1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 52nd season of the franchise, 42nd season as the Maple Leafs. Although the Maple Leafs returned to the playoffs after missing the prior year, they were swept in the quarter-finals by Boston, suffering two crushing defeats at Boston Garden.

Offseason

NHL draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Club team110 Brad Selwood Defence Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 13, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||1–0–0

|2||T||October 16, 1968||2–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||1–0–1

|3||L||October 19, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||1–1–1

|4||W||October 23, 1968||6–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||2–1–1

|5||W||October 26, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||3–1–1

|6||W||October 27, 1968||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||4–1–1

|7||L||October 30, 1968||0–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||4–2–1

|8||L||November 2, 1968||2–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||4–3–1

|9||W||November 6, 1968||1–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||5–3–1

|10||L||November 9, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||5–4–1

|11||W||November 10, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||6–4–1

|12||T||November 13, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||6–4–2

|13||W||November 14, 1968||5–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||7–4–2

|14||W||November 16, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||8–4–2

|15||T||November 17, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||8–4–3

|16||W||November 20, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||9–4–3

|17||L||November 23, 1968||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||9–5–3

|18||L||November 24, 1968||4–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||9–6–3

|19||T||November 27, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||9–6–4

|20||T||November 30, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||9–6–5

|21||L||December 1, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||9–7–5

|22||W||December 4, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||10–7–5

|23||W||December 7, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||11–7–5

|24||W||December 8, 1968||4–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||12–7–5

|25||T||December 11, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||12–7–6

|26||W||December 12, 1968||1–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||13–7–6

|27||W||December 14, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||14–7–6

|28||W||December 18, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||15–7–6

|29||W||December 21, 1968||8–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||16–7–6

|30||L||December 22, 1968||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||16–8–6

|31||W||December 25, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||17–8–6

|32||L||December 26, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||17–9–6

|33||L||December 28, 1968||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||17–10–6

|34||W||January 1, 1969||7–3 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||18–10–6

|35||W||January 4, 1969||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||19–10–6

|36||T||January 5, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||19–10–7

|37||T||January 8, 1969||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||19–10–8

|38||L||January 9, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||19–11–8

|39||W||January 11, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||20–11–8

|40||T||January 15, 1969||5–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||20–11–9

|41||T||January 18, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||20–11–10

|42||L||January 19, 1969||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||20–12–10

|43||W||January 23, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||21–12–10

|44||W||January 25, 1969||2–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||22–12–10

|45||L||January 26, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||22–13–10

|46||L||January 29, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||22–14–10

|47||L||January 31, 1969||4–5 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||22–15–10

|48||L||February 2, 1969||3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||22–16–10

|49||T||February 5, 1969||5–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||22–16–11

|50||L||February 8, 1969||1–4 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||22–17–11

|51||W||February 9, 1969||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||23–17–11

|52||W||February 12, 1969||7–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||24–17–11

|53||W||February 15, 1969||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||25–17–11

|54||L||February 16, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||25–18–11

|55||W||February 19, 1969||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||26–18–11

|56||L||February 20, 1969||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||26–19–11

|57||L||February 22, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||26–20–11

|58||L||February 23, 1969||2–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||26–21–11

|59||W||February 26, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||27–21–11

|60||T||February 27, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||27–21–12

|61||T||March 1, 1969||3–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||27–21–13

|62||W||March 2, 1969||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||28–21–13

|63||W||March 5, 1969||6–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||29–21–13

|64||L||March 6, 1969||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||29–22–13

|65||T||March 8, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||29–22–14

|66||W||March 12, 1969||4–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||30–22–14

|67||W||March 13, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||31–22–14

|68||W||March 15, 1969||7–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||32–22–14

|69||L||March 16, 1969||3–11 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||32–23–14

|70||T||March 19, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||32–23–15

|71||W||March 22, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||33–23–15

|72||L||March 23, 1969||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||33–24–15

|73||W||March 26, 1969||6–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||34–24–15

|74||W||March 27, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||35–24–15

|75||L||March 29, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||35–25–15

|76||L||March 30, 1969||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||35–26–15

Legend:

Playoffs

|1||L||April 2, 1969||0–10 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins ||0–1

|2||L||April 3, 1969||0–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins ||0–2

|3||L||April 5, 1969||3–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins ||0–3

|4||L||April 6, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins ||0–4

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM 75 35 42 77 41 75 27 34 61 12 74 27 32 59 16 76 14 36 50 16 72 25 21 46 12 66 22 21 43 34 74 11 29 40 107 64 15 19 34 22 72 11 23 34 20 61 8 22 30 200 53 11 16 27 10 55 8 19 27 43 69 3 18 21 46 44 7 5 12 14 65 3 9 12 146 38 1 11 12 39 40 2 7 9 95 14 2 2 4 19 12 1 3 4 6 34 1 2 3 20 13 0 3 3 24 25 0 2 2 2 20 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO 3446 61 28 20 11 161 2.80 3 779 20 5 4 3 37 2.85 2 335 7 2 2 1 16 2.87 0 Team: 4560 76 35 26 15 214 2.82 5

Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM 4 1 3 4 2 4 2 1 3 2 4 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 21 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 38 3 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 13 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO 154 4 0 2 11 4.29 0 86 3 0 2 13 9.07 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 24 6.00 0

Awards and records Tim Horton, runner-up, Norris Trophy.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, . Tim Horton, 1968–69 NHL First Team All-StarWhy the Leafs Still Suck and How They Can Be Fixed, Updated Edition, Al Strachan, Harper Collins Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-1-44340-846-2, p.218

Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season.

Trades September 30, 1968To Los Angeles KingsGary Croteau Brian Murphy Wayne ThomasTo Toronto Maple LeafsGrant Moore Lou Deveault October 1, 1968To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)Darryl SlyTo Toronto Maple LeafsCash March 2, 1969To Philadelphia FlyersGerry Meehan Mike Byers Bill SutherlandTo Toronto Maple LeafsBrit Selby Forbes Kennedy May 1, 1969To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)Brad Selwood Rene RobertTo Toronto Maple LeafsRon Ward May 30, 1969To Pittsburgh PenguinsForbes KennedyTo Toronto Maple LeafsCash

Intra-league draft June 11, 1969To Pittsburgh PenguinsAl Smith June 11, 1969To Montreal CanadiensLarry Mickey June 11, 1969From Pittsburgh PenguinsMarv Edwards

References Maple Leafs on Hockey Database