# 1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 58th season of the franchise, 48th season as the Maple Leafs.

## Offseason
### NHL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Club Team |
| 1 | 13 | Jack Valiquette | Forward | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL) |
| 2 | 31 | Tiger Williams | Left wing | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WCHL) |
| 3 | 49 | Per-Arne Alexandersson | Centre | Sweden | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
| 4 | 67 | Peter Driscoll | Left wing | Canada | Kingston Canadians (OMJHL) |
| 5 | 85 | Mike Palmateer | Goaltender | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
| 6 | 103 | Bill Hassard | Centre | Canada | Wexford Warriors (MetJHL) |
| 7 | 121 | Kevin Devine | Left wing | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
| 8 | 138 | Kevin Kemp | Defence | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OMJHL) |
| 9 | 155 | Dave Syvret | Defence | Canada | St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL) |
| 10 | 170 | Andy Stoesz | Goaltender | Canada | Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) |
| 11 | 185 | Marty Feschuk | Defence | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WCHL) |

## Regular season
### Season standings

Adams Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 49 | 16 | 15 | 354 | 240 | +114 | 113 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 80 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 345 | 245 | +100 | 94 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 280 | 309 | −29 | 78 |
| 4 | California Golden Seals | 80 | 19 | 48 | 13 | 212 | 316 | −104 | 51 |

### Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
CAL
TOR
Total
Boston
—1–4–14–21–2–36–8–4
Buffalo
4–1–1—4–0–24–1–112–2–4
California
2–40–4–2—1–3–23–11–4
Toronto
2–1–31–4–13–1–2—6–6–6
Vs. Norris Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
DET
LAK
MTL
PIT
WSH
Total
Boston
4–12–30–3–22–1–24–0–112–8–5
Buffalo
3–1–11–3–14–0–13–0–25–016–4–5
California
2–2–11–2–20–50–4–13–26–15–4
Toronto
3–1–10–4–12–1–21–44–110–11–4
Vs. Patrick Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
ATL
NYI
NYR
PHI
Total
Boston
4–0–12–23–12–1–111–4–2
Buffalo
1–2–12–0–24–10–3–17–6–4
California
2–21–2–10–2–22–35–9–3
Toronto
1–32–2–12–1–10–3–15–9–3
Vs. Smythe Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
CHI
KCS
MIN
STL
VAN
Total
Boston
2–22–1–13–0–11–2–13–111–6–3
Buffalo
3–14–03–12–0–22–214–4–2
California
1–31–2–11–32–1–10–45–13–2
Toronto
2–22–1–13–12–0–21–310–7–3 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 9, 1974 | 6–2 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 12, 1974 | 7–3 | New York Rangers (1974–75) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | T | October 13, 1974 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | T | October 16, 1974 | 1–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 2–0–2 |
| 5 | L | October 19, 1974 | 4–5 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 2–1–2 |
| 6 | T | October 20, 1974 | 5–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 2–1–3 |
| 7 | L | October 23, 1974 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 2–2–3 |
| 8 | L | October 26, 1974 | 3–9 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 2–3–3 |
| 9 | W | October 27, 1974 | 4–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 3–3–3 |
| 10 | L | November 1, 1974 | 2–5 | @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 3–4–3 |
| 11 | L | November 2, 1974 | 3–6 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 3–5–3 |
| 12 | W | November 6, 1974 | 7–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 4–5–3 |
| 13 | L | November 9, 1974 | 5–7 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 4–6–3 |
| 14 | L | November 13, 1974 | 0–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 4–7–3 |
| 15 | W | November 15, 1974 | 5–3 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 5–7–3 |
| 16 | L | November 16, 1974 | 2–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 5–8–3 |
| 17 | L | November 20, 1974 | 5–8 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 5–9–3 |
| 18 | L | November 22, 1974 | 0–6 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 5–10–3 |
| 19 | L | November 23, 1974 | 3–6 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 5–11–3 |
| 20 | T | November 25, 1974 | 2–2 | St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 5–11–4 |
| 21 | L | November 27, 1974 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 5–12–4 |
| 22 | W | November 30, 1974 | 7–1 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 6–12–4 |
| 23 | L | December 4, 1974 | 2–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 6–13–4 |
| 24 | T | December 5, 1974 | 3–3 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 6–13–5 |
| 25 | T | December 7, 1974 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 6–13–6 |
| 26 | W | December 8, 1974 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 7–13–6 |
| 27 | L | December 11, 1974 | 1–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 7–14–6 |
| 28 | W | December 14, 1974 | 4–2 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 8–14–6 |
| 29 | L | December 15, 1974 | 1–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 8–15–6 |
| 30 | W | December 18, 1974 | 6–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 9–15–6 |
| 31 | L | December 19, 1974 | 1–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 9–16–6 |
| 32 | W | December 21, 1974 | 8–4 | Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 10–16–6 |
| 33 | L | December 22, 1974 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 10–17–6 |
| 34 | W | December 28, 1974 | 3–1 | New York Islanders (1974–75) | 11–17–6 |
| 35 | L | December 30, 1974 | 5–7 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 11–18–6 |
| 36 | T | January 1, 1975 | 3–3 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 11–18–7 |
| 37 | W | January 4, 1975 | 6–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 12–18–7 |
| 38 | W | January 5, 1975 | 1–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 13–18–7 |
| 39 | L | January 7, 1975 | 3–5 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 13–19–7 |
| 40 | W | January 8, 1975 | 6–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 14–19–7 |
| 41 | L | January 11, 1975 | 5–7 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 14–20–7 |
| 42 | W | January 12, 1975 | 4–3 | New York Islanders (1974–75) | 15–20–7 |
| 43 | W | January 15, 1975 | 4–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 16–20–7 |
| 44 | W | January 18, 1975 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 17–20–7 |
| 45 | L | January 19, 1975 | 3–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 17–21–7 |
| 46 | L | January 23, 1975 | 0–8 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 17–22–7 |
| 47 | L | January 24, 1975 | 1–6 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 17–23–7 |
| 48 | L | January 26, 1975 | 4–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 17–24–7 |
| 49 | W | January 29, 1975 | 4–2 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 18–24–7 |
| 50 | L | January 30, 1975 | 1–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 18–25–7 |
| 51 | W | February 1, 1975 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 19–25–7 |
| 52 | W | February 4, 1975 | 5–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 20–25–7 |
| 53 | L | February 6, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 20–26–7 |
| 54 | T | February 8, 1975 | 3–3 | St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 20–26–8 |
| 55 | L | February 9, 1975 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 20–27–8 |
| 56 | T | February 12, 1975 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 20–27–9 |
| 57 | L | February 15, 1975 | 3–8 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 20–28–9 |
| 58 | T | February 16, 1975 | 5–5 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 20–28–10 |
| 59 | T | February 19, 1975 | 3–3 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 20–28–11 |
| 60 | W | February 22, 1975 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1974–75) | 21–28–11 |
| 61 | L | February 23, 1975 | 1–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 21–29–11 |
| 62 | W | February 25, 1975 | 9–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 22–29–11 |
| 63 | W | February 26, 1975 | 4–2 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 23–29–11 |
| 64 | W | March 1, 1975 | 5–4 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 24–29–11 |
| 65 | W | March 2, 1975 | 5–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 25–29–11 |
| 66 | W | March 5, 1975 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 26–29–11 |
| 67 | W | March 8, 1975 | 5–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 27–29–11 |
| 68 | W | March 9, 1975 | 4–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 28–29–11 |
| 69 | T | March 12, 1975 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 28–29–12 |
| 70 | T | March 15, 1975 | 4–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 28–29–13 |
| 71 | L | March 16, 1975 | 3–11 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 28–30–13 |
| 72 | L | March 19, 1975 | 7–8 | @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 28–31–13 |
| 73 | W | March 22, 1975 | 6–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 29–31–13 |
| 74 | W | March 24, 1975 | 5–3 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 30–31–13 |
| 75 | T | March 26, 1975 | 2–2 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 30–31–14 |
| 76 | T | March 29, 1975 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 30–31–15 |
| 77 | W | March 30, 1975 | 5–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 31–31–15 |
| 78 | L | April 2, 1975 | 0–3 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 31–32–15 |
| 79 | L | April 5, 1975 | 2–4 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 31–33–15 |
| 80 | T | April 6, 1975 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 31–33–16 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Darryl Sittler | C | 72 | 36 | 44 | 80 | 47 | −10 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Ellis | RW | 79 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Dave Keon | C | 78 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| George Ferguson | C | 69 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Lanny McDonald | RW | 64 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim McKenny | D | 66 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 31 | −4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Errol Thompson | LW | 65 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 12 | −1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 69 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 23 | −14 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Flett | RW | 77 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Blaine Stoughton | RW | 78 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 24 | −7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Borje Salming | D | 60 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 80 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 8 | −12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiger Williams | LW | 42 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 187 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Sabourin | RW | 55 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 26 | −13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Neely | LW | 57 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 61 | −18 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Claire Alexander | D | 42 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | D | 60 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Dunn | D | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 142 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Turnbull | D | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 44 | −6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Moffat | LW | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Glennie | D | 63 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 110 | −5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Shack | LW | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Ecclestone | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Favell | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Brossart | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Grisdale | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Hamel | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord McRae | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Monahan | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sykes | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Valiquette | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunc Wilson | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Doug Favell | 2149 | 39 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 145 | 4.05 | 1 |
| Gord McRae | 1063 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 3.22 | 0 |
| Dunc Wilson | 1393 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 86 | 3.70 | 0 |
| Pierre Hamel | 195 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5.54 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 306 | 3.83 | 1 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Blaine Stoughton | RW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Keon | C | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tiger Williams | LW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Borje Salming | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | RW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Sittler | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Dunn | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Turnbull | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ferguson | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claire Alexander | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Flett | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanny McDonald | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord McRae | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Neely | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Gord McRae | 441 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 2.86 | 0 |
| Team: | 441 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 2.86 | 0 |
    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;

## Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1974–75 season.

### Trades

| September 13, 1974 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsRick Kehoe | To Toronto Maple LeafsBlaine Stoughton 1st round pick in 1977 – Trevor Johansen |
| October 16, 1974 | To Vancouver CanucksJohn Grisdale Garry Monahan | To Toronto Maple LeafsDave Dunn |
| November 2, 1974 | To Washington CapitalsWillie Brossart Tim Ecclestone | To Toronto Maple LeafsRod Seiling |
| February 1, 1975 | To Minnesota Fighting Saints (WHA)Bill Butters | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| June 3, 1975 | To Boston Bruins4th round pick in 1975 – Rick Adduono | To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd round pick in 1976 – Gary McFadyen |
| June 3, 1975 | To Chicago Black HawksCash | To Toronto Maple Leafs10th round pick in 1975 – Paul Crowley 11th round pick in 1975 – Jack Laine |
| June 3, 1975 | To Washington CapitalsCash | To Toronto Maple Leafs12th round pick in 1975 – Ken Holland |
| June 3, 1975 | To Kansas City ScoutsCash | To Toronto Maple Leafs12th round pick in 1975 – Bob Barnes |
| June 3, 1975 | To St. Louis BluesCash | To Toronto Maple Leafs12th round pick in 1975 – Jim Montgomery |

### Waivers

| February 16, 1975 | To New York RangersDunc Wilson |
| May 20, 1975 | To Atlanta FlamesBill Flett |

### Expansion draft

| June 12, 1974 | To Washington CapitalsDenis Dupere |
| June 12, 1974 | To Washington CapitalsJoe Lundrigan |
| June 12, 1974 | To Washington CapitalsRon Low |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Claire Alexander | Tulsa Oilers (CHL) |
| Pierre Hamel | Undrafted Free Agent |