1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team would make the playoffs for the eighth year in a row, before losing in the semifinals.

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

|5||T||November 3, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–2–1

|6||L||November 4, 1965||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||2–3–1

|7||L||November 6, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–4–1

|8||L||November 7, 1965||0–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||2–5–1

|9||T||November 10, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||2–5–2

|10||W||November 13, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–5–2

|11||L||November 14, 1965||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||3–6–2

|12||W||November 18, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||4–6–2

|13||W||November 20, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||5–6–2

|14||W||November 21, 1965||7–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||6–6–2

|15||L||November 24, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||6–7–2

|16||L||November 27, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||6–8–2

|17||W||November 28, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||7–8–2

|18||T||December 1, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||7–8–3

|19||L||December 4, 1965||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||7–9–3

|20||L||December 5, 1965||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||7–10–3

|21||W||December 11, 1965||8–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||8–10–3

|22||T||December 12, 1965||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||8–10–4

|23||W||December 15, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||9–10–4

|24||W||December 16, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||10–10–4

|25||W||December 18, 1965||8–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||11–10–4

|26||W||December 19, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||12–10–4

|27||W||December 25, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||13–10–4

|28||T||December 26, 1965||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||13–10–5

|29||W||December 29, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||14–10–5

|30||W||January 1, 1966||6–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||15–10–5

|31||L||January 2, 1966||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||15–11–5

|32||L||January 8, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||15–12–5

|33||L||January 9, 1966||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||15–13–5

|34||W||January 13, 1966||6–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||16–13–5

|35||W||January 15, 1966||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||17–13–5

|36||L||January 16, 1966||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||17–14–5

|37||W||January 19, 1966||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||18–14–5

|38||W||January 22, 1966||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||19–14–5

|39||L||January 23, 1966||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||19–15–5

|40||W||January 29, 1966||6–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||20–15–5

|41||L||January 30, 1966||4–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||20–16–5

|42||L||February 3, 1966||4–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||20–17–5

|43||W||February 5, 1966||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–17–5

|44||L||February 6, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–18–5

|45||W||February 9, 1966||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||22–18–5

|46||T||February 12, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||22–18–6

|47||T||February 13, 1966||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||22–18–7

|48||W||February 16, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||23–18–7

|49||L||February 19, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||23–19–7

|50||L||February 20, 1966||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||23–20–7

|51||W||February 23, 1966||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||24–20–7

|52||W||February 26, 1966||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–20–7

|53||T||February 27, 1966||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||25–20–8

|54||T||March 2, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||25–20–9

|55||W||March 3, 1966||4–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–20–9

|56||W||March 5, 1966||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||27–20–9

|57||W||March 6, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||28–20–9

|58||W||March 9, 1966||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||29–20–9

|59||W||March 12, 1966||6–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||30–20–9

|60||L||March 13, 1966||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||30–21–9

|61||L||March 16, 1966||2–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||30–22–9

|62||W||March 19, 1966||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||31–22–9

|63||L||March 20, 1966||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||31–23–9

|64||W||March 24, 1966||2–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||32–23–9

|65||W||March 26, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||33–23–9

|66||W||March 27, 1966||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||34–23–9

|67||L||March 30, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||34–24–9

|68||L||March 31, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||34–25–9

|69||T||April 2, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||34–25–10

|70||T||April 3, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||34–25–11

Legend:

Playoffs For the fourth straight year, Toronto met Montreal in the first round. The Canadiens were victorious over the Leafs in four straight games.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% 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 May 20, 1965To Detroit Red WingsAndy Bathgate Billy Harris Gary JarrettTo Toronto Maple LeafsAutry Erickson Larry Jeffrey Eddie Joyal Lowell MacDonald Marcel Pronovost June 8, 1965To Boston BruinsRon StewartTo Toronto Maple LeafsAndy Hebenton Orland Kurtenbach Pat Stapleton September 1, 1965To Springfield Indians (AHL)Larry Johnston Bill SmithTo Toronto Maple LeafsBruce Gamble

Intra-league draft June 8, 1965To New York RangersDon Simmons June 8, 1965To Montreal CanadiensTom McCarthy June 9, 1965To Boston BruinsGerry Cheevers June 9, 1965To Chicago Black HawksPat Stapleton

Intra-league draft June 8, 1965From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL)Larry Johnston

Reverse draft June 9, 1965To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)Mike Corbett June 9, 1965From Boston BruinsBob Perreault

Waivers June 8, 1965To Detroit Red WingsDon McKenney

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.

See also 1965–66 NHL season

References