1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd NHL
1965–66 record34–25–11
Goals for208
Goals against187
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Team leaders
GoalsFrank Mahovlich (32)
AssistsGeorge Armstrong (35)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (56)
Bob Pulford (56)
Penalty minutesEddie Shack (88)
WinsJohnny Bower (18)
Goals against averageAl Smith (1.94)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 41 21 8 239 173 +66 90
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 37 25 8 240 187 +53 82
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 34 25 11 208 187 +21 79
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 31 27 12 221 194 +27 74
5 Boston Bruins 70 21 43 6 174 275 −101 48
6 New York Rangers 70 18 41 11 195 261 −66 47
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents
1965–66 NHL Records [1]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —4–8–22–11–14–9–18–5–14–9–1
Chicago 8–4–2—11–1–24–8–29–4–15–8–1
Detroit 11–2–11–11–2—4–8–27–3–48–4–2
Montreal 9–4–18–4–28–4–2—12–25–7–2
New York 5–8–14–9–13–7–42–12—3–6–5
Toronto 9–4–18–5–14–8–27–5–26–3–5—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 23, 19650–4Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)0–1–0
2LOctober 24, 19650–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)0–2–0
3WOctober 27, 19652–1@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)1–2–0
4WOctober 30, 19654–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)2–2–0
5TNovember 3, 19652–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)2–2–1
6LNovember 4, 19651–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)2–3–1
7LNovember 6, 19652–4New York Rangers (1965–66)2–4–1
8LNovember 7, 19650–9@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)2–5–1
9TNovember 10, 19653–3Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)2–5–2
10WNovember 13, 19655–2New York Rangers (1965–66)3–5–2
11LNovember 14, 19650–2@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)3–6–2
12WNovember 18, 19653–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)4–6–2
13WNovember 20, 19653–1Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)5–6–2
14WNovember 21, 19657–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)6–6–2
15LNovember 24, 19651–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)6–7–2
16LNovember 27, 19651–2Boston Bruins (1965–66)6–8–2
17WNovember 28, 19654–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)7–8–2
18TDecember 1, 19652–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)7–8–3
19LDecember 4, 19653–5Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)7–9–3
20LDecember 5, 19651–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)7–10–3
21WDecember 11, 19658–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)8–10–3
22TDecember 12, 19651–1@ New York Rangers (1965–66)8–10–4
23WDecember 15, 19655–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)9–10–4
24WDecember 16, 19653–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)10–10–4
25WDecember 18, 19658–4New York Rangers (1965–66)11–10–4
26WDecember 19, 19653–1@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)12–10–4
27WDecember 25, 19655–3Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)13–10–4
28TDecember 26, 19651–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)13–10–5
29WDecember 29, 19653–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)14–10–5
30WJanuary 1, 19666–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)15–10–5
31LJanuary 2, 19660–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)15–11–5
32LJanuary 8, 19661–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)15–12–5
33LJanuary 9, 19663–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)15–13–5
34WJanuary 13, 19666–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)16–13–5
35WJanuary 15, 19666–1Boston Bruins (1965–66)17–13–5
36LJanuary 16, 19660–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)17–14–5
37WJanuary 19, 19666–2New York Rangers (1965–66)18–14–5
38WJanuary 22, 19664–0Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)19–14–5
39LJanuary 23, 19661–2@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)19–15–5
40WJanuary 29, 19666–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)20–15–5
41LJanuary 30, 19664–8@ New York Rangers (1965–66)20–16–5
42LFebruary 3, 19664–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)20–17–5
43WFebruary 5, 19665–2Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)21–17–5
44LFebruary 6, 19662–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)21–18–5
45WFebruary 9, 19663–0New York Rangers (1965–66)22–18–5
46TFebruary 12, 19663–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)22–18–6
47TFebruary 13, 19664–4@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)22–18–7
48WFebruary 16, 19663–1Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)23–18–7
49LFebruary 19, 19661–3New York Rangers (1965–66)23–19–7
50LFebruary 20, 19661–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)23–20–7
51WFebruary 23, 19663–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)24–20–7
52WFebruary 26, 19663–2Boston Bruins (1965–66)25–20–7
53TFebruary 27, 19662–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)25–20–8
54TMarch 2, 19663–3Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)25–20–9
55WMarch 3, 19664–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)26–20–9
56WMarch 5, 19665–0Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)27–20–9
57WMarch 6, 19665–3@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)28–20–9
58WMarch 9, 19661–0Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)29–20–9
59WMarch 12, 19666–0Boston Bruins (1965–66)30–20–9
60LMarch 13, 19661–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)30–21–9
61LMarch 16, 19662–7Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)30–22–9
62WMarch 19, 19664–2Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)31–22–9
63LMarch 20, 19661–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)31–23–9
64WMarch 24, 19662–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)32–23–9
65WMarch 26, 19663–1Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)33–23–9
66WMarch 27, 19665–1@ New York Rangers (1965–66)34–23–9
67LMarch 30, 19661–3Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)34–24–9
68LMarch 31, 19661–3@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)34–25–9
69TApril 2, 19663–3New York Rangers (1965–66)34–25–10
70TApril 3, 19663–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)34–25–11

Playoffs

For the fourth straight year, Toronto met Montreal in the first round. The Canadiens were victorious over the Leafs in four straight games.

