1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==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
2 	L 	October 24, 1965 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 27, 1965 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 30, 1965 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	2–2–0
5 	T 	November 3, 1965 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	November 4, 1965 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	November 6, 1965 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	November 7, 1965 	0–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	2–5–1
9 	T 	November 10, 1965 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	2–5–2
10 	W 	November 13, 1965 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	3–5–2
11 	L 	November 14, 1965 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	3–6–2
12 	W 	November 18, 1965 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	4–6–2
13 	W 	November 20, 1965 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	5–6–2
14 	W 	November 21, 1965 	7–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–6–2
15 	L 	November 24, 1965 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	6–7–2
16 	L 	November 27, 1965 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	6–8–2
17 	W 	November 28, 1965 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	7–8–2
18 	T 	December 1, 1965 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	7–8–3
19 	L 	December 4, 1965 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	7–9–3
20 	L 	December 5, 1965 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	7–10–3
21 	W 	December 11, 1965 	8–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	8–10–3
22 	T 	December 12, 1965 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	8–10–4
23 	W 	December 15, 1965 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	9–10–4
24 	W 	December 16, 1965 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	10–10–4
25 	W 	December 18, 1965 	8–4 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	11–10–4
26 	W 	December 19, 1965 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	12–10–4
27 	W 	December 25, 1965 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	13–10–4
28 	T 	December 26, 1965 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	13–10–5
29 	W 	December 29, 1965 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	14–10–5
30 	W 	January 1, 1966 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	15–10–5
31 	L 	January 2, 1966 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	15–11–5
32 	L 	January 8, 1966 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	15–12–5
33 	L 	January 9, 1966 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	15–13–5
34 	W 	January 13, 1966 	6–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	16–13–5
35 	W 	January 15, 1966 	6–1 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	17–13–5
36 	L 	January 16, 1966 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	17–14–5
37 	W 	January 19, 1966 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	18–14–5
38 	W 	January 22, 1966 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	19–14–5
39 	L 	January 23, 1966 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	19–15–5
40 	W 	January 29, 1966 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	20–15–5
41 	L 	January 30, 1966 	4–8 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	20–16–5
42 	L 	February 3, 1966 	4–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	20–17–5
43 	W 	February 5, 1966 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	21–17–5
44 	L 	February 6, 1966 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–18–5
45 	W 	February 9, 1966 	3–0 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	22–18–5
46 	T 	February 12, 1966 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	22–18–6
47 	T 	February 13, 1966 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	22–18–7
48 	W 	February 16, 1966 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	23–18–7
49 	L 	February 19, 1966 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	23–19–7
50 	L 	February 20, 1966 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	23–20–7
51 	W 	February 23, 1966 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	24–20–7
52 	W 	February 26, 1966 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	25–20–7
53 	T 	February 27, 1966 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	25–20–8
54 	T 	March 2, 1966 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	25–20–9
55 	W 	March 3, 1966 	4–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	26–20–9
56 	W 	March 5, 1966 	5–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	27–20–9
57 	W 	March 6, 1966 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	28–20–9
58 	W 	March 9, 1966 	1–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	29–20–9
59 	W 	March 12, 1966 	6–0 	Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	30–20–9
60 	L 	March 13, 1966 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	30–21–9
61 	L 	March 16, 1966 	2–7 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	30–22–9
