1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th East
1970–71 record	37–33–8
Goals for	248
Goals against	211
Team information
General Manager	Jim Gregory
Coach	John McLellan
Captain	Dave Keon
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Keon (38)
Assists	Norm Ullman (51)
Points	Norm Ullman (85)
Penalties in minutes	Jim Dorey (198)
Wins	Jacques Plante (24)
Goals against average	Jacques Plante (1.88)
<1969–70	1971–72>

The 1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the fifty-fourth season of the franchise, forty-fourth as the Maple Leafs. Norm Ullman ranked sixth in the league in the scoring with 85 points.^[1] The Leafs placed fourth in the East to qualify for the playoffs. The Leafs lost to the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	8.	Darryl Sittler	Canada	London Knights (OHA)

Regular season

In February, the Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers swung a large trade. Toronto picked up Bernie Parent and a second-round draft choice for Bruce Gamble, Mike Walton and a first-round draft choice.

Season standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	121	399	207	1154
New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	109	259	177	952
Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	97	291	216	1271
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	82	248	211	1133
Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	63	217	291	1188
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	46	8	56	229	296	1371
Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	55	209	308	988

^[1]

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1970	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	0–1–0
2	W	October 14, 1970	7–3	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	1–1–0
3	L	October 17, 1970	2–6	New York Rangers (1970–71)	1–2–0
4	L	October 18, 1970	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	1–3–0
5	L	October 21, 1970	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	1–4–0
6	L	October 24, 1970	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	1–5–0
7	W	October 28, 1970	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	2–5–0
8	L	October 31, 1970	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	2–6–0
9	W	November 1, 1970	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	3–6–0
10	L	November 4, 1970	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	3–7–0
11	L	November 6, 1970	4–8	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	3–8–0
12	L	November 7, 1970	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	3–9–0
13	L	November 11, 1970	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	3–10–0
14	W	November 14, 1970	3–2	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	4–10–0
15	L	November 15, 1970	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	4–11–0
16	L	November 18, 1970	2–7	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	4–12–0
17	L	November 19, 1970	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	4–13–0
18	W	November 21, 1970	5–3	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	5–13–0
19	T	November 24, 1970	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	5–13–1
20	L	November 26, 1970	0–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	5–14–1
21	W	November 28, 1970	9–4	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	6–14–1
22	L	November 29, 1970	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	6–15–1
23	W	December 2, 1970	7–0	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	7–15–1
24	L	December 5, 1970	0–1	New York Rangers (1970–71)	7–16–1
25	L	December 6, 1970	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	7–17–1
26	L	December 8, 1970	0–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	7–18–1
27	W	December 9, 1970	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	8–18–1
28	W	December 12, 1970	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	9–18–1
29	W	December 13, 1970	4–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	10–18–1
30	W	December 16, 1970	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–18–1
31	W	December 19, 1970	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	12–18–1
32	W	December 20, 1970	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	13–18–1
33	W	December 23, 1970	7–2	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	14–18–1
34	L	December 25, 1970	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	14–19–1
35	W	December 26, 1970	9–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	15–19–1
36	W	December 30, 1970	3–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	16–19–1
37	W	January 2, 1971	13–0	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	17–19–1
38	W	January 5, 1971	2–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	18–19–1
39	T	January 6, 1971	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	18–19–2
40	W	January 9, 1971	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	19–19–2
41	W	January 10, 1971	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	20–19–2
42	T	January 13, 1971	1–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	20–19–3
43	L	January 14, 1971	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	20–20–3
44	W	January 16, 1971	8–1	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	21–20–3
45	L	January 17, 1971	1–9	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	21–21–3
46	W	January 20, 1971	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	22–21–3
47	L	January 22, 1971	2–5	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	22–22–3
48	L	January 23, 1971	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	22–23–3
49	L	January 27, 1971	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	22–24–3
50	W	January 30, 1971	5–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	23–24–3
51	W	February 3, 1971	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	24–24–3
52	W	February 6, 1971	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	25–24–3
53	W	February 7, 1971	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	26–24–3
54	T	February 9, 1971	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	26–24–4
55	W	February 10, 1971	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	27–24–4
56	W	February 13, 1971	8–1	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	28–24–4
57	L	February 14, 1971	1–5	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	28–25–4
58	W	February 17, 1971	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	29–25–4
59	W	February 20, 1971	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	30–25–4
60	W	February 21, 1971	4–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	31–25–4
61	T	February 25, 1971	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	31–25–5
62	W	February 27, 1971	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	32–25–5
63	L	February 28, 1971	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	32–26–5
64	W	March 3, 1971	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	33–26–5
65	L	March 5, 1971	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	33–27–5
66	T	March 6, 1971	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	33–27–6
67	W	March 10, 1971	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	34–27–6
68	L	March 13, 1971	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	34–28–6
69	L	March 14, 1971	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	34–29–6
70	L	March 18, 1971	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	34–30–6
71	W	March 20, 1971	3–1	New York Rangers (1970–71)	35–30–6
72	T	March 21, 1971	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	35–30–7
73	W	March 24, 1971	6–0	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	36–30–7
74	L	March 25, 1971	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	36–31–7
75	L	March 28, 1971	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	36–32–7
76	T	March 31, 1971	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	36–32–8
77	L	April 3, 1971	3–8	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	36–33–8
78	W	April 4, 1971	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	37–33–8

