1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd NHL
1965–66 record34–25–11
Goals for208
Goals against187
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
Team leaders
GoalsFrank Mahovlich (32)
AssistsGeorge Armstrong (35)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (56)
Bob Pulford (56)
Penalty minutesEddie Shack (88)
WinsJohnny Bower (18)
Goals against averageAl Smith (1.94)

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPts
1Montreal Canadiens7041218239173+6690
2Chicago Black Hawks7037258240187+5382
3Toronto Maple Leafs70342511208187+2179
4Detroit Red Wings70312712221194+2774
5Boston Bruins7021436174275−10148
6New York Rangers70184111195261−6647

Record vs. opponents

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1965–66 NHL Records [1]
TeamBOSCHIDETMTLNYRTOR
Boston4–8–22–11–14–9–18–5–14–9–1
Chicago8–4–211–1–24–8–29–4–15–8–1
Detroit11–2–11–11–24–8–27–3–48–4–2
Montreal9–4–18–4–28–4–212–25–7–2
New York5–8–14–9–13–7–42–123–6–5
Toronto9–4–18–5–14–8–27–5–26–3–5


Schedule and results

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No.RDateScoreOpponentRecord
1LOctober 23, 19650–4Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)0–1–0
2LOctober 24, 19650–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)0–2–0
3WOctober 27, 19652–1@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)1–2–0
4WOctober 30, 19654–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)2–2–0
5TNovember 3, 19652–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)2–2–1
6LNovember 4, 19651–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)2–3–1
7LNovember 6, 19652–4New York Rangers (1965–66)2–4–1
8LNovember 7, 19650–9@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)2–5–1
9TNovember 10, 19653–3Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)2–5–2
10WNovember 13, 19655–2New York Rangers (1965–66)3–5–2
11LNovember 14, 19650–2@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)3–6–2
12WNovember 18, 19653–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)4–6–2
13WNovember 20, 19653–1Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)5–6–2
14WNovember 21, 19657–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)6–6–2
15LNovember 24, 19651–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)6–7–2
16LNovember 27, 19651–2Boston Bruins (1965–66)6–8–2
17WNovember 28, 19654–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)7–8–2
18TDecember 1, 19652–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)7–8–3
19LDecember 4, 19653–5Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)7–9–3
20LDecember 5, 19651–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)7–10–3
21WDecember 11, 19658–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)8–10–3
22TDecember 12, 19651–1@ New York Rangers (1965–66)8–10–4
23WDecember 15, 19655–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)9–10–4
24WDecember 16, 19653–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)10–10–4
25WDecember 18, 19658–4New York Rangers (1965–66)11–10–4
26WDecember 19, 19653–1@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)12–10–4
27WDecember 25, 19655–3Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)13–10–4
28TDecember 26, 19651–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)13–10–5
29WDecember 29, 19653–2Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)14–10–5
30WJanuary 1, 19666–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)15–10–5
31LJanuary 2, 19660–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)15–11–5
32LJanuary 8, 19661–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)15–12–5
33LJanuary 9, 19663–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)15–13–5
34WJanuary 13, 19666–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)16–13–5
35WJanuary 15, 19666–1Boston Bruins (1965–66)17–13–5
36LJanuary 16, 19660–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)17–14–5
37WJanuary 19, 19666–2New York Rangers (1965–66)18–14–5
38WJanuary 22, 19664–0Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)19–14–5
39LJanuary 23, 19661–2@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)19–15–5
40WJanuary 29, 19666–3Boston Bruins (1965–66)20–15–5
41LJanuary 30, 19664–8@ New York Rangers (1965–66)20–16–5
42LFebruary 3, 19664–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)20–17–5
43WFebruary 5, 19665–2Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)21–17–5
44LFebruary 6, 19662–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)21–18–5
45WFebruary 9, 19663–0New York Rangers (1965–66)22–18–5
46TFebruary 12, 19663–3Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)22–18–6
47TFebruary 13, 19664–4@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)22–18–7
48WFebruary 16, 19663–1Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)23–18–7
49LFebruary 19, 19661–3New York Rangers (1965–66)23–19–7
50LFebruary 20, 19661–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)23–20–7
51WFebruary 23, 19663–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)24–20–7
52WFebruary 26, 19663–2Boston Bruins (1965–66)25–20–7
53TFebruary 27, 19662–2@ New York Rangers (1965–66)25–20–8
54TMarch 2, 19663–3Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)25–20–9
55WMarch 3, 19664–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)26–20–9
56WMarch 5, 19665–0Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)27–20–9
57WMarch 6, 19665–3@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)28–20–9
58WMarch 9, 19661–0Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)29–20–9
59WMarch 12, 19666–0Boston Bruins (1965–66)30–20–9
60LMarch 13, 19661–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)30–21–9
61LMarch 16, 19662–7Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)30–22–9
62WMarch 19, 19664–2Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)31–22–9
63LMarch 20, 19661–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)31–23–9
64WMarch 24, 19662–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)32–23–9
65WMarch 26, 19663–1Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)33–23–9
66WMarch 27, 19665–1@ New York Rangers (1965–66)34–23–9
67LMarch 30, 19661–3Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)34–24–9
68LMarch 31, 19661–3@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)34–25–9
69TApril 2, 19663–3New York Rangers (1965–66)34–25–10
70TApril 3, 19663–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)34–25–11

Playoffs

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For the fourth straight year, Toronto met Montreal in the first round. The Canadiens were victorious over the Leafs in four straight games.


