# 1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The Maple Leafs entered the season as defending Stanley Cup champions. The franchise hosted the 21st National Hockey League National Hockey League All-Star Game. It was played at Maple Leaf Gardens on January 16, 1968. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated an all-star team by a score of 4–3. The Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1958 with a record of 33–31–10 for 76 points for a fifth place in the East Division. The Leafs finished with a better record than any of the six expansion teams that season.

## Offseason
### NHL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 2 | 16 | J. Bob Kelly | Canada | Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL) |

### Players lost in Expansion Draft

The following Maple Leafs were lost to various franchises in the Expansion Draft.
| Player | Position | Drafted to |
| Al Arbour | (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Bob Baun | (D) | Oakland Seals |
| Don Blackburn | (W) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| John Brenneman | (LW) | St. Louis Blues |
| Terry Clancy | (W) | Oakland Seals |
| Mike Corrigan | (LW) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Kent Douglas | (D) | Oakland Seals |
| Darryl Edestrand | (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Aut Erickson | (D) | Oakland Seals |
| Bill Flett | (RW) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Pat Hannigan | (LW) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Fred Hucul | (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Larry Jeffrey | (LW) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Ed Joyal | (C) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Larry Keenan | (LW) | St. Louis Blues |
| Mike Laughton | (W) | Oakland Seals |
| Lowell MacDonald | (LW) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Terry Sawchuk | (G) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Brit Selby | (W) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Gary Smith | (G) | Oakland Seals |
| Gary Veneruzzo | (LW) | St. Louis Blues |

## Regular season
### Season standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 236 | 167 | +69 | 94 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 74 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 226 | 183 | +43 | 90 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 259 | 216 | +43 | 84 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 74 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 212 | 222 | −10 | 80 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 209 | 176 | +33 | 76 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 245 | 257 | −12 | 66 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 14, 1967 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 15, 1967 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | L | October 18, 1967 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | October 19, 1967 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | October 21, 1967 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | October 25, 1967 | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | W | October 28, 1967 | 5–2 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | L | October 29, 1967 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | W | November 1, 1967 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 5–4–0 |
| 10 | W | November 2, 1967 | 9–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 6–4–0 |
| 11 | W | November 4, 1967 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 7–4–0 |
| 12 | T | November 5, 1967 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 7–4–1 |
| 13 | W | November 8, 1967 | 6–1 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 8–4–1 |
| 14 | L | November 9, 1967 | 1–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 8–5–1 |
| 15 | L | November 11, 1967 | 1–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 8–6–1 |
| 16 | W | November 15, 1967 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 9–6–1 |
| 17 | T | November 18, 1967 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 9–6–2 |
| 18 | L | November 19, 1967 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 9–7–2 |
| 19 | W | November 22, 1967 | 3–0 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 10–7–2 |
| 20 | W | November 25, 1967 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 11–7–2 |
| 21 | W | November 29, 1967 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 12–7–2 |
| 22 | T | November 30, 1967 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 12–7–3 |
| 23 | W | December 2, 1967 | 3–0 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 13–7–3 |
| 24 | T | December 6, 1967 | 1–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 13–7–4 |
| 25 | T | December 9, 1967 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 13–7–5 |
| 26 | L | December 10, 1967 | 1–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 13–8–5 |
| 27 | L | December 13, 1967 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 13–9–5 |
| 28 | W | December 16, 1967 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 14–9–5 |
| 29 | L | December 17, 1967 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 14–10–5 |
| 30 | L | December 20, 1967 | 0–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 14–11–5 |
| 31 | W | December 23, 1967 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 15–11–5 |
| 32 | W | December 25, 1967 | 3–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 16–11–5 |
| 33 | T | December 27, 1967 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 16–11–6 |
| 34 | W | December 30, 1967 | 8–1 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 17–11–6 |
| 35 | L | December 31, 1967 | 0–4 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 17–12–6 |
| 36 | T | January 3, 1968 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 17–12–7 |
| 37 | T | January 6, 1968 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 17–12–8 |
| 38 | L | January 7, 1968 | 2–6 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 17–13–8 |
| 39 | W | January 10, 1968 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 18–13–8 |
| 40 | L | January 12, 1968 | 3–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 18–14–8 |
| 41 | W | January 13, 1968 | 7–0 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 19–14–8 |
| 42 | W | January 18, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 20–14–8 |
| 43 | W | January 20, 1968 | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 21–14–8 |
| 44 | W | January 21, 1968 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 22–14–8 |
| 45 | L | January 24, 1968 | 1–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 22–15–8 |
| 46 | L | January 27, 1968 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 22–16–8 |
| 47 | W | January 28, 1968 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 23–16–8 |
| 48 | L | January 30, 1968 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 23–17–8 |
| 49 | T | February 3, 1968 | 3–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 23–17–9 |
| 50 | L | February 4, 1968 | 1–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 23–18–9 |
| 51 | L | February 7, 1968 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 23–19–9 |
| 52 | L | February 11, 1968 | 3–4 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 23–20–9 |
| 53 | L | February 12, 1968 | 0–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 23–21–9 |
| 54 | L | February 14, 1968 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 23–22–9 |
| 55 | L | February 17, 1968 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 23–23–9 |
| 56 | L | February 21, 1968 | 1–5 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 23–24–9 |
| 57 | W | February 24, 1968 | 1–0 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 24–24–9 |
| 58 | L | February 25, 1968 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 24–25–9 |
| 59 | L | February 28, 1968 | 0–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 24–26–9 |
| 60 | L | February 29, 1968 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 24–27–9 |
| 61 | W | March 2, 1968 | 5–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 25–27–9 |
| 62 | W | March 6, 1968 | 7–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 26–27–9 |
| 63 | W | March 9, 1968 | 7–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 27–27–9 |
| 64 | L | March 10, 1968 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 27–28–9 |
| 65 | T | March 13, 1968 | 3–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 27–28–10 |
| 66 | W | March 16, 1968 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 28–28–10 |
| 67 | L | March 17, 1968 | 4–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 28–29–10 |
| 68 | L | March 20, 1968 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 28–30–10 |
| 69 | W | March 21, 1968 | 5–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 29–30–10 |
| 70 | W | March 23, 1968 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 30–30–10 |
| 71 | L | March 24, 1968 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 30–31–10 |
| 72 | W | March 27, 1968 | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 31–31–10 |
| 73 | W | March 30, 1968 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 32–31–10 |
| 74 | W | March 31, 1968 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 33–31–10 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Mike Walton | 73 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 48 |
| Bob Pulford | 74 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 40 |
| Ron Ellis | 74 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 8 |
| Dave Keon | 67 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 4 |
| Murray Oliver | 74 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 18 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 50 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 |
| George Armstrong | 62 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 4 |
| Jim Pappin | 58 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 37 |
| Tim Horton | 69 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 82 |
| Brian Conacher | 64 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 31 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 60 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 82 |
| Larry Hillman | 55 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 13 |
| Marcel Pronovost | 70 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 48 |
| Wayne Carleton | 65 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 |
| Norm Ullman | 13 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 |
| Allan Stanley | 64 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
| Paul Henderson | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Duane Rupp | 71 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 42 |
| Floyd Smith | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Byers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Pelyk | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
| Garry Unger | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Bower | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| J.P. Parise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Gamble | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Duke Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Hinse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Sly | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bruce Gamble | 2201 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 85 | 2.32 | 5 |
| Johnny Bower | 2239 | 43 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 84 | 2.25 | 4 |
| Team: | 4440 | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 169 | 2.28 | 9 |

