1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division4th East
1973–74 record35–27–16
Goals for274
Goals against230
Team information
General managerJim Gregory
CoachRed Kelly
CaptainDave Keon
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsDarryl Sittler (38)
AssistsNorm Ullman (47)
PointsDarry Sittler (84)
Penalty minutesBrian Glennie (100)
WinsDoug Favell (14)
Goals against averageDoug Favell (2.71)

The 1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 57th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 47th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs placed fourth to make the playoffs, but were swept in the first round by the Boston Bruins.

Offseason[]

The Maple Leafs made several signings that would improve their team. At the entry draft, the Maple Leafs chose Lanny McDonald with the fourth-overall draft pick. He would play six and a half seasons with the Maple Leafs. Bernie Parent, who had left the team for the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972, made it known that he wanted to return to the NHL. The Maple Leafs still had his NHL rights, and they traded Parent to the Philadelphia Flyers for Doug Favell and a first-round draft pick, which the Maple Leafs used to choose Bob Neely. Neely would play four seasons for the Maple Leafs before being traded to the Colorado Rockies.

In a first for Toronto, the club signed players from Europe. Toronto signed Swedish defenceman Borje Salming and forward Inge Hammarstrom. Salming had made the all-star team at the 1973 world championships. Hammarstrom was one of the top scorers in Sweden. Both had played for Brynas of the Swedish League, and the Leafs had to pay the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation for their release.[1] Salming would play with the Leafs until 1989, when he joined the Detroit Red Wings. Hammarstrom would play five seasons in Toronto before moving to the St. Louis Blues.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

East Division[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Boston Bruins 78 52 17 9 349 221 +128 113
2 Montreal Canadiens 78 45 24 9 293 240 +53 99
3 New York Rangers 78 40 24 14 300 251 +49 94
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 35 27 16 274 230 +44 86
5 Buffalo Sabres 78 32 34 12 242 250 −8 76
6 Detroit Red Wings 78 29 39 10 255 319 −64 68
7 Vancouver Canucks 78 24 43 11 224 296 −72 59
8 New York Islanders 78 19 41 18 182 247 −65 56


Schedule and results[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 10, 1973 7–4 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 1–0–0
2 L October 11, 1973 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 1–1–0
3 W October 13, 1973 6–3 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 2–1–0
4 W October 17, 1973 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 3–1–0
5 W October 20, 1973 3–2 New York Rangers (1973–74) 4–1–0
6 L October 21, 1973 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 4–2–0
7 T October 23, 1973 2–2 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 4–2–1
8 L October 27, 1973 2–3 Boston Bruins (1973–74) 4–3–1
9 T October 28, 1973 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 4–3–2
10 W October 30, 1973 7–0 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 5–3–2
11 T November 1, 1973 2–2 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 5–3–3
12 W November 3, 1973 6–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 6–3–3
13 L November 7, 1973 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 6–4–3
14 T November 10, 1973 3–3 New York Islanders (1973–74) 6–4–4
15 L November 11, 1973 4–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 6–5–4
16 W November 14, 1973 4–1 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 7–5–4
17 T November 16, 1973 3–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 7–5–5
18 W November 17, 1973 4–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 8–5–5
19 W November 20, 1973 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 9–5–5
20 L November 22, 1973 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 9–6–5
21 L November 24, 1973 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 9–7–5
22 W November 28, 1973 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 10–7–5
23 W November 29, 1973 5–1 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 11–7–5
24 W December 1, 1973 3–2 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 12–7–5
25 L December 2, 1973 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1973–74) 12–8–5
26 W December 6, 1973 4–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 13–8–5
27 L December 8, 1973 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 13–9–5
28 L December 9, 1973 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 13–10–5
29 L December 11, 1973 3–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 13–11–5
30 W December 13, 1973 6–1 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 14–11–5
31 T December 15, 1973 2–2 New York Rangers (1973–74) 14–11–6
32 W December 19, 1973 5–3 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 15–11–6
33 L December 22, 1973 4–6 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 15–12–6
34 L December 23, 1973 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 15–13–6
35 W December 26, 1973 9–2 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 16–13–6
36 T December 29, 1973 3–3 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 16–13–7
37 W December 30, 1973 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 17–13–7
38 W January 2, 1974 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 18–13–7
39 L January 5, 1974 3–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 18–14–7
40 W January 7, 1974 6–2 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 19–14–7
41 W January 9, 1974 6–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 20–14–7
42 W January 12, 1974 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 21–14–7
43 L January 15, 1974 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 21–15–7
44 T January 16, 1974 5–5 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 21–15–8
45 L January 19, 1974 3–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 21–16–8
46 L January 23, 1974 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 21–17–8
47 T January 26, 1974 3–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 21–17–9
48 W January 27, 1974 5–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 22–17–9
49 W January 31, 1974 3–1 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 23–17–9
50 W February 2, 1974 6–2 Boston Bruins (1973–74) 24–17–9
51 T February 3, 1974 3–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 24–17–10
52 T February 6, 1974 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 24–17–11
53 W February 9, 1974 4–1 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 25–17–11
54 L February 13, 1974 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 25–18–11
55 W February 16, 1974 7–2 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 26–18–11
56 L February 17, 1974 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 26–19–11
57 W February 20, 1974 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 27–19–11
58 L February 23, 1974 3–4 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 27–20–11
59 T February 24, 1974 3–3 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 27–20–12
60 L February 26, 1974 3–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 27–21–12
61 W February 28, 1974 6–4 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 28–21–12
62 W March 2, 1974 5–2 New York Islanders (1973–74) 29–21–12
63 W March 3, 1974 6–4 @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 30–21–12
64 T March 7, 1974 2–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 30–21–13
65 L March 9, 1974 1–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 30–22–13
66 L March 12, 1974 1–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 30–23–13
67 W March 14, 1974 2–1 New York Islanders (1973–74) 31–23–13
68 L March 16, 1974 2–5 Boston Bruins (1973–74) 31–24–13
69 T March 17, 1974 2–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 31–24–14
70 T March 19, 1974 1–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 31–24–15
71 W March 22, 1974 3–2 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 32–24–15
72 L March 24, 1974 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 32–25–15
73 L March 27, 1974 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 32–26–15
74 W March 30, 1974 7–3 New York Rangers (1973–74) 33–26–15
75 T March 31, 1974 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1973–74) 33–26–16
76 W April 3, 1974 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 34–26–16
77 W April 6, 1974 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 35–26–16
78 L April 7, 1974 4–6 @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 35–27–16

