafs Team Records 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Franchise History

[edit] Early years (1917-27)

The National Hockey League was formed in Montreal in 1917, and initially consisted of five teams formerly belonging to the National Hockey Association. Its formation was a reaction against Eddie Livingstone, owner of the NHA's Toronto Blueshirts, by his fellow NHA owners, who accused him of creating "unfair advantages" for himself and his team. Thus, when the NHL was created, Livingstone and the Blueshirts were excluded from its membership. However, the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Wanderers, and Montreal Canadiens, three of the five teams of the NHL, felt it was unthinkable not to have a Toronto-based team in the new league, and therefore the Toronto Arena Company founded the Toronto Arenas. Unfortunately, the Arenas did not put together many wins after winning the Stanley Cup in the NHL's inaugural season, and were soon renamed the St. Patricks. The St. Pats won Lord Stanley's Mug in 1922.

[edit] The Conn Smythe Era

Charlie Querrie's loss of a lawsuit filed by Eddie Livingstone meant that Querrie had to pay Livingstone money owed to him, and Querrie decided to put the St. Pats up for sale. A $200,000 bid from Philadelphia was attractive, but Conn Smythe urged Querrie that civic pride was more important than money and urged him to accept his $160,000 bid for the franchise. Querrie accepted the offer, and suggested the name Maple Leafs for the team. Smythe saw eye to eye with Querrie's idea, figuring the name "St. Patricks" was too Irish.

In February 1927, Smythe purchased the St. Pats and renamed them the Maple Leafs. Smythe had put together the New York Rangers in 1926, but was fired before the season started. He kept the St. Pats' green uniforms for one year as a nod of colour to the old team's fans. However, the next season, the Leafs appeared for the first time in the blue and white sweaters they have worn ever since; Smythe did not want to make it look as though he favoured Roman Catholics. While the Leafs say that blue represents the Canadian skies and white represents snow, it is also true that top-level Toronto teams have worn blue since the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League adopted blue as their primary colour in 1873. Another theory is that Smythe changed the colours as a nod to his high school alma mater, Upper Canada College, whose teams have worn blue and white since 1829.

After four more lackluster seasons, Smythe and the Leafs debuted their new arena, Maple Leaf Gardens, in November 1931, and their Kid Line (Harvey "Busher" Jackson, "Gentleman Joe" Primeau and Charlie "The Big Bomber" Conacher), which would propel them to Toronto's third Stanley Cup victory during the first season in their new digs. They would go the distance in 1932, vanquishing Charlie Conacher's older brother "Big Train Lionel" Conacher and his Montreal Maroons in the first round, then in the semi-finals against the Boston Bruins, winning in the sixth overtime of the final game, and would not be overwhelmed in the Stanley Cup Finals by the hated New York Rangers. It was Conn Smythe's anti-Rangers revenge. The Maple Leafs went on a similar tear the next season, but again the Rangers humiliated Smythe. TO went down.

The Leafs' star forward, Ace Bailey, was nearly killed in 1933 when Boston Bruins defenceman Eddie Shore (also known as "Ol' Blood 'n' Guts" and "The Edmonton Express") checked him from behind into the boards at full speed. TO defenceman Red Horner was able to knock Shore out with a punch, but it was too late and Bailey, who was by now writhing on the ice, had his career ended. Undeterred, the Leafs would reach the finals five more times in the next seven years, but would not win, bowing out to the now-defunct Maroons in 1935, the Detroit Red Wings in 1936, the Chicago Black Hawks in 1938, Boston in 1939, and the hated Rangers in 1940.

Toronto looked sure to suffer a similar fate in 1942, down three games to none in a best-of-seven final against Detroit. However, fourth-line forward Don Metz would galvanize the team, coming from nowhere to score a hat trick in game 4 and the game-winning goal in game 5, with the Leafs winning both times. Captain Syl Apps had won the Lady Byng Trophy that season, not taking one penalty and finishing his ten-season career with an average of 5 minutes, 36 seconds in penalties a season. Goalie Walter "Turk" Broda would shut out the Wings in Game Six, and Sweeney Schriner would score two goals in the third period to win the seventh game 3-1. Apps told writer Trent Frayne in 1949, "If you want me to be pinned down to my [biggest night in hockey but also my] biggest second, I'd say it was the last tick of the clock that sounded the final bell. It's something I shall never forget at all." It was the first time a major pro sports team came back from behind 3-0 to win a best-of-seven championship series.

Three years later, with their heroes from 1942 dwindling (due to either age, health, or the war), the Leafs turned to lesser-known players like rookie goalie Frank "Ulcers" McCool and defenceman Babe Pratt. They would upset the Red Wings in the 1945 Final.

