1977–78 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1977–78 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 61st season of the franchise, 51st as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs made the playoffs and won two series before losing the semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

NHL Draft

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
11	John Anderson (L)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
12	Trevor Johansen (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)

Regular season

Darryl Sittler ranked third in the NHL in scoring with 117 points.^[1]

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	51	18	11	333	218	113
Buffalo Sabres	80	44	19	17	288	215	105
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	41	29	10	271	237	92
Cleveland Barons	80	22	45	13	230	325	57

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Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 13, 1977	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	0–0–1
2	L	October 15, 1977	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	0–1–1
3	W	October 19, 1977	5–4	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	1–1–1
4	W	October 22, 1977	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	2–1–1
5	W	October 23, 1977	6–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	3–1–1
6	T	October 26, 1977	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	3–1–2
7	W	October 29, 1977	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	4–1–2
8	W	November 2, 1977	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	5–1–2
9	L	November 3, 1977	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	5–2–2
10	W	November 5, 1977	5–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	6–2–2
11	W	November 9, 1977	4–0	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	7–2–2
12	W	November 11, 1977	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	8–2–2
13	L	November 12, 1977	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	8–3–2
14	W	November 16, 1977	5–2	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	9–3–2
15	W	November 17, 1977	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	10–3–2
16	L	November 19, 1977	1–3	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	10–4–2
17	W	November 23, 1977	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	11–4–2
18	T	November 26, 1977	4–4	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	11–4–3
19	W	November 29, 1977	3–2	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	12–4–3
20	L	November 30, 1977	3–5	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	12–5–3
21	W	December 3, 1977	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	13–5–3
22	L	December 4, 1977	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	13–6–3
23	W	December 7, 1977	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	14–6–3
24	W	December 9, 1977	3–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	15–6–3
25	W	December 10, 1977	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	16–6–3
26	W	December 14, 1977	3–2	New York Islanders (1977–78)	17–6–3
27	W	December 16, 1977	8–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	18–6–3
28	W	December 17, 1977	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	19–6–3
29	T	December 19, 1977	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	19–6–4
30	L	December 21, 1977	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	19–7–4
31	W	December 23, 1977	6–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	20–7–4
32	L	December 26, 1977	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	20–8–4
33	L	December 28, 1977	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	20–9–4
34	W	December 30, 1977	5–0	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	21–9–4
35	L	December 31, 1977	0–3	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	21–10–4
36	W	January 4, 1978	5–0	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	22–10–4
37	L	January 5, 1978	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	22–11–4
38	W	January 7, 1978	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	23–11–4
39	L	January 9, 1978	2–5	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	23–12–4
40	W	January 11, 1978	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	24–12–4
41	L	January 13, 1978	2–5	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	24–13–4
42	T	January 14, 1978	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	24–13–5
43	T	January 17, 1978	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	24–13–6
44	T	January 19, 1978	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	24–13–7
45	L	January 21, 1978	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	24–14–7
46	W	January 25, 1978	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	25–14–7
47	L	January 26, 1978	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	25–15–7
48	W	January 28, 1978	7–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	26–15–7
49	T	February 1, 1978	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	26–15–8
50	T	February 4, 1978	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	26–15–9
51	T	February 5, 1978	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	26–15–10
52	W	February 8, 1978	5–4	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	27–15–10
53	W	February 11, 1978	3–2	New York Rangers (1977–78)	28–15–10
54	W	February 13, 1978	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	29–15–10
55	L	February 15, 1978	2–4	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	29–16–10
56	W	February 18, 1978	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	30–16–10
57	W	February 22, 1978	5–3	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	31–16–10
58	W	February 25, 1978	4–0	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	32–16–10
59	W	February 26, 1978	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	33–16–10
60	L	February 28, 1978	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	33–17–10
61	W	March 1, 1978	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	34–17–10
62	W	March 4, 1978	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	35–17–10
63	W	March 5, 1978	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	36–17–10
64	L	March 8, 1978	1–5	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	36–18–10
65	L	March 9, 1978	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	36–19–10
66	W	March 11, 1978	5–2	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	37–19–10
67	W	March 12, 1978	7–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	38–19–10
68	W	March 15, 1978	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	39–19–10
69	L	March 18, 1978	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	39–20–10
70	L	March 19, 1978	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	39–21–10
71	L	March 22, 1978	2–6	New York Islanders (1977–78)	39–22–10
72	L	March 23, 1978	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	39–23–10
73	L	March 25, 1978	2–5	New York Rangers (1977–78)	39–24–10
74	W	March 27, 1978	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	40–24–10
75	L	March 29, 1978	4–7	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	40–25–10
76	W	April 1, 1978	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	41–25–10
77	L	April 2, 1978	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	41–26–10
78	L	April 5, 1978	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	41–27–10
79	L	April 8, 1978	1–3	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	41–28–10
80	L	April 9, 1978	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	41–29–10

