1959β60 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 2nd NHL |
1959β60 record | 35β26β9 |
Goals for | 199 |
Goals against | 195 |
Team information | |
General manager | Punch Imlach |
Coach | Punch Imlach |
Captain | George Armstrong |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Bob Pulford (24) |
Assists | Tim Horton (29) |
Points | Bob Pulford (52) |
Penalty minutes | Carl Brewer (150) |
Wins | Johnny Bower (34) |
Goals against average | Johnny Bower (2.68) |
The 1959β60 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in second place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 35 wins, 26 losses, and 9 ties for 79 points. They defeated the Detroit Red Wings in six games in the Semi-finals before being swept by their arch-rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, in the Stanley Cup Finals.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 255 | 178 | +77 | 92 |
2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 199 | 195 | +4 | 79 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 191 | 180 | +11 | 69 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 186 | 197 | β11 | 67 |
5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 220 | 241 | β21 | 64 |
6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 38 | 15 | 187 | 247 | β60 | 49 |
1959β60 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 5β6β3 | 5β8β1 | 4β8 | 8β4β2 | 6β6β2 | ||||||
Chicago | 6β5β3 | β | 4β8β2 | 3β7β4 | 11β1β2 | 4β8β2 | ||||||
Detroit | 8β5β1 | 8β4β2 | β | 2β7β5 | 4β6β4 | 4β9β1 | ||||||
Montreal | 8β4 | 7β3β4 | 7β2β5 | β | 6β6β2 | 10β3β1 | ||||||
New York | 4β8β2 | 1β11β2 | 6β4β4 | 6β6β2 | β | 2β9β3 | ||||||
Toronto | 6β6β2 | 8β4β2 | 9β4β1 | 3β10β1 | 9β2β3 | β |
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 10, 1959 | 6β3 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 1β0β0 |
2 | W | October 11, 1959 | 3β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 2β0β0 |
3 | L | October 15, 1959 | 2β4 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 2β1β0 |
4 | W | October 17, 1959 | 3β0 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 3β1β0 |
5 | L | October 18, 1959 | 0β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 3β2β0 |
6 | W | October 21, 1959 | 3β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 4β2β0 |
7 | T | October 24, 1959 | 1β1 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 4β2β1 |
8 | T | October 28, 1959 | 1β1 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 4β2β2 |
9 | W | October 31, 1959 | 4β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 5β2β2 |
10 | L | November 1, 1959 | 3β6 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 5β3β2 |
11 | W | November 4, 1959 | 4β1 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 6β3β2 |
12 | T | November 7, 1959 | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 6β3β3 |
13 | W | November 10, 1959 | 3β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 7β3β3 |
14 | L | November 12, 1959 | 0β3 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 7β4β3 |
15 | T | November 14, 1959 | 3β3 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 7β4β4 |
16 | T | November 15, 1959 | 2β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 7β4β5 |
17 | W | November 18, 1959 | 3β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 8β4β5 |
18 | L | November 21, 1959 | 1β4 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 8β5β5 |
19 | W | November 22, 1959 | 2β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 9β5β5 |
20 | W | November 26, 1959 | 4β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 10β5β5 |
21 | T | November 28, 1959 | 2β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 10β5β6 |
22 | W | November 29, 1959 | 4β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 11β5β6 |
23 | W | December 2, 1959 | 1β0 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 12β5β6 |
24 | W | December 5, 1959 | 6β3 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 13β5β6 |
25 | L | December 6, 1959 | 0β6 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 13β6β6 |
26 | L | December 10, 1959 | 3β6 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 13β7β6 |
27 | L | December 12, 1959 | 2β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 13β8β6 |
28 | L | December 13, 1959 | 2β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 13β9β6 |
29 | L | December 17, 1959 | 2β8 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 13β10β6 |
30 | W | December 19, 1959 | 4β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 14β10β6 |
31 | L | December 20, 1959 | 4β7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 14β11β6 |
32 | W | December 26, 1959 | 4β0 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 15β11β6 |
33 | W | December 27, 1959 | 6β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 16β11β6 |
34 | L | December 30, 1959 | 2β3 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 16β12β6 |
35 | W | December 31, 1959 | 4β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 17β12β6 |
36 | L | January 2, 1960 | 2β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 17β13β6 |
37 | W | January 3, 1960 | 4β0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 18β13β6 |
38 | W | January 6, 1960 | 3β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 19β13β6 |
39 | L | January 9, 1960 | 2β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 19β14β6 |
40 | L | January 10, 1960 | 0β4 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 19β15β6 |
41 | L | January 14, 1960 | 1β3 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 19β16β6 |
42 | W | January 16, 1960 | 3β1 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 20β16β6 |
