1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 50th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 40th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished third in the NHL with a record of 32–27–11 for 75 points to qualify for the playoffs. Toronto defeated the first-place Chicago Black Hawks four games to two in the semi-finals before upending their arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in six games to win their thirteenth Stanley Cup in franchise history. This remains the last time that the Maple Leafs have won the Stanley Cup or have even advanced to the Finals.

1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
League3rd NHL
1966–67 record32–27–11
Goals for204
Goals against211
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Alternate captainsBob Pulford
Allan Stanley
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsRon Ellis (22)
AssistsDave Keon (33)
PointsDave Keon (52)
Penalty minutesJim Pappin (89)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (15)
Goals against averageJohnny Bower (2.64)

Offseason

Intra-League Draft
June 15, 1966 To Montreal Canadiens
Wally Boyer
June 15, 1966 From Montreal Canadiens
Don Blackburn
June 15, 1966 From New York Rangers
John Brenneman
June 15, 1966 To New York Rangers
Orland Kurtenbach

Inter-League Draft
June 1, 1966 From Tulsa Oilers
Danny Johnson

Reverse Draft
June 12, 1966 To Providence Reds (AHL)
John Sleaver

Free agents
PlayerFormer Team
Andre HinseUndrafted Free Agent

Regular season

Five to a Crease

In 1966–67, the Maple Leafs had five goaltenders suit up during the regular season. Besides Bower and Sawchuk, the Maple Leafs employed Bruce Gamble, Al Smith, and Gary Smith. As Bower struggled with injuries, Al Smith actually sat on the bench for two of the last three Stanley Cup games.[1] For many inside the organization, the controversy was that Smith was on the bench, and not a proven player like Gamble. The concern was that if Sawchuk was injured, having Smith instead of Gamble would be a huge risk. The source of the controversy was that Bruce Gamble was competing for the Rochester Americans. Imlach was a part owner of the Americans, and was anxious to protect Rochester's roster at playoff time, as a means of protecting his investment.[1]

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 70 41 17 12 264 170 +94 94
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 32 25 13 202 188 +14 77
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 32 27 11 204 211 −7 75
4 New York Rangers 70 30 28 12 188 189 −1 72
5 Detroit Red Wings 70 27 39 4 212 241 −29 58
6 Boston Bruins 70 17 43 10 182 253 −71 44
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents
1966–67 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —2–11–16–6–25–7–22–8–42–11–1
Chicago 11–2–1—10–45–2–77–5–28–4–2
Detroit 6–6–24–10—4–107–76–6–2
Montreal 7–5–22–5–710–4—7–5–26–6–2
New York 8–2–45–7–27–75–7–2—5–5–4
Toronto 11–2–14–8–26–6–26–6–25–5–4—

