1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th East
Conference	4th East
1968–69 record	35-26-15
Goals for	271
Goals against	202
Team information
General Manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Norm Ullman (35)
Assists	Norm Ullman (42)
Points	Norm Ullman (77)
Penalties in minutes	Jim Dorey (200)
Wins	Bruce Gamble (28)
Goals against average	Bruce Gamble (2.80)
<1967–68	1969–70>

The 1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs fifty-second season of the franchise, forty-second season as the Maple Leafs. Although the Maple Leafs made the playoffs, they were swept in the quarter-finals by Boston, suffering two crushing defeats at Boston Garden.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	76	46	19	11	271	202	103
Boston Bruins	76	42	18	16	303	221	100
New York Rangers	76	41	26	9	231	196	91
Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	15	234	217	85
Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	12	239	221	78
Chicago Black Hawks	76	34	33	9	280	246	77

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1968	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	1–0–0
2	T	October 16, 1968	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	1–0–1
3	L	October 19, 1968	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	1–1–1
4	W	October 23, 1968	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	2–1–1
5	W	October 26, 1968	2–0	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	3–1–1
6	W	October 27, 1968	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	4–1–1
7	L	October 30, 1968	0–5	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	4–2–1
8	L	November 2, 1968	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	4–3–1
9	W	November 6, 1968	1–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	5–3–1
10	L	November 9, 1968	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	5–4–1
11	W	November 10, 1968	3–1	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	6–4–1
12	T	November 13, 1968	1–1	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	6–4–2
13	W	November 14, 1968	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	7–4–2
14	W	November 16, 1968	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	8–4–2
15	T	November 17, 1968	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	8–4–3
16	W	November 20, 1968	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	9–4–3
17	L	November 23, 1968	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	9–5–3
18	L	November 24, 1968	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	9–6–3
19	T	November 27, 1968	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	9–6–4
20	T	November 30, 1968	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	9–6–5
21	L	December 1, 1968	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	9–7–5
22	W	December 4, 1968	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	10–7–5
23	W	December 7, 1968	5–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	11–7–5
24	W	December 8, 1968	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	12–7–5
25	T	December 11, 1968	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	12–7–6
26	W	December 12, 1968	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	13–7–6
27	W	December 14, 1968	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	14–7–6
28	W	December 18, 1968	5–2	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	15–7–6
29	W	December 21, 1968	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	16–7–6
30	L	December 22, 1968	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	16–8–6
31	W	December 25, 1968	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	17–8–6
32	L	December 26, 1968	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	17–9–6
33	L	December 28, 1968	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	17–10–6
34	W	January 1, 1969	7–3	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	18–10–6
35	W	January 4, 1969	5–3	New York Rangers (1968–69)	19–10–6
36	T	January 5, 1969	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	19–10–7
37	T	January 8, 1969	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	19–10–8
38	L	January 9, 1969	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	19–11–8
39	W	January 11, 1969	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	20–11–8
40	T	January 15, 1969	5–5	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	20–11–9
41	T	January 18, 1969	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	20–11–10
42	L	January 19, 1969	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	20–12–10
43	W	January 23, 1969	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	21–12–10
44	W	January 25, 1969	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	22–12–10
45	L	January 26, 1969	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	22–13–10
46	L	January 29, 1969	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	22–14–10
47	L	January 31, 1969	4–5	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	22–15–10
48	L	February 2, 1969	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	22–16–10
49	T	February 5, 1969	5–5	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	22–16–11
50	L	February 8, 1969	1–4	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	22–17–11
51	W	February 9, 1969	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	23–17–11
52	W	February 12, 1969	7–1	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	24–17–11
53	W	February 15, 1969	6–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	25–17–11
54	L	February 16, 1969	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	25–18–11
55	W	February 19, 1969	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	26–18–11
56	L	February 20, 1969	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	26–19–11
57	L	February 22, 1969	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	26–20–11
58	L	February 23, 1969	2–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	26–21–11
59	W	February 26, 1969	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	27–21–11
60	T	February 27, 1969	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	27–21–12
61	T	March 1, 1969	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	27–21–13
62	W	March 2, 1969	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	28–21–13
63	W	March 5, 1969	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	29–21–13
64	L	March 6, 1969	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	29–22–13
65	T	March 8, 1969	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	29–22–14
66	W	March 12, 1969	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	30–22–14
67	W	March 13, 1969	3–1	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	31–22–14
68	W	March 15, 1969	7–4	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	32–22–14
69	L	March 16, 1969	3–11	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	32–23–14
70	T	March 19, 1969	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	32–23–15
71	W	March 22, 1969	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	33–23–15
72	L	March 23, 1969	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	33–24–15
73	W	March 26, 1969	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	34–24–15
74	W	March 27, 1969	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	35–24–15
75	L	March 29, 1969	2–4	New York Rangers (1968–69)	35–25–15
76	L	March 30, 1969	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	35–26–15

