1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1928–29 1928 Toronto Maple Leafs 21–18–5 15–5–2 6–13–3 85 69 Canadian 3rd Conn Smythe Conn Smythe Hap Day Arena Gardens Ace Bailey (22) Andy Blair (15) Ace Bailey (32) Lorne Chabot (20) Lorne Chabot (1.52) Art Smith (91) The 1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs season featured the first playoffs appearance. The franchise qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1924–25 season, after finishing in third position in the Canadian Division. The Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Cougars before losing to the New York Rangers in the semi-finals. 2 Regular season Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1928–29 regular season1928-29 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1929_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 5, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||November 15, 1928||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||November 17, 1928||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||November 20, 1928||1–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) ||2–1–0 |- |4||L||November 22, 1928||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1928–29) ||2–2–0 |- |5||W||November 24, 1928||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1928–29) ||3–2–0 |- |6||L||November 27, 1928||0–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29) ||3–3–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |7||W||December 1, 1928||3–0 || align="left"| New York Americans (1928–29) ||4–3–0 |- |8||W||December 4, 1928||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) ||5–3–0 |- |9||L||December 8, 1928||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1928–29) ||5–4–0 |- |10||L||December 11, 1928||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1928–29) ||5–5–0 |- |11||W||December 15, 1928||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1928–29) ||6–5–0 |- |12||L||December 20, 1928||3–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29) ||6–6–0 |- |13||L||December 22, 1928||2–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) ||6–7–0 |- |14||W||December 25, 1928||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1928–29) ||7–7–0 |- |15||W||December 27, 1928||2–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) ||8–7–0 |- |16||W||December 29, 1928||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Cougars (1928–29) ||9–7–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |17||L||January 1, 1929||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1928–29) ||9–8–0 |- |18||W||January 3, 1929||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) ||10–8–0 |- |19||W||January 5, 1929||3–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1928–29) ||11–8–0 |- |20||L||January 8, 1929||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1928–29) ||11–9–0 |- |21||L||January 10, 1929||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1928–29) ||11–10–0 |- |22||L||January 12, 1929||0–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1928–29) ||11–11–0 |- |23||T||January 17, 1929||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) ||11–11–1 |- |24||L||January 20, 1929||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29) ||11–12–1 |- |25||L||January 22, 1929||0–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1928–29) ||11–13–1 |- |26||T||January 24, 1929||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) ||11–13–2 |- |27||W||January 26, 1929||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) ||12–13–2 |- |28||L||January 29, 1929||2–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) ||12–14–2 |- |29||L||January 31, 1929||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1928–29) ||12–15–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |30||W||February 2, 1929||3–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1928–29) ||13–15–2 |- |31||W||February 3, 1929||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1928–29) ||14–15–2 |- |32||T||February 5, 1929||0–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) ||14–15–3 |- |33||W||February 9, 1929||2–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) ||15–15–3 |- |34||W||February 14, 1929||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1928–29) ||16–15–3 |- |35||W||February 16, 1929||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1928–29) ||17–15–3 |- |36||L||February 17, 1929||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29) ||17–16–3 |- |37||W||February 23, 1929||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) ||18–16–3 |- |38||W||February 28, 1929||4–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29) ||19–16–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||T||March 2, 1929||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1928–29) ||19–16–4 |- |40||T||March 7, 1929||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) ||19–16–5 |- |41||W||March 9, 1929||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Cougars (1928–29) ||20–16–5 |- |42||L||March 12, 1929||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) ||20–17–5 |- |43||W||March 14, 1929||5–0 || align="left"| New York Americans (1928–29) ||21–17–5 |- |44||L||March 16, 1929||0–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) ||21–18–5 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs In their first playoff appearance the Maple Leafs met the Detroit Cougars in the two game total goals quarterfinals, and won 7–2. The Leafs next faced the New York Rangers in a best-of-three series, losing 2–0. background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1929 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (A3) Detroit Cougars – Maple Leafs win 7 goals to 2 goals Game Date Visitor Visitor goals Home Home goals OT |- | 1 ||March 19 ||Detroit Cougars ||1 ||Toronto Maple Leafs ||3 || |- | 2 ||March 21 ||Toronto Maple Leafs ||4 || Detroit Cougars ||1 || |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (A2) New York Rangers – Rangers win 2–0 Game Date Visitor Visitor goals Home Home goals OT |- | 1 || March 24 ||New York Rangers ||1 ||Toronto Maple Leafs ||0 || |- | 2 ||March 26 ||Toronto Maple Leafs ||1 ||New York Rangers ||2 || OT |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Ace Bailey RW 44 22 10 32 78 Andy Blair ice hockey C 44 12 15 27 41 Danny Cox ice hockey LW 42 12 7 19 14 Gerry Lowrey LW 32 3 11 14 24 Bill Carson Bill Carson (ice hockey) C 24 7 6 13 45 George Horne George Horne (ice hockey) RW 39 9 3 12 32 Hap Day D 44 6 6 12 84 Art Duncan D 39 4 4 8 53 Eric Pettinger LW/C 25 3 3 6 24 Art Smith Art Smith (ice hockey, born 1906) D 43 5 0 5 91 Baldy Cotton LW 11 1 2 3 8 Jack Arbour D 10 1 0 1 10 Joe Primeau C 6 0 1 1 2 Lorne Chabot G 43 0 0 0 2 Benny Grant G 3 0 0 0 0 Alex Gray Alex Gray (ice hockey) RW 7 0 0 0 2 Red Horner D 22 0 0 0 30 Carl Voss C 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Lorne Chabot 2562 44 20 17 5 65 1.52 10 Benny Grant 156 5 1 1 0 4 1.54 0 Red Horner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 2720 44 21 18 5 69 1.52 10 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Andy Blair ice hockey C 4 3 0 3 2 Ace Bailey RW 4 1 2 3 4 Art Smith Art Smith (ice hockey, born 1906) D 4 1 1 2 8 Hap Day D 4 1 0 1 4 Red Horner D 4 1 0 1 2 Eric Pettinger LW/C 4 1 0 1 8 Danny Cox ice hockey LW 4 0 1 1 4 Lorne Chabot G 4 0 0 0 0 Baldy Cotton LW 4 0 0 0 2 Art Duncan D 4 0 0 0 4 Alex Gray Alex Gray (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 0 George Horne George Horne (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 4 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Lorne Chabot 242 4 2 2 5 1.24 0 Team: 242 4 2 2 5 1.24 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1928-29 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1929.html Transactions June 20, 1928: Traded Eddie Rodden to the Boston Bruins for cash July 17, 1928: Signed Free Agent Joe Primeau October 1, 1928: Acquired George Horne from the Montreal Maroons for Fred Elliott October 18, 1928: Acquired Lorne Chabot and $10,000 from the New York Rangers for John Ross Roach November 27, 1928: Traded Dave Trottier to the Montreal Maroons for $15,000 November 28, 1928: Traded Alex Gray to the Toronto Ravinas of the CPHL for cash December 12, 1928: Traded Jack Arbour to the London Panthers of the CPHL for cash January 10, 1929: Acquired Eric Pettinger and Hugh Plaxton from the Boston Bruins for George Owen January 12, 1929: Signed Free Agent Clem Loughlin January 20, 1929: Signed Free Agent Red Horner January 25, 1929: Traded Bill Carson to the Boston Bruins for cash February 12, 1929: Acquired Baldy Cotton from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gerry Lowrey and $9,500 See also 1928–29 NHL season References Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Toronto