1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup Champions
Division	3rd NHL
1966–67 record	32–27–11
Goals for	204
Goals against	211
Team information
General Manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Ron Ellis (22)
Assists	Dave Keon (33)
Points	Dave Keon (52)
Penalties in minutes	Jim Pappin (89)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (15)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.64)
<1965–66	1967–68>

The 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the fiftieth season of the Toronto NHL franchise, fortieth as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished third in the NHL with a record of 32-27-11 for 75 points to qualify for the playoffs. Toronto defeated the first-place Chicago Black Hawks four games to two in the semi-finals before upending their arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in six games to win their eleventh Stanley Cup in franchise history. As of 2011, this is the last time that the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup, or even made it to the Finals.

Offseason

Intra-League Draft

June 15, 1966	To Montreal Canadiens Wally Boyer
June 15, 1966	From Montreal Canadiens Don Blackburn
June 15, 1966	From New York Rangers John Brenneman
June 15, 1966	To New York Rangers Orland Kurtenbach

Inter-League Draft

June 1, 1966

From Tulsa Oilers (CHL) Danny Johnson

Reverse Draft

June 12, 1966

To Providence Reds (AHL) John Sleaver

Free agents

Player Former Team Andre Hinse Undrafted Free Agent

Regular season

Five to a Crease

In 1966–67, the Maple Leafs had five goaltenders suit up during the regular season. Besides Bower and Sawchuk, the Maple Leafs employed Bruce Gamble, Al Smith, and Gary Smith. As Bower struggled with injuries, Al Smith actually sat on the bench for two of the last three Stanley Cup games. ^[1] For many inside the organization, the controversy was that Smith was on the bench, and not a proven player like Gamble. The concern was that if Sawchuk was injured, having Smith instead of Gamble would be a huge risk. The source of the controversy was that Bruce Gamble was competing for the Rochester Americans. Imlach was a part owner of the Americans, and was anxious to protect Rochester's roster at playoff time, as a means of protecting his investment. ^[1]

Final standings

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

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Chicago Black Hawks	70	41	17	12	94	264	170	757
Montreal Canadiens	70	32	25	13	77	202	188	879
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	27	11	75	204	211	736
New York Rangers	70	30	28	12	72	188	189	664
Detroit Red Wings	70	27	39	4	58	212	241	719
Boston Bruins	70	17	43	10	44	182	253	764

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Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 22, 1966	4–4	New York Rangers (1966–67)	0–0–1
2	L	October 23, 1966	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	0–1–1
3	W	October 26, 1966	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	1–1–1
4	T	October 29, 1966	3–3	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	1–1–2
5	T	November 2, 1966	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	1–1–3
6	T	November 3, 1966	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	1–1–4
7	W	November 5, 1966	3–1	New York Rangers (1966–67)	2–1–4
8	T	November 6, 1966	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	2–1–5
9	W	November 9, 1966	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	3–1–5
10	L	November 10, 1966	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	3–2–5
11	T	November 12, 1966	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	3–2–6
12	L	November 13, 1966	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	3–3–6
13	W	November 19, 1966	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	4–3–6
14	T	November 20, 1966	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	4–3–7
15	W	November 23, 1966	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	5–3–7
16	W	November 26, 1966	4–2	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	6–3–7
17	L	November 27, 1966	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	6–4–7
18	W	November 30, 1966	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	7–4–7
19	W	December 3, 1966	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	8–4–7
20	W	December 4, 1966	8–3	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	9–4–7
21	L	December 7, 1966	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	9–5–7
22	W	December 10, 1966	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	10–5–7
23	L	December 11, 1966	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	10–6–7
24	W	December 14, 1966	2–1	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	11–6–7
25	L	December 17, 1966	1–3	New York Rangers (1966–67)	11–7–7
26	L	December 18, 1966	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	11–8–7
27	L	December 21, 1966	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	11–9–7
28	W	December 24, 1966	3–0	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	12–9–7
29	W	December 25, 1966	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	13–9–7
30	L	December 31, 1966	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	13–10–7
31	W	January 1, 1967	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	14–10–7
32	T	January 4, 1967	1–1	New York Rangers (1966–67)	14–10–8
33	W	January 7, 1967	5–2	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	15–10–8
34	L	January 8, 1967	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	15–11–8
35	W	January 11, 1967	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	16–11–8
36	W	January 14, 1967	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	17–11–8
37	L	January 15, 1967	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	17–12–8
38	L	January 19, 1967	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	17–13–8
39	L	January 21, 1967	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	17–14–8
40	L	January 22, 1967	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	17–15–8
41	L	January 25, 1967	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	17–16–8
42	L	January 28, 1967	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	17–17–8
43	L	January 29, 1967	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	17–18–8
44	L	February 1, 1967	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	17–19–8
45	L	February 5, 1967	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	17–20–8
46	L	February 8, 1967	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	17–21–8
47	T	February 11, 1967	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	17–21–9
48	W	February 12, 1967	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	18–21–9
49	W	February 15, 1967	6–0	New York Rangers (1966–67)	19–21–9
50	W	February 18, 1967	5–3	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	20–21–9
51	W	February 22, 1967	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	21–21–9
52	W	February 23, 1967	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	22–21–9
53	W	February 25, 1967	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	23–21–9
54	W	February 26, 1967	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	24–21–9
55	T	March 1, 1967	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	24–21–10
56	W	March 4, 1967	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	25–21–10
57	L	March 5, 1967	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	25–22–10
58	W	March 8, 1967	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	26–22–10
59	T	March 11, 1967	2–2	New York Rangers (1966–67)	26–22–11
60	L	March 12, 1967	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	26–23–11
61	L	March 15, 1967	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	26–24–11
62	W	March 18, 1967	9–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	27–24–11
63	W	March 19, 1967	6–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)	28–24–11
64	L	March 22, 1967	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	28–25–11
65	W	March 23, 1967	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	29–25–11
66	W	March 25, 1967	4–3	Boston Bruins (1966–67)	30–25–11
67	L	March 26, 1967	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1966–67)	30–26–11
68	L	March 29, 1967	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)	30–27–11
69	W	April 1, 1967	5–1	New York Rangers (1966–67)	31–27–11
70	W	April 2, 1967	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)	32–27–11

