1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 55th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). It was also the fortieth anniversary season of the opening of Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs finished fourth, and qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins.

Offseason

In June, team president Stafford Smythe and vice-president Harold Ballard were arrested for theft and fraud involving funds of Maple Leaf Gardens. They were charged jointly on the theft of $146,000 of funds and securities and Smythe was further charged for defrauding Maple Leaf Gardens of $249,000.^[1]

Regular season

On October 13, just after the start of the season, Smythe died of complications from a bleeding ulcer. The Leaf's home opener, scheduled for that night was postponed, only the second postponement in Maple Leaf Gardens history.^[1]

Final standings

East Division^[2]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	54	13	11	330	204	+126	119
2	New York Rangers	78	48	17	13	317	192	+125	109
3	Montreal Canadiens	78	46	16	16	307	205	+102	108
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	33	31	14	209	208	+1	80
5	Detroit Red Wings	78	33	35	10	261	262	−1	76
6	Buffalo Sabres	78	16	43	19	203	289	−86	51
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	20	50	8	203	297	−94	48

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1971	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	1–0–0
2	T	October 10, 1971	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	1–0–1
3	L	October 16, 1971	3–5	New York Rangers (1971–72)	1–1–1
4	T	October 17, 1971	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	1–1–2
5	L	October 20, 1971	2–7	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	1–2–2
6	L	October 22, 1971	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	1–3–2
7	W	October 23, 1971	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	2–3–2
8	T	October 27, 1971	0–0	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	2–3–3
9	T	October 30, 1971	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	2–3–4
10	T	October 31, 1971	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	2–3–5
11	W	November 1, 1971	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	3–3–5
12	L	November 3, 1971	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	3–4–5
13	W	November 6, 1971	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	4–4–5
14	L	November 7, 1971	1–8	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	4–5–5
15	L	November 10, 1971	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	4–6–5
16	T	November 13, 1971	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	4–6–6
17	T	November 14, 1971	3–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	4–6–7
18	W	November 17, 1971	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	5–6–7
19	W	November 20, 1971	5–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	6–6–7
20	W	November 21, 1971	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	7–6–7
21	W	November 24, 1971	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	8–6–7
22	T	November 27, 1971	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	8–6–8
23	L	November 28, 1971	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	8–7–8
24	W	December 1, 1971	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	9–7–8
25	L	December 4, 1971	3–5	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	9–8–8
26	W	December 8, 1971	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	10–8–8
27	L	December 11, 1971	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	10–9–8
28	W	December 12, 1971	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	11–9–8
29	W	December 14, 1971	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	12–9–8
30	W	December 15, 1971	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	13–9–8
31	W	December 18, 1971	8–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	14–9–8
32	W	December 19, 1971	4–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	15–9–8
33	L	December 22, 1971	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	15–10–8
34	W	December 25, 1971	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	16–10–8
35	L	December 26, 1971	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	16–11–8
36	W	December 28, 1971	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	17–11–8
37	L	December 29, 1971	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	17–12–8
38	W	January 1, 1972	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	18–12–8
39	L	January 5, 1972	0–2	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	18–13–8
40	T	January 8, 1972	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	18–13–9
41	W	January 9, 1972	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	19–13–9
42	T	January 12, 1972	1–1	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	19–13–10
43	W	January 15, 1972	4–3	New York Rangers (1971–72)	20–13–10
44	L	January 16, 1972	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	20–14–10
45	L	January 19, 1972	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	20–15–10
46	L	January 22, 1972	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	20–16–10
47	L	January 23, 1972	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	20–17–10
48	L	January 26, 1972	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	20–18–10
49	L	January 28, 1972	0–3	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	20–19–10
50	L	January 29, 1972	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	20–20–10
51	L	February 1, 1972	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	20–21–10
52	W	February 2, 1972	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	21–21–10
53	L	February 5, 1972	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	21–22–10
54	T	February 6, 1972	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	21–22–11
55	W	February 8, 1972	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	22–22–11
56	L	February 9, 1972	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	22–23–11
57	W	February 12, 1972	3–0	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	23–23–11
58	L	February 13, 1972	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	23–24–11
59	L	February 16, 1972	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	23–25–11
60	W	February 19, 1972	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	24–25–11
61	L	February 20, 1972	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	24–26–11
62	L	February 22, 1972	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	24–27–11
63	W	February 23, 1972	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	25–27–11
64	W	February 26, 1972	7–1	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	26–27–11
65	W	March 1, 1972	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	27–27–11
66	W	March 4, 1972	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	28–27–11
67	W	March 8, 1972	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	29–27–11
68	W	March 11, 1972	2–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	30–27–11
69	T	March 12, 1972	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	30–27–12
70	L	March 15, 1972	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	30–28–12
71	T	March 18, 1972	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	30–28–13
72	L	March 19, 1972	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	30–29–13
73	T	March 22, 1972	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	30–29–14
74	L	March 24, 1972	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	30–30–14
75	W	March 25, 1972	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	31–30–14
76	W	March 29, 1972	4–1	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	32–30–14
77	W	April 1, 1972	2–1	New York Rangers (1971–72)	33–30–14
78	L	April 2, 1972	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	33–31–14