The powerful defending champion Montreal Canadiens and their "Punch Line" (Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Hector "Toe" Blake and Elmer Lach), would be the Leafs' nemesis two years later when the two teams clashed in the 1947 finals. Ted "Teeder" Kennedy would score the game-winning goal late in game 6 to win the Leafs their first of three straight Cups — the first time any NHL team had accomplished that feat. It might have been four straight (or even five, considering what happened in 1951), had Leo Reise of the Red Wings not scored in sudden-death of Game 7 of the Detroit-Toronto semi-final series in 1950.

The Leafs and Habs would meet once again in the finals in 1951, with all five games going to overtime. Max Bentley scored with 32 seconds left in the third period of game 5 to send it to an extra period, and defenceman Bill Barilko, who had scored only six goals in the regular season, scored the game-winner to win Toronto their fourth Cup in five years. Barilko's glory, however, was short-lived: he disappeared in an airplane crash near Timmins, Ontario barely four months after that historic moment. Barilko's legacy is still remembered over 50 years later, and The Tragically Hip band's "Fifty Mission Cap" is based on his plight.

[edit] The Last Great Leafs Teams

Toronto was unable to match up with their Cup-winning teams of the 40s and 1951 for a long time, and stronger teams like Detroit and Montreal won the cup year after year. They did not win another Stanley Cup until 1962, over Chicago, ironically the same year that Barilko's remains were discovered.

And then, Toronto were able to reel off another three straight Stanley Cup victories from 1962 to 1964, with the help of Hall of Famers Frank Mahovlich, Red Kelly, Johnny Bower, Dave Keon, Andy Bathgate and Tim Horton, and under the leadership of new coach Punch Imlach. However, Bathgate claimed after 1964-65 that all the autocratic Imlach said to himself and Mahovlich was insulting. It was Bathgate's one-way ticket to the now-floundering Red Wings, but Toronto would, for a few more years, keep "The Big M".

In 1967, the Leafs and Canadiens met in the Cup Finals for the last time. Montreal was considered to be a heavy favourite as analysts said that the Leafs were just a bunch of has-beens. But Bob Pulford scored the double-overtime winner in Game 3, Jim Pappin got the series winner in Game 6, and Keon won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs as the Maple Leafs won their last Stanley Cup to date in six games.

[edit] Post-Original Six

In 1968, Mahovlich was traded to Detroit in a blockbuster trade. Then in 1969, following a first-round playoff loss to Boston, Imlach, known also for liking to prolong and resurrect older players' careers, was let go, with Horton declaring, "If this team doesn't want Imlach, I guess it doesn't want me." He was traded to the New York Rangers the next year.

During the 1970s, with the overall level of talent in the league diluted by the addition of 12 new franchises and the rival World Hockey Association, the Leafs, led by a group of stars such as Darryl Sittler (the all-time leading scorer for the franchise), Lanny McDonald, Keon, enforcer Dave "Tiger" Williams, and Börje Salming were able to ice competitive teams for several seasons. On February 7, 1976, Sittler would score six goals and four assists against the Bruins to establish a now three-decade-long NHL single-game record. But they only once made it past the second round of the playoffs, besting the New York Islanders, a soon-to-be dynasty, in the 1978 quarter-finals, only to be swept by the nemesis Canadiens, in the semi-finals.

[edit] The Ballard Years

The 1980s were dominated by longtime owner Harold Ballard. Ballard was part of a partnership that bought the team from Conn Smythe in 1961 (along with Conn's son Stafford and newspaper baron John Bassett), and won a battle for sole control of the team in 1971. One of the most detested owners in NHL history, he traded away many of the team's most popular players (including Sittler to the Philadelphia Flyers, McDonald to the Colorado Rockies, and Keon to the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the WHA. Ballard assumed (correctly) that games at Maple Leaf Gardens would be sellouts regardless of the team's on-ice quality, and thus refused payrolls any higher than necessary to be profitable.

The result was a team that was just barely competitive from 1980-92. In that stretch the Leafs failed to post a winning record, missing the playoffs five times and only finishing above fourth in their division once (in 1990). They only made it beyond the first round of the playoffs once (in 1986, advancing to the division finals), and won only 11 games in seven playoff appearances. The Leafs' poor record resulted in several high draft picks but Wendel Clark, who was taken first overall in 1985 and would later captain the team, proved to be the only one that panned out.

[edit] Resurgence In and After the 1990s

Ballard died in 1990, and Steve Stavro, a reclusive supermarket tycoon, eventually bought the team. After 1991-92, ex-Calgary Flames GM Cliff Fletcher took over the team. In 1992-93, the Leafs began a resurgence. Doug Gilmour, who had come over from the Flames the previous season, scored 32 goals and 95 assists to lead the team in scoring. Dave Andreychuk had come to the Maple Leafs from the Buffalo Sabres and would score 25 goals in his first 31 games as a Leaf as well as being the league's leading power-play goal scorer. Netminder Felix Potvin was also solid with an NHL-best 2.50 goals-against average. Toronto finished with a franchise-record 99 points, good enough for third place in the Norris Division. The Leafs dispatched the Detroit Red Wings in the first round with an overtime winner in Game 7, then won the Norris Division final by defeating the St. Louis Blues, also in seven games.

