1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 50th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 40th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished 3rd in the league and defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2 in the Semi-finals before beating the Montreal Canadiens in six games in the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals to win the eleventh Stanley Cup in franchise history. As of 2020, this is the last time the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
==Regular Season==
===Five to a Crease===
In 1966–67, the Maple Leafs had five goaltenders suit up during the regular season. Besides Bower and Sawchuk, the Maple Leafs employed Bruce Gamble, Al Smith, and Gary Smith. As Bower struggled with injuries, Al Smith actually sat on the bench for two of the last three Stanley Cup games. 67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire, p. 82, Damien Cox and Gord Stellick, ISBN number: 0–470–83400–5, Publisher: John Wiley and Sons For many inside the organization, the controversy was that Smith was on the bench, and not a proven player like Gamble. The concern was that if Sawchuk was injured, having Smith instead of Gamble would be a huge risk. The source of the controversy was that Bruce Gamble was competing for the Rochester Americans. Imlach was a part owner of the Americans, and was anxious to protect Rochester's roster at playoff time, as a means of protecting his investment. 
===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 	T 	October 22, 1966 	4–4 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 23, 1966 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	October 26, 1966 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	1–1–1
4 	T 	October 29, 1966 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	1–1–2
5 	T 	November 2, 1966 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	1–1–3
6 	T 	November 3, 1966 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	1–1–4
7 	W 	November 5, 1966 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	2–1–4
8 	T 	November 6, 1966 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	2–1–5
9 	W 	November 9, 1966 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	3–1–5
10 	L 	November 10, 1966 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	3–2–5
11 	T 	November 12, 1966 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	3–2–6
12 	L 	November 13, 1966 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	3–3–6
13 	W 	November 19, 1966 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	4–3–6
14 	T 	November 20, 1966 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	4–3–7
15 	W 	November 23, 1966 	6–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	5–3–7
16 	W 	November 26, 1966 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	6–3–7
17 	L 	November 27, 1966 	0–5 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	6–4–7
18 	W 	November 30, 1966 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	7–4–7
19 	W 	December 3, 1966 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	8–4–7
20 	W 	December 4, 1966 	8–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	9–4–7
21 	L 	December 7, 1966 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	9–5–7
22 	W 	December 10, 1966 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	10–5–7
23 	L 	December 11, 1966 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	10–6–7
24 	W 	December 14, 1966 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	11–6–7
25 	L 	December 17, 1966 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	11–7–7
26 	L 	December 18, 1966 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	11–8–7
27 	L 	December 21, 1966 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	11–9–7
28 	W 	December 24, 1966 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	12–9–7
29 	W 	December 25, 1966 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	13–9–7
30 	L 	December 31, 1966 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	13–10–7
31 	W 	January 1, 1967 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	14–10–7
32 	T 	January 4, 1967 	1–1 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	14–10–8
33 	W 	January 7, 1967 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	15–10–8
34 	L 	January 8, 1967 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	15–11–8
35 	W 	January 11, 1967 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	16–11–8
36 	W 	January 14, 1967 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	17–11–8
37 	L 	January 15, 1967 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	17–12–8
38 	L 	January 19, 1967 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	17–13–8
39 	L 	January 21, 1967 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	17–14–8
40 	L 	January 22, 1967 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	17–15–8
41 	L 	January 25, 1967 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	17–16–8
42 	L 	January 28, 1967 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	17–17–8
43 	L 	January 29, 1967 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	17–18–8
44 	L 	February 1, 1967 	1–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	17–19–8
45 	L 	February 5, 1967 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	17–20–8
46 	L 	February 8, 1967 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	17–21–8
47 	T 	February 11, 1967 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	17–21–9
48 	W 	February 12, 1967 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	18–21–9
