1976β77 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 3rd Adams |
Conference | 5th Wales |
1976β77 record | 33β32β15 |
Goals for | 301 |
Goals against | 285 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Gregory |
Coach | Red Kelly |
Captain | Darryl Sittler |
Alternate captains | None |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Lanny McDonald (46) |
Assists | Borje Salming (66) |
Points | Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald (90) |
Penalty minutes | Tiger Williams (338) |
Wins | Mike Palmateer (23) |
Goals against average | Mike Palmateer (3.21) |
The 1976β77 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 60th season, 50th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 33 wins, 32 losses and 15 ties for 81 points. In the playoffs, they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the preliminary round 2β1 before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games in the Quarter-finals.
On February 2, 1977, Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Ian Turnbull would be the first player in NHL history to score five goals on five shots. [1]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Boston Bruins | 80 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 312 | 240 | 106 |
Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 301 | 220 | 104 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 301 | 285 | 81 |
Cleveland Barons | 80 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 240 | 292 | 63 |
[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Adams Division record vs. opponents
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 5, 1976 | 2β4 | @ Colorado Rockies ( 1976β77) | 0β1β0 |
2 | W | October 9, 1976 | 7β5 | Boston Bruins ( 1976β77) | 1β1β0 |
3 | T | October 13, 1976 | 4β4 | Los Angeles Kings ( 1976β77) | 1β1β1 |
4 | L | October 15, 1976 | 3β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1976β77) | 1β2β1 |
5 | T | October 16, 1976 | 5β5 | Philadelphia Flyers ( 1976β77) | 1β2β2 |
6 | T | October 20, 1976 | 4β4 | Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1976β77) | 1β2β3 |
7 | L | October 21, 1976 | 3β5 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1976β77) | 1β3β3 |
8 | L | October 23, 1976 | 2β5 | New York Islanders ( 1976β77) | 1β4β3 |
9 | L | October 27, 1976 | 3β5 | Minnesota North Stars ( 1976β77) | 1β5β3 |
10 | W | October 28, 1976 | 3β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1976β77) | 2β5β3 |
11 | W | October 30, 1976 | 5β1 | @ Minnesota North Stars ( 1976β77) | 3β5β3 |
12 | W | November 1, 1976 | 6β3 | @ Cleveland Barons ( 1976β77) | 4β5β3 |
13 | L | November 3, 1976 | 2β6 | St. Louis Blues ( 1976β77) | 4β6β3 |
14 | W | November 5, 1976 | 4β2 | @ Atlanta Flames ( 1976β77) | 5β6β3 |
15 | L | November 6, 1976 | 2β3 | @ St. Louis Blues ( 1976β77) | 5β7β3 |
16 | T | November 10, 1976 | 2β2 | @ Los Angeles Kings ( 1976β77) | 5β7β4 |
17 | W | November 13, 1976 | 3β0 | @ Vancouver Canucks ( 1976β77) | 6β7β4 |
18 | W | November 17, 1976 | 1β0 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1976β77) | 7β7β4 |
19 | W | November 20, 1976 | 8β3 | Minnesota North Stars ( 1976β77) | 8β7β4 |
20 | L | November 21, 1976 | 5β9 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1976β77) | 8β8β4 |
21 | L | November 24, 1976 | 3β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1976β77) | 8β9β4 |
22 | W | November 27, 1976 | 4β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1976β77) | 9β9β4 |
23 | W | November 28, 1976 | 5β1 | Cleveland Barons ( 1976β77) | 10β9β4 |
24 | W | November 30, 1976 | 4β2 | @ New York Islanders ( 1976β77) | 11β9β4 |
25 | W | December 1, 1976 | 6β3 | Los Angeles Kings ( 1976β77) | 12β9β4 |
26 | T | December 4, 1976 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1976β77) | 12β9β5 |
27 | T | December 5, 1976 | 5β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1976β77) | 12β9β6 |
28 | L | December 8, 1976 | 3β4 | Vancouver Canucks ( 1976β77) | 12β10β6 |
29 | W | December 11, 1976 | 4β1 | New York Rangers ( 1976β77) | 13β10β6 |
30 | L | December 12, 1976 | 4β7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers ( 1976β77) | 13β11β6 |
31 | W | December 15, 1976 | 4β1 | St. Louis Blues ( 1976β77) | 14β11β6 |
32 | L | December 17, 1976 | 2β3 | @ Washington Capitals ( 1976β77) | 14β12β6 |
33 | W | December 18, 1976 | 4β2 | Colorado Rockies ( 1976β77) | 15β12β6 |
34 | W | December 20, 1976 | 6β2 | Atlanta Flames ( 1976β77) | 16β12β6 |
35 | L | December 22, 1976 | 2β5 | Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1976β77) | 16β13β6 |
36 | L | December 23, 1976 | 2β4 | @ Buffalo Sabres ( 1976β77) | 16β14β6 |
37 | L | December 26, 1976 | 2β4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1976β77) | 16β15β6 |
38 | W | December 29, 1976 | 6β2 | @ Cleveland Barons ( 1976β77) | 17β15β6 |