With Montreal facing the Isles in the Wales Conference Finals, Canadians were once again dreaming of a Montreal-Toronto clash for the Cup as the Leafs faced the Los Angeles Kings, led by the great Wayne Gretzky, in the Campbell Conference Final. The Leafs were up 3-2 in the series, but lost Game 6 due to an incident that would go down in infamy for Leafs fans: many believe that a missed penalty call on Kings captain Gretzky (for high-sticking Doug Gilmour) by referee Kerry Fraser cost them the game. The "Great One"'s hat trick in Game 7 would finish the Leafs' run, and it would be the Kings who would move on to the Finals against the Canadiens.

Those hoping for an all-Canadian Stanley Cup Final in 1993 had to make do with an all-Canadian Western Conference Final (newly renamed from the Campbell Conference) in 1994. The Leafs, however, were no match for the Vancouver Canucks, losing in five games.

After two years out of the playoffs in the late 1990s, the Leafs made another charge during the 1999 playoffs after moving from Maple Leaf Gardens to the new Air Canada Centre. Mats Sundin, who had joined the team from the Quebec Nordiques in a 1994 trade involving Wendel Clark, had one of his most productive seasons, scoring 31 goals and totaling 83 points. Sergei Berezin scored another 37 goals, Curtis Joseph won 35 games with a 2.56 GAA, and enforcer Tie Domi racked up 198 penalty minutes. The Leafs eliminated the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but lost in five games to the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Maple Leafs would reach the second round in both 2000 and 2001, losing both times to the New Jersey Devils, who would make the Stanley Cup Finals both seasons. In 2002, they would dispatch the Islanders and their trans-Ontario rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in the first two rounds, only to lose to the Cinderella-story Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Finals. The 2002 season was particularly impressive in that the Leafs had many of their better players sidelined by injuries, but managed to make it to the conference finals due to the efforts of lesser-known players, led mainly by Gary Roberts, who put up a heroic fight, although they would eventually fall to the Hurricanes.

Joseph left to go to the defending Stanley Cup Champions in Detroit in the 2002 off-season; the team almost immediately found a replacement in veteran Ed Belfour, who came over from the Dallas Stars and had been a crucial part of their 1999 Stanley Cup run. Belfour could not help their playoff woes in the 2003 playoffs, however, as they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games in the first round. The 2003-04 season started in an uncommon way for the team, as they held their training camp in Sweden, and playing in the NHL Challenge against teams from Sweden and Finland. That year, the Leafs posted a franchise-record number of standings points with 104 and finished fourth in the Eastern Conference. They defeated the Senators in the first round of the playoffs for the fourth time in five years, but lost to the Flyers in the second round in six games. The Leafs did not make the playoffs in 2006, finishing tenth in the Eastern Conference.

The Maple Leafs are the only Original Six franchise to have not reached the Stanley Cup Finals since the 1967 NHL Expansion. The Chicago Blackhawks, the only other Original Six team not to win a Stanley Cup since 1967 (their last title came in 1961), have been to the Finals three times since then. Toronto's greatest rival, the Montreal Canadiens, have won ten Stanley Cups since the Leafs' last win.

The team's management has been widely criticized for the trading away of vital draft picks in exchange for experienced veterans throughout the 90s right up to the lost season of 2004-05 due to the NHL lockout.

[edit] Current Developments

On January 28, 2006, the Leafs lost their eighth game in a row, their first streak of that length in 10 years, before head coach Pat Quinn joined the team. Ironically, this loss came at the hands of the hated Habs. Quinn would likely have been let go at this point, but the Leafs wished to avoid any embarrassment and controversy since Quinn would be the coach of the Canadian team at the upcoming Winter Olympics. The streak was snapped on January 30, 2006, with a win against the Florida Panthers.

Despite a late-season surge, which included more NHL ice time for third string goaltender Jean-Sébastien Aubin who had spent most of the season with the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs' American Hockey League affiliate, the Leafs were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 1998 on April 15, 2006. This marked the first time that the team missed the playoffs under coach Pat Quinn, and as a result he was fired along with assistant coach Rick Ley five days after the regular season ended. Defenceman Aki Berg left the team shortly afterwards. Paul Maurice, the coach of the Marlies and a former NHL head coach who led the Carolina Hurricanes to victory over the Leafs in the 2002 Eastern Conference Final, was announced as Quinn's replacement. After much speculation on whether Bryan McCabe would remain a Maple Leaf or not, Toronto wrote up a five-year contract on June 1, which McCabe signed on June 28. At the 2006 NHL Entry Draft the Leafs selected Jiri Tlusty with the 13th Overall pick. On the same day, the Leafs traded 2005 first-round pick Tuukka Rask to the Boston Bruins for Goaltender/2004 Calder Memorial Trophy winner Andrew Raycroft.

