1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1980–81
Year:	1980
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conferencerank:	8th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	28-37-15
Altcaptain:	None

The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 64th season of the franchise, 54th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
2	25	Craig Muni		Kingston Canadians (OHA)
2	26	Bob McGill		Victoria Cougars (WHL)
3	43	Fred Boimistruck		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4	74	Stewart Gavin		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
5	95	Hugh Larkin		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
6	116	Ron Dennis		Princeton University (ECAC)
7	137	Russ Adam		Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8	158	Fred Perlini		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
9	179	Darwin McCutcheon		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
10	200	[|Paul Rothbart||{{USA}}||University of Wisconsin NCAA |} ==Regular season== ===Final standings=== {{1980–81 NHL Adams Division standings|team=TOR}} ===Record vs. opponents=== {{{{title year range}} NHL Record vs. opponents (Adams)|team=TOR}} ==Playoffs== The Maple Leafs qualified for the playoffs as one of the top sixteen teams. In the preliminary round, the Maple Leafs faced the [[1980–81 New York Islanders season|New York Islanders]], the eventual Stanley Cup champion. The Maple Leafs were swept in three games. Schedule and results No. R Date Score Opponent Record 1 L October 11, 1980 3–8 New York Rangers (1980–81) 0–1–0 2 W October 12, 1980 4–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 1–1–0 3 W October 15, 1980 6–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 2–1–0 4 W October 18, 1980 6–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 3–1–0 5 W October 19, 1980 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 4–1–0 6 W October 21, 1980 8–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 5–1–0 7 W October 23, 1980 5–4 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 6–1–0 8 L October 25, 1980 4–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 6–2–0 9 L October 26, 1980 5–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 6–3–0 10 T October 29, 1980 4–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 6–3–1 11 L November 1, 1980 4–5 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 6–4–1 12 W November 5, 1980 2–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 7–4–1 13 T November 8, 1980 3–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 7–4–2 14 W November 9, 1980 7–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 8–4–2 15 L November 12, 1980 2–4 New York Islanders (1980–81) 8–5–2 16 W November 15, 1980 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 9–5–2 17 L November 19, 1980 4–5 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 9–6–2 18 L November 22, 1980 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 9–7–2 19 T November 23, 1980 5–5 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 9–7–3 20 L November 26, 1980 4–6 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 9–8–3 21 L November 28, 1980 2–6 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 9–9–3 22 L November 29, 1980 3–7 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 9–10–3 23 T December 3, 1980 4–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 9–10–4 24 W December 6, 1980 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 10–10–4 25 T December 7, 1980 4–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 10–10–5 26 L December 10, 1980 5–8 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 10–11–5 27 L December 11, 1980 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 10–12–5 28 L December 13, 1980 4–5 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 10–13–5 29 W December 15, 1980 6–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 11–13–5 30 W December 17, 1980 4–2 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 12–13–5 31 L December 18, 1980 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 12–14–5 32 L December 20, 1980 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 12–15–5 33 L December 23, 1980 2–7 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 12–16–5 34 L December 27, 1980 3–6 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 12–17–5 35 W December 28, 1980 6–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 13–17–5 36 L December 30, 1980 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 13–18–5 37 L January 3, 1981 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 13–19–5 38 L January 4, 1981 5–8 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 13–20–5 39 L January 6, 1981 3–6 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 13–21–5 40 L January 7, 1981 2–8 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 13–22–5 41 T January 10, 1981 4–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 13–22–6 42 W January 11, 1981 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 14–22–6 43 L January 14, 1981 4–7 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 14–23–6 44 W January 17, 1981 6–5 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 15–23–6 45 W January 18, 1981 5–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 16–23–6 46 T January 20, 1981 2–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 16–23–7 47 T January 22, 1981 3–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 16–23–8 48 W January 24, 1981 7–4 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 17–23–8 49 L January 26, 1981 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 17–24–8 50 L January 28, 1981 4–6 New York