1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th Norris
Conference	8th Campbell
1985–86 record	25–48–7
Goals for	311
Goals against	386
Team information
General Manager	Gerry McNamara
Coach	Dan Maloney
Captain	Rick Vaive
Alternate captains	Borje Salming Brad Maxwell
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Wendel Clark (34)
Assists	Miroslav Frycer (43)
Points	Miroslav Frycer (75)
Penalties in minutes	Wendel Clark (227)
<1984–85 1986–87>

The 1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 69th season of the franchise, 59th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

= NHL All-Star

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	1.	Wendel Clark (LW)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	22	Ken Spangler (D)	Canada	Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
3	43	Dave Thomlinson (LW)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Black Hawks	80	39	33	8	351	349	86
Minnesota North Stars	80	38	33	9	327	305	85
St. Louis Blues	80	37	34	9	302	291	83
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	25	48	7	311	386	57
Detroit Red Wings	80	17	57	6	266	415	40

^[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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1985	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	0–1–0
2	L	October 12, 1985	0–4	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	0–2–0
3	W	October 13, 1985	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	1–2–0
4	L	October 16, 1985	5–6 OT	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	1–3–0
5	L	October 19, 1985	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	1–4–0
6	L	October 23, 1985	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	1–5–0
7	L	October 24, 1985	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	1–6–0
8	L	October 26, 1985	5–7	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	1–7–0
9	L	October 30, 1985	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	1–8–0
10	L	November 2, 1985	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	1–9–0
11	L	November 3, 1985	1–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	1–10–0
12	L	November 6, 1985	4–5	New York Islanders (1985–86)	1–11–0
13	T	November 8, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	1–11–1
14	T	November 9, 1985	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	1–11–2
15	L	November 12, 1985	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	1–12–2
16	T	November 14, 1985	6–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	1–12–3
17	W	November 16, 1985	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	2–12–3
18	W	November 17, 1985	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	3–12–3
19	L	November 20, 1985	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	3–13–3
20	W	November 23, 1985	9–3	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	4–13–3
21	L	November 26, 1985	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	4–14–3
22	L	November 27, 1985	1–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	4–15–3
23	W	November 30, 1985	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	5–15–3
24	W	December 4, 1985	10–7	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	6–15–3
25	W	December 5, 1985	6–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	7–15–3
26	L	December 7, 1985	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	7–16–3
27	L	December 10, 1985	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	7–17–3
28	W	December 11, 1985	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	8–17–3
29	T	December 14, 1985	6–6 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	8–17–4
30	T	December 15, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	8–17–5
31	L	December 18, 1985	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	8–18–5
32	L	December 20, 1985	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	8–19–5
33	W	December 26, 1985	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	9–19–5
34	L	December 28, 1985	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	9–20–5
35	W	January 1, 1986	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	10–20–5
36	L	January 4, 1986	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	10–21–5
37	L	January 5, 1986	5–6	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	10–22–5
38	W	January 8, 1986	11–9	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	11–22–5
39	L	January 10, 1986	7–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	11–23–5
40	L	January 11, 1986	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	11–24–5
41	W	January 13, 1986	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	12–24–5
42	L	January 15, 1986	1–10	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	12–25–5
43	L	January 18, 1986	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	12–26–5
44	L	January 19, 1986	5–9	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	12–27–5
45	L	January 22, 1986	2–4	New York Rangers (1985–86)	12–28–5
46	L	January 23, 1986	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	12–29–5
47	L	January 25, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	12–30–5
48	L	January 28, 1986	2–9	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	12–31–5
49	W	January 29, 1986	5–2	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	13–31–5
50	L	February 1, 1986	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	13–32–5
51	W	February 2, 1986	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	14–32–5
52	L	February 6, 1986	7–8 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	14–33–5
53	W	February 8, 1986	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	15–33–5
54	L	February 11, 1986	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	15–34–5
55	L	February 13, 1986	4–5 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	15–35–5
56	W	February 15, 1986	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	16–35–5
57	T	February 16, 1986	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	16–35–6
58	L	February 19, 1986	5–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	16–36–6
59	W	February 20, 1986	7–6 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	17–36–6
60	L	February 23, 1986	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	17–37–6
61	W	February 25, 1986	7–3	New York Rangers (1985–86)	18–37–6
62	W	February 28, 1986	7–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	19–37–6
63	L	March 1, 1986	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	19–38–6
64	W	March 3, 1986	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	20–38–6
65	L	March 5, 1986	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	20–39–6
66	L	March 6, 1986	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	20–40–6
67	W	March 8, 1986	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	21–40–6
68	W	March 13, 1986	7–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	22–40–6
69	L	March 15, 1986	5–6 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	22–41–6
70	W	March 17, 1986	7–6	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	23–41–6
71	L	March 19, 1986	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	23–42–6
72	L	March 20, 1986	1–7	New York Islanders (1985–86)	23–43–6
73	L	March 22, 1986	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	23–44–6
74	L	March 26, 1986	1–6	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	23–45–6
75	W	March 29, 1986	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	24–45–6
76	W	March 30, 1986	5–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	25–45–6
77	T	April 1, 1986	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	25–45–7
78	L	April 3, 1986	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	25–46–7
79	L	April 5, 1986	1–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	25–47–7
80	L	April 6, 1986	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	25–48–7