April 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Eddie Shack (1) – 02:12
Frank Mahovlich (1) – pp – 18:08		 First period 12:08 – pp – J.C. Tremblay (1)
No scoring Second period 03:05 – John Ferguson (1)
08:13 – pp – Bobby Rousseau (1)
Bob Pulford (1) – 10:35 Third period 17:48 – Jean Beliveau (1)
Terry Sawchuck Goalie stats Gump Worsley
April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:30 – pp – Claude Provost (1)
16:07 – Bobby Rousseau (2)
Terry Sawchuck Goalie stats Gump Worsley
April 12 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 01:26 – pp – Eddie Shack (2)
17:32 – Tim Horton (1)
Ralph Backstrom (1) – 08:16
Bobby Rousseau (3) – pp – 11:00
Terry Harper (1) – 11:26		 Second period No scoring
John Ferguson (2) – 00:16
Jean Beliveau (2) – 19:50		 Third period No scoring
Gump Worsley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
April 14 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 05:40 – Larry Hillman (1)
Gilles Tremblay (1) – pp – 09:32
Gilles Tremblay (2) – pp – 13:28		 Second period No scoring
Jimmy Roberts (1) – sh – 04:04
Dick Duff (1) – pp – 07:16		 Third period No scoring
Gump Worsley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
Montreal won series 4–0

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Mahovlich6832245668
Bob Pulford7028285651
Dave Keon692430544
George Armstrong7016355112
Eddie Shack6326174388
Ron Ellis7019234224
Red Kelly638243212
Tim Horton706222876
Larry Hillman483252834
Brit Selby6114132726
Wally Boyer464172123
Kent Douglas646142097
Allan Stanley594141835
Pete Stemkowski564121655
Orland Kurtenbach70961554
Marcel Pronovost54281034
Bob Baun4406668
Mike Walton61340
Jim Pappin70338
Larry Jeffrey2011222
Eddie Joyal140222
Dick Gamble21010
Al Arbour40112
Johnny Bower350110
Wayne Carleton20110
Duane Rupp20110
Terry Sawchuk2701112
Brian Conacher20002
Bruce Gamble100000
Brent Imlach20000
Jim McKenny20002
Darryl Sly20000
Al Smith20000
Gary Smith30000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower19983518105752.253
Terry Sawchuk15212710113803.161
Bruce Gamble50110523212.514
Al Smith62210021.940
Gary Smith118302073.560
Team:4200703425111852.648

Playoffs
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Eddie Shack421333
Larry Hillman41126
Bob Pulford411212
Red Kelly40220
Dave Keon40220
Tim Horton410112
Frank Mahovlich410110
George Armstrong40114
Bob Baun40118
Wally Boyer40110
Kent Douglas401112
Johnny Bower20000
Ron Ellis40002
Orland Kurtenbach400020
Marcel Pronovost40006
Terry Sawchuk20000
Brit Selby40000
Allan Stanley10000
Pete Stemkowski400026
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower12020284.000
Terry Sawchuk12020263.000
Team:240404143.500

[2]

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1965–66 season.

Trades
May 20, 1965 To Detroit Red Wings
Andy Bathgate
Billy Harris
Gary Jarrett		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Autry Erickson
Larry Jeffrey
Eddie Joyal
Lowell MacDonald
Marcel Pronovost
June 8, 1965 To Boston Bruins
Ron Stewart		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Andy Hebenton
Orland Kurtenbach
Pat Stapleton
September 1, 1965 To Springfield Indians (AHL)
Larry Johnston
Bill Smith		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bruce Gamble

Intra-League Draft
June 8, 1965 To New York Rangers
Don Simmons
June 8, 1965 To Montreal Canadiens
Tom McCarthy
June 9, 1965 To Boston Bruins
Gerry Cheevers
June 9, 1965 To Chicago Black Hawks
Pat Stapleton

Intra-League Draft
June 8, 1965 From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL)
Larry Johnston

Reverse Draft
June 9, 1965 To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)
Mike Corbett
June 9, 1965 From Boston Bruins
Bob Perreault

Waivers
June 8, 1965 To Detroit Red Wings
Don McKenney

Draft picks

The Maple Leafs opted not to participate in the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held on April 27, 1965, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

See also

References
  1. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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