1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Adams
1974–75 record	31-33-16
Goals for	280
Goals against	309
Team information
General Manager	Jim Gregory
Coach	Red Kelly
Captain	Dave Keon
Team leaders
Goals	Darryl Sittler (36)
Assists	Darryl Sittler (44)
Points	Darryl Sittler (80)
Penalties in minutes	Tiger Williams (187)
Wins	Doug Favell (12)
Goals against average	Gord McRae (3.22)
<1973–74	1975–76>

The 1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the fifty-eighth season of the franchise, forty-eighth season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Club Team

Regular season

Season standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Buffalo Sabres	80	49	16	15	354	240	113
Boston Bruins	80	40	26	14	345	245	94
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	31	33	16	280	309	78
California Golden Seals	80	19	48	13	212	316	51

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1974	6–2	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1974	7–3	New York Rangers (1974–75)	2–0–0
3	T	October 13, 1974	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	2–0–1
4	T	October 16, 1974	1–1	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	2–0–2
5	L	October 19, 1974	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	2–1–2
6	T	October 20, 1974	5–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	2–1–3
7	L	October 23, 1974	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	2–2–3
8	L	October 26, 1974	3–9	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	2–3–3
9	W	October 27, 1974	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	3–3–3
10	L	November 1, 1974	2–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	3–4–3
11	L	November 2, 1974	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	3–5–3
12	W	November 6, 1974	7–4	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	4–5–3
13	L	November 9, 1974	5–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	4–6–3
14	L	November 13, 1974	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	4–7–3
15	W	November 15, 1974	5–3	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	5–7–3
16	L	November 16, 1974	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	5–8–3
17	L	November 20, 1974	5–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	5–9–3
18	L	November 22, 1974	0–6	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	5–10–3
19	L	November 23, 1974	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	5–11–3
20	T	November 25, 1974	2–2	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	5–11–4
21	L	November 27, 1974	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	5–12–4
22	W	November 30, 1974	7–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	6–12–4
23	L	December 4, 1974	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	6–13–4
24	T	December 5, 1974	3–3	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	6–13–5
25	T	December 7, 1974	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	6–13–6
26	W	December 8, 1974	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	7–13–6
27	L	December 11, 1974	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	7–14–6
28	W	December 14, 1974	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	8–14–6
29	L	December 15, 1974	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	8–15–6
30	W	December 18, 1974	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	9–15–6
31	L	December 19, 1974	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	9–16–6
32	W	December 21, 1974	8–4	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	10–16–6
33	L	December 22, 1974	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	10–17–6
34	W	December 28, 1974	3–1	New York Islanders (1974–75)	11–17–6
35	L	December 30, 1974	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	11–18–6
36	T	January 1, 1975	3–3	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	11–18–7
37	W	January 4, 1975	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	12–18–7
38	W	January 5, 1975	1–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	13–18–7
39	L	January 7, 1975	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	13–19–7
40	W	January 8, 1975	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	14–19–7
41	L	January 11, 1975	5–7	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	14–20–7
42	W	January 12, 1975	4–3	New York Islanders (1974–75)	15–20–7
43	W	January 15, 1975	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	16–20–7
44	W	January 18, 1975	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	17–20–7
45	L	January 19, 1975	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	17–21–7
46	L	January 23, 1975	0–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	17–22–7
47	L	January 24, 1975	1–6	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	17–23–7
48	L	January 26, 1975	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	17–24–7
49	W	January 29, 1975	4–2	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	18–24–7
50	L	January 30, 1975	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	18–25–7
51	W	February 1, 1975	3–2	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	19–25–7
52	W	February 4, 1975	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	20–25–7
53	L	February 6, 1975	2–3	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	20–26–7
54	T	February 8, 1975	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	20–26–8
55	L	February 9, 1975	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	20–27–8
56	T	February 12, 1975	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	20–27–9
57	L	February 15, 1975	3–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	20–28–9
58	T	February 16, 1975	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	20–28–10
59	T	February 19, 1975	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	20–28–11
60	W	February 22, 1975	5–2	New York Rangers (1974–75)	21–28–11
61	L	February 23, 1975	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	21–29–11
62	W	February 25, 1975	9–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	22–29–11
63	W	February 26, 1975	4–2	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	23–29–11
64	W	March 1, 1975	5–4	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	24–29–11
65	W	March 2, 1975	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	25–29–11
66	W	March 5, 1975	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	26–29–11
67	W	March 8, 1975	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	27–29–11
68	W	March 9, 1975	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	28–29–11
69	T	March 12, 1975	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	28–29–12
70	T	March 15, 1975	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	28–29–13
71	L	March 16, 1975	3–11	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	28–30–13
72	L	March 19, 1975	7–8	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	28–31–13
73	W	March 22, 1975	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	29–31–13
74	W	March 24, 1975	5–3	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	30–31–13
75	T	March 26, 1975	2–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	30–31–14
76	T	March 29, 1975	1–1	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	30–31–15
77	W	March 30, 1975	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	31–31–15
78	L	April 2, 1975	0–3	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	31–32–15
79	L	April 5, 1975	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	31–33–15
80	T	April 6, 1975	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	31–33–16