39 | W | January 1, 1977 | 3β1 | Washington Capitals ( 1976β77) | 18β15β6 |
40 | L | January 2, 1977 | 4β6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1976β77) | 18β16β6 |
41 | W | January 5, 1977 | 6β4 | Colorado Rockies ( 1976β77) | 19β16β6 |
42 | L | January 8, 1977 | 2β4 | Buffalo Sabres ( 1976β77) | 19β17β6 |
43 | W | January 11, 1977 | 2β0 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1976β77) | 20β17β6 |
44 | W | January 12, 1977 | 3β2 | Los Angeles Kings ( 1976β77) | 21β17β6 |
45 | L | January 15, 1977 | 1β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1976β77) | 21β18β6 |
46 | L | January 18, 1977 | 3β6 | @ Los Angeles Kings ( 1976β77) | 21β19β6 |
47 | W | January 21, 1977 | 3β1 | @ Vancouver Canucks ( 1976β77) | 22β19β6 |
48 | W | January 23, 1977 | 5β2 | @ Minnesota North Stars ( 1976β77) | 23β19β6 |
49 | W | January 27, 1977 | 2β1 | @ New York Islanders ( 1976β77) | 24β19β6 |
50 | T | January 29, 1977 | 3β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1976β77) | 24β19β7 |
51 | L | January 31, 1977 | 3β7 | @ Atlanta Flames ( 1976β77) | 24β20β7 |
52 | W | February 2, 1977 | 9β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1976β77) | 25β20β7 |
53 | L | February 5, 1977 | 5β7 | Philadelphia Flyers ( 1976β77) | 25β21β7 |
54 | W | February 9, 1977 | 5β1 | Atlanta Flames ( 1976β77) | 26β21β7 |
55 | W | February 12, 1977 | 10β0 | Washington Capitals ( 1976β77) | 27β21β7 |
56 | L | February 13, 1977 | 3β8 | @ New York Rangers ( 1976β77) | 27β22β7 |
57 | L | February 14, 1977 | 2β7 | @ Buffalo Sabres ( 1976β77) | 27β23β7 |
58 | W | February 16, 1977 | 5β3 | @ Cleveland Barons ( 1976β77) | 28β23β7 |
59 | T | February 17, 1977 | 2β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1976β77) | 28β23β8 |
60 | T | February 19, 1977 | 6β6 | Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1976β77) | 28β23β9 |
61 | W | February 20, 1977 | 10β8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1976β77) | 29β23β9 |
62 | L | February 23, 1977 | 4β5 | New York Rangers ( 1976β77) | 29β24β9 |
63 | L | February 25, 1977 | 2β4 | @ Washington Capitals ( 1976β77) | 29β25β9 |
64 | L | February 26, 1977 | 5β6 | Buffalo Sabres ( 1976β77) | 29β26β9 |
65 | L | March 2, 1977 | 1β4 | Cleveland Barons ( 1976β77) | 29β27β9 |
66 | T | March 5, 1977 | 4β4 | Vancouver Canucks ( 1976β77) | 29β27β10 |
67 | W | March 7, 1977 | 4β2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers ( 1976β77) | 30β27β10 |
68 | T | March 9, 1977 | 2β2 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1976β77) | 30β27β11 |
69 | W | March 12, 1977 | 6β0 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1976β77) | 31β27β11 |
70 | L | March 13, 1977 | 1β6 | @ Buffalo Sabres ( 1976β77) | 31β28β11 |
71 | W | March 15, 1977 | 4β1 | @ St. Louis Blues ( 1976β77) | 32β28β11 |
72 | T | March 16, 1977 | 4β4 | @ Colorado Rockies ( 1976β77) | 32β28β12 |
73 | W | March 19, 1977 | 5β4 | Atlanta Flames ( 1976β77) | 33β28β12 |
74 | L | March 21, 1977 | 2β7 | Cleveland Barons ( 1976β77) | 33β29β12 |
75 | T | March 23, 1977 | 1β1 | New York Islanders ( 1976β77) | 33β29β13 |
76 | L | March 26, 1977 | 5β7 | Boston Bruins ( 1976β77) | 33β30β13 |
77 | L | March 27, 1977 | 4β7 | @ Washington Capitals ( 1976β77) | 33β31β13 |
78 | T | March 30, 1977 | 3β3 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1976β77) | 33β31β14 |
79 | T | April 2, 1977 | 1β1 | Buffalo Sabres ( 1976β77) | 33β31β15 |
80 | L | April 3, 1977 | 4β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1976β77) | 33β32β15 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Lanny McDonald | RW | 80 | 46 | 44 | 90 | 77 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 5 |
Darryl Sittler | C | 73 | 38 | 52 | 90 | 89 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
Ian Turnbull | D | 80 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 84 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Borje Salming | D | 76 | 12 | 66 | 78 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Valiquette | C | 66 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Jim McKenny | D | 76 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 36 | β26 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Tiger Williams | LW | 77 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 338 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don Ashby | C | 76 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 24 | β14 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 78 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Errol Thompson | LW | 41 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 8 | β10 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Pat Boutette | C/RW | 80 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 107 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Neely | LW | 70 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 16 | β17 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Stan Weir | C | 65 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scott Garland | C | 69 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 83 | β18 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
