1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 53rd season of play of the NHL Toronto franchise and 43rd as the Maple Leafs. After qualifying for the playoffs the previous season, the Leafs fell to last-place in the NHL East and did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1967–68 season, also marking the first time since 1958 that the club endured a last place finish.Why 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.219

Offseason Punch Imlach's term as Maple Leafs' general manager ended after the 1969 playoffs. Jim Gregory, who had been an executive with the Toronto Marlboros was named general manager, the first new GM for the Maple Leafs since 1957.

NHL draft Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 9 Ernie Moser Estevan Bruins (WCHL) 2 20 Doug Brindley Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA) 3 31 Larry McIntyre Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL) 4 43 Frank Hughes Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) 5 55 Brian Spencer Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL) 6 67 Bob Neufeld Dauphin Kings (MJHL)

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 11, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||0–1–0

|2||T||October 15, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||0–1–1

|3||W||October 18, 1969||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||1–1–1

|4||L||October 19, 1969||0–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||1–2–1

|5||L||October 22, 1969||3–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||1–3–1

|6||W||October 25, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1969–70) ||2–3–1

|7||W||October 29, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||3–3–1

|8||L||November 1, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||3–4–1

|9||T||November 2, 1969||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||3–4–2

|10||W||November 4, 1969||5–2 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||4–4–2

|11||L||November 5, 1969||2–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||4–5–2

|12||L||November 8, 1969||3–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||4–6–2

|13||L||November 9, 1969||0–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||4–7–2

|14||L||November 12, 1969||0–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||4–8–2

|15||W||November 15, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||5–8–2

|16||T||November 19, 1969||4–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||5–8–3

|17||W||November 22, 1969||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||6–8–3

|18||W||November 23, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||7–8–3

|19||L||November 26, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||7–9–3

|20||W||November 29, 1969||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||8–9–3

|21||L||November 30, 1969||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||8–10–3

|22||T||December 3, 1969||5–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||8–10–4

|23||W||December 6, 1969||5–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||9–10–4

|24||L||December 7, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||9–11–4

|25||L||December 10, 1969||3–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||9–12–4

|26||L||December 11, 1969||3–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||9–13–4

|27||L||December 13, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||9–14–4

|28||W||December 14, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||10–14–4

|29||L||December 20, 1969||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||10–15–4

|30||W||December 21, 1969||3–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||11–15–4

|31||W||December 24, 1969||8–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||12–15–4

|32||L||December 26, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) ||12–16–4

|33||W||December 27, 1969||4–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1969–70) ||13–16–4

|34||T||December 31, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||13–16–5

|35||W||January 3, 1970||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||14–16–5

|36||T||January 4, 1970||4–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||14–16–6

|37||T||January 7, 1970||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||14–16–7

|38||W||January 10, 1970||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||15–16–7

|39||L||January 14, 1970||1–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||15–17–7

|40||L||January 15, 1970||0–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) ||15–18–7

|41||W||January 17, 1970||4–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||16–18–7

|42||W||January 22, 1970||3–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||17–18–7

|43||L||January 23, 1970||3–6 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||17–19–7

|44||W||January 25, 1970||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||18–19–7

|45||T||January 28, 1970||4–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||18–19–8

|46||W||January 31, 1970||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||19–19–8

|47||L||February 1, 1970||6–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||19–20–8

|48||W||February 4, 1970||1–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1969–70) ||20–20–8

|49||L||February 5, 1970||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||20–21–8

|50||W||February 7, 1970||5–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||21–21–8

|51||T||February 11, 1970||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||21–21–9

|52||T||February 12, 1970||3–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||21–21–10

|53||W||February 14, 1970||4–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||22–21–10

|54||L||February 15, 1970||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||22–22–10

|55||W||February 18, 1970||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||23–22–10

|56||L||February 21, 1970||5–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||23–23–10

|57||L||February 22, 1970||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||23–24–10

|58||W||February 25, 1970||4–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||24–24–10

|59||T||February 28, 1970||3–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||24–24–11

|60||L||March 1, 1970||0–8 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||24–25–11

|61||W||March 3, 1970||4–1 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||25–25–11

|62||W||March 5, 1970||5–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||26–25–11

|63||L||March 7, 1970||3–8 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||26–26–11

|64||L||March 11, 1970||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||26–27–11

|65||W||March 14, 1970||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||27–27–11

|66||T||March 15, 1970||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||27–27–12

|67||L||March 18, 1970||4–7 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||27–28–12

|68||W||March 21, 1970||2–0 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) ||28–28–12

|69||W||March 22, 1970||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||29–28–12

|70||L||March 25, 1970||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||29–29–12

|71||T||March 28, 1970||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||29–29–13

|72||L||March 29, 1970||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||29–30–13

|73||L||April 1, 1970||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||29–31–13

|74||L||April 2, 1970||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||29–32–13

|75||L||April 4, 1970||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||29–33–13

|76||L||April 5, 1970||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||29–34–13

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 72 32 30 62 6924 C 74 18 42 60 37410 C 58 21 34 55 68706 RW 76 35 19 54 14613 C 76 14 33 47 16503 D 73 11 33 44 34300 RW 67 20 22 42 18504 LW 74 18 19 37 31301 RW 49 13 15 28 12203 LW 74 10 13 23 40103 D 59 3 19 22 91101 RW 61 4 14 18 13000 C 31 7 10 17 36100 D 46 6 11 17 99000 D 48 2 13 15 102100 D 52 1 14 15 50000 RW 52 6 5 11 31001 D 59 0 5 5 88000 D 36 1 3 4 37000 C 2 0 1 1 0000 LW 7 0 1 1 6000 G 13 0 1 1 24000 G 52 0 1 1 0000 D 1 0 1 1 2000 D 7 0 1 1 4000 C 18 0 1 1 2000 G 12 0 0 0 0000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 C 1 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 D 3 0 0 0 2000 D 3 0 0 0 11000 LW 9 0 0 0 12000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO 3057 52 19 24 9 156 3.06 5 728 13 5 4 2 37 3.25 1 632 12 4 10 0 55 4.728 0 23 2 0 0 0 2 5.22 0 Team: 4560 76 29 34 13 260 3.19 6

Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1969–70 season.

Trades December 10, 1969To Boston BruinsWayne CarletonTo Toronto Maple LeafsJim Harrison February 1, 1970To Los Angeles KingsGary MarshTo Toronto Maple LeafsJacques Lemieux March 3, 1970To New York RangersTim HortonTo Toronto Maple LeafsDenis Dupere May 1, 1970To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)CashTo Toronto Maple LeafsBrad Selwood Rene Robert May 18, 1970To St. Louis BluesCashTo Toronto Maple LeafsJacques Plante May 22, 1970To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)CashTo Toronto Maple LeafsChris Evans Tom Martin May 22, 1970To Minnesota North StarsMurray OliverTo Toronto Maple LeafsTerry O'Malley Brian Conacher

Intra-league draft June 9, 1970From New York RangersGuy Trottier June 9, 1970To Detroit Red WingsTom Martin

Reverse draft June 9, 1970To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)John Wright

Expansion draft June 10, 1970To Vancouver CanucksDanny Johnson

Free agents Player Former team Doug Acomb Undrafted Free Agent Bob Liddington Undrafted Free Agent Brian Marchinko Undrafted Free Agent Gordie Nelson Undrafted Free Agent Ken Murray Undrafted Free Agent

References Maple Leafs on Hockey Database