Transactions

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	72	36	44	80	47	-10	12	1	2
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	79	32	29	61	25	9	11	0	5
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	78	16	43	59	4	3	1	1	2
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	69	19	30	49	61	5	3	1	5
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	64	17	27	44	86	5	2	1	1
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	66	8	35	43	31	-4	0	1	1
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	65	25	17	42	12	-1	3	1	4
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	69	21	20	41	23	-14	3	0	2
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	77	15	25	40	38	0	4	3	2
Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton	RW	78	23	14	37	24	-7	4	0	1
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	60	12	25	37	34	4	4	1	1
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	80	9	26	35	8	-12	1	0	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	42	10	19	29	187	4	2	0	0
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	55	5	18	23	26	-13	1	0	0
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	57	5	16	21	61	-18	2	0	1
Alexander, ClaireClaire Alexander	D	42	7	11	18	12	11	4	0	1
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	60	5	12	17	40	8	1	1	1
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	72	3	11	14	142	-10	0	0	2
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	22	6	7	13	44	-6	1	0	0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	22	2	7	9	13	-2	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	63	1	7	8	110	-5	0	0	0
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	26	2	1	3	11	-8	1	0	0
Ecclestone, TimTim Ecclestone	LW	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Favell, DougDoug Favell	G	39	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Brossart, WillieWillie Brossart	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Grisdale, JohnJohn Grisdale	D	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sykes, BobBob Sykes	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	1	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Wilson, DuncDunc Wilson	G	25	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Favell, DougDoug Favell	2149	39	12	17	6	145	4.05	1
McRae, GordGord McRae	1063	20	10	3	6	57	3.22	0
Wilson, DuncDunc Wilson	1393	25	8	11	4	86	3.70	0
Hamel, PierrePierre Hamel	195	4	1	2	0	18	5.54	0
Team:	4800	80	31	33	16	306	3.83	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton	RW	7	4	2	6	2	1	0	1
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	7	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	7	1	3	4	4	0	0	1
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	7	1	3	4	25	1	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	7	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	7	3	0	3	2	1	0	0
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	7	2	1	3	15	1	0	0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	7	1	1	2	24	0	0	0
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	7	1	0	1	7	0	0	0
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Alexander, ClaireClaire Alexander	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
McRae, GordGord McRae	441	7	2	5	21	2.86	0
Team:	441	7	2	5	21	2.86	0

^[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1974-75 season.

Trades

September 13, 1974	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rick Kehoe	To Toronto Maple Leafs Blaine Stoughton 1st round pick in 1977 - Trevor Johansen
October 16, 1974	To Vancouver Canucks John Grisdale Garry Monahan	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Dunn
November 2, 1974	To Washington Capitals Willie Brossart Tim Ecclestone	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rod Seiling
February 1, 1975	To Minnesota Fighting Saints (WHA) Bill Butters	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
June 3, 1975	To Boston Bruins 4th round pick in 1975 - Rick Adduono	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 1976 - Gary McFadyen
June 3, 1975	To Chicago Black Hawks Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs 10th round pick in 1975 - Paul Crowley 11th round pick in 1975 - Jack Laine
June 3, 1975	To Washington Capitals Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs 12th round pick in 1975 - Ken Holland
June 3, 1975	To Kansas City Scouts Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs 12th round pick in 1975 - Bob Barnes
June 3, 1975	To St. Louis Blues Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs 12th round pick in 1975 - Jim Montgomery

Waivers

February 16, 1975	To New York Rangers Dunc Wilson
May 20, 1975	To Atlanta Flames Bill Flett

Expansion Draft

June 12, 1974	To Washington Capitals Denis Dupere
June 12, 1974	To Washington Capitals Joe Lundrigan
June 12, 1974	To Washington Capitals Ron Low

Free agents

Player Former Team Claire Alexander Tulsa Oilers (CHL) Pierre Hamel Undrafted Free Agent

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Gord McRae  1 Dunc Wilson  31 Pierre Hamel  33 Doug Favell		Defensemen 2 Ian Turnbull  3 John Grisdale  3 Bob Neely  4 Dave Dunn  16 Rod Seiling  18 Jim McKenny  20 Claire Alexander  21 Borje Salming  24 Brian Glennie  25 Willie Brossart		Wingers 6 Ron Ellis  7 Lanny McDonald  10 George Ferguson  11 Inge Hammarstrom  12 Errol Thompson  15 Gary Sabourin  16 Tim Ecclestone  17 Blaine Stoughton  19 Bill Flett  20 Garry Monahan  22 Tiger Williams  23 Eddie Shack  25 Bob Sykes  26 Lyle Moffat		Centres 8 Jack Valiquette  9 Norm Ullman  14 Dave Keon  - C 27 Darryl Sittler  GM: Jim Gregory Coach: Red Kelly

Awards and honors

Farm Teams

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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