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	73	32	43	75	74	-24	7	0	3
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	78	31	42	73	64	-24	3	2	3
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	61	33	31	64	85	-19	12	0	1
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	73	22	38	60	52	0	3	1	4
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	65	20	37	57	36	-15	5	0	5
Stastny, MarianMarian Stastny	RW	70	23	30	53	21	-6	7	0	0
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	66	34	11	45	227	-27	4	0	3
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	63	18	27	45	16	-9	5	0	1
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	33	12	22	34	25	6	5	0	1
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	65	8	25	33	40	-10	2	0	2
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	76	10	22	32	31	-5	0	2	1
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	53	9	23	32	20	-1	1	1	0
Maxwell, BradBrad Maxwell	D	52	8	18	26	108	-27	4	0	0
Hodgson, DanDan Hodgson	C	40	13	12	25	12	-5	2	0	0
Benning, JimJim Benning	D	52	4	21	25	71	-4	2	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	41	7	15	22	48	-7	3	1	1
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	42	5	17	22	84	-8	0	0	0
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	80	7	13	20	88	-21	1	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	79	2	16	18	180	-32	0	0	0
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	D	61	6	11	17	83	-5	0	0	0
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	LW	15	1	6	7	0	-11	0	0	0
Ihnacak, MiroslavMiroslav Ihnacak	LW	21	2	4	6	27	-6	1	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	61	1	4	5	141	-17	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	15	1	2	3	28	0	0	0	0
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson	LW	5	1	2	3	2	3	0	0	0
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	2	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Bernhardt, TimTim Bernhardt	G	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Costello, RichRich Costello	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	6	0	1	1	4	-3	0	0	0
Root, BillBill Root	D	27	0	1	1	29	-8	0	0	0
Wesley, BlakeBlake Wesley	D	27	0	1	1	21	-4	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brubaker, JeffJeff Brubaker	LW	21	0	0	0	67	0	0	0	0
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, DonDon Edwards	G	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Schutt, RodRod Schutt	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	30	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Edwards, DonDon Edwards	2009	38	12	23	0	160	4.78	0	1140	980	.860
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	1566	30	9	13	4	113	4.33	0	901	788	.875
Bernhardt, TimTim Bernhardt	1266	23	4	12	3	107	5.07	0	727	620	.853
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0	5	3	.600
Team:	4861	80	25	48	7	382	4.72	0	2773	2391	.862

