1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division 4th East
1970–71 record 37–33–8
Goals for 248
Goals against 211
Team information
General Manager Jim Gregory
Coach John McLellan
Captain Dave Keon
Alternate captains Ron Ellis
Norm Ullman
Mike Walton
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Dave Keon (38)
Assists Norm Ullman (51)
Points Norm Ullman (85)
Penalties in minutes Jim Dorey (198)
Wins Jacques Plante (24)
Goals against average Jacques Plante (1.88)
<1969–70 1971–72>

The 1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 54th season of the franchise, 44th as the Maple Leafs. Norm Ullman ranked sixth in the league in the scoring with 85 points.[1] The Leafs placed fourth in the East to qualify for the playoffs. The Leafs lost to the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs.

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Offseason

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 8 Darryl Sittler  Canada London Knights (OHA)
2 22 Errol Thompson  Canada Charlottetown Royals (NBSHL)
3 36 Gerry O'Flaherty  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
4 50 Bob Gryp  Canada Boston University (ECAC)
5 64 Luc Simard  Canada Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
6 78 Cal Booth  Canada Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
7 91 Paul Larose  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
8 103 Ron Low  Canada Dauphin Kings (MJHL)

Regular season

In February, the Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers swung a large trade. Toronto picked up Bernie Parent and a second-round draft choice for Bruce Gamble, Mike Walton and a first-round draft choice.

Season standings

East Division[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Boston Bruins 78 57 14 7 399 207 +192 121
2 New York Rangers 78 49 18 11 259 177 +82 109
3 Montreal Canadiens 78 42 23 13 291 216 +75 97
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 37 33 8 248 211 +37 82
5 Buffalo Sabres 78 24 39 15 217 291 −74 63
6 Vancouver Canucks 78 24 46 8 229 296 −67 56
7 Detroit Red Wings 78 22 45 11 209 308 −99 55


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1970 3–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 0–1–0
2 W October 14, 1970 7–3 St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 1–1–0
3 L October 17, 1970 2–6 New York Rangers (1970–71) 1–2–0
4 L October 18, 1970 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 1–3–0
5 L October 21, 1970 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1970–71) 1–4–0
6 L October 24, 1970 0–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 1–5–0
7 W October 28, 1970 6–2 Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 2–5–0
8 L October 31, 1970 1–3 Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 2–6–0
9 W November 1, 1970 5–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 3–6–0
10 L November 4, 1970 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71) 3–7–0
11 L November 6, 1970 4–8 @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) 3–8–0
12 L November 7, 1970 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 3–9–0
13 L November 11, 1970 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 3–10–0
14 W November 14, 1970 3–2 Boston Bruins (1970–71) 4–10–0
15 L November 15, 1970 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1970–71) 4–11–0
16 L November 18, 1970 2–7 Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 4–12–0
17 L November 19, 1970 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 4–13–0
18 W November 21, 1970 5–3 California Golden Seals (1970–71) 5–13–0
19 T November 24, 1970 4–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 5–13–1
20 L November 26, 1970 0–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 5–14–1
21 W November 28, 1970 9–4 Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 6–14–1
22 L November 29, 1970 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 6–15–1
23 W December 2, 1970 7–0 Los Angeles Kings (1970–71) 7–15–1
24 L December 5, 1970 0–1 New York Rangers (1970–71) 7–16–1
25 L December 6, 1970 2–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 7–17–1
26 L December 8, 1970 0–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 7–18–1
27 W December 9, 1970 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 8–18–1
28 W December 12, 1970 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 9–18–1
29 W December 13, 1970 4–0 @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 10–18–1
30 W December 16, 1970 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 11–18–1
31 W December 19, 1970 2–0 Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 12–18–1
32 W December 20, 1970 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 13–18–1
33 W December 23, 1970 7–2 Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 14–18–1
34 L December 25, 1970 3–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 14–19–1
35 W December 26, 1970 9–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 15–19–1
36 W December 30, 1970 3–1 California Golden Seals (1970–71) 16–19–1
37 W January 2, 1971 13–0 Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 17–19–1
38 W January 5, 1971 2–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 18–19–1
39 T January 6, 1971 4–4 Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 18–19–2
40 W January 9, 1971 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 19–19–2
41 W January 10, 1971 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 20–19–2
42 T January 13, 1971 1–1 California Golden Seals (1970–71) 20–19–3
43 L January 14, 1971 0–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 20–20–3
44 W January 16, 1971 8–1 Los Angeles Kings (1970–71) 21–20–3
45 L January 17, 1971 1–9 @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 21–21–3
46 W January 20, 1971 5–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 22–21–3
47 L January 22, 1971 2–5 @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) 22–22–3
48 L January 23, 1971 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71) 22–23–3
49 L January 27, 1971 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 22–24–3
50 W January 30, 1971 5–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 23–24–3
51 W February 3, 1971 6–2 St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 24–24–3
52 W February 6, 1971 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 25–24–3
53 W February 7, 1971 4–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 26–24–3
54 T February 9, 1971 3–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 26–24–4
55 W February 10, 1971 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 27–24–4
56 W February 13, 1971 8–1 Los Angeles Kings (1970–71) 28–24–4
57 L February 14, 1971 1–5 Boston Bruins (1970–71) 28–25–4
58 W February 17, 1971 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 29–25–4
59 W February 20, 1971 3–1 St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 30–25–4
60 W February 21, 1971 4–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 31–25–4
61 T February 25, 1971 1–1 Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 31–25–5
62 W February 27, 1971 2–0 Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 32–25–5
63 L February 28, 1971 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 32–26–5
64 W March 3, 1971 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 33–26–5
65 L March 5, 1971 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 33–27–5
66 T March 6, 1971 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 33–27–6
67 W March 10, 1971 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 34–27–6
68 L March 13, 1971 2–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 34–28–6
69 L March 14, 1971 0–1 @ New York Rangers (1970–71) 34–29–6
70 L March 18, 1971 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 34–30–6
71 W March 20, 1971 3–1 New York Rangers (1970–71) 35–30–6
72 T March 21, 1971 1–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 35–30–7
73 W March 24, 1971 6–0 @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) 36–30–7
74 L March 25, 1971 3–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71) 36–31–7
75 L March 28, 1971 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 36–32–7
76 T March 31, 1971 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 36–32–8
77 L April 3, 1971 3–8 Boston Bruins (1970–71) 36–33–8
78 W April 4, 1971 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 37–33–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Norm Ullman 73 34 51 85 24
Dave Keon 76 38 38 76 4
Paul Henderson 72 30 30 60 34
Ron Ellis 78 24 29 53 10
Billy MacMillan 76 22 19 41 42
Garry Monahan 78 15 22 37 79
Jim Harrison 78 13 20 33 108
Jim McKenny 68 4 26 30 42
Jim Dorey 74 7 22 29 198
Mike Pelyk 73 5 21 26 54
George Armstrong 59 7 18 25 6
Guy Trottier 61 19 5 24 21
Brian Spencer 50 9 15 24 115
Rick Ley 76 4 16 20 151
Darryl Sittler 49 10 8 18 37
Bob Baun 58 1 17 18 123
Mike Walton 23 3 10 13 21
Brad Selwood 28 2 10 12 13
Brian Glennie 54 0 8 8 31
Denis Dupere 20 1 2 3 4
Bob Liddington 11 0 1 1 2
Brit Selby 11 0 1 1 6
Doug Brindley 3 0 0 0 0
Bruce Gamble 23 0 0 0 0
Brian Marchinko 2 0 0 0 0
Murray McLachlan 2 0 0 0 0
Ken Murray 4 0 0 0 0
Bernie Parent 18 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante 40 0 0 0 2
Rene Robert 5 0 0 0 0
Johnny Bower 1 0 0 0 0
Errol Thompson 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Jacques Plante 2329 40 24 11 4 73 1.88 4
Bernie Parent 1040 18 7 7 3 46 2.65 0
Bruce Gamble 1226 23 6 13 1 83 3.87 2
Murray McLachlan 25 2 0 1 0 4 9.60 0
Johnny Bower 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0
Team: 4680 78 37 33 8 206 2.64 6