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	April 2, 1969	0–10	@ Boston Bruins	0–1
2	L	April 3, 1969	0–7	@ Boston Bruins	0–2
3	L	April 5, 1969	3–4	Boston Bruins	0–3
4	L	April 6, 1969	2–3	Boston Bruins	0–4

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	75	35	42	77	41
Keon, DaveDave Keon	75	27	34	61	12
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	74	27	32	59	16
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	76	14	36	50	16
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	72	25	21	46	12
Walton, MikeMike Walton	66	22	21	43	34
Horton, TimTim Horton	74	11	29	40	107
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	64	15	19	34	22
Pulford, BobBob Pulford	72	11	23	34	20
Dorey, JimJim Dorey	61	8	22	30	200
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	53	11	16	27	10
Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey	55	8	19	27	43
Pilote, PierrePierre Pilote	69	3	18	21	46
Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	44	7	5	12	14
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	65	3	9	12	146
Ley, RickRick Ley	38	1	11	12	39
Quinn, PatPat Quinn	40	2	7	9	95
Selby, BritBrit Selby	14	2	2	4	19
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton	12	1	3	4	6
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	34	1	2	3	20
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	13	0	3	3	24
Meehan, GerryGerry Meehan	25	0	2	2	2
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	20	0	0	0	0
Byers, MikeMike Byers	5	0	0	0	2
Clancy, TerryTerry Clancy	2	0	0	0	0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	61	0	0	0	2
Marsh, GaryGary Marsh	1	0	0	0	0
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	7	0	0	0	2
Smith, AlAl Smith	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	3446	61	28	20	11	161	2.80				3
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	779	20	5	4	3	37	2.85				2
Smith, AlAl Smith	335	7	2	2	1	16	2.87				0
Team:	4560	76	35	26	15	214	2.82				5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Keon, DaveDave Keon	4	1	3	4	2
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	4	2	1	3	2
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver	4	1	2	3	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	4	1	0	1	0
Dorey, JimJim Dorey	4	0	1	1	21
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	4	0	1	1	0
Pilote, PierrePierre Pilote	4	0	1	1	4
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	4	0	0	0	0
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	4	0	0	0	0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	3	0	0	0	0
Horton, TimTim Horton	4	0	0	0	7
Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	1	0	0	0	38
Ley, RickRick Ley	3	0	0	0	9
Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey	3	0	0	0	5
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	4	0	0	0	8
Pulford, BobBob Pulford	4	0	0	0	2
Quinn, PatPat Quinn	4	0	0	0	13
Selby, BritBrit Selby	4	0	0	0	4
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	4	0	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	4	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	154	4	0	2		11	4.29				0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	86	3	0	2		13	9.07				0
Team:	240	4	0	4		24	6.00				0

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Awards and records

• Tim Horton, runner-up, Norris Trophy.^[4]

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season.

Trades

September 30, 1968	To Los Angeles Kings Gary Croteau Brian Murphy Wayne Thomas	To Toronto Maple Leafs Grant Moore Lou Deveault
October 1, 1968	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Darryl Sly	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers Gerry Meehan Mike Byers Bill Sutherland	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brit Selby Forbes Kennedy
May 1, 1969	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Brad Selwood Rene Robert	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Ward
May 30, 1969	To Pittsburgh Penguins Forbes Kennedy	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash

Intra-League Draft

June 11, 1969	To Pittsburgh Penguins Al Smith
June 11, 1969	To Montreal Canadiens Larry Mickey
June 11, 1969	From Pittsburgh Penguins Marv Edwards

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Johnny Bower  30 Bruce Gamble  31 Al Smith		Defensemen 2 Pierre Pilote  3 Marcel Pronovost  4 Mike Pelyk  7 Tim Horton  8 Jim Dorey  17 Jim McKenny  23 Pat Quinn  26 Rick Ley		Wingers 6 Ron Ellis  10 George Armstrong  - C 12 Larry Mickey  15 Brit Selby  15 Bill Sutherland  17 Floyd Smith  18 Gary Marsh  19 Paul Henderson  20 Bob Pulford  21 Terry Clancy  24 Mike Byers  25 Wayne Carleton		Centres 9 Norm Ullman  11 Murray Oliver  14 Dave Keon  16 Mike Walton  22 Forbes Kennedy  27 Gerry Meehan  GM: Punch Imlach Coach: Punch Imlach

Farm teams

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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