## Awards and records

* Johnny Bower and Bruce Gamble, Runner-up, Vezina Trophy
* Bruce Gamble, All-Star Game MVP
* Tim Horton, 1967-68 NHL First Team All-Star

## Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1967–68 season.

### Trades

| June 6, 1967 | To Minnesota North StarsKen Broderick Barry MacKenzie Gary Dineen | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| June 8, 1967 | To Los Angeles KingsRed Kelly | To Toronto Maple LeafsKen Block |
| September 12, 1967 | To Philadelphia FlyersAl Millar | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| September 12, 1967 | To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)Tom Polanic | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| October 3, 1967 | To California SealsGerry Ehman | To Toronto Maple LeafsBryan Hextall Jr. J.P. Parise |
| October 15, 1967 | To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)Walt McKechnie | To Toronto Maple LeafsSteve Witiuk |
| December 23, 1967 | To Minnesota North StarsJ.P. Parise Milan Marcetta | To Toronto Maple LeafsTed Taylor Murray Hall Don Johns Len Landle Duke Harris Carl Wetzel |
| January 13, 1968 | To Minnesota North StarsBronco Horvath | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| March 3, 1968 | To Rochester Americans (AHL)Duke Harris | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| March 3, 1968 | To Detroit Red WingsFrank Mahovlich Pete Stemkowski Garry Unger Carl Brewer | To Toronto Maple LeafsDoug Barrie Norm Ullman Paul Henderson Floyd Smith |
| March 25, 1968 | To St. Louis BluesCash | To Toronto Maple LeafsPat Quinn |
| May 14, 1968 | To Oakland SealsCash | To Toronto Maple LeafsTerry Clancy |
| May 23, 1968 | To Chicago Black HawksJim Pappin | To Toronto Maple LeafsPierre Pilote |
| June 6, 1968 | To Detroit Red WingsDoug Barrie | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| June 6, 1968 | To Rochester Americans (AHL)Murray Hall | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| June 11, 1968 | To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)Bob Barlow | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |

### Intra-League Draft

| June 12, 1968 | To New York RangersBrian Conacher |
| June 12, 1968 | To Minnesota North StarsDuane Rupp |
| June 12, 1968 | To New York RangersLarry Hillman |
| June 12, 1968 | From Minnesota North StarsBill Plager |
| June 12, 1968 | From New York RangersLarry Mickey |
| June 12, 1968 | From Minnesota North StarsBill Sutherland |
| June 12, 1968 | From Detroit Red WingsGary Marsh |

### Reverse Draft

| June 13, 1968 | To Philadelphia FlyersAllan Stanley |
| June 13, 1968 | To Portland Buckaroos (WHL)Rick Foley |
| June 13, 1968 | From Detroit Red WingsGeorge Gardner |

### Free agents

| Player | Former team |
| Rene Robert | Undrafted free agent |
| Player | New team |
| Dickie Moore | St. Louis Blues |