1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division5th East
1967–68 record33–31–10
Goals for209
Goals against176
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Alternate captainsBob Pulford
Allan Stanley
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsMike Walton (30)
AssistsDave Keon (37)
PointsMike Walton (59)
Penalty minutesTim Horton, Pete Stemkowski (82)
WinsBruce Gamble (19)
Goals against averageJohnny Bower (2.25)

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

Offseason

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NHL Draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
2 16 J. Bob Kelly  Canada Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)

Players lost in Expansion Draft

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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

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Following the first proper expansion of the NHL from six teams to twelve for the 1967–68 season, the Leafs struggled and Punch Imlach responded by pulling off another big trade. In February 1968, he sent Mahovlich, Garry Unger, Pete Stemkowski and the rights to Carl Brewer to the Detroit Red Wings for Paul Henderson, Norm Ullman, Doug Barrie, James Dolson, and Floyd Smith. Two months later, he sent 28-year-old Jim Pappin to the Chicago Black Hawks, where he would become one of that team's top scorers.

Standings

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Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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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

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Mike Walton 73 30 29 59 48
Bob Pulford 74 20 30 50 40
Ron Ellis 74 28 20 48 8
Dave Keon 67 11 37 48 4
Murray Oliver 74 16 21 37 18
Frank Mahovlich 50 19 17 36 30
George Armstrong 62 13 21 34 4
Jim Pappin 58 13 15 28 37
Tim Horton 69 4 23 27 82
Brian Conacher 64 11 14 25 31
Pete Stemkowski 60 7 15 22 82
Larry Hillman 55 3 17 20 13
Marcel Pronovost 70 3 17 20 48
Wayne Carleton 65 8 11 19 34
Norm Ullman 13 5 12 17 2
Allan Stanley 64 1 13 14 16
Paul Henderson 13 5 6 11 8
Duane Rupp 71 1 8 9 42
Floyd Smith 6 6 1 7 0
Mike Byers 10 2 2 4 0
Doug Barrie 13 2 1 4 54
Mike Pelyk 24 0 3 3 55
James Dolson 13 0 1 2 51
Garry Unger 15 1 1 2 4
Tom Martin 3 1 0 1 0
Jim McKenny 5 1 0 1 0
Johnny Bower 43 0 1 1 14
J.P. Parise 1 0 1 1 0
Bruce Gamble 41 0 0 0 2
Duke Harris 4 0 0 0 0
Andre Hinse 4 0 0 0 0
Darryl Sly 17 0 0 0 4
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Bruce Gamble 2201 41 19 13 3 85 2.32 5
Johnny 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

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

Trades

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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[4] 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
James Dolson
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 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

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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

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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

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Player Former team
Rene Robert Undrafted free agent
Player New team
Dickie Moore St. Louis Blues

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1967-68 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  4. ^ "Flyers Take Phoenix Star". Tucson Daily Citizen. September 13, 1967. p. 30. Retrieved January 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
  6. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 219, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
  7. ^ Why the Leafs Still Suck and How They Can Be Fixed, Updated Edition, Al Strachan, Harper Collins Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-1-44340-846-2, p.216
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