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Playoffs

Won Preliminary Round (2-0) versus Los Angeles Kings
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus New York Islanders
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Montreal Canadiens

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	80	45	72	117	100	34	14	0	8
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	74	47	40	87	54	34	11	0	5
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	80	16	60	76	70	30	6	0	5
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	77	14	47	61	77	6	3	1	3
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	80	26	24	50	17	8	3	0	5
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	78	19	31	50	351	6	6	0	5
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	59	17	22	39	10	17	4	1	2
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	80	17	19	36	120	0	2	0	1
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	40	11	18	29	12	8	1	0	2
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	73	7	16	23	37	-9	0	0	0
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	60	8	13	21	15	2	3	0	2
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	30	12	5	17	4	0	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	77	2	15	17	62	24	0	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	73	9	7	16	49	-10	1	1	1
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	79	2	14	16	82	3	0	0	0
Jones, JimmyJimmy Jones	RW	78	4	9	13	23	1	0	2	1
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	49	2	11	13	31	4	0	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	D	41	1	11	12	14	1	1	0	0
Maloney, DanDan Maloney	LW	13	3	4	7	25	-5	0	0	1
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	15	2	2	4	8	4	0	0	0
Walker, KurtKurt Walker	D	40	2	2	4	69	-5	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	D	13	2	1	3	0	-5	1	0	0
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	17	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
Ashby, DonDon Ashby	C	12	1	2	3	0	-4	0	0	0
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	3	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Belanger, AlainAlain Belanger	RW	9	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	11	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	63	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Evans, PaulPaul Evans	C/LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hopkins, LarryLarry Hopkins	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	3760	63	34	19	9	172	2.74	5
McRae, GordGord McRae	1040	18	7	10	1	57	3.29	1
Team:	4800	80	41	29	10	229	2.86	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	13	6	10	16	10	1	0
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	13	3	8	11	12	2	0
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	13	3	4	7	10	1	2
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	13	5	1	6	7	0	0
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	13	3	3	6	40	0	0
Jones, JimmyJimmy Jones	RW	13	1	5	6	7	0	0
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	13	3	2	5	0	0	2
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	13	3	1	4	0	1	1
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	6	2	2	4	6	0	1
Maloney, DanDan Maloney	LW	13	1	3	4	17	1	0
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	13	1	3	4	2	1	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	12	1	2	3	63	0	0
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	13	0	3	3	21	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	13	1	1	2	18	0	0
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	7	0	1	1	8	0	0
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	D	12	0	1	1	7	0	0
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	13	0	0	0	16	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	13	0	0	0	7	0	0
Walker, KurtKurt Walker	D	10	0	0	0	10	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	795	13	6	7	32	2.42	2
Team:	795	13	6	7	32	2.42	2

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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;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1977–78 season.