62 	W 	March 19, 1966 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 	31–22–9
63 	L 	March 20, 1966 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	31–23–9
64 	W 	March 24, 1966 	2–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	32–23–9
65 	W 	March 26, 1966 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	33–23–9
66 	W 	March 27, 1966 	5–1 	@ New York Rangers (1965–66) 	34–23–9
67 	L 	March 30, 1966 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 	34–24–9
68 	L 	March 31, 1966 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 	34–25–9
69 	T 	April 2, 1966 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1965–66) 	34–25–10
70 	T 	April 3, 1966 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 	34–25–11
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 7 	Toronto 	3 	Montreal	4 	
April 9 	Toronto 	0 	Montreal	2 	
April 12	Montreal	5 	Toronto 	2 	
April 14	Montreal	4 	Toronto 	1 	
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Frank Mahovlich 	68	32	24	56 	68
Bob Pulford 	70	28	28	56 	51
Dave Keon 	69	24	30	54 	4
George Armstrong 	70	16	35	51 	12
Eddie Shack 	63	26	17	43 	88
Ron Ellis 	70	19	23	42 	24
Red Kelly 	63	8 	24	32 	12
Tim Horton 	70	6 	22	28 	76
Larry Hillman 	48	3 	25	28 	34
Brit Selby 	61	14	13	27 	26
Wally Boyer 	46	4 	17	21 	23
Kent Douglas 	64	6 	14	20 	97
Allan Stanley 	59	4 	14	18 	35
Pete Stemkowski 	56	4 	12	16 	55
Orland Kurtenbach	70	9 	6 	15 	54
Marcel Pronovost 	54	2 	8 	10 	34
Bob Baun 	44	0 	6 	6 	68
Mike Walton 	6 	1 	3 	4 	0
Jim Pappin 	7 	0 	3 	3 	8
Larry Jeffrey 	20	1 	1 	2 	22
Eddie Joyal 	14	0 	2 	2 	2
Dick Gamble 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0
Wayne Carleton 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
Duane Rupp 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
Al Arbour 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2
Terry Sawchuk 	27	0 	1 	1 	12
Johnny Bower 	35	0 	1 	1 	0
Brian Conacher 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
Brent Imlach 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Jim McKenny 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
Darryl Sly 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Al Smith 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Gary Smith 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bruce Gamble 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower 	1998	35	18	10	5 	75 	2.25	 	 	 	3
Terry Sawchuk	1521	27	10	11	3 	80 	3.16	 	 	 	1
Bruce Gamble 	501 	10	5 	2 	3 	21 	2.51	 	 	 	4
Al Smith 	62 	2 	1 	0 	0 	2 	1.94	 	 	 	0
Gary Smith 	118 	3 	0 	2 	0 	7 	3.56	 	 	 	0
Team: 	4200	70	34	25	11	185	2.64	 	 	 	8
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Eddie Shack 	4 	2	1	3 	33
Larry Hillman 	4 	1	1	2 	6
Bob Pulford 	4 	1	1	2 	12
Red Kelly 	4 	0	2	2 	0
Dave Keon 	4 	0	2	2 	0
Tim Horton 	4 	1	0	1 	12
Frank Mahovlich 	4 	1	0	1 	10
George Armstrong 	4 	0	1	1 	4
Bob Baun 	4 	0	1	1 	8
Wally Boyer 	4 	0	1	1 	0
Kent Douglas 	4 	0	1	1 	12
Allan Stanley 	1 	0	0	0 	0
Ron Ellis 	4 	0	0	0 	2
Orland Kurtenbach	4 	0	0	0 	20
Marcel Pronovost 	4 	0	0	0 	6
Brit Selby 	4 	0	0	0 	0
Pete Stemkowski 	4 	0	0	0 	26
Johnny Bower 	2 	0	0	0 	0
Terry Sawchuk 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower 	120	2 	0	2	 	8 	4.00	 	 	 	0
Terry Sawchuk	120	2 	0	2	 	6 	3.00	 	 	 	0
Team: 	240	4 	0	4	 	14	3.50	 	 	 	0
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Brit Selby
*Frank Mahovlich, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Allan Stanley, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
The Toronto Maple Leafs did not pick any players at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft.
==Farm Teams==
*American Hockey League: Rochester Americans finished 1st in Western Division and won Calder Cup.
*Western Hockey League: Victoria Maple Leafs finished second and won Lester Patrick Cup.
*Central Hockey League: Tulsa Oilers finished third and lost Adams Cup final.
*OHA Junior: Toronto Marlboros finished sixth and lost semi-final.
*OHA Junior: London Nationals finished ninth and last.
==Gallery==
27Oct1965-Mahovlich_Cheevers_Awrey.jpg|Frank Mahovlich, Gerry Cheevers (playing in his first game for the Bruins), Don Awrey, October 27, 1965.
Fleming_goal-17Nov1965.gif|Reg Fleming's game winner, November 27, 1965.
19Dec1965-Bower_Williams_Douglas_Fleming.jpg|Bruins Tom Williams and #19 Reg Fleming, Leafs Johnny Bower and Kent Douglas, December 19, 1965.
6Mar1966-Gamble_Stewart.jpg|Bruce Gamble and Ron Stewart, March 6, 1966.
1966-Horton_Bucyk_Martin.jpg|Tim Horton, John Bucyk and Pit Martin in 1966 action.
1965-66-Parent_Marotte_Keon.jpg|Bernie Parent, Gilles Marotte and Dave Keon in 1965-66 season action.
1965-66-Awrey-Parent-Woytowich.jpg|Don Awrey, Bernie Parent, Bob Woytowich in 1965-66 season action.
65-66NHLTorontoGameAd.jpg|Home Opener
65-66NHLSFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
65-66NHLPOTorontoGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
65-66NHLExhTorMLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
==See Also==
*1965–66 NHL season
==References==
* 
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1965–66
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1965–66
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