43 | L | January 17, 1960 | 3β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 20β17β6 |
44 | T | January 23, 1960 | 3β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 20β17β7 |
45 | L | January 24, 1960 | 2β6 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 20β18β7 |
46 | W | January 27, 1960 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 21β18β7 |
47 | W | January 30, 1960 | 3β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 22β18β7 |
48 | T | January 31, 1960 | 3β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 22β18β8 |
49 | W | February 3, 1960 | 4β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 23β18β8 |
50 | L | February 4, 1960 | 2β4 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 23β19β8 |
51 | W | February 6, 1960 | 6β4 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 24β19β8 |
52 | L | February 7, 1960 | 0β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 24β20β8 |
53 | L | February 10, 1960 | 2β4 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 24β21β8 |
54 | W | February 13, 1960 | 7β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 25β21β8 |
55 | W | February 14, 1960 | 3β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 26β21β8 |
56 | W | February 17, 1960 | 3β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 27β21β8 |
57 | W | February 20, 1960 | 3β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 28β21β8 |
58 | L | February 21, 1960 | 5β7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 28β22β8 |
59 | W | February 24, 1960 | 3β1 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 29β22β8 |
60 | L | February 27, 1960 | 3β4 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 29β23β8 |
61 | W | February 28, 1960 | 5β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 30β23β8 |
62 | L | March 3, 1960 | 1β5 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 30β24β8 |
63 | W | March 5, 1960 | 5β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 31β24β8 |
64 | W | March 6, 1960 | 3β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 32β24β8 |
65 | L | March 9, 1960 | 4β9 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 32β25β8 |
66 | L | March 12, 1960 | 1β4 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 32β26β8 |
67 | T | March 13, 1960 | 2β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 32β26β9 |
68 | W | March 17, 1960 | 6β2 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1959β60) | 33β26β9 |
69 | W | March 19, 1960 | 1β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 34β26β9 |
70 | W | March 20, 1960 | 3β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 35β26β9 |
Montreal swept the Chicago Black Hawks in four games to reach the Final. In the other semi-final, Toronto defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to two.
Montreal swept the Maple Leafs, outscoring them 15β5, en route to being the first team since the 1952 Detroit Red Wings to go without a loss in the playoffs.
After the series Rocket Richard retired. He went out with style, finishing with his 34th final-series goal in the third game.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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April 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |
April 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |
April 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 |
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM |
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Bob Pulford | 70 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 81 |
George Armstrong | 70 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 60 |
Dick Duff | 67 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 51 |
Frank Mahovlich | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 61 |
Billy Harris | 70 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 29 |
Bert Olmstead | 53 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 63 |
Ron Stewart | 67 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 28 |
Johnny Wilson | 70 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 8 |
Gerry Ehman | 69 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 26 |
Larry Regan | 47 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 |
Gerry James | 34 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 56 |
Ted Hampson | 41 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 |
Garry Edmundson | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 47 |
Dave Creighton | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Rudy Migay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Hannigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM |
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Allan Stanley | 64 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 22 |
Tim Horton | 70 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 69 |
Carl Brewer | 67 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 150 |
Bobby Baun | 61 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 59 |
Red Kelly | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
Joe Crozier | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Marc Reaume | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Al MacNeil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player | GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA |
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Johnny Bower | 66 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2.68 |
Ed Chadwick | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.75 |
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