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Game summaries

October 22, 1966

New York Rangers

4-4 (1-3, 3-1, 0-0)

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference
	Gilbert (Goyette, Hillman) - 14:47 (1st) Gilbert (Marshall, Goyette) - 4:10 (2nd) Gilbert (Goyette) - 12:52 (2nd) Hillman (Gilbert, Goyette) - 16:49 (2nd)	0-1 0-2 0-3 1-3 1-4 2-4 3-4 4-4	:58 (1st) - Conacher (Selby, Shack) 5:10 (1st) - Carleton (Keon, Douglas) 11:15 (1st) - Kelly (Ellis, Stanley) 6:08 (2nd) - Conacher (Shack)

October 26, 1966

Detroit Red Wings

2-3 (0-0, 0-2, 2-1)

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference
	Henderson (Ullman, Marshall) - :44 (3rd) Henderson (Howe, Ullman) - 10:47 (3rd)	0-1 0-2 1-2 1-3 2-3	9:51 (2nd) - Brenneman (Stemkowski) 16:52 (2nd) - Douglas (Stemkowski, Brennerman) 8:49 (3rd) - Shack (Jeffrey, Stanley)

November 2, 1966

Montreal Canadiens

2-2 (0-2, 1-0, 1-0)

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leaf Gardens

Game reference
			Terry Sawchuk
	Cournoyer (Rousseau, Beliveau), 5:52 Tremblay (Rousseau), :33	0-1 0-2 1-2 2-2	Brenneman (Hillman, Pulford), 6:45 Mahovlich, 12:48

Player stats

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Dave Keon	66	19	33	52	2
Frank Mahovlich	63	18	28	46	44
Bob Pulford	67	17	28	45	28
Ron Ellis	67	22	23	45	14
Pete Stemkowski	68	13	22	35	75
George Armstrong	70	9	24	33	26
Jim Pappin	64	21	11	32	89
Larry Jeffrey	56	11	17	28	27
Brian Conacher	66	14	13	27	47
Eddie Shack	63	11	14	25	58
Mike Walton	31	7	10	17	13
John Brenneman	41	6	4	10	4
Brit Selby	6	1	1	2	0
Wayne Carleton	5	1	0	1	14
Brent Imlach	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Gamble	1	0	0	0	0

Defensemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Red Kelly	61	14	24	38	4
Tim Horton	70	8	17	25	70
Larry Hillman	55	4	19	23	40
Marcel Pronovost	58	2	12	14	28
Kent Douglas	39	2	12	14	48
Allan Stanley	53	1	12	13	20
Bob Baun	54	2	8	10	83
Jim McKenny	6	1	0	1	0
Duane Rupp	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Terry Sawchuk	28	15	5	4	2	2.81
Johnny Bower	27	12	9	3	2	2.64
Bruce Gamble	23	5	10	4	0	3.39
Gary Smith	2	0	2	0	0	3.65
Al Smith	1	0	1	0	0	5.00

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 20	Toronto	2	Montreal	6
April 22	Toronto	3	Montreal	0
April 25	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	2OT
April 27	Montreal	6	Toronto	2
April 29	Toronto	4	Montreal	1
May 2	Montreal	1	Toronto	3

Toronto Maple Leafs 1967 Stanley Cup Champions

Johnny Bower, Terry Sawchuk, Larry Hillman, Marcel Pronovost, Tim Horton, Bob Baun, Aut Erickson, Allan Stanley, Red Kelly, Ron Ellis, George Armstrong (captain), Pete Stemkowski, Dave Keon, Mike Walton, Jim Pappin, Bob Pulford, Brian Conacher, Eddie Shack, Frank Mahovlich, Milan Marcetta, Punch Imlach (manager-coach), Bob Haggart (trainer)

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1966-67 season.

Trades

May 15, 1967	To Boston Bruins Eddie Shack	To Toronto Maple Leafs Murray Oliver Cash
June 1, 1967	To New York Rangers Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pete Conacher

Awards and honors

• Dave Keon, Conn Smythe Trophy

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Johnny Bower  1 Gary Smith  30 Bruce Gamble  30 Terry Sawchuk  30 Al Smith		Defensemen 2 Larry Hillman  3 Marcel Pronovost  7 Tim Horton  17 Jim McKenny  17 Duane Rupp  19 Kent Douglas  21 Bobby Baun  26 Allan Stanley		Wingers 8 Ron Ellis  9 Dick Gamble  10 George Armstrong  - C 11 Brit Selby  15 Larry Jeffrey  18 Jim Pappin  20 Bob Pulford  23 Eddie Shack  24 John Brenneman  25 Wayne Carleton  27 Frank Mahovlich		Centres 4 Red Kelly  9 Brent Imlach  12 Pete Stemkowski  14 Dave Keon  16 Mike Walton  22 Brian Conacher  GM: Punch Imlach Coach: Punch Imlach

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Maple Leafs on Database Hockey

1. ^ ^{a b} 67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire, p. 82, Damien Cox and Gord Stellick, ISBN 0-470-83400-5, Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
2. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
3. ^ "1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1967_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 

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