1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1988-89 Leafs season was a disastrous one that saw John Brophy relieved from his coaching duties mid-season. Interim coach George Armstrong led the Leafs close to the playoffs, but they eventually missed out by losing to the Chicago Blackhawks on the final day of the regular season. The Leafs needed a win against Chicago to clinch a post season birth, but a Troy Murray overtime goal ended the season for Toronto.

The Maple Leafs finished the regular season last in power-play goals scored (56), power-play opportunities (334), power-play percentage (16.77%) and penalty-killing percentage (72.70%).^[1]

November 7, 1988 – The Maple Leafs traded RW Russ Courtnall to Montreal for RW John Kordic and a 6th-round choice (Michael Doers)
Ken Wregget was traded by Maple Leafs to Philadelphia Flyers for two first-round picks (RW Rob Pearson and D Steve Bancroft) in 1989 draft, March 6, 1989.

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	34	12	313	316	80
St. Louis Blues	80	33	35	12	275	285	78
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	37	16	258	278	70
Chicago Blackhawks	80	27	41	12	297	335	66
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	46	6	259	342	62

^[2]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 6, 1988	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	W	October 8, 1988	7–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1988	8–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–1–0
4	L	October 12, 1988	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	2–2–0
5	W	October 14, 1988	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	3–2–0
6	L	October 15, 1988	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	3–3–0
7	W	October 17, 1988	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	4–3–0
8	W	October 19, 1988	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	5–3–0
9	W	October 21, 1988	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	6–3–0
10	T	October 22, 1988	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	6–3–1
11	W	October 25, 1988	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	7–3–1
12	W	October 26, 1988	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	8–3–1
13	L	October 29, 1988	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	8–4–1
14	L	November 2, 1988	2–7	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	8–5–1
15	L	November 5, 1988	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	8–6–1
16	L	November 10, 1988	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	8–7–1
17	L	November 12, 1988	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	8–8–1
18	L	November 14, 1988	4–5	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	8–9–1
19	W	November 16, 1988	8–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	9–9–1
20	L	November 18, 1988	0–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	9–10–1
21	L	November 19, 1988	1–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	9–11–1
22	W	November 21, 1988	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	10–11–1
23	W	November 23, 1988	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	11–11–1
24	L	November 25, 1988	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	11–12–1
25	L	November 26, 1988	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	11–13–1
26	L	December 1, 1988	3–9	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–14–1
27	L	December 3, 1988	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	11–15–1
28	L	December 9, 1988	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	11–16–1
29	L	December 10, 1988	2–8	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	11–17–1
30	T	December 12, 1988	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	11–17–2
31	L	December 14, 1988	2–8	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	11–18–2
32	L	December 15, 1988	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	11–19–2
33	L	December 17, 1988	1–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	11–20–2
34	W	December 19, 1988	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	12–20–2
35	L	December 21, 1988	1–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	12–21–2
36	L	December 23, 1988	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	12–22–2
37	L	December 26, 1988	3–4	New York Islanders (1988–89)	12–23–2
38	W	December 29, 1988	6–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	13–23–2
39	W	December 31, 1988	6–1	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–23–2
40	T	January 1, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	14–23–3
41	L	January 6, 1989	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	14–24–3
42	L	January 7, 1989	1–6	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	14–25–3
43	W	January 9, 1989	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	15–25–3
44	L	January 11, 1989	2–3	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	15–26–3
45	L	January 14, 1989	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	15–27–3
46	W	January 16, 1989	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	16–27–3
47	T	January 19, 1989	3–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	16–27–4
48	L	January 21, 1989	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	16–28–4
49	L	January 25, 1989	1–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	16–29–4
50	L	January 27, 1989	1–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	16–30–4
51	T	January 28, 1989	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1988–89)	16–30–5
52	L	January 30, 1989	1–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	16–31–5
53	W	February 2, 1989	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	17–31–5
54	L	February 4, 1989	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	17–32–5
55	W	February 11, 1989	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	18–32–5
56	L	February 13, 1989	1–8	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	18–33–5
57	L	February 15, 1989	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–34–5
58	W	February 17, 1989	10–6	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	19–34–5
59	W	February 18, 1989	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	20–34–5
60	L	February 20, 1989	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	20–35–5
61	W	February 22, 1989	4–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–35–5
62	L	February 23, 1989	1–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	21–36–5
63	W	February 25, 1989	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	22–36–5
64	L	February 27, 1989	5–7	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	22–37–5
65	L	March 1, 1989	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	22–38–5
66	T	March 4, 1989	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	22–38–6
67	L	March 5, 1989	0–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	22–39–6
68	W	March 7, 1989	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	23–39–6
69	L	March 9, 1989	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	23–40–6
70	W	March 11, 1989	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	24–40–6
71	L	March 12, 1989	7–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	24–41–6
72	W	March 14, 1989	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–41–6
73	L	March 18, 1989	2–10	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	25–42–6
74	L	March 19, 1989	6–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	25–43–6
75	W	March 22, 1989	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	26–43–6
76	L	March 24, 1989	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	26–44–6
77	W	March 25, 1989	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	27–44–6
78	W	March 29, 1989	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	28–44–6
79	L	April 1, 1989	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	28–45–6
80	L	April 2, 1989	3–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–46–6