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	10	6	8	14	9	3	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	10	5	7	12	6	3	0	1
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	10	2	10	12	2	0	0	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	10	3	6	9	8	1	0	0
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	9	6	2	8	9	3	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	10	1	6	7	14	0	0	0
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	10	5	1	6	47	1	0	1
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	9	4	1	5	4	0	0	3
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	10	2	3	5	12	0	0	1
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	10	2	2	4	19	0	0	0
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	10	1	3	4	10	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	6	2	1	3	20	1	0	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	10	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	10	0	3	3	17	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	10	0	2	2	25	0	0	0
Root, BillBill Root	D	7	0	2	2	13	0	0	0
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	D	10	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
Maxwell, BradBrad Maxwell	D	3	0	1	1	12	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	9	0	0	0	35	0	0	0
Stastny, MarianMarian Stastny	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	607	10	6	4	32	3.16	1	323	291	.901
Team:	607	10	6	4	32	3.16	1	323	291	.901

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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;

Playoffs

Norris Division Semi-Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 9	Toronto	5	Chicago	3
April 10	Toronto	6	Chicago	4
April 12	Chicago	2	Toronto	7

Toronto wins best-of-five series 3–0

Norris Division Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. St. Louis Blues

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 18	Toronto	1	St. Louis	6
April 20	Toronto	3	St. Louis	0
April 22	St. Louis	2	Toronto	5
April 24	St. Louis	7	Toronto	4
April 26	Toronto	3	St. Louis	4	(OT)
April 28	St. Louis	3	Toronto	5'
April 30	Toronto	1	St. Louis	2

St. Louis wins best-of-seven series 4–3

Roster

1985-86 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 – Tim Bernhardt  30 – Don Edwards  31 – Allan Bester  31 – Ken Wregget		Defensemen 2 – Gary Nylund  3 – Jim Benning  4 – Brad Maxwell  15 – Bob McGill  21 – Borje Salming  23 – Todd Gill  25 – Bill Root  26 – Chris Kotsopoulos  28 – Blake Wesley  33 – Al Iafrate  34 – Craig Muni		Wingers 7 – Greg Terrion  8 – Walt Poddubny  10 – Marian Stastny  11 – Gary Leeman  12 – Gary McAdam  14 – Miroslav Frycer  17 – Wendel Clark  22 – Rick Vaive  - C 23 – Jeff Brubaker  25 – Jeff Jackson  25 – Rod Schutt  27 – Miroslav Ihnacak  29 – Brad Smith  32 – Steve Thomas		Centres 8 – Rich Costello  9 – Russ Courtnall  16 – Dan Hodgson  18 – Peter Ihnacak  19 – Bill Derlago  19 – Tom Fergus  24 – Dan Daoust  32 – Wes Jarvis  GM: Gerry McNamara Coach: Dan Maloney

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1985-86 season.

Trades

August 21, 1985	To Quebec Nordiques John Anderson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Maxwell
September 18, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Dom Campedelli	To Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick in 1986 - Darryl Shannon 4th round pick in 1986 - Ken Hulst
October 7, 1985	To Hartford Whalers Stewart Gavin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Chris Kotsopoulos
October 11, 1985	To Boston Bruins Bill Derlago	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Fergus

Free agents

Player Former Team Brad Smith Detroit Red Wings Blake Wesley Quebec Nordiques Gary MacAdam New Jersey Devils Marian Stastny Quebec Nordiques Rod Schutt Pittsburgh Penguins Val James Buffalo Sabres Chris McRae Undrafted Free Agent

Player New Team Basil McRae Detroit Red Wings Lee Norwood St. Louis Blues Dave Farrish Philadelphia Flyers Jeff Brubaker Edmonton Oilers

Awards and records

• Wendel Clark, NHL All-Rookie Team
• Wendel Clark, Runner-up for the Calder Trophy
• Ken Wregget, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

Farm Teams

The Maple Leafs were affiliated with the St. Catharines Saints of the AHL.

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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