1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1971–72 1971 Toronto Maple Leafs 33–31–14 21–11–7 12–20–7 East 4th 209 208 Jim Gregory John McLellan Dave Keon Maple Leaf Gardens Paul Henderson (38) Norm Ullman (50) Norm Ullman (73) Rick Ley (124) Bernie Parent (17) Bernie Parent (2.56) The 1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 55th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). It was also the 40th anniversary season of the opening of Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs finished fourth, and qualified for the playoffs for the second year in a row, losing in the first round to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins. 2 Offseason In June, team president Stafford Smythe and vice-president Harold Ballard were arrested for theft and fraud involving funds of Maple Leaf Gardens. They were charged jointly on the theft of $146,000 of funds and securities and Smythe was further charged for defrauding Maple Leaf Gardens of $249,000.The Globe and Mail Gardens' head always approachable, but personality sparked controversy McLeod, Rex Walker, Gord 51 October 14, 1971 Regular season On October 13, just after the start of the season, Smythe died of complications from a bleeding ulcer. The Leaf's home opener, scheduled for that night was postponed, only the second postponement in Maple Leaf Gardens history. Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1971–72 regular season1971-72 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1972_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 8, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 10, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 16, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||1–1–1 |- |4||T||October 17, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||1–1–2 |- |5||L||October 20, 1971||2–7 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||1–2–2 |- |6||L||October 22, 1971||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||1–3–2 |- |7||W||October 23, 1971||5–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||2–3–2 |- |8||T||October 27, 1971||0–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||2–3–3 |- |9||T||October 30, 1971||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||2–3–4 |- |10||T||October 31, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||2–3–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 1, 1971||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||3–3–5 |- |12||L||November 3, 1971||1–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||3–4–5 |- |13||W||November 6, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||4–4–5 |- |14||L||November 7, 1971||1–8 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||4–5–5 |- |15||L||November 10, 1971||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||4–6–5 |- |16||T||November 13, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||4–6–6 |- |17||T||November 14, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||4–6–7 |- |18||W||November 17, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||5–6–7 |- |19||W||November 20, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||6–6–7 |- |20||W||November 21, 1971||4–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||7–6–7 |- |21||W||November 24, 1971||2–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||8–6–7 |- |22||T||November 27, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||8–6–8 |- |23||L||November 28, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||8–7–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||W||December 1, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||9–7–8 |- |25||L||December 4, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||9–8–8 |- |26||W||December 8, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||10–8–8 |- |27||L||December 11, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||10–9–8 |- |28||W||December 12, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||11–9–8 |- |29||W||December 14, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||12–9–8 |- |30||W||December 15, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||13–9–8 |- |31||W||December 18, 1971||8–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||14–9–8 |- |32||W||December 19, 1971||4–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||15–9–8 |- |33||L||December 22, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||15–10–8 |- |34||W||December 25, 1971||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||16–10–8 |- |35||L||December 26, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||16–11–8 |- |36||W||December 28, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||17–11–8 |- |37||L||December 29, 1971||3–6 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||17–12–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||W||January 1, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||18–12–8 |- |39||L||January 5, 1972||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||18–13–8 |- |40||T||January 8, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||18–13–9 |- |41||W||January 9, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||19–13–9 |- |42||T||January 12, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||19–13–10 |- |43||W||January 15, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||20–13–10 |- |44||L||January 16, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||20–14–10 |- |45||L||January 19, 1972||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||20–15–10 |- |46||L||January 22, 1972||1–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||20–16–10 |- |47||L||January 23, 1972||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||20–17–10 |- |48||L||January 26, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||20–18–10 |- |49||L||January 28, 1972||0–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||20–19–10 |- |50||L||January 29, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||20–20–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |51||L||February 1, 1972||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||20–21–10 |- |52||W||February 2, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||21–21–10 |- |53||L||February 5, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||21–22–10 |- |54||T||February 6, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||21–22–11 |- |55||W||February 8, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||22–22–11 |- |56||L||February 9, 1972||1–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||22–23–11 |- |57||W||February 12, 1972||3–0 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||23–23–11 |- |58||L||February 13, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||23–24–11 |- |59||L||February 16, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||23–25–11 |- |60||W||February 19, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||24–25–11 |- |61||L||February 20, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||24–26–11 |- |62||L||February 22, 1972||4–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||24–27–11 |- |63||W||February 23, 1972||2–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||25–27–11 |- |64||W||February 26, 1972||7–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||26–27–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |65||W||March 1, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||27–27–11 |- |66||W||March 4, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||28–27–11 |- |67||W||March 8, 1972||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||29–27–11 |- |68||W||March 11, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||30–27–11 |- |69||T||March 12, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||30–27–12 |- |70||L||March 15, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||30–28–12 |- |71||T||March 18, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||30–28–13 |- |72||L||March 19, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||30–29–13 |- |73||T||March 22, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||30–29–14 |- |74||L||March 24, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||30–30–14 |- |75||W||March 25, 1972||4–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||31–30–14 |- |76||W||March 29, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||32–30–14 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||W||April 1, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||33–30–14 |- |78||L||April 2, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||33–31–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Norm Ullman 77 23 50 73 268901 Paul Henderson 73 38 19 57 32141215 Dave Keon 72 18 30 48 41225 Ron Ellis 78 23 24 47 177407 Jim Harrison Jim Harrison (ice hockey) 66 19 17 36 104-4500 Jim McKenny 76 5 31 36 271200 Darryl Sittler 74 15 17 32 44-4104 Garry Monahan 78 14 17 31 472212 Jim Dorey 50 4 19 23 5610102 Guy Trottier 52 9 12 21 16-12201 Brad Selwood 72 4 17 21 587201 Billy MacMillan 61 10 7 17 39-1202 Denis Dupere 77 7 10 17 45100 Rick Kehoe 38 8 8 16 4-1200 Donnie Marshall 50 2 14 16 02100 Rick Ley 67 1 14 15 1243000 Bob Baun 74 2 12 14 1018000 Brian Glennie 61 2 8 10 4411001 Pierre Jarry 18 3 4 7 13-3001 Brian Spencer 36 1 5 6 652000 Mike Pelyk 46 1 4 5 44-2000 Bernie Parent 47 0 1 1 60000 Brian Marchinko 3 0 0 0 00000 Gerry O'Flaherty 2 0 0 0 00000 Jacques Plante 34 0 0 0 20000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Bernie Parent 2715 47 17 18 9 116 2.56 3 Jacques Plante 1965 34 16 13 5 86 2.63 2 Team: 4680 78 33 31 14 202 2.59 5 Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Dave Keon 5 2 3 5 0000 Norm Ullman 5 1 3 4 2000 Jim McKenny 5 3 0 3 2210 Paul Henderson 5 1 2 3 6000 Ron Ellis 5 1 1 2 4100 Jim Harrison Jim Harrison (ice hockey) 5 1 0 1 10001 Guy Trottier 4 1 0 1 16000 Pierre Jarry 5 0 1 1 0000 Bob Baun 5 0 0 0 4000 Denis Dupere 5 0 0 0 0000 Brian Glennie 5 0 0 0 25000 Rick Kehoe 2 0 0 0 2000 Rick Ley 5 0 0 0 7000 Billy MacMillan 5 0 0 0 0000 Donnie Marshall 1 0 0 0 0000 Garry Monahan 5 0 0 0 0000 Bernie Parent 4 0 0 0 0000 Mike Pelyk 5 0 0 0 8000 Jacques Plante 1 0 0 0 0000 Brad Selwood 5 0 0 0 4000 Darryl Sittler 3 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Bernie Parent 243 4 1 3 13 3.21 0 Jacques Plante 60 1 0 1 5 5.00 0 Team: 303 5 1 4 18 3.56 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-27 1971-72 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1972.html July 10, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170710091350/http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1972.html live Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1971–72 season. Trades August 20, 1971To Detroit Red WingsBrian ConacherTo Toronto Maple LeafsCash August 30, 1971To Montreal CanadiensCashTo Toronto Maple LeafsTerry Clancy September 27, 1971To Vancouver CanucksDoug BrindleyTo Toronto Maple LeafsAndre Hinse February 20, 1972To New York RangersJim DoreyTo Toronto Maple LeafsPierre Jarry Intra-league draft June 5, 1972From Montreal CanadiensLarry Pleau June 5, 1972To Montreal CanadiensBrad Selwood June 5, 1972To Vancouver CanucksGerry O'Flaherty Expansion draft June 6, 1972To Atlanta FlamesBilly MacMillan June 6, 1972To New York IslandersBrian Marchinko June 6, 1972To New York IslandersBrian Spencer Reverse draft June 8, 1972To California Golden SealsMarv Edwards Free agents Player Former team Lyle Moffat Undrafted Free Agent Joe Lundrigan Undrafted Free Agent Gord McRae Undrafted Free Agent Draft picks Toronto's draft picks at the 1971 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)222 Rick Kehoe Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)223 Dave Fortier Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)330 Ralph Hopiavuori Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)337 Gavin Kirk Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)451 Rick Cunningham Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)565 Bob Sykes Canada Sudbury Wolves (NOHA)679 Mike Ruest Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)793 Dale Smedsmo United States Bemidji State University (WCHA)798 Steve Johnson Canada Verdun Maple Leafs (QMJHL)8107 Bob Burns Canada Royal Military College (CIAU) See also 1971–72 NHL season References Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1971-72 Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Category:1971 in Toronto Category:1972 in Toronto