Trades

November 1, 1977	To St. Louis Blues Inge Hammarstrom	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jerry Butler
January 9, 1978	To Colorado Rockies Bob Neely	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
January 29, 1978	To Vancouver Canucks Claire Alexander	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
March 13, 1978	To Detroit Red Wings Errol Thompson 1st round pick in 1978 - Brent Peterson 2nd round pick in 1978 - Al Jensen 1st round pick in 1980 - Mike Blaisdell	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dan Maloney 2nd round pick in 1980 - Craig Muni
May 30, 1978	To Colorado Rockies Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bob Neely
June 13, 1978	To Pittsburgh Penguins Randy Carlyle George Ferguson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Burrows 6th round pick in 1978 - Mel Hewitt
June 14, 1978	To Los Angeles Kings Brian Glennie Kurt Walker Scott Garland 2nd round pick in 1979 - Mark Hardy	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Hutchison Lorne Stamler
June 14, 1978	To Minnesota North Stars 4th round pick in 1981 - Terry Tait	To Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Harrison
June 15, 1978	To St. Louis Blues 11th round pick in 1978 - Jean-Francois Boutin 12th round pick in 1978 - Paul Stasiuk 13th round pick in 1978 - Brian Crombeen 14th round pick in 1978 - Blair Wheeler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash

Waivers

October 10, 1977	To New York Rangers Wayne Thomas

Free agents

Player	Former team
Jimmy Jones	Rochester Americans (AHL)
Larry Hopkins	Undrafted Free Agent

Awards and records

Borje Salming, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
Borje Salming, NHL 2nd All-Star Team
Darryl Sittler, NHL 2nd All-Star Team

Roster

1977-78 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Gord McRae
29 – Mike Palmateer

Defensemen

2 – Ian Turnbull
3 – Bob Neely
4 – Trevor Johansen
11 – Ron Wilson
18 – Jim McKenny
20 – Mike Pelyk
21 – Borje Salming
23 – Randy Carlyle
24 – Brian Glennie

Wingers

6 – Ron Ellis
7 – Lanny McDonald
9 – Dan Maloney
10 – George Ferguson
11 – Inge Hammarstrom
12 – Larry Hopkins
12 – Errol Thompson
15 – Pat Boutette
17 – Jerry Butler
18 – Alain Belanger
22 – Tiger Williams
26 – Kurt Walker
28 – John Anderson
28 – Paul Evans

Centres

8 – Jack Valiquette
9 – Don Ashby
14 – Stan Weir
16 – Jimmy Jones
19 – Bruce Boudreau
27 – Darryl Sittler - C
GM: Jim Gregory
Coach: Roger Neilson

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1977–78 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
↑ "1977-78 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

1977–78 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo Cleveland Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game 1978 Stanley Cup Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise GMs Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six All-time roster Records Award winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owners The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited Charles Querrie 1919-1927 Conn Smythe 1927-1961 Harold Ballard (with Stafford Smythe and John Bassett until 1970-1971) 1961-1990 Steve Stavro 1991-1996 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman) 1996-present President Brendan Shanahan General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arenas	Arena Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre

Rivalries	Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators

Affiliates	AHL Toronto Marlies ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

General managers	Querrie C. Smythe S. Smythe Imlach Gregory Imlach McNamara Stellick Smith Fletcher Dryden Quinn Ferguson Fletcher Burke Nonis Lamoriello

Head coaches	Romeril Smythe Duncan Irvin Day Primeau Clancy Meeker Reay Imlach McLellan Kelly Neilson Smith Duff Crozier Nykoluk Maloney Brophy Armstrong Carpenter Watt Burns Beverley Murphy Quinn Maurice Wilson Carlyle Horachek Babcock

Media	TV Leafs TV Sportsnet Ontario TSN4 Radio Sportsnet 590 The Fan TSN Radio 1050

Championships	1918 1922 1932 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1962 1963 1964 1967

Culture/Lore	Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Square 2014 NHL Winter Classic NHL Centennial Classic Fifty Mission Cap J. P. Bickell Memorial Award Carlton the Bear The Kid Line The Love Guru

Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

1910s	1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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