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

Offseason

NHL Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
216J. Bob Kelly CanadaPort Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)

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
1Montreal Canadiens74422210236167+6994
2New York Rangers74392312226183+4390
3Boston Bruins74372710259216+4384
4Chicago Black Hawks74322616212222−1080
5Toronto Maple Leafs74333110209176+3376
6Detroit Red Wings74273512245257−1266

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 14, 19675–1Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)1–0–0
2WOctober 15, 19675–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)2–0–0
3LOctober 18, 19672–3Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)2–1–0
4LOctober 19, 19670–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)2–2–0
5LOctober 21, 19673–5New York Rangers (1967–68)2–3–0
6WOctober 25, 19674–2Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)3–3–0
7WOctober 28, 19675–2Oakland Seals (1967–68)4–3–0
8LOctober 29, 19672–3@ New York Rangers (1967–68)4–4–0
9WNovember 1, 19675–0Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)5–4–0
10WNovember 2, 19679–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)6–4–0
11WNovember 4, 19674–2New York Rangers (1967–68)7–4–0
12TNovember 5, 19672–2@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)7–4–1
13WNovember 8, 19676–1@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)8–4–1
14LNovember 9, 19671–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)8–5–1
15LNovember 11, 19671–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)8–6–1
16WNovember 15, 19674–2Boston Bruins (1967–68)9–6–1
17TNovember 18, 19672–2Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)9–6–2
18LNovember 19, 19672–6@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)9–7–2
19WNovember 22, 19673–0Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)10–7–2
20WNovember 25, 19673–2Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)11–7–2
21WNovember 29, 19672–1Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)12–7–2
22TNovember 30, 19673–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)12–7–3
23WDecember 2, 19673–0Oakland Seals (1967–68)13–7–3
24TDecember 6, 19671–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)13–7–4
25TDecember 9, 19673–3Boston Bruins (1967–68)13–7–5
26LDecember 10, 19671–2@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)13–8–5
27LDecember 13, 19671–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)13–9–5
28WDecember 16, 19674–2New York Rangers (1967–68)14–9–5
29LDecember 17, 19670–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)14–10–5
30LDecember 20, 19670–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)14–11–5
31WDecember 23, 19675–3Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)15–11–5
32WDecember 25, 19673–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)16–11–5
33TDecember 27, 19672–2Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)16–11–6
34WDecember 30, 19678–1St. Louis Blues (1967–68)17–11–6
35LDecember 31, 19670–4@ New York Rangers (1967–68)17–12–6
36TJanuary 3, 19681–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)17–12–7
37TJanuary 6, 19683–3Boston Bruins (1967–68)17–12–8
38LJanuary 7, 19682–6@ New York Rangers (1967–68)17–13–8
39WJanuary 10, 19682–1Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)18–13–8
40LJanuary 12, 19683–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)18–14–8
41WJanuary 13, 19687–0Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)19–14–8
42WJanuary 18, 19684–2@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)20–14–8
43WJanuary 20, 19685–1Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)21–14–8
44WJanuary 21, 19682–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)22–14–8
45LJanuary 24, 19681–2Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)22–15–8
46LJanuary 27, 19681–4Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)22–16–8
47WJanuary 28, 19683–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)23–16–8
48LJanuary 30, 19680–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)23–17–8
49TFebruary 3, 19683–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)23–17–9
50LFebruary 4, 19681–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)23–18–9
51LFebruary 7, 19682–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)23–19–9
52LFebruary 11, 19683–4@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)23–20–9
53LFebruary 12, 19680–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)23–21–9
54LFebruary 14, 19682–4Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)23–22–9
55LFebruary 17, 19682–3New York Rangers (1967–68)23–23–9
56LFebruary 21, 19681–5St. Louis Blues (1967–68)23–24–9
57WFebruary 24, 19681–0Boston Bruins (1967–68)24–24–9
58LFebruary 25, 19681–3@ New York Rangers (1967–68)24–25–9
59LFebruary 28, 19680–1Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)24–26–9
60LFebruary 29, 19681–4@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)24–27–9
61WMarch 2, 19685–2Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)25–27–9
62WMarch 6, 19687–2Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)26–27–9
63WMarch 9, 19687–5Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)27–27–9
64LMarch 10, 19680–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)27–28–9
65TMarch 13, 19683–3@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)27–28–10
66WMarch 16, 19683–0Boston Bruins (1967–68)28–28–10
67LMarch 17, 19684–7@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)28–29–10
68LMarch 20, 19682–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)28–30–10
69WMarch 21, 19685–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)29–30–10
70WMarch 23, 19683–1New York Rangers (1967–68)30–30–10
71LMarch 24, 19682–4@ New York Rangers (1967–68)30–31–10
72WMarch 27, 19686–0Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)31–31–10
73WMarch 30, 19683–0Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)32–31–10
74WMarch 31, 19684–1@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)33–31–10

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Mike Walton7330295948
Bob Pulford7420305040
Ron Ellis742820488
Dave Keon671137484
Murray Oliver7416213718
Frank Mahovlich5019173630
George Armstrong621321344
Jim Pappin5813152837
Tim Horton694232782
Brian Conacher6411142531
Pete Stemkowski607152282
Larry Hillman553172013
Marcel Pronovost703172048
Wayne Carleton658111934
Norm Ullman13512172
Allan Stanley641131416
Paul Henderson1356118
Duane Rupp7118942
Floyd Smith66170
Mike Byers102240
Mike Pelyk2403355
Garry Unger151124
Tom Martin31010
Jim McKenny51010
Johnny Bower4301114
J.P. Parise10110
Bruce Gamble410002
Duke Harris40000
Andre Hinse40000
Darryl Sly170004
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Bruce Gamble22014119133852.325
Johnny Bower22394314187842.254
Team:4440743331101692.289

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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[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
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
PlayerFormer team
Rene RobertUndrafted free agent
PlayerNew team
Dickie MooreSt. Louis Blues

Awards and records

References
  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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