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Henderson 6 5 1 6 4
Dave Keon 6 3 2 5 0
Jim McKenny 6 2 1 3 2
Darryl Sittler 6 2 1 3 31
Billy MacMillan 6 0 3 3 2
Garry Monahan 6 2 0 2 2
Ron Ellis 6 1 1 2 2
George Armstrong 6 0 2 2 0
Rick Ley 6 0 2 2 4
Norm Ullman 6 0 2 2 2
Bob Baun 6 0 1 1 19
Jim Dorey 6 0 1 1 19
Jim Harrison 6 0 1 1 33
Brian Spencer 6 0 1 1 17
Denis Dupere 6 0 0 0 0
Brian Glennie 3 0 0 0 0
Bernie Parent 4 0 0 0 0
Mike Pelyk 6 0 0 0 10
Jacques Plante 3 0 0 0 0
Guy Trottier 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Bernie Parent 235 4 2 2 9 2.30 0
Jacques Plante 134 3 0 2 7 3.13 0
Team: 369 6 2 4 16 2.60 0

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Playoffs

  • The New York Rangers battled the Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers took the series 4 games to 2.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1970–71 season.

Trades

August 1, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks
Andre Hinse
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Pat Hannigan
Ted McCaskill
August 31, 1970 To Buffalo Sabres
Brent Imlach
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
September 1, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Loan of Andre Hinse
September 2, 1970 To Buffalo Sabres
Floyd Smith
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
September 3, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Pulford
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Garry Monahan
Brian Murphy
November 13, 1970 To St. Louis Blues
Brit Selby
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Baun
December 23, 1970 To Montreal Canadiens
Terry Clancy
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
January 31, 1971 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Walton
Bruce Gamble
1st round pick in 1971Pierre Plante
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bernie Parent
2nd round pick in 1971Rick Kehoe
February 1, 1971 To Los Angeles Kings
Norm Armstrong
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Westbrooke
June 10, 1971 To Boston Bruins
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
7th round pick in 1971Steve Johnson

Intra-League Draft

June 8, 1971 To Buffalo Sabres
Rene Robert
June 8, 1971 To California Golden Seals
Frank Hughes
June 8, 1971 To Buffalo Sabres
Ken Murray
June 8, 1971 From Buffalo Sabres
Don Marshall

Free agents

Player Former Team
Murray McLachlan Undrafted Free Agent
Player New Team
Brian Murphy Springfield Kings (AHL)

Awards and records

Roster

1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

References

  1. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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  4. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5