Verdun Maple Leafs

The Verdun Maple Leafs was the name of three ice hockey clubs that existed in Verdun, Quebec, including a senior hockey team, and two junior teams. The Maple Leafs played home games at the Verdun Auditorium.
==History==
The first club was a senior hockey team established in the early 1920s. They played in the Montreal City Hockey League until 1937, then switched to the Quebec Senior Hockey League. The team folded after 1942 during World War II. This senior team coexisted with its farm club, a junior team from 1933 to 1950, also known as the Maple Leafs. Verdun were finalists for the Eastern Canadian Championship and the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1939 and 1940, but lost both times to the Oshawa Generals.
The Verdun Maple Leafs were revived again in 1958 playing in the Metropolitan Montreal Junior League. Verdun challenged against for the Eastern Canadian Championship in 1968, but were defeated bt the Niagara Falls Flyers. It then joined the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League when the Metropolitan and Quebec Jr.A leagues merged, and played from 1969 to 1972. Serge Martel won the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the league's rookie of the year, playing for Verdun in 1969–70.
=Senior Team=
==Season-by-Season Records==
===Montreal Senior Group===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1933-34	16 	6 	9 	1 	14.5 	48 	51 	4th 	Lost Semi Final
1934-35	20 	8 	9 	3 	20 	75 	75 	5th 	Out of Playoffs
1935-36	22 	15 	6 	1 	33 	103 	65 	1st 	Lost Final
1936-37	22 	3 	19 	0 	6 	39 	122 	7th 	Out of Playoffs
===Quebec Senior Hockey League===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1937-38	22 	14 	7 	1 	31 	90 	65 	1st 	Lost Final
1938-39	22 	14 	5 	3 	33 	- 	- 	4th 	Lost Semi Final
1939-40	30 	11 	11 	8 	30 	101 	112 	3rd 	Lost Final
1940-41	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	See Verdun Red Devils
=Junior Team=
==Season-by-Season Records==
===Junior Amateur Hockey Association (Quebec)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Playoffs
1934-35	10 	3 	6 	1 	7 	44 	46 	4th 	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1935-36	10 	8 	2 	0 	16 	29 	19 	1st 	Lost Semi Final
1936-37	11 	3 	8 	0 	6 	25 	51 	4th 	out of playoffs
1937-38	12 	7 	2 	3 	17 	39 	21 	1st 	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1938-39	11 	9 	0 	2 	20 	51 	23 	1st 	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1939-40	11 	6 	3 	2 	14 	52 	30 	2nd 	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1940-41	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	See Verdun Red Devils
1941-42	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	did not play
1942-43	21 	5 	13 	3 	13 	56 	94 	4th 	Lost Semi Final
1943-44	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	See Verdun Terriers
1944-45	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	See Verdun Terriers
1945-46	19 	8 	8 	3 	19 	81 	86 	3rd 	Lost Semi Final
1946-47	28 	12 	11 	5 	29 	116 	103 	5th 	Lost Quarter Final
1947-48	32 	10 	18 	4 	24 	95 	123 	4th South	Lost Quarter Final
1948-49	46 	2 	43 	1 	5 	- 	- 	5th South	out of playoffs
===Quebec Junior Hockey League===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1949-50	36 	7 	24 	5 	19 	- 	- 	6th 	out of playoffs
1950-51	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	See Verdun Lasalles
=== Metropolitan Montreal Junior League ===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1958-59	32 	13 	14 	4 	30 	149 	162 	4th 	
1959-60	32 	15 	12 	5 	35 	158 	137 	4th 	
1960-61	42 	23 	17 	2 	48 	190 	167 	3rd 	
1961-62	42 	27 	11 	4 	58 	193 	148 	1st 	
1962-63	42 	22 	14 	6 	50 	201 	167 	3rd 	
1963-64	44 	23 	15 	6 	52 	229 	193 	3rd 	
1964-65	42 	24 	15 	3 	51 	189 	133 	4th 	
1965-66	39 	31 	5 	3 	65 	220 	108 	1st 	
1966-67	42 	29 	10 	3 	61 	251 	155 	1st 	
1967-68	40 	29 	10 	1 	59 	238 	160 	1st 	
1968-69	48 	17 	30 	1 	35 	151 	174 	7th 	
======NHL alumni==
List of alumni from the Verdun Maple Leafs who also played in the National Hockey League. Two Hockey Hall of Fame members played for the Maple Leafs. Émile Bouchard and Maurice Richard were teammates during the 1939–40 season.
;Senior Verdun Maple Leafs (1924–1942)
* Paul Bibeault
* Rene Boileau
* Conrad Bourcier
* Jean Bourcier
* Claude Bourque
* George Brown
* Maurice Croghan
* Hank Damore
* Connie Dion
* Frank Eddolls
* Bob Fillion
* Ernie Laforce
* Albert "Battleship" Leduc
* Fern Majeau
* Bill Meronek
* Rollie Paulhus
* Les Ramsay
* Mel Read
* Maurice Richard
* Alex Smart
* Bill Summerhill
* Moe White
* Don Willson
;Junior Verdun Maple Leafs (1934–1950)
* Jim Bartlett
* Paul Bibeault
* Émile Bouchard
* Conrad Bourcier
* Maurice Croghan
* Connie Dion
* Frank Eddolls
* Eddie Emberg
* Bob Fillion
* Jean-Paul Gladu
* Fern Majeau
* Jim Morrison
* Marcel Pelletier
* Jimmy Peters
* Les Ramsay
* Mel Read
* Maurice Richard
* Roly Rossignol
* Roland Rousseau
* Moe White
* Larry Zeidel
;Verdun Maple Leafs (1963–1972)
* Bob Berry
* Richard Brodeur
* Guy Charron
* Rey Comeau
* Jude Drouin
* Andre Dupont
* Peter Folco
* Richard Grenier
* Pierre Hamel
* Guy Lapointe
* Gilles Meloche
* Jake Rathwell
* Bob Sauve
==Photo Gallery==
39-30VerML.jpg|Maurice Richard is second from the right in the front row of the 1939-40 team
Maple Leafs Verdun 1957-58.jpg|1957-58 Verdun Maple Leafs
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
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