1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1969-70 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 53rd season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 6th in the East Division and missed the playoffs.
==Off-season==
Punch Imlach's term as Maple Leafs' general manager ended after the 1969 playoffs. Jim Gregory, who had been an executive with the Toronto Marlboros was named general manager, the first new GM for the Maple Leafs since 1957.
===Draft Picks===
#	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Ernie Moser (Right Wing)	 	Estevan Bruins
2	Doug Brindley (Center) 	 	Niagara Falls Flyers
3	Larry McIntyre (Defense)	 	Moose Jaw Canucks
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1969a.html
==Regular Season==
===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 	L 	October 11, 1969 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	October 15, 1969 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	October 18, 1969 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	October 19, 1969 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (1969–70) 	1–2–1
5 	L 	October 22, 1969 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 25, 1969 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 29, 1969 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	November 1, 1969 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1969–70) 	3–4–1
9 	T 	November 2, 1969 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	3–4–2
10 	W 	November 4, 1969 	5–2 	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 	4–4–2
11 	L 	November 5, 1969 	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 	4–5–2
12 	L 	November 8, 1969 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	4–6–2
13 	L 	November 9, 1969 	0–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	4–7–2
14 	L 	November 12, 1969 	0–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 	4–8–2
15 	W 	November 15, 1969 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 	5–8–2
16 	T 	November 19, 1969 	4–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 	5–8–3
17 	W 	November 22, 1969 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	6–8–3
18 	W 	November 23, 1969 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 	7–8–3
19 	L 	November 26, 1969 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	7–9–3
20 	W 	November 29, 1969 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 	8–9–3
21 	L 	November 30, 1969 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	8–10–3
22 	T 	December 3, 1969 	5–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	8–10–4
23 	W 	December 6, 1969 	5–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 	9–10–4
24 	L 	December 7, 1969 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 	9–11–4
25 	L 	December 10, 1969 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	9–12–4
26 	L 	December 11, 1969 	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 	9–13–4
27 	L 	December 13, 1969 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	9–14–4
28 	W 	December 14, 1969 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1969–70) 	10–14–4
29 	L 	December 20, 1969 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1969–70) 	10–15–4
30 	W 	December 21, 1969 	3–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	11–15–4
31 	W 	December 24, 1969 	8–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 	12–15–4
32 	L 	December 26, 1969 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 	12–16–4
33 	W 	December 27, 1969 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 	13–16–4
34 	T 	December 31, 1969 	1–1 	Oakland Seals (1969–70) 	13–16–5
35 	W 	January 3, 1970 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	14–16–5
36 	T 	January 4, 1970 	4–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 	14–16–6
37 	T 	January 7, 1970 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 	14–16–7
38 	W 	January 10, 1970 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	15–16–7
39 	L 	January 14, 1970 	1–7 	New York Rangers (1969–70) 	15–17–7
40 	L 	January 15, 1970 	0–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 	15–18–7
41 	W 	January 17, 1970 	4–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 	16–18–7
42 	W 	January 22, 1970 	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 	17–18–7
43 	L 	January 23, 1970 	3–6 	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 	17–19–7
44 	W 	January 25, 1970 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	18–19–7
45 	T 	January 28, 1970 	4–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 	18–19–8
46 	W 	January 31, 1970 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	19–19–8
47 	L 	February 1, 1970 	6–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	19–20–8
48 	W 	February 4, 1970 	1–0 	St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 	20–20–8
49 	L 	February 5, 1970 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	20–21–8
50 	W 	February 7, 1970 	5–1 	Oakland Seals (1969–70) 	21–21–8
51 	T 	February 11, 1970 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	21–21–9
52 	T 	February 12, 1970 	3–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 	21–21–10
53 	W 	February 14, 1970 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 	22–21–10
54 	L 	February 15, 1970 	4–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	22–22–10
55 	W 	February 18, 1970 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	23–22–10
