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1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season
NHL hockey team season
NHL hockey team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1965–66 |
| year | 1965 |
| Team | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Record | 34–25–11 |
| HomeRecord | 22–9–4 |
| RoadRecord | 12–16–7 |
| LeagueRank | 3rd |
| GoalsFor | 208 |
| GoalsAgainst | 187 |
| GeneralManager | Punch Imlach |
| Coach | Punch Imlach |
| Captain | George Armstrong |
| Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
| GoalsLeader | Frank Mahovlich (32) |
| AssistsLeader | George Armstrong (35) |
| PointsLeader | Frank Mahovlich (56) |
| Bob Pulford (56) | |
| PIMLeader | Eddie Shack (88) |
| WinsLeader | Johnny Bower (18) |
| GAALeader | Johnny Bower (2.25) |
Bob Pulford (56) The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||L||October 23, 1965||0–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 24, 1965||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 27, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 30, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||2–2–0
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Playoffs
For the fourth straight year, Toronto met Montreal in the first round. The Canadiens were victorious over the Leafs in four straight games.
|1-1-1 =Eddie Shack (1) – 02:12 Frank Mahovlich (1) – pp – 18:08 |1-1-2 =12:08 – pp – J.C. Tremblay (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =03:05 – John Ferguson (1) 08:13 – pp – Bobby Rousseau (1) |1-3-1 =Bob Pulford (1) – 10:35 |1-3-2 =17:48 – Jean Beliveau (1) |goalie1-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie1-2 =Gump Worsley
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =09:30 – pp – Claude Provost (1) 16:07 – Bobby Rousseau (2) |goalie2-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie2-2 =Gump Worsley
|3-1-1 =01:26 – pp – Eddie Shack (2) 17:32 – Tim Horton (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Ralph Backstrom (1) – 08:16 Bobby Rousseau (3) – pp – 11:00 Terry Harper (1) – 11:26 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =John Ferguson (2) – 00:16 Jean Beliveau (2) – 19:50 |goalie3-1 =Johnny Bower |goalie3-2 =Gump Worsley
|4-1-1 =05:40 – Larry Hillman (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Gilles Tremblay (1) – pp – 09:32 Gilles Tremblay (2) – pp – 13:28 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Jimmy Roberts (1) – sh – 04:04 Dick Duff (1) – pp – 07:16 |goalie4-1 =Johnny Bower |goalie4-2 =Gump Worsley
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| Frank Mahovlich | 68 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 68 |
| Bob Pulford | 70 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 51 |
| Dave Keon | 69 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 4 |
| George Armstrong | 70 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 12 |
| Eddie Shack | 63 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 88 |
| Ron Ellis | 70 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 24 |
| Red Kelly | 63 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 12 |
| Tim Horton | 70 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 76 |
| Larry Hillman | 48 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 34 |
| Brit Selby | 61 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 26 |
| Wally Boyer | 46 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 23 |
| Kent Douglas | 64 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 97 |
| Allan Stanley | 59 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 56 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 55 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 70 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 54 |
| Marcel Pronovost | 54 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| Bob Baun | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 68 |
| Mike Walton | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Pappin | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Larry Jeffrey | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Eddie Joyal | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dick Gamble | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Arbour | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Bower | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Carleton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Duane Rupp | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Brian Conacher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Gamble | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Imlach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darryl Sly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bower | 1998 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 2.25 | 3 | |||
| Terry Sawchuk | 1521 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 3.16 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Gamble | 501 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2.51 | 4 | |||
| Al Smith | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.94 | 0 | |||
| Gary Smith | 118 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.56 | 0 | |||
| **Team:** | 4200 | 70 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 185 | 2.64 | 8 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Shack | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| Larry Hillman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Bob Pulford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Red Kelly | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Keon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Horton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| George Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Baun | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Wally Boyer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent Douglas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Johnny Bower | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Marcel Pronovost | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brit Selby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bower | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | ||||
| Terry Sawchuk | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | ||||
| **Team:** | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 |
Transactions
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1965–66 season.
Trades
| September 1, 1965 | To Springfield Indians (AHL)Larry Johnston |
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| Bill Smith | To Toronto Maple LeafsBruce Gamble |
Intra-league draft
| June 9, 1965 | To Chicago Black HawksPat Stapleton |
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Intra-league draft
| June 8, 1965 | From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL)Larry Johnston |
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Reverse draft
| June 9, 1965 | From Boston BruinsBob Perreault |
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Waivers
| June 8, 1965 | To Detroit Red WingsDon McKenney |
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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.
References
References
- "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule".
- "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
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