Now in the 2006-07 season the Maple Leafs are lead by veterans such as Mats Sundin, Bryan McCabe, and Tomas Kaberle and are assisted by young players such as Kyle Wellwood, Matt Stajan, and Alex Steen. Some additions to the team are Hal Gill (Bruins), Pavel Kubina (Tampa Bay Lightning), and Michael Peca (Edmonton Oilers). These new recruits are here to replace the talent of Eric Lindros (Dallas Stars), Tie Domi (retired) and Ed Belfour (Florida Panthers). Paul Maurice has turned them in a different direction from the way old head coach Pat Quinn and brought the team up-to-date with all of the new rules. On June 30, 2006 the Maple Leafs bought out the contract of long-time fan favourite Tie Domi. In addition to Domi, the Maple Leafs also decided against picking up the option year on the contract of goaltender Ed Belfour. Both players became free agents on July 1, 2006, effectively ending their tenures with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On July 1, 2006 the Maple Leafs signed free agent defencemen Hal Gill (also from Boston) and Pavel Kubina (from 2004 Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning) to long term deals. Also, On July 18 the Maple Leafs signed free-agent centre Michael Peca to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.

[edit] Following

The Maple Leafs are a popular team across Canada, boasting one of the most loyal fan bases in hockey. Leafs fans worldwide are known by the collective nickname "Leafs Nation"; the club uses this term as the title of its website. Conversely, there is an equally passionate dislike of the team by fans of many (if not all) other teams, not just the Leafs' traditional rivals (see below). In November 2002, the Leafs were named by Sports Illustrated hockey writer Michael Farber as the "Most Hated Team in Hockey". He even mentioned that many rival fans believe that the referees were partial towards the Leafs, although the team's consistent position near the top of the penalty minutes statistics over the years may disprove that theory.

In addition, fans of other Canadian NHL teams complain that the Leafs receive excessive coverage on television and in the print media, and that Hockey Night in Canada routinely televises Leaf games against even weak opponents rather than games involving the other Canadian clubs, even when they are more meaningful in terms of playoff implications. Games are usually quite heated whenever the Leafs play in other Canadian NHL cities. Some of those cities have sizable contingents of Leafs fans of their own since the Leafs were the only English-Canadian team from 1938 until the Vancouver Canucks joined the league in 1970.

Several NHL franchises in the U.S. Sun Belt also have sizeable contingents of Leaf fans, as many former Torontonians (Snowbirds) and their visiting relatives tend to flock to locales such as Phoenix, Tampa Bay, and Miami during the winter, resulting in a boost in turnout and ticket sales when the Coyotes, Lightning and Panthers play the Maple Leafs.

Maple Leafs home games have long been one of the toughest tickets in Canada, even during lean periods. While scalping is technically illegal in Toronto, it is virtually the only way to get into a Leafs home game.

[edit] Rivalries

The Maple Leafs' greatest rival is the Montreal Canadiens, given the long history of Original Six matchups and playoff meetings between the two clubs. The fact that Montreal is Canada's most populous French-speaking city also gives the rivalry a nationalistic flair, which is perhaps best captured in the popular Canadian short story, "The Hockey Sweater."

The rivalry between the Leafs and the Ottawa Senators, known as The Battle of Ontario, has heated up since the late 1990s, owing in no small part to the Canadiens' struggles during that period. While Ottawa has dominated during most of the teams' regular-season matchups in recent years, the Leafs continue to be the Senators' playoff stumbling block as Toronto has won all four postseason series between the two teams.

The Leafs' biggest U.S.-based rivals of late have been the Philadelphia Flyers, who defeated the Leafs in the 2003 and 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The rivalry goes back to the 1970s when the Flyers and Leafs had the reputation as being two of the toughest (and often most penalized) teams in the league. Games between the two teams are still often very physical.

The Buffalo Sabres have also been cited as notable American rivals of the Leafs, mainly due to Buffalo's close proximity to the Canadian border. A large contingent of Leafs fans typically travels to Buffalo for road games there, giving them a somewhat neutral setting.

