1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 72nd season of the franchise, 62nd season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	6. 	Scott Pearson (LW)	 	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
2 	27. 	Tie Domi (RW) 	 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
==Regular Season==
* November 7, 1988 – The Maple Leafs traded RW Russ Courtnall to Montreal for RW John Kordic and a 6th-round choice (Michael Doers)
* Ken Wregget was traded by Maple Leafs to Philadelphia Flyers for two first-round picks (RW Rob Pearson and D Steve Bancroft) in 1989 draft, March 6, 1989.
===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 6, 1988 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 8, 1988 	7–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 9, 1988 	8–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 12, 1988 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 14, 1988 	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 15, 1988 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 17, 1988 	6–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	4–3–0
8 	W 	October 19, 1988 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	5–3–0
9 	W 	October 21, 1988 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	6–3–0
10 	T 	October 22, 1988 	3–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	6–3–1
11 	W 	October 25, 1988 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	7–3–1
12 	W 	October 26, 1988 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	8–3–1
13 	L 	October 29, 1988 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	8–4–1
14 	L 	November 2, 1988 	2–7 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	8–5–1
15 	L 	November 5, 1988 	4–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	8–6–1
16 	L 	November 10, 1988 	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	8–7–1
17 	L 	November 12, 1988 	2–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	8–8–1
18 	L 	November 14, 1988 	4–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	8–9–1
19 	W 	November 16, 1988 	8–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	9–9–1
20 	L 	November 18, 1988 	0–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	9–10–1
21 	L 	November 19, 1988 	1–9 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	9–11–1
22 	W 	November 21, 1988 	4–0 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	10–11–1
23 	W 	November 23, 1988 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	11–11–1
24 	L 	November 25, 1988 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	11–12–1
25 	L 	November 26, 1988 	3–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	11–13–1
26 	L 	December 1, 1988 	3–9 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	11–14–1
27 	L 	December 3, 1988 	0–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	11–15–1
28 	L 	December 9, 1988 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	11–16–1
29 	L 	December 10, 1988 	2–8 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	11–17–1
30 	T 	December 12, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	11–17–2
31 	L 	December 14, 1988 	2–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	11–18–2
32 	L 	December 15, 1988 	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	11–19–2
33 	L 	December 17, 1988 	1–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	11–20–2
34 	W 	December 19, 1988 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	12–20–2
35 	L 	December 21, 1988 	1–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	12–21–2
36 	L 	December 23, 1988 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	12–22–2
37 	L 	December 26, 1988 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	12–23–2
38 	W 	December 29, 1988 	6–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	13–23–2
39 	W 	December 31, 1988 	6–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	14–23–2
40 	T 	January 1, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	14–23–3
41 	L 	January 6, 1989 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	14–24–3
42 	L 	January 7, 1989 	1–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	14–25–3
43 	W 	January 9, 1989 	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	15–25–3
44 	L 	January 11, 1989 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	15–26–3
45 	L 	January 14, 1989 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	15–27–3
46 	W 	January 16, 1989 	5–3 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	16–27–3
47 	T 	January 19, 1989 	3–3 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	16–27–4
48 	L 	January 21, 1989 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	16–28–4
49 	L 	January 25, 1989 	1–2 OT 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	16–29–4
50 	L 	January 27, 1989 	1–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	16–30–4
51 	T 	January 28, 1989 	1–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	16–30–5
52 	L 	January 30, 1989 	1–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	16–31–5
53 	W 	February 2, 1989 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	17–31–5
54 	L 	February 4, 1989 	1–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	17–32–5