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Player statistics

Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Ed Olczyk	80	38	52	90	75
Gary Leeman	61	32	43	75	66
Vincent Damphousse	80	26	42	68	75
Tom Fergus	80	22	45	67	48
Daniel Marois	76	31	23	54	76
Mark Osborne	75	16	30	46	112
Dave Reid	77	9	21	30	22
Craig Laughlin	66	10	13	23	41
Peter Ihnačák	26	2	16	18	10
Derek Laxdal	41	9	6	15	65
Al Secord	40	5	10	15	71
Dan Daoust	68	7	5	12	54
Wendel Clark	15	7	4	11	66
Paul Gagné	16	3	2	5	6
John Kordic	46	1	2	3	185
Russ Courtnall	9	1	1	2	4
Tim Armstrong	11	1	0	1	6
Mike Blaisdell	9	1	0	1	4
Ken Yaremchuk	11	1	0	1	2
Scott Pearson	9	0	1	1	2
Sean McKenna	3	0	1	1	0
Paul Lawless	7	0	0	0	0
Marty Dallman	4	0	0	0	0
Chris McRae	3	0	0	0	12
Doug Shedden	1	0	0	0	2

Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Al Iafrate	65	13	20	33	72
Todd Gill	59	11	14	25	72
Börje Salming	63	3	17	20	86
Brad Marsh	80	1	15	16	79
Chris Kotsopoulos	57	1	14	15	44
Darren Veitch	37	3	7	10	16
Rick Lanz	32	1	9	10	18
Luke Richardson	55	2	7	9	106
Brian Curran	47	1	4	5	185
Darryl Shannon	14	1	3	4	6
Ken Hammond	14	0	2	2	12

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Allan Bester	43	17	20	3	2	3.80
Ken Wregget	32	9	20	2	0	4.42
Jeff Reese	10	2	6	1	0	4.94

Roster

1988-89 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Jeff Reese
30 – Allan Bester
31 – Ken Wregget

Defensemen

2 – Luke Richardson
3 – Brad Marsh
4 – Rick Lanz
21 – Borje Salming
23 – Todd Gill
25 – Darren Veitch
26 – Chris Kotsopoulos
28 – Brian Curran
29 – Ken Hammond
33 – Al Iafrate
34 – Darryl Shannon

Wingers

8 – Sean McKenna
9 – Russ Courtnall
10 – Vincent Damphousse
11 – Gary Leeman
12 – Mark Osborne
14 – Dave Reid
17 – Wendel Clark
18 – Scott Pearson
20 – Paul Lawless
20 – Al Secord
22 – Mike Blaisdell
27 – John Kordic
29 – Chris McRae
32 – Daniel Marois
35 – Derek Laxdal
41 – Paul Gagne

Centres

8 – Tim Armstrong
15 – Marty Dallman
15 – Peter Ihnacak
16 – Ed Olczyk
18 – Craig Laughlin
19 – Tom Fergus
24 – Dan Daoust
34 – Ken Yaremchuk
37 – Doug Shedden

GM: Gord Stellick
Coach: John Brophy (11-20-2)
Coach: George Armstrong (17-26-4)

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1988-89 season.

Trades

June 21, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Stothers	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Root
November 7, 1988	To Montreal Canadiens Russ Courtnall	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Kordic 6th round pick in 1989 - Mike Doers
February 7, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Al Secord	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1989 - Keith Carney
February 21, 1989	To New York Rangers Chris McRae	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ken Hammond
February 25, 1989	To Vancouver Canucks Peter DeBoer	To Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Lawless
March 6, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Ken Wregget	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in 1989 - Rob Pearson 1st round pick in 1989 - Steve Bancroft
June 16, 1989	To Calgary Flames 2nd round pick in 1989 - Kent Manderville	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Ramage

Waivers

October 3, 1988	To Los Angeles Kings Dale DeGray
October 3, 1988	From Philadelphia Flyers Brad Marsh

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Craig Laughlin	Los Angeles Kings
Alan Hepple	New Jersey Devils
Paul Gagne	New Jersey Devils
Doug Shedden	Baltimore Skipjacks (AHL)

Awards and records

Gary Leeman, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1989.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.

1988–89 NHL season

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Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

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