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season	Team Name	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1917-18	Arenas	22	13	9	0	--	26	108	109	--	1st (tie) in NHL	Won in NHL Finals, 10-7 (TG) (Canadiens) Stanley Cup Champions, 3-2 (Millionaires)
1918-19	Arenas	18	5	13	0	--	10	65	92	262	3rd in NHL	Did not qualify
1919-20	St. Patricks	24	12	12	0	--	24	119	106	219	3rd in NHL	Did not qualify
1920-21	St. Patricks	24	15	9	0	--	30	105	100	254	1st in NHL	Lost in NHL Finals (Senators)
1921-22	St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	--	27	98	97	114	2nd in NHL	Stanley Cup Champions, 3-2 (Millionaires)
1922-23	St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	--	27	82	88	200	3rd in NHL	Did not qualify
1923-24	St. Patricks	24	10	14	0	--	20	59	85	178	3rd in NHL	Did not qualify
1924-25	St. Patricks	30	19	11	0	--	38	90	84	249	2nd in NHL	Lost in NHL Finals (Canadiens)
1925-26	St. Patricks	36	12	21	3	--	27	92	114	325	6th in NHL	Did not qualify
1926-27	St. Pats/Leafs1	44	15	24	5	--	35	79	94	546	5th in Canadian	Did not qualify
1927-28	Maple Leafs	44	18	18	8	--	44	89	88	436	4th in Canadian	Did not qualify
1928-29	Maple Leafs	44	21	18	5	--	47	85	69	541	3rd in Canadian	Won in Quarterfinals, 7-2 (TG) (Cougars) Lost in Semifinals, 0-2 (Rangers)
1929-30	Maple Leafs	44	17	21	6	--	40	116	124	613	4th in Canadian	Did not qualify
1930-31	Maple Leafs	44	22	13	9	--	53	118	99	540	2nd in Canadian	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (TG) (Black Hawks)
1931-32	Maple Leafs	48	23	18	7	--	53	155	127	625	2nd in Canadian	Won in Quarterfinals, 6-2 (TG) (Black Hawks) Won in Semifinals, 4-3 (TG) (Maroons) Stanley Cup Champions, 3-0 (Rangers)
1932-33	Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	--	54	119	111	622	1st in Canadian	Won in Semifinals, 3-2 (Bruins) Lost in Finals, 1-3 (Rangers)
1933-34	Maple Leafs	48	26	13	9	--	61	174	119	529	1st in Canadian	Lost in Semifinals, 2-3 (Red Wings)
1934-35	Maple Leafs	48	30	14	4	--	64	157	111	444	1st in Canadian	Won in Semifinals, 3-1 (Bruins) Lost in Finals, 0-3 (Maroons)
1935-36	Maple Leafs	48	23	19	6	--	52	126	106	579	2nd in Canadian	Won in Quarterfinals, 8-6 (TG) (Bruins) Won in Semifinals, 2-1 (Americans) Lost in Finals, 1-3 (Red Wings)
1936-37	Maple Leafs	48	22	21	5	--	49	119	115	371	3rd in Canadian	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-2 (Rangers)
1937-38	Maple Leafs	48	24	15	9	--	57	151	127	404	1st in Canadian	Won in Semifinals, 3-0 (Bruins) Lost in Finals, 1-3 (Black Hawks)
1938-39	Maple Leafs	48	19	20	9	--	47	114	107	370	3rd in NHL	Won in Quarterfinals, 2-0 (Americans) Won in Semifinals, 2-1 (Red Wings) Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Bruins)
1939-40	Maple Leafs	48	25	17	6	--	56	134	110	485	3rd in NHL	Won in Quarterfinals, 2-0 (Black Hawks) Won in Semifinals, 2-0 (Red Wings) Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Rangers)
1940-41	Maple Leafs	48	28	14	6	--	62	145	99	306	2nd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Bruins)
1941-42	Maple Leafs	48	27	18	3	--	57	158	136	341	2nd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-2 (Rangers) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Red Wings)
1942-43	Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	--	53	198	159	431	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Red Wings)
1943-44	Maple Leafs	50	23	23	4	--	50	214	174	303	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Canadiens)
1944-45	Maple Leafs	50	24	22	4	--	52	183	161	317	3rd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-2 (Canadiens) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Red Wings)
1945-46	Maple Leafs	50	19	24	7	--	45	174	185	247	5th in NHL	Did not qualify
1946-47	Maple Leafs	60	31	19	10	--	72	209	172	669	2nd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Red Wings) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-2 (Canadiens)
1947-48	Maple Leafs	60	32	15	13	--	77	182	143	758	1st in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Bruins) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-0 (Red Wings)
1948-49	Maple Leafs	60	22	25	13	--	57	147	161	706	4th in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Bruins) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-0 (Red Wings)
1949-50	Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	--	74	176	173	804	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Red Wings)
1950-51	Maple Leafs	70	41	16	13	--	95	212	138	823	2nd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Bruins) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-1 (Canadiens)
1951-52	Maple Leafs	70	29	25	16	--	74	168	157	841	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Red Wings)
1952-53	Maple Leafs	70	27	30	13	--	67	156	167	812	5th in NHL	Did not qualify
1953-54	Maple Leafs	70	32	24	14	--	78	152	131	1022	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Red Wings)
1954-55	Maple Leafs	70	24	24	22	--	70	147	135	990	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Red Wings)
1955-56	Maple Leafs	70	24	33	13	--	61	153	181	1051	4th in NHL	Did not qualify
1956-57	Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	--	57	174	192	829	5th in NHL	Did not qualify
1957-58	Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	--	53	192	226	861	6th in NHL	Did not qualify
1958-59	Maple Leafs	70	27	32	11	--	65	189	201	846	4th in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-3 (Bruins) Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Canadiens)
1959-60	Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	--	79	199	195	859	2nd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-2 (Red Wings) Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1960-61	Maple Leafs	70	39	19	12	--	90	234	176	844	2nd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Red Wings)
1961-62	Maple Leafs	70	37	22	11	--	85	232	180	762	2nd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-2 (Rangers) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-2 (Black Hawks)
1962-63	Maple Leafs	70	35	23	12	--	82	221	180	816	1st in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Canadiens) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-1 (Red Wings)