55 	W 	February 11, 1989 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	18–32–5
56 	L 	February 13, 1989 	1–8 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	18–33–5
57 	L 	February 15, 1989 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	18–34–5
58 	W 	February 17, 1989 	10–6 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	19–34–5
59 	W 	February 18, 1989 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	20–34–5
60 	L 	February 20, 1989 	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	20–35–5
61 	W 	February 22, 1989 	4–3 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	21–35–5
62 	L 	February 23, 1989 	1–2 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	21–36–5
63 	W 	February 25, 1989 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	22–36–5
64 	L 	February 27, 1989 	5–7 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	22–37–5
65 	L 	March 1, 1989 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	22–38–5
66 	T 	March 4, 1989 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	22–38–6
67 	L 	March 5, 1989 	0–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	22–39–6
68 	W 	March 7, 1989 	6–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	23–39–6
69 	L 	March 9, 1989 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	23–40–6
70 	W 	March 11, 1989 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	24–40–6
71 	L 	March 12, 1989 	7–9 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	24–41–6
72 	W 	March 14, 1989 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–41–6
73 	L 	March 18, 1989 	2–10 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	25–42–6
74 	L 	March 19, 1989 	6–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	25–43–6
75 	W 	March 22, 1989 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	26–43–6
76 	L 	March 24, 1989 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	26–44–6
77 	W 	March 25, 1989 	6–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	27–44–6
78 	W 	March 29, 1989 	3–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	28–44–6
79 	L 	April 1, 1989 	3–4 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	28–45–6
80 	L 	April 2, 1989 	3–4 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	28–46–6
==Playoffs==
*The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Ed Olczyk 	80	38	52 	90 	75
Gary Leeman 	61	32	43 	75 	66
Vincent Damphousse	80	26	42 	68 	75
Tom Fergus 	80	22	45 	67 	48
Daniel Marois 	76	31	23 	54 	76
Mark Osborne 	75	16	30 	46 	112
Dave Reid 	77	9 	21 	30 	22
Craig Laughlin 	66	10	13 	23 	41
Peter Ihnačák 	26	2 	16 	18 	10
Derek Laxdal 	41	9 	6 	15 	65
Al Secord 	40	5 	10 	15 	71
Dan Daoust 	68	7 	5 	12 	54
Wendel Clark 	15	7 	4 	11 	66
Paul Gagne 	16	3 	2 	5 	6
John Kordic 	46	1 	2 	3 	185
Russ Courtnall 	9 	1 	1 	2 	4
Mike Blaisdell 	9 	1 	0 	1 	4
Tim Armstrong 	11	1 	0 	1 	6
Ken Yaremchuk 	11	1 	0 	1 	2
Sean McKenna 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0
Scott Pearson 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2
Doug Shedden 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
Chris McRae 	3 	0 	0 	0 	12
Marty Dallman 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Paul Lawless 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Defencemen===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Al Iafrate 	65	13	20 	33 	72
Todd Gill 	59	11	14 	25 	72
Börje Salming 	63	3 	17 	20 	86
Brad Marsh 	80	1 	15 	16 	79
Chris Kotsopoulos	57	1 	14 	15 	44
Darren Veitch 	37	3 	7 	10 	16
Rick Lanz 	32	1 	9 	10 	18
Luke Richardson 	55	2 	7 	9 	106
Brian Curran 	47	1 	4 	5 	185
Darryl Shannon 	14	1 	3 	4 	6
Ken Hammond 	14	0 	2 	2 	12
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
Allan Bester	43	17	20	3	2 	3.80
Ken Wregget 	32	9 	20	2	0 	4.42
Jeff Reese 	10	2 	6 	1	0 	4.94
==Awards and Records==
*Gary Leeman, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centers
*GM: Gord Stellick
*Coach: John Brophy and George Armstrong
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1988-89 season.
===Trades===
June 21, 1988 	To Philadelphia FlyersMike Stothers 	To Toronto Maple LeafsBill Root
November 7, 1988 	To Montreal CanadiensRuss Courtnall 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJohn Kordic6th round pick in 1989 - Mike Doers
February 7, 1989 	To Philadelphia FlyersAl Secord 	To Toronto Maple Leafs5th round pick in 1989 - Keith Carney
February 21, 1989	To New York RangersChris McRae 	To Toronto Maple LeafsKen Hammond
February 25, 1989	To Vancouver CanucksPeter DeBoer 	To Toronto Maple LeafsPaul Lawless
March 6, 1989 	To Philadelphia FlyersKen Wregget 	To Toronto Maple Leafs1st round pick in 1989 - Rob Pearson1st round pick in 1989 - Steve Bancroft
June 16, 1989 	To Calgary Flames2nd round pick in 1989 - Kent Manderville	To Toronto Maple LeafsRob Ramage
===Waivers===
October 3, 1988	To Los Angeles KingsDale DeGray
October 3, 1988	From Philadelphia FlyersBrad Marsh
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Craig Laughlin	Los Angeles Kings
Alan Hepple 	New Jersey Devils
Paul Gagne 	New Jersey Devils
Doug Shedden 	Baltimore Skipjacks (AHL)
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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