Islanders (1980–81) 17–25–8 51 T January 30, 1981 5–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 17–25–9 52 L January 31, 1981 0–2 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 17–26–9 53 L February 3, 1981 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 17–27–9 54 L February 5, 1981 4–8 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 17–28–9 55 T February 8, 1981 6–6 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 17–28–10 56 W February 12, 1981 4–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 18–28–10 57 W February 14, 1981 6–3 New York Rangers (1980–81) 19–28–10 58 W February 17, 1981 8–5 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 20–28–10 59 L February 18, 1981 3–8 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 20–29–10 60 W February 21, 1981 5–3 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 21–29–10 61 W February 22, 1981 7–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 22–29–10 62 W February 25, 1981 9–5 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 23–29–10 63 L February 28, 1981 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 23–30–10 64 L March 2, 1981 0–1 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 23–31–10 65 L March 4, 1981 2–5 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 23–32–10 66 L March 7, 1981 4–6 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 23–33–10 67 L March 8, 1981 3–7 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 23–34–10 68 T March 11, 1981 4–4 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 23–34–11 69 W March 14, 1981 5–3 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 24–34–11 70 T March 15, 1981 4–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 24–34–12 71 W March 18, 1981 6–2 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 25–34–12 72 L March 19, 1981 4–14 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 25–35–12 73 L March 21, 1981 2–6 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 25–36–12 74 T March 22, 1981 3–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 25–36–13 75 L March 25, 1981 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 25–37–13 76 W March 26, 1981 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 26–37–13 77 W March 28, 1981 9–5 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 27–37–13 78 T April 1, 1981 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 27–37–14 79 T April 4, 1981 5–5 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 27–37–15 80 W April 5, 1981 4–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 28–37–15 ^[1] Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 77 40 57 97 145 -7 13 3 2 C 80 43 53 96 77 -8 14 2 2 C 80 35 39 74 26 -11 6 0 3 D 80 19 47 66 104 -17 8 0 1 D 72 5 61 66 154 0 1 1 1 RW 75 33 29 62 229 -16 8 2 1 LW 72 16 33 49 49 -16 5 0 1 RW 75 17 26 43 31 -11 2 0 1 LW 65 20 21 41 183 -10 13 0 2 LW 69 23 14 37 32 15 1 0 4 C 53 14 19 33 178 -10 3 0 4 RW/C 71 12 18 30 52 -16 2 0 3 D 59 6 19 25 68 -32 2 0 0 C 39 10 14 24 18 -7 0 0 0 D 74 2 18 20 90 -7 1 0 0 LW 21 10 4 14 14 -3 5 0 2 RW 14 6 7 13 8 5 1 0 1 D 57 1 12 13 50 13 0 0 0 D 57 2 5 7 166 -18 0 1 0 RW 27 2 3 5 2 -1 0 0 0 D 47 0 4 4 60 -14 0 0 0 RW 12 3 0 3 6 -7 0 0 0 LW 14 1 2 3 13 0 0 0 0 D 11 1 1 2 11 4 0 0 0 C 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 LW 13 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0 RW 12 1 0 1 4 -6 0 0 0 G 54 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0 C 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 C 11 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 3112 54 20 20 11 211 4.07 0 961 18 4 10 2 82 5.12 0 460 8 3 3 2 40 5.22 0 124 3 1 1 0 12 5.81 0 143 3 0 3 0 16 6.71 0 Team: 4800 80 28 37 15 361 4.51 0 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 D 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 C 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 C 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 D 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 RW 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 D 3 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 LW 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO 65 3 0 2 11 10.15 0 40 1 0 0 1 1.50 0 75 2 0 1 8 6.40 0 Team: 180 3 0 3 20 6.67 0 ^[2] Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1980-81 season. Trades November 18, 1980 To Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Gardner Dave Burrows To Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Marshall Kim Davis December 2, 1980 To Winnipeg Jets Richard Mulhern To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash December 4, 1980 To Detroit Red Wings Mark Kirton To Toronto Maple Leafs Jim Rutherford January 30, 1981 To Colorado Rockies 3rd round pick in 1981 - Uli Heimer To Toronto Maple Leafs Rene Robert February 18, 1981 To Chicago Black Hawks Cash To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Sedlbauer March 10, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings Jim Rutherford To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1981 - Barry Brigley March 10, 1981 To Montreal Canadiens Robert Picard 8th round pick in 1982 - Steve Smith To Toronto Maple Leafs Michel Larocque March 10, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars 2nd round pick in 1981 - Dave Donnelly To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Zanussi 3rd round pick in 1981 - Ernie Godden Waivers November 30, 1980 From Winnipeg Jets Barry Melrose Free agents Player Former Team Czechoslovakia Undrafted Free Agent Winnipeg Jets External links Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-21 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.