1963-64	Maple Leafs	70	33	25	12	--	78	192	172	928	3rd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-3 (Canadiens) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Red Wings)
1964-65	Maple Leafs	70	30	26	14	--	74	204	173	1068	4th in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Canadiens)
1965-66	Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	--	79	208	187	811	3rd in NHL	Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1966-67	Maple Leafs	70	32	27	11	--	75	204	211	736	3rd in NHL	Won in Semifinals, 4-2 (Black Hawks) Stanley Cup Champions, 4-2 (Canadiens)
1967-68	Maple Leafs	74	33	31	10	--	76	209	176	634	5th in East	Did not qualify
1968-69	Maple Leafs	76	35	26	15	--	85	234	217	961	4th in East	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Bruins)
1969-70	Maple Leafs	76	29	34	13	--	71	222	242	898	6th in East	Did not qualify
1970-71	Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	--	82	248	211	1133	4th in East	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Rangers)
1971-72	Maple Leafs	78	33	31	14	--	80	209	208	887	4th in East	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Bruins)
1972-73	Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	--	64	247	279	716	6th in East	Did not qualify
1973-74	Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	--	86	274	230	903	4th in East	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Bruins)
1974-75	Maple Leafs	80	31	33	16	--	78	280	309	1079	3rd in Adams	Won in Preliminary Round, 2-1 (Kings) Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Flyers)
1975-76	Maple Leafs	80	34	31	15	--	83	294	276	1368	3rd in Adams	Won in Preliminary Round, 2-1 (Penguins) Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Flyers)
1976-77	Maple Leafs	80	33	32	15	--	81	301	285	1200	3rd in Adams	Won in Preliminary Round, 2-1 (Penguins) Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Flyers)
1977-78	Maple Leafs	80	41	29	10	--	92	271	237	1258	3rd in Adams	Won in Preliminary Round, 2-0 (Kings) Won in Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Islanders) Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1978-79	Maple Leafs	80	34	33	13	--	81	267	252	1440	3rd in Adams	Won in Preliminary Round, 2-0 (Flames) Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1979-80	Maple Leafs	80	35	40	5	--	75	304	327	1158	4th in Adams	Lost in Preliminary Round, 0-3 (North Stars)
1980-81	Maple Leafs	80	28	37	15	--	71	322	367	1830	5th in Adams	Lost in Preliminary Round, 0-3 (Islanders)
1981-82	Maple Leafs	80	20	44	16	--	56	298	380	1888	5th in Norris	Did not qualify
1982-83	Maple Leafs	80	28	40	12	--	68	293	330	1481	3rd in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-3 (North Stars)
1983-84	Maple Leafs	80	26	45	9	--	61	303	387	1682	5th in Norris	Did not qualify
1984-85	Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	--	48	253	358	1627	5th in Norris	Did not qualify
1985-86	Maple Leafs	80	25	48	7	--	57	311	386	1716	4th in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 3-0 (Black Hawks) Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Blues)
1986-87	Maple Leafs	80	32	42	6	--	70	286	319	1827	4th in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-2 (Blues) Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Red Wings)
1987-88	Maple Leafs	80	21	49	10	--	52	273	345	1782	4th in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Red Wings)
1988-89	Maple Leafs	80	28	46	6	--	62	259	342	1740	5th in Norris	Did not qualify
1989-90	Maple Leafs	80	38	38	4	--	80	337	358	2419	3rd in Norris	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Blues)
1990-91	Maple Leafs	80	23	46	11	--	57	241	318	1962	5th in Norris	Did not qualify
1991-92	Maple Leafs	80	30	43	7	--	67	234	294	1734	5th in Norris	Did not qualify
1992-93	Maple Leafs	84	44	29	11	--	99	288	241	1815	3rd in Norris	Won in Division Semifinals, 4-3 (Red Wings) Won in Division Finals, 4-3 (Blues) Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Kings)
1993-94	Maple Leafs	84	43	29	12	--	98	280	243	1877	2nd in Central	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Blackhawks) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-3 (Sharks) Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Canucks)
1994-952	Maple Leafs	48	21	19	8	--	50	135	146	744	4th in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Blackhawks)
1995-96	Maple Leafs	82	34	36	12	--	80	247	252	1742	3rd in Central	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Blues)
1996-97	Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	--	68	230	273	1331	6th in Central	Did not qualify
1997-98	Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	--	69	194	237	1481	6th in Central	Did not qualify
1998-99	Maple Leafs	82	45	30	7	--	97	268	231	1095	2nd in Northeast	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Flyers) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Penguins) Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Sabres)
1999-00	Maple Leafs	82	45	27	7	3	100	246	222	1103	1st in Northeast	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Senators) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Devils)
2000-01	Maple Leafs	82	37	29	11	5	90	232	207	1430	3rd in Northeast	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Senators) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3-4 (Devils)
2001-02	Maple Leafs	82	43	25	10	4	100	249	207	1212	2nd in Northeast	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Islanders) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-3 (Senators) Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 (Hurricanes)
2002-03	Maple Leafs	82	44	28	7	3	98	236	208	1390	2nd in Northeast	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Flyers)
2003-04	Maple Leafs	82	45	24	10	3	103	242	204	1452	2nd in Northeast	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Senators) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Flyers)
2004-053	Maple Leafs	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2005-064	Maple Leafs	82	41	33	--	8	90	257	270	1291	4th in Northeast	Did not qualify
2006-07	Maple Leafs	19	11	5	--	3	25	69	62	230	Season Ongoing	Season Ongoing
Season	Team Name	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
Grand Totals	Maple Leafs	5614	2450	2353	783	25	5715	17396	17257	81761	--	--