April 7Toronto Maple Leafs3–4Montreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
Eddie Shack (1) – 02:12
Frank Mahovlich (1) – pp – 18:08
First period12:08 – ppJ.C. Tremblay (1)
No scoringSecond period03:05 – John Ferguson (1)
08:13 – ppBobby Rousseau (1)
Bob Pulford (1) – 10:35Third period17:48 – Jean Beliveau (1)
Terry SawchuckGoalie statsGump Worsley
April 9Toronto Maple Leafs0–2Montreal CanadiensMontreal ForumRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period09:30 – ppClaude Provost (1)
16:07 – Bobby Rousseau (2)
Terry SawchuckGoalie statsGump Worsley
April 12Montreal Canadiens5–2Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf GardensRecap 
No scoringFirst period01:26 – ppEddie Shack (2)
17:32 – Tim Horton (1)
Ralph Backstrom (1) – 08:16
Bobby Rousseau (3) – pp – 11:00
Terry Harper (1) – 11:26
Second periodNo scoring
John Ferguson (2) – 00:16
Jean Beliveau (2) – 19:50
Third periodNo scoring
Gump WorsleyGoalie statsJohnny Bower
April 14Montreal Canadiens4–1Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf GardensRecap 
No scoringFirst period05:40 – Larry Hillman (1)
Gilles Tremblay (1) – pp – 09:32
Gilles Tremblay (2) – pp – 13:28
Second periodNo scoring
Jimmy Roberts (1) – sh – 04:04
Dick Duff (1) – pp – 07:16
Third periodNo scoring
Gump WorsleyGoalie statsJohnny Bower
Montreal won series 4–0


Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Frank Mahovlich6832245668
Bob Pulford7028285651
Dave Keon692430544
George Armstrong7016355112
Eddie Shack6326174388
Ron Ellis7019234224
Red Kelly638243212
Tim Horton706222876
Larry Hillman483252834
Brit Selby6114132726
Wally Boyer464172123
Kent Douglas646142097
Allan Stanley594141835
Pete Stemkowski564121655
Orland Kurtenbach70961554
Marcel Pronovost54281034
Bob Baun4406668
Mike Walton61340
Jim Pappin70338
Larry Jeffrey2011222
Eddie Joyal140222
Dick Gamble21010
Al Arbour40112
Johnny Bower350110
Wayne Carleton20110
Duane Rupp20110
Terry Sawchuk2701112
Brian Conacher20002
Bruce Gamble100000
Brent Imlach20000
Jim McKenny20002
Darryl Sly20000
Al Smith20000
Gary Smith30000
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLTGAGAASASVSV%SO
Johnny Bower19983518105752.253
Terry Sawchuk15212710113803.161
Bruce Gamble50110523212.514
Al Smith62210021.940
Gary Smith118302073.560
Team:4200703425111852.648

Playoffs

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Scoring
PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Eddie Shack421333
Larry Hillman41126
Bob Pulford411212
Red Kelly40220
Dave Keon40220
Tim Horton410112
Frank Mahovlich410110
George Armstrong40114
Bob Baun40118
Wally Boyer40110
Kent Douglas401112
Johnny Bower20000
Ron Ellis40002
Orland Kurtenbach400020
Marcel Pronovost40006
Terry Sawchuk20000
Brit Selby40000
Allan Stanley10000
Pete Stemkowski400026
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLTGAGAASASVSV%SO
Johnny Bower12020284.000
Terry Sawchuk12020263.000
Team:240404143.500

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Awards and records

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Transactions

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The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1965–66 season.

Trades

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May 20, 1965To Detroit Red Wings
Andy Bathgate
Billy Harris
Gary Jarrett
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Autry Erickson
Larry Jeffrey
Eddie Joyal
Lowell MacDonald
Marcel Pronovost
June 8, 1965To Boston Bruins
Ron Stewart
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Andy Hebenton
Orland Kurtenbach
Pat Stapleton
September 1, 1965To Springfield Indians (AHL)
Larry Johnston
Bill Smith
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bruce Gamble

Intra-League Draft

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June 8, 1965To New York Rangers
Don Simmons
June 8, 1965To Montreal Canadiens
Tom McCarthy
June 9, 1965To Boston Bruins
Gerry Cheevers
June 9, 1965To Chicago Black Hawks
Pat Stapleton

Intra-League Draft

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June 8, 1965From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL)
Larry Johnston

Reverse Draft

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June 9, 1965To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)
Mike Corbett
June 9, 1965From Boston Bruins
Bob Perreault

Waivers

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June 8, 1965To Detroit Red Wings
Don McKenney

Draft picks

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The Maple Leafs opted not to participate in the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held on April 27, 1965, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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