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	77	23	50	73	26	8	9	0	1
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	73	38	19	57	32	14	12	1	5
Keon, DaveDave Keon	72	18	30	48	4	1	2	2	5
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	78	23	24	47	17	7	4	0	7
Harrison, JimJim Harrison	66	19	17	36	104	-4	5	0	0
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	76	5	31	36	27	1	2	0	0
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	74	15	17	32	44	-4	1	0	4
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	78	14	17	31	47	2	2	1	2
Dorey, JimJim Dorey	50	4	19	23	56	10	1	0	2
Trottier, GuyGuy Trottier	52	9	12	21	16	-12	2	0	1
Selwood, BradBrad Selwood	72	4	17	21	58	7	2	0	1
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	61	10	7	17	39	-1	2	0	2
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	77	7	10	17	4	5	1	0	0
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	38	8	8	16	4	-1	2	0	0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	50	2	14	16	0	2	1	0	0
Ley, RickRick Ley	67	1	14	15	124	3	0	0	0
Baun, BobBob Baun	74	2	12	14	101	8	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	61	2	8	10	44	11	0	0	1
Jarry, PierrePierre Jarry	18	3	4	7	13	-3	0	0	1
Spencer, BrianBrian Spencer	36	1	5	6	65	2	0	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	46	1	4	5	44	-2	0	0	0
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	47	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Marchinko, BrianBrian Marchinko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Flaherty, GerryGerry O'Flaherty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	2715	47	17	18	9	116	2.56	3
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	1965	34	16	13	5	86	2.63	2
Team:	4680	78	33	31	14	202	2.59	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Keon, DaveDave Keon	5	2	3	5	0	0	0	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	5	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	5	3	0	3	2	2	1	0
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	5	1	2	3	6	0	0	0
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	0
Harrison, JimJim Harrison	5	1	0	1	10	0	0	1
Trottier, GuyGuy Trottier	4	1	0	1	16	0	0	0
Jarry, PierrePierre Jarry	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Baun, BobBob Baun	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	5	0	0	0	25	0	0	0
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ley, RickRick Ley	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selwood, BradBrad Selwood	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	243	4	1	3	13	3.21
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	60	1	0	1	5	5.00
Team:	303	5	1	4	18	3.56

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Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1971-72 season.

Trades

August 20, 1971	To Detroit Red Wings Brian Conacher	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
August 30, 1971	To Montreal Canadiens Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Terry Clancy
September 27, 1971	To Vancouver Canucks Doug Brindley	To Toronto Maple Leafs Andre Hinse
February 20, 1972	To New York Rangers Jim Dorey	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pierre Jarry

Intra-League Draft

June 5, 1972	From Montreal Canadiens Larry Pleau
June 5, 1972	To Montreal Canadiens Brad Selwood
June 5, 1972	To Vancouver Canucks Gerry O'Flaherty

Expansion Draft

June 6, 1972	To Atlanta Flames Billy MacMillan
June 6, 1972	To New York Islanders Brian Marchinko
June 6, 1972	To New York Islanders Brian Spencer

Reverse Draft

June 8, 1972	To California Golden Seals Marv Edwards

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Lyle Moffat	Undrafted Free Agent
Joe Lundrigan	Undrafted Free Agent
Gord McRae	Undrafted Free Agent

Roster

1971-72 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Jacques Plante
30 – Bernie Parent

Defensemen

2 – Rick Ley
3 – Brad Selwood
4 – Mike Pelyk
8 – Jim Dorey
18 – Jim McKenny
21 – Bobby Baun
24 – Brian Glennie

Wingers

6 – Ron Ellis
8 – Pierre Jarry
11 – Guy Trottier
11 – Lyle Moffat
12 – Billy MacMillan
15 – Brian Spencer
16 – Gerry O'Flaherty
16 – Rick Kehoe
17 – Denis Dupere
19 – Paul Henderson
20 – Garry Monahan
22 – Don Marshall

Centres

7 – Jim Harrison
9 – Norm Ullman
14 – Dave Keon - C
23 – Brian Marchinko
27 – Darryl Sittler
GM: Jim Gregory
Coach: John McLellan

References

1 2 McLeod, Rex; Walker, Gord (October 14, 1971). "Gardens' head always approachable, but personality sparked controversy". The Globe and Mail. p. 51.
↑ "1971–1972 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1971-72 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

"1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Intra-League Draft

Expansion Draft

Reverse Draft

Free agents

Roster

See also

References

External links