¹ In February, 1927, Conn Smythe, the new owner of the team, changed the team name and logo from "St. Patricks" to "Maple Leafs".

² Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.

³ Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

⁴ As of this season, games remaining tied after overtime are decided by shootout.

TG = Total Goals

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current roster

As of October 26, 2006.^[1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1		Andrew Raycroft	L	2006	Belleville, Ontario
30		Jean-Sebastien Aubin	R	2004	Montreal, Quebec

Defencemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Wade Belak	R	2001	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
7		Ian White	R	2002	Steinbach, Manitoba
15		Tomas Kaberle - A	L	1996	Rakovnik, Czechoslovakia
24		Bryan McCabe - A	L	2001	St. Catharines, Ontario
25		Hal Gill	L	2006	Concord, Massachusetts
45		Carlo Colaiacovo (IR)	L	2001	Toronto, Ontario
56		Andy Wozniewski	L	2003	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
73		Pavel Kubina	R	2006	Celadna, Czechoslovakia

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9		Aleksander Suglobov	RW	L	2006	Elektrostal, Russia
10		Alexander Steen	C	L	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
13		Mats Sundin - C Injured	C	R	1994	Bromma, Sweden
14		Matt Stajan	C	L	2002	Mississauga, Ontario
16		Darcy Tucker - A	LW	L	2000	Castor, Alberta
18		Chad Kilger	LW	L	2004	Cornwall, Ontario
21		John Pohl	C	R	2005	Rochester, Minnesota
23		Alexei Ponikarovsky	LW	L	1998	Kiev, U.S.S.R.
26		Ben Ondrus	RW	R	2003	Sherwood Park, Alberta
27		Michael Peca	C	R	2006	Toronto, Ontario
33		Bates Battaglia	LW	L	2006	Chicago, Illinois
42		Kyle Wellwood	C	R	2001	Old Castle, Ontario
80		Nik Antropov	C	L	1998	Ust-Kamenogorsk, U.S.S.R.
92		Jeff O'Neill	RW	R	2005	Richmond Hill, Ontario

[edit] Hall of famers

[edit] Team captains

[edit] Retired numbers

• 5 Bill Barilko, D, 1947-51
• 6 Ace Bailey, LW, 1926-33
• 99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1979-99 (Retired NHL wide)

The Leafs have a policy of retiring numbers only for players "who have made a significant contribution to the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and have experienced a career-ending incident while a member of the Maple Leaf team". Barilko (whose career ended with death)^[2] and Bailey (whose career ended with a severe head injury)^[3] met the criteria. These two numbers were not officially retired until October 17, 1992. Ron Ellis received permission from Bailey, by the time of his career the Leafs' Director of Scouting, to wear number 6.

