1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 23rd season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the league and lost in the 1940 Stanley Cup Finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Maple Leafs held their training camp in St. Catharines, Ontario. Herb Mortimer came up from the Toronto Goodyears to support Turk Broda and Phil Stein in net during the pre-season. He is seen in the team picture on front left.
==Regular Season==
Before the December 19, 1939 game at Boston versus the Boston Bruins, Conn Smythe puts an ad in the Boston Globe which states "Attention Hockey Fans! If you're tired of seeing the kind of hockey the Boston Bruins are playing, come to the Garden tonight and see a real hockey club, the Toronto Maple Leafs." The Bruins win 3-2 in overtime.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	November 4, 1939 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	November 11, 1939 	1–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	November 12, 1939 	1–0 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	November 18, 1939 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	3–0–1
5 	W 	November 19, 1939 	7–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	4–0–1
6 	W 	November 25, 1939 	4–3 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	5–0–1
7 	L 	November 26, 1939 	1–2 OT 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	5–1–1
8 	L 	November 28, 1939 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	5–2–1
9 	T 	December 2, 1939 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	5–2–2
10 	W 	December 3, 1939 	3–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	6–2–2
11 	L 	December 7, 1939 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	6–3–2
12 	W 	December 9, 1939 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	7–3–2
13 	T 	December 14, 1939 	1–1 OT 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	7–3–3
14 	W 	December 16, 1939 	5–1 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	8–3–3
15 	W 	December 17, 1939 	4–1 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	9–3–3
16 	L 	December 19, 1939 	2–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	9–4–3
17 	L 	December 21, 1939 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–5–3
18 	W 	December 23, 1939 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	10–5–3
19 	L 	December 25, 1939 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	10–6–3
20 	W 	December 28, 1939 	6–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	11–6–3
21 	W 	December 30, 1939 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	12–6–3
22 	W 	December 31, 1939 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	13–6–3
23 	L 	January 4, 1940 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	13–7–3
24 	W 	January 6, 1940 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	14–7–3
25 	W 	January 9, 1940 	3–2 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	15–7–3
26 	L 	January 11, 1940 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	15–8–3
27 	L 	January 13, 1940 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	15–9–3
28 	T 	January 18, 1940 	2–2 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	15–9–4
29 	W 	January 20, 1940 	5–1 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	16–9–4
30 	L 	January 21, 1940 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	16–10–4
31 	L 	January 23, 1940 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	16–11–4
32 	L 	January 25, 1940 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	16–12–4
33 	W 	January 27, 1940 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	17–12–4
34 	L 	February 3, 1940 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	17–13–4
35 	L 	February 8, 1940 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1939–40) 	17–14–4
36 	T 	February 10, 1940 	4–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	17–14–5
37 	W 	February 17, 1940 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	18–14–5
38 	W 	February 18, 1940 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	19–14–5
39 	L 	February 20, 1940 	0–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	19–15–5
40 	W 	February 22, 1940 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	20–15–5
41 	W 	February 24, 1940 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1939–40) 	21–15–5
42 	W 	February 29, 1940 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 	22–15–5
43 	T 	March 2, 1940 	1–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1939–40) 	22–15–6
44 	W 	March 9, 1940 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 	23–15–6
45 	L 	March 10, 1940 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	23–16–6
46 	W 	March 14, 1940 	8–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 	24–16–6
47 	W 	March 16, 1940 	8–6 	New York Americans (1939–40) 	25–16–6
48 	L 	March 17, 1940 	2–5 	@ New York Americans (1939–40) 	25–17–6
==Playoffs==
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	43	21	19	40 	13
 	C 	27	13	17	30 	5
 	LW 	39	11	15	26 	10
 	LW 	48	8 	18	26 	56
 	C 	42	11	12	23 	12
 	LW 	40	5 	17	22 	63
 	C 	39	7 	14	21 	2
 	RW 	34	11	9 	20 	15
 	RW 	42	10	9 	19 	15
 	D 	39	6 	9 	15 	59
 	C/RW	28	6 	8 	14 	11
 	LW 	31	6 	5 	11 	2
 	LW 	21	6 	4 	10 	2
 	C 	29	4 	6 	10 	9
 	D 	31	1 	9 	10 	87
 	D 	27	2 	7 	9 	11
 	D 	34	2 	5 	7 	13
 	D 	31	1 	4 	5 	62
 	D 	23	2 	2 	4 	23
 	RW 	10	1 	1 	2 	4
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2900	47	25	17	5	108	2.23	4
 	70 	1 	0 	0 	1	2 	1.71	0
Team: 	2970	48	25	17	6	110	2.22	4
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	10	5	2	7 	2
 	LW 	10	5	1	6 	4
 	RW 	10	3	1	4 	0
 	RW 	10	1	3	4 	23
 	LW 	9 	1	3	4 	9
 	LW 	9 	1	3	4 	4
 	LW 	10	0	3	3 	16
 	C 	10	0	3	3 	0
 	C 	9 	2	0	2 	2
 	D 	10	1	1	2 	6
 	D 	9 	0	2	2 	55
 	D 	10	1	0	1 	2
 	C 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	657	10	6	4	19	1.74	1
Team: 	657	10	6	4	19	1.74	1
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*O'Brien Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs
==Gallery==
2Apr1940-Broda_Pike_Smith_Marker_L._Patrick_Stanowski.jpg|Turk Broda, Alf Pike, Clint Smith, Gus Marker, Lynn Patrick and Wally Stanowski in Game 1 of the 1940 Stanley Cup Finals, April 2, 1940.
39-40NHLTorontoGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1939–40 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:1939 in hockey
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