56 	L 	February 21, 1970 	5–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	23–23–10
57 	L 	February 22, 1970 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1969–70) 	23–24–10
58 	W 	February 25, 1970 	4–1 	Oakland Seals (1969–70) 	24–24–10
59 	T 	February 28, 1970 	3–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 	24–24–11
60 	L 	March 1, 1970 	0–8 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	24–25–11
61 	W 	March 3, 1970 	4–1 	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 	25–25–11
62 	W 	March 5, 1970 	5–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 	26–25–11
63 	L 	March 7, 1970 	3–8 	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 	26–26–11
64 	L 	March 11, 1970 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	26–27–11
65 	W 	March 14, 1970 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	27–27–11
66 	T 	March 15, 1970 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	27–27–12
67 	L 	March 18, 1970 	4–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	27–28–12
68 	W 	March 21, 1970 	2–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 	28–28–12
69 	W 	March 22, 1970 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1969–70) 	29–28–12
70 	L 	March 25, 1970 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 	29–29–12
71 	T 	March 28, 1970 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	29–29–13
72 	L 	March 29, 1970 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 	29–30–13
73 	L 	April 1, 1970 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1969–70) 	29–31–13
74 	L 	April 2, 1970 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 	29–32–13
75 	L 	April 4, 1970 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	29–33–13
76 	L 	April 5, 1970 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 	29–34–13
==Playoffs==
*The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	72	32	30	62 	6 	9 	2 	4
 	C 	74	18	42	60 	37 	4 	1 	0
 	C 	58	21	34	55 	68 	7 	0 	6
 	RW 	76	35	19	54 	14 	6 	1 	3
 	C 	76	14	33	47 	16 	5 	0 	3
 	D 	73	11	33	44 	34 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	67	20	22	42 	18 	5 	0 	4
 	LW 	74	18	19	37 	31 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	49	13	15	28 	12 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	74	10	13	23 	40 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	59	3 	19	22 	91 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	61	4 	14	18 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	7 	10	17 	36 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	46	6 	11	17 	99 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	2 	13	15 	102	1 	0 	0
 	D 	52	1 	14	15 	50 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	52	6 	5 	11 	31 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	59	0 	5 	5 	88 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	1 	3 	4 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	1 	1 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3057	52	19	24	9 	156	3.06	5
 	1420	25	10	9 	4 	77 	3.25	1
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	5 	5.00	0
 	23 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	5.22	0
Team: 	4560	76	29	34	13	240	3.16	6
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==
*The Maple Leafs did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1969-70 season.
===Trades===
December 10, 1969	To Boston BruinsWayne Carleton 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJim Harrison
February 1, 1970 	To Los Angeles KingsGary Marsh 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJacques Lemieux
March 3, 1970 	To New York RangersTim Horton 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDenis Dupéré
May 1, 1970 	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)Cash 	To Toronto Maple LeafsBrad SelwoodRene Robert
May 18, 1970 	To St. Louis BluesCash 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJacques Plante
May 22, 1970 	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)Cash 	To Toronto Maple LeafsChris EvansTom Martin
May 22, 1970 	To Minnesota North StarsMurray Oliver	To Toronto Maple LeafsTerry O'MalleyBrian Conacher
===Intra-League Draft===
June 9, 1970	From New York RangersGuy Trottier
June 9, 1970	To Detroit Red WingsTom Martin
===Reverse Draft===
June 9, 1970	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)John Wright
===Expansion Draft===
June 10, 1970	To Vancouver CanucksDanny Johnson
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Doug Acomb 	Undrafted Free Agent
Bob Liddington 	Undrafted Free Agent
Brian Marchinko	Undrafted Free Agent
Gordie Nelson 	Undrafted Free Agent
Ken Murray 	Undrafted Free Agent
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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Defensemen
* 
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* 
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* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*		
Wingers
* 
* 
* 
* 
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* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*		
Centres
* 
* 
* 
* - C
* 
* 
*GM: Jim Gregory
*Coach: John McLellan
==Farm Teams==
==Video==
Leafs-Seals game from February 7, 1970.
1970 Oakland vs Toronto with Norm Ullman
==Gallery==
1969-70-Orr_Horton_Ellis_Gamble.jpg|Bobby Orr, Tim Horton, Ron Ellis, Bruce Gamble during the 1969-70 season.
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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