[edit] Honoured numbers

In 1993, the Leafs began a policy of "Honoured Numbers" for their greatest stars:

• 1 Turk Broda, G, 1937-52; and
  • Johnny Bower, G, 1959-70; both honoured March 11, 1995.
• 4 Clarence "Hap" Day, D, 1927-37; Head Coach, 1940-50; General Manager, 1957-58; and
  • Leonard "Red" Kelly, D, 1961-67; Head Coach, 1973-77; both honoured October 4, 2006.
• 7 King Clancy, D, 1931-37; Head Coach, 1953-56; and
  • Tim Horton, D, 1950-70; both honoured November 21, 1995.
• 9 Charlie Conacher, RW, 1930-38; honoured February 28, 1998; and
  • Ted Kennedy, C, 1943-57; honoured October 3, 1993.
• 10 Syl Apps, C, 1936-43, 1945-48; honoured October 3, 1993; and
  • George Armstrong, RW, 1950-71; Head Coach, 1988-89; honoured February 28, 1998.
• 21 Börje Salming, D, 1973-89; honoured October 4, 2006
• 27 Frank Mahovlich, LW, 1957-68; honoured October 3, 2001; and
  • Darryl Sittler, C, 1971-82; honoured February 8, 2003.

During the 2005-06 season, the only one of these numbers that was worn by a Leaf player was number 10, by rookie Alexander Steen, son of Thomas Steen, whose number 25 was retired by the Winnipeg Jets (now the Phoenix Coyotes). Along with Steen, Andrew Raycroft, Ian White, John Pohl and Michael Peca will wear honoured numbers (1, 7, 21 and 27, respectively) in 2006-07.

[edit] First round draft picks

[edit] Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Maple Leafs player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Darryl Sittler	C	844	389	527	916	1.09
Mats Sundin*	C	848	369	482	851	1.00
Dave Keon	C	1062	365	493	858	.81
Borje Salming	D	1099	148	620	768	.70
George Armstrong	RW	1187	296	417	713	.60
Ron Ellis	RW	1034	332	308	640	.62
Frank Mahovlich	LW	720	296	303	599	.83
Bob Pulford	LW	947	251	312	563	.59
Ted Kennedy	C	696	231	329	560	.80
Rick Vaive	RW	534	299	238	537	1.00

[edit] NHL awards and trophies

Stanley Cup

• 1917-18 (as Arenas), 1921-22 (as St. Pats), 1931-32, 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1966-67

Prince of Wales Trophy

• 1947-48, 1962-63

Hart Memorial Trophy

• Babe Pratt: 1943-44
• Ted Kennedy: 1954-55

Vezina Trophy

• Turk Broda: 1940-41, 1947-48
• Al Rollins: 1950-51
• Harry Lumley: 1953-54
• Johnny Bower: 1960-61
• Terry Sawchuk & Johnny Bower: 1964-65

Conn Smythe Trophy

• Dave Keon: 1966-67

Calder Memorial Trophy

• Syl Apps: 1936-37 (trophy known as "Calder Trophy")
• Gaye Stewart: 1942-43 (trophy known as "Calder Trophy")
• Gus Bodnar: 1943-44
• Frank McCool: 1944-45
• Howie Meeker: 1946-47
• Frank Mahovlich: 1957-58
• Dave Keon: 1960-61
• Kent Douglas: 1962-63
• Brit Selby: 1965-66

Frank J. Selke Trophy

• Doug Gilmour: 1992-93

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

• Curtis Joseph: 1999-2000

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

• Joe Primeau: 1931-32
• Gordie Drillon: 1937-38
• Syl Apps: 1941-42
• Sid Smith: 1951-52, 1954-55
• Red Kelly: 1960-61
• Dave Keon: 1961-62, 1962-63
• Alexander Mogilny: 2002-03

Jack Adams Award

• Pat Burns: 1992-93

Lester Patrick Trophy

• Terry Sawchuk: 1970-71

[edit] Toronto Maple Leafs Team Records

• Most Goals in a season: Rick Vaive, 54 (1981-82)
• Most Assists in a season: Doug Gilmour, 95 (1992-93)
• Most Points in a season: Doug Gilmour, 127 (1992-93)
• Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Tie Domi, 365 (1997-98)
• Most Points in a season, defenceman: Ian Turnbull, 79 (1976-77)
• Most Points in a season, rookie: Peter Ihnacak, 66 (1982-83)
• Most Wins in a season: Ed Belfour, 37 (2002-03)

[edit] See also

• National Hockey League rivalries
• List of Toronto Maple Leafs players
• Head Coaches of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Toronto Maple Leafs Records
• Toronto Marlies
• Toronto Blueshirts (1912-17)
• List of Stanley Cup champions
• List of NHL seasons
• List of NHL players
• List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Toronto Maple Leafs official web site
• TML Fever Unoffical Site

Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coaches
D. Carroll • Heffernan • Sproule • F. Carroll • O'Donoghue • Querrie • Powers • Rodden • 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