George Ferguson | C | 50 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Claire Alexander | D | 48 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 12 | β4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Glennie | D | 69 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 73 | β1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Boudreau | C | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kurt Walker | D | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Carlyle | D | 45 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 51 | β19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Evans | C/LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Warner | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Palmateer | G | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Pelyk | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | β4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tracy Pratt | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | β7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Thomas | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blair MacKasey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Gord McRae | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Mike Palmateer | 2877 | 50 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 154 | 3.21 | 4 |
Wayne Thomas | 1803 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 116 | 3.86 | 1 |
Gord McRae | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 279 | 3.49 | 5 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Darryl Sittler | C | 9 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Lanny McDonald | RW | 9 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Borje Salming | D | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tiger Williams | LW | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ian Turnbull | D | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Neely | LW | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Boutette | C/RW | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Weir | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
George Ferguson | C | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Errol Thompson | LW | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jim McKenny | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Pelyk | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Ashby | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Carlyle | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Boudreau | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Evans | C/LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Glennie | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Palmateer | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tracy Pratt | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Thomas | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Warner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Mike Palmateer | 360 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 |
Wayne Thomas | 202 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3.56 | 0 |
Team: | 562 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 2.99 | 0 |
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1976β77 season.
September 9, 1976 | To
St. Louis Blues FA Signing of Rod Seiling |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick in 1978 β Joel Quenneville Cash |
September 15, 1976 | To
Colorado Rockies Doug Favell |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
September 27, 1976 | To
Washington Capitals Cash |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs Blair MacKasey |
September 28, 1976 | To
Chicago Black Hawks Jim Harrison |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick in 1977 β Bob Gladney |
March 8, 1977 | To
Colorado Rockies 3rd round pick in 1977 β Randy Pierce |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs Tracy Pratt |
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Toronto's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 30 | Randy Carlyle | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL) |
3 | 48 | Alain Belanger | Canada | Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL) |
3 | 52 | Gary McFayden | Canada | Hull Festivals (QMJHL) |
4 | 66 | Tim Williams | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WCHL) |
5 | 84 | Greg Hotham | Canada | Kingston Canadians (OMJHL) |
6 | 102 | Dan Djakalovic | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL) |
7 | 116 | Charlie Skjodt | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL) |