1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1969–70
Year:	1969
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Divisionrank:	6th
Record:	29–34–13
Goalsfor:	222
Goalsagainst:	242
Goalsleader:	Ron Ellis (35)
Assistsleader:	Norm Ullman (42)
Pointsleader:	Dave Keon (62)
Pimleader:	Rick Ley (102)
Winsleader:	Bruce Gamble (19)
Gaaleader:	Bruce Gamble (3.06)

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, marking the first time since 1958 that the club endured a last place finish.^[1]

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)

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Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1969	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	0–1–0
2	T	October 15, 1969	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	0–1–1
3	W	October 18, 1969	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	1–1–1
4	L	October 19, 1969	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	1–2–1
5	L	October 22, 1969	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	1–3–1
6	W	October 25, 1969	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	2–3–1
7	W	October 29, 1969	4–2	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	3–3–1
8	L	November 1, 1969	2–3	New York Rangers (1969–70)	3–4–1
9	T	November 2, 1969	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	3–4–2
10	W	November 4, 1969	5–2	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	4–4–2
11	L	November 5, 1969	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	4–5–2
12	L	November 8, 1969	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	4–6–2
13	L	November 9, 1969	0–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	4–7–2
14	L	November 12, 1969	0–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	4–8–2
15	W	November 15, 1969	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	5–8–2
16	T	November 19, 1969	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	5–8–3
17	W	November 22, 1969	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	6–8–3
18	W	November 23, 1969	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	7–8–3
19	L	November 26, 1969	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	7–9–3
20	W	November 29, 1969	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	8–9–3
21	L	November 30, 1969	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	8–10–3
22	T	December 3, 1969	5–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	8–10–4
23	W	December 6, 1969	5–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	9–10–4
24	L	December 7, 1969	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	9–11–4
25	L	December 10, 1969	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	9–12–4
26	L	December 11, 1969	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	9–13–4
27	L	December 13, 1969	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	9–14–4
28	W	December 14, 1969	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	10–14–4
29	L	December 20, 1969	2–5	New York Rangers (1969–70)	10–15–4
30	W	December 21, 1969	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	11–15–4
31	W	December 24, 1969	8–1	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	12–15–4
32	L	December 26, 1969	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	12–16–4
33	W	December 27, 1969	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	13–16–4
34	T	December 31, 1969	1–1	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	13–16–5
35	W	January 3, 1970	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	14–16–5
36	T	January 4, 1970	4–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	14–16–6
37	T	January 7, 1970	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	14–16–7
38	W	January 10, 1970	4–3	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	15–16–7
39	L	January 14, 1970	1–7	New York Rangers (1969–70)	15–17–7
40	L	January 15, 1970	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	15–18–7
41	W	January 17, 1970	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	16–18–7
42	W	January 22, 1970	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	17–18–7
43	L	January 23, 1970	3–6	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	17–19–7
44	W	January 25, 1970	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	18–19–7
45	T	January 28, 1970	4–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	18–19–8
46	W	January 31, 1970	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	19–19–8
47	L	February 1, 1970	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	19–20–8
48	W	February 4, 1970	1–0	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	20–20–8
49	L	February 5, 1970	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	20–21–8
50	W	February 7, 1970	5–1	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	21–21–8
51	T	February 11, 1970	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	21–21–9
52	T	February 12, 1970	3–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	21–21–10
53	W	February 14, 1970	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	22–21–10
54	L	February 15, 1970	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	22–22–10
55	W	February 18, 1970	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	23–22–10
56	L	February 21, 1970	5–7	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	23–23–10
57	L	February 22, 1970	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	23–24–10
58	W	February 25, 1970	4–1	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	24–24–10
59	T	February 28, 1970	3–3	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	24–24–11
60	L	March 1, 1970	0–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	24–25–11
61	W	March 3, 1970	4–1	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	25–25–11
62	W	March 5, 1970	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	26–25–11
63	L	March 7, 1970	3–8	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	26–26–11
64	L	March 11, 1970	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	26–27–11
65	W	March 14, 1970	2–1	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	27–27–11
66	T	March 15, 1970	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	27–27–12
67	L	March 18, 1970	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	27–28–12
68	W	March 21, 1970	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	28–28–12
69	W	March 22, 1970	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	29–28–12
70	L	March 25, 1970	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	29–29–12
71	T	March 28, 1970	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	29–29–13
72	L	March 29, 1970	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	29–30–13
73	L	April 1, 1970	1–2	New York Rangers (1969–70)	29–31–13
74	L	April 2, 1970	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	29–32–13
75	L	April 4, 1970	2–4	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	29–33–13
76	L	April 5, 1970	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	29–34–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	72	32	30	62	6	9	2	4
	C	74	18	42	60	37	4	1	0
	C	58	21	34	55	68	7	0	6
	RW	76	35	19	54	14	6	1	3
	C	76	14	33	47	16	5	0	3
	D	73	11	33	44	34	3	0	0
	RW	67	20	22	42	18	5	0	4
	LW	74	18	19	37	31	3	0	1
	RW	49	13	15	28	12	2	0	3
	LW	74	10	13	23	40	1	0	3
	D	59	3	19	22	91	1	0	1
	RW	61	4	14	18	13	0	0	0
	C	31	7	10	17	36	1	0	0
	D	46	6	11	17	99	0	0	0
	D	48	2	13	15	102	1	0	0
	D	52	1	14	15	50	0	0	0
	RW	52	6	5	11	31	0	0	1
	D	59	0	5	5	88	0	0	0
	D	36	1	3	4	37	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	7	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
	G	13	0	1	1	24	0	0	0
	G	52	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
	C	18	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
	LW	9	0	0	0	12	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	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

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Playoffs

• The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the postseason

Transactions

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

Trades

December 10, 1969	To Boston Bruins Wayne Carleton	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jim Harrison
February 1, 1970	To Los Angeles Kings Gary Marsh	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jacques Lemieux
March 3, 1970	To New York Rangers Tim Horton	To Toronto Maple Leafs Denis Dupere
May 1, 1970	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Selwood Rene Robert
May 18, 1970	To St. Louis Blues Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jacques Plante
May 22, 1970	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Chris Evans Tom Martin
May 22, 1970	To Minnesota North Stars Murray Oliver	To Toronto Maple Leafs Terry O'Malley Brian Conacher

Intra-League Draft

June 9, 1970	From New York Rangers Guy Trottier
June 9, 1970	To Detroit Red Wings Tom Martin

Reverse Draft

June 9, 1970

To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) John Wright

Expansion Draft

June 10, 1970

To Vancouver Canucks Danny Johnson

Free agents

Player Former Team Undrafted Free Agent Undrafted Free Agent Undrafted Free Agent Undrafted Free Agent Undrafted Free Agent

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Web site: 1969 NHL Amateur Draft . hockeydb.com . July 26, 2022.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1969-70 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.