Schedule and results
1966–67 Game Log (32–27–11) (Home: 21–8–6; Road: 11–19–5)
October: 1–1–2 (Home: 1–0–2; Road: 0–1–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
1TOctober 22, 19664–4New York Rangers (1966–67)0–0–11
2LOctober 23, 19660–1@ New York Rangers (1966–67)0–1–11
3WOctober 26, 19663–2Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)1–1–13
4TOctober 29, 19663–3Boston Bruins (1966–67)1–1–24
November: 6–3–5 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 1–3–4)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
5TNovember 2, 19662–2Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)1–1–35
6TNovember 3, 19662–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)1–1–46
7WNovember 5, 19663–1New York Rangers (1966–67)2–1–48
8TNovember 6, 19663–3@ New York Rangers (1966–67)2–1–59
9WNovember 9, 19663–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)3–1–511
10LNovember 10, 19660–4@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)3–2–511
11TNovember 12, 19663–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)3–2–612
12LNovember 13, 19661–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)3–3–612
13WNovember 19, 19665–1Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)4–3–614
14TNovember 20, 19662–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)4–3–715
15WNovember 23, 19666–3Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)5–3–717
16WNovember 26, 19664–2Boston Bruins (1966–67)6–3–719
17LNovember 27, 19660–5@ New York Rangers (1966–67)6–4–719
18WNovember 30, 19663–2Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)7–4–721
December: 6–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–4–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
19WDecember 3, 19665–2Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)8–4–723
20WDecember 4, 19668–3@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)9–4–725
21LDecember 7, 19663–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)9–5–725
22WDecember 10, 19665–3Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)10–5–727
23LDecember 11, 19661–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)10–6–727
24WDecember 14, 19662–1Boston Bruins (1966–67)11–6–729
25LDecember 17, 19661–3New York Rangers (1966–67)11–7–729
26LDecember 18, 19661–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)11–8–729
27LDecember 21, 19662–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)11–9–729
28WDecember 24, 19663–0Boston Bruins (1966–67)12–9–731
29WDecember 25, 19664–2@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)13–9–733
30LDecember 31, 19661–5Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)13–10–733
January: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–5–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
31WJanuary 1, 19672–1@ New York Rangers (1966–67)14–10–735
32TJanuary 4, 19671–1New York Rangers (1966–67)14–10–837
33WJanuary 7, 19675–2Boston Bruins (1966–67)15–10–838
34LJanuary 8, 19671–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)15–11–838
35WJanuary 11, 19672–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)16–11–840
36WJanuary 14, 19675–2Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)17–11–842
37LJanuary 15, 19670–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)17–12–842
38LJanuary 19, 19672–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)17–13–842
39LJanuary 21, 19674–5Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)17–14–842
40LJanuary 22, 19671–3@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)17–15–842
41LJanuary 25, 19671–3Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)17–16–842
42LJanuary 28, 19672–5Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)17–17–842
43LJanuary 29, 19671–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)17–18–842
February: 7–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 3–2–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
44LFebruary 1, 19671–7@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)17–19–842
45LFebruary 5, 19671–4@ New York Rangers (1966–67)17–20–842
46LFebruary 8, 19672–5Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)17–21–842
47TFebruary 11, 19674–4Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)17–21–943
48WFebruary 12, 19672–1@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)18–21–945
49WFebruary 15, 19676–0New York Rangers (1966–67)19–21–947
50WFebruary 18, 19675–3Boston Bruins (1966–67)20–21–949
51WFebruary 22, 19675–2Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)21–21–951
52WFebruary 23, 19674–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)22–21–953
53WFebruary 25, 19674–0Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)23–21–955
54WFebruary 26, 19674–2@ New York Rangers (1966–67)24–21–957
March: 6–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–4–1)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
55TMarch 1, 19671–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)24–21–1058
56WMarch 4, 19673–0Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)25–21–1060
57LMarch 5, 19672–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)25–22–1060
58WMarch 8, 19676–4Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)26–22–1062
59TMarch 11, 19672–2New York Rangers (1966–67)26–22–1163
60LMarch 12, 19670–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)26–23–1163
61LMarch 15, 19672–4Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)26–24–1163
62WMarch 18, 19679–5Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)27–24–1165
63WMarch 19, 19676–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67)28–24–1167
64LMarch 22, 19673–5Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)28–25–1167
65WMarch 23, 19675–3@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)29–25–1169
66WMarch 25, 19674–3Boston Bruins (1966–67)30–25–1171
67LMarch 26, 19670–4@ New York Rangers (1966–67)30–26–1171
68LMarch 29, 19673–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67)30–27–1171
April: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0)
No.RDateScoreOpponentRecordPts.
69WApril 1, 19675–1New York Rangers (1966–67)31–27–1173
70WApril 2, 19675–2@ Boston Bruins (1966–67)32–27–1175

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Player statistics

Forwards

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

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Dave Keon661933522
Frank Mahovlich6318284644
Bob Pulford6717284528
Ron Ellis6722234514
Pete Stemkowski6813223575
George Armstrong709243326
Jim Pappin6421113289
Larry Jeffrey5611172827
Brian Conacher6614132747
Eddie Shack6311142558
Mike Walton317101713
John Brenneman4164104
Brit Selby61120
Wayne Carleton510114
Brent Imlach10000
Dick Gamble10000

Defensemen

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

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Red Kelly611424384
Tim Horton708172570
Larry Hillman554192340
Marcel Pronovost582121428
Kent Douglas392121448
Allan Stanley531121320
Bob Baun54281083
Jim McKenny61010
Duane Rupp30000

Goaltending

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

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Terry Sawchuk28155422.81
Johnny Bower27129322.64
Bruce Gamble23510403.39
Gary Smith202003.65
Al Smith101005.00

Playoffs
1967 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log
1967 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LApril 6, 19672–5@ Chicago Black Hawks0–1
2WApril 9, 19673–1@ Chicago Black Hawks1–1
3WApril 11, 19673–1Chicago Black Hawks2–1
4LApril 13, 19673–4Chicago Black Hawks2–2
5WApril 15, 19674–2@ Chicago Black Hawks3–2
6WApril 18, 19673–1Chicago Black Hawks4–2
1967 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2
No.RDateScoreOTOpponentSeries
1LApril 20, 19672–6@ Montreal Canadiens0–1
2WApril 22, 19673–0@ Montreal Canadiens1–1
3WApril 25, 19673–22OTMontreal Canadiens2–1
4LApril 27, 19672–6Montreal Canadiens2–2
5WApril 29, 19674–1@ Montreal Canadiens3–2
6WMay 2, 19673–1Montreal Canadiens4–2

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1966–67 season.

Trades
May 15, 1967 To Boston Bruins
Eddie Shack		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Murray Oliver
Cash
June 1, 1967 To New York Rangers
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Pete Conacher

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
14John Wright CanadaWest Clair Gaels (OHA)
210Cam Crosby CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHA)
316Rick Ley CanadaNiagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
422Dale MacLeish CanadaPeterborough Petes (OHA)

Awards and honors

References
  1. 67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire, p. 82, Damien Cox and Gord Stellick, ISBN 0-470-83400-5, Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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