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Darryl Sittler C 78 38 46 84 55 12 11 0 6
Norm Ullman C 78 22 47 69 12 10 4 0 2
Paul Henderson RW 69 24 31 55 40 9 5 0 2
Dave Keon C 74 25 28 53 7 13 1 2 3
Ron Ellis RW 70 23 25 48 12 8 3 0 3
Inge Hammarstrom LW 66 20 23 43 14 17 4 0 4
Jim McKenny D 77 14 28 42 36 16 3 0 1
Rick Kehoe RW 69 18 22 40 8 19 3 0 3
Borje Salming D 76 5 34 39 48 38 3 0 0
Ian Turnbull D 78 8 27 35 74 12 2 0 2
Mike Pelyk D 71 12 19 31 94 5 0 0 1
Lanny McDonald RW 70 14 16 30 43 3 2 0 3
Garry Monahan LW 78 9 16 25 70 4 0 0 1
Tim Ecclestone LW 46 9 14 23 32 8 1 2 1
Brian Glennie D 65 4 18 22 100 27 1 1 0
Denis Dupere LW 34 8 9 17 8 3 2 0 0
Eddie Shack LW 59 7 8 15 74 1 4 0 1
Errol Thompson LW 56 7 8 15 6 2 0 0 2
Bob Neely LW 54 5 7 12 98 −14 2 0 0
Pierre Jarry LW 12 2 8 10 10 8 0 0 0
George Ferguson C 16 0 4 4 4 1 0 0 0
Willie Brossart D 17 0 1 1 20 2 0 0 0
Doug Favell G 32 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Eddie Johnston G 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dunc Wilson G 24 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Doug Favell 1752 32 14 7 9 79 2.71 0
Eddie Johnston 1516 26 12 9 4 78 3.09 1
Dunc Wilson 1412 24 9 11 3 68 2.89 1
Team: 4680 78 35 27 16 225 2.88 2

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Bob Neely LW 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Ron Ellis RW 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
Darryl Sittler C 4 2 1 3 6 1 0 0
Dave Keon C 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Norm Ullman C 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Henderson RW 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Jim McKenny D 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Inge Hammarstrom LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Eddie Shack LW 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Tim Ecclestone LW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
George Ferguson C 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Garry Monahan LW 4 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
Borje Salming D 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Errol Thompson LW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Brossart D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denis Dupere LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Favell G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Glennie D 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Eddie Johnston G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Pelyk D 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Ian Turnbull D 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Doug Favell 181 3 0 3 10 3.31 0
Eddie Johnston 60 1 0 1 6 6.00 0
Team: 241 4 0 4 16 3.98 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1973–74 season.

Trades[]

May 22, 1973 To Boston Bruins
Future Considerations 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Eddie Johnston
May 23, 1973 To Philadelphia Flyers
Cash 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Willie Brossart
May 29, 1973 To Vancouver Canucks
Murray Heatley
Larry McIntyre 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dunc Wilson
July 3, 1973 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Cash 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Eddie Shack
October 17, 1973 To Detroit Red Wings
Terry Clancy 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
November 29, 1973 To Detroit Red Wings
Pierre Jarry 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tim Ecclestone
May 27, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Fortier
Randy Osburn 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Flett
May 27, 1974 To St. Louis Blues
Eddie Johnston 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Gary Sabourin

Free agents[]

Player Former Team
Bill Butters Undrafted Free Agent
Scott Garland Tulsa Oilers (CHL)

Roster[]

1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks[]

Toronto's draft picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 4 Lanny McDonald  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
1 10 Bob Neely  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
1 15 Ian Turnbull  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)
4 52 Frank Rochon  Canada Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5 68 Gord Titcomb  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
6 84 Doug Marit  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
7 100 Dan Follet  Canada Downsview Bombers (OPJHL)
8 116 Les Burgess  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
9 132 Dave Pay  Canada University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
10 144 Lee Palmer  Canada Clarkson University (NCAA)
10 147 Bob Peace  Canada Cornell University (NCAA)
11 159 Norm McLeod  Canada Ottawa M&W Rangers (CJHL)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gregory enthusiastic about Swedish players Leafs acquire". The Globe and Mail. June 20, 1973. p. 36.
  2. ^ "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "1973-74 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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