49 	W 	February 15, 1967 	6–0 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	19–21–9
50 	W 	February 18, 1967 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	20–21–9
51 	W 	February 22, 1967 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	21–21–9
52 	W 	February 23, 1967 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	22–21–9
53 	W 	February 25, 1967 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	23–21–9
54 	W 	February 26, 1967 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	24–21–9
55 	T 	March 1, 1967 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	24–21–10
56 	W 	March 4, 1967 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	25–21–10
57 	L 	March 5, 1967 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	25–22–10
58 	W 	March 8, 1967 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	26–22–10
59 	T 	March 11, 1967 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	26–22–11
60 	L 	March 12, 1967 	0–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67)	26–23–11
61 	L 	March 15, 1967 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	26–24–11
62 	W 	March 18, 1967 	9–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1966–67) 	27–24–11
63 	W 	March 19, 1967 	6–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1966–67) 	28–24–11
64 	L 	March 22, 1967 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	28–25–11
65 	W 	March 23, 1967 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	29–25–11
66 	W 	March 25, 1967 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	30–25–11
67 	L 	March 26, 1967 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1966–67) 	30–26–11
68 	L 	March 29, 1967 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1966–67) 	30–27–11
69 	W 	April 1, 1967 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1966–67) 	31–27–11
70 	W 	April 2, 1967 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1966–67) 	32–27–11
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 20	Toronto 	2 	Montreal	6 	
April 22	Toronto 	3 	Montreal	0 	
April 25	Montreal	2 	Toronto 	3 	2OT
April 27	Montreal	6 	Toronto 	2 	
April 29	Toronto 	4 	Montreal	1 	
May 2 	Montreal	1 	Toronto 	3 	
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Dave Keon 	66	19	33 	52 	2
Frank Mahovlich 	63	18	28 	46 	44
Bob Pulford 	67	17	28 	45 	28
Ron Ellis 	67	22	23 	45 	14
Pete Stemkowski 	68	13	22 	35 	75
George Armstrong	70	9 	24 	33 	26
Jim Pappin 	64	21	11 	32 	89
Larry Jeffrey 	56	11	17 	28 	27
Brian Conacher 	66	14	13 	27 	47
Eddie Shack 	63	11	14 	25 	58
Mike Walton 	31	7 	10 	17 	13
John Brenneman 	41	6 	4 	10 	4
Brit Selby 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0
Wayne Carleton 	5 	1 	0 	1 	14
Brent Imlach 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Dick Gamble 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Defencemen===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Red Kelly 	61	14	24 	38 	4
Tim Horton 	70	8 	17 	25 	70
Larry Hillman 	55	4 	19 	23 	40
Marcel Pronovost	58	2 	12 	14 	28
Kent Douglas 	39	2 	12 	14 	48
Allan Stanley 	53	1 	12 	13 	20
Bob Baun 	54	2 	8 	10 	83
Jim McKenny 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0
Duane Rupp 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
Terry Sawchuk	28	15	5 	4	2 	2.81
Johnny Bower 	27	12	9 	3	2 	2.64
Bruce Gamble 	23	5 	10	4	0 	3.39
Gary Smith 	2 	0 	2 	0	0 	3.65
Al Smith 	1 	0 	1 	0	0 	5.00
==Awards and Records==
*Conn Smythe Trophy: Dave Keon
*Tim Horton, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Toronto Maple Leafs 1967 Stanley Cup Champions==
Johnny Bower, Terry Sawchuk, Larry Hillman, Marcel Pronovost, Tim Horton, Bob Baun, Aut Erickson, Allan Stanley, Red Kelly, Ron Ellis, George Armstrong (captain), Pete Stemkowski, Dave Keon, Mike Walton, Jim Pappin, Bob Pulford, Brian Conacher, Eddie Shack, Frank Mahovlich, Milan Marcetta, Punch Imlach (manager-coach), Bob Haggart (trainer)
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1966-67 season.
===Trades===
May 15, 1967	To Boston BruinsEddie Shack	To Toronto Maple LeafsMurray OliverCash
June 1, 1967	To New York RangersCash 	To Toronto Maple LeafsPete Conacher
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Andre Hinse	Undrafted Free Agent
==Gallery==
1966-67-Williams_Orr-Stemkowski.jpg|Tom Williams, Pete Stemkowski, Bobby Orr in 1966-67 action.
Orr_goal-18Feb1967.gif|Bobby Orr scores, February 18, 1967.
1967-Mar11-Schinkel goal.gif|Ken Schinkel scores shorthanded, March 11, 1967.
66-67NHLExhTorMLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
66-67NHLPOTorontoGameAd.jpg|Playoffs
66-67NHLTorontoGameAd.jpg
==Video==
The second and third period of the Bruins-Leafs match from November 26, 1966.
1966 11 26 TORONTO VS BOSTON ORIG CBC Telecast Bobby Orr Rookie
Nearly 10 minutes of random clips from the 1966-67 season set to Mexican horn music. At 1:45, Boston's Wayne Connelly scores, assisted by Ron Schock, which tied the December 28, 1966 game versus the Montreal Canadiens at 1-1.
Blades and Brass
Game 4 of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals between Toronto and Montreal, April 27, 1967.
1967 04 27 TORONTO VS MONTREAL GAME 4 ORIG BROADCAST
Game 6 of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals between Toronto and Montreal, May 2, 1967.
NHL Classic Games- 1967 Stanley Cup Final, Gm6- Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens
==References==
*Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
*Maple Leafs on Database Hockey
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