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	73	34	51	85	24
Keon, DaveDave Keon	76	38	38	76	4
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	72	30	30	60	34
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	78	24	29	53	10
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	76	22	19	41	42
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	78	15	22	37	79
Harrison, JimJim Harrison	78	13	20	33	108
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	68	4	26	30	42
Dorey, JimJim Dorey	74	7	22	29	198
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	73	5	21	26	54
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	59	7	18	25	6
Trottier, GuyGuy Trottier	61	19	5	24	21
Spencer, BrianBrian Spencer	50	9	15	24	115
Ley, RickRick Ley	76	4	16	20	151
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	49	10	8	18	37
Baun, BobBob Baun	58	1	17	18	123
Walton, MikeMike Walton	23	3	10	13	21
Selwood, BradBrad Selwood	28	2	10	12	13
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	54	0	8	8	31
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	20	1	2	3	4
Liddington, BobBob Liddington	11	0	1	1	2
Selby, BritBrit Selby	11	0	1	1	6
Brindley, DougDoug Brindley	3	0	0	0	0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	23	0	0	0	0
Marchinko, BrianBrian Marchinko	2	0	0	0	0
McLachlan, MurrayMurray McLachlan	2	0	0	0	0
Murray, KenKen Murray	4	0	0	0	0
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	18	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	40	0	0	0	2
Robert, ReneRene Robert	5	0	0	0	0
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	1	0	0	0	0
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	2329	40	24	11	4	73	1.88				4
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	1040	18	7	7	3	46	2.65				0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	1226	23	6	13	1	83	3.87				2
McLachlan, MurrayMurray McLachlan	25	2	0	1	0	4	9.60				0
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	60	1	0	1	0	5	5.00				0
Team:	4680	78	37	33	8	206	2.64				6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	6	5	1	6	4
Keon, DaveDave Keon	6	3	2	5	0
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	6	2	1	3	2
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	6	2	1	3	31
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	6	0	3	3	2
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	6	2	0	2	2
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	6	1	1	2	2
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	6	0	2	2	0
Ley, RickRick Ley	6	0	2	2	4
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	6	0	2	2	2
Baun, BobBob Baun	6	0	1	1	19
Dorey, JimJim Dorey	6	0	1	1	19
Harrison, JimJim Harrison	6	0	1	1	33
Spencer, BrianBrian Spencer	6	0	1	1	17
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	6	0	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	3	0	0	0	0
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	4	0	0	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	6	0	0	0	10
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	3	0	0	0	0
Trottier, GuyGuy Trottier	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	235	4	2	2		9	2.30				0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	134	3	0	2		7	3.13				0
Team:	369	6	2	4		16	2.60				0

^[2]

Playoffs

• The New York Rangers battled the Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers took the series 4 games to 2.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1970-71 season.

Trades

August 1, 1970	To Vancouver Canucks Andre Hinse	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Hannigan Ted McCaskill
August 31, 1970	To Buffalo Sabres Brent Imlach	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
September 1, 1970	To Vancouver Canucks Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Loan of Andre Hinse
September 2, 1970	To Buffalo Sabres Floyd Smith	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
September 3, 1970	To Los Angeles Kings Bob Pulford	To Toronto Maple Leafs Garry Monahan Brian Murphy
November 13, 1970	To St. Louis Blues Brit Selby	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bob Baun
December 23, 1970	To Montreal Canadiens Terry Clancy	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
January 31, 1971	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Walton Bruce Gamble 1st round pick in 1971 – Pierre Plante	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bernie Parent 2nd round pick in 1971 – Rick Kehoe
February 1, 1971	To Los Angeles Kings Norm Armstrong	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Westbrooke
June 10, 1971	To Boston Bruins Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th round pick in 1971 – Steve Johnson

Intra-League Draft

June 8, 1971	To Buffalo Sabres Rene Robert
June 8, 1971	To California Golden Seals Frank Hughes
June 8, 1971	To Buffalo Sabres Ken Murray
June 8, 1971	From Buffalo Sabres Don Marshall

Free agents

Player Former Team Murray McLachlan Undrafted Free Agent

Player New Team Brian Murphy Springfield Kings (AHL)

Awards and records

• Dave Keon, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Dave Keon, Runner up, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy^[3]
• Jacques Plante, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Jacques Plante  30 Bruce Gamble  30 Bernie Parent  31 Murray McLachlan		Defensemen 2 Rick Ley  3 Brad Selwood  4 Mike Pelyk  7 Ken Murray  8 Jim Dorey  18 Jim McKenny  21 Bobby Baun  24 Brian Glennie		Wingers 6 Ron Ellis  10 George Armstrong  11 Guy Trottier  14 Rene Robert  15 Brit Selby  15 Brian Spencer  17 Denis Dupere  19 Paul Henderson  20 Garry Monahan  22 Errol Thompson  23 Billy MacMillan  26 Bob Liddington		Centres 9 Norm Ullman  12 Jim Harrison  14 Dave Keon  - C 16 Mike Walton  17 Doug Brindley  23 Brian Marchinko  27 Darryl Sittler  GM: Jim Gregory Coach: John McLellan

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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