1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	5th Norris
1981–82 record
Team information
General Manager	Gerry McNamara
Coach	Mike Nykoluk
Captain	Darryl Sittler (Oct-Jan) Rick Vaive (Jan-Apr)
Alternate captains	None
Team leaders
<1980–81	1982–83>

The 1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 64th season of the franchise, 54th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
6	Jim Benning	Canada		Portland Winter Hawks
24	Gary Yaremchuk	Canada		Portland Winter Hawks
55	Ernie Godden	Canada		Windsor Spitfires

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Minnesota North Stars	80	37	23	20	346	288	94
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	33	14	319	332	80
St. Louis Blues	80	32	40	8	315	349	72
Chicago Black Hawks	80	30	38	12	332	363	72
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	44	16	298	380	56
Detroit Red Wings	80	21	47	12	270	351	54

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1981	6–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	1–0–0
2	T	October 8, 1981	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	1–0–1
3	W	October 10, 1981	9–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	2–0–1
4	L	October 14, 1981	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	2–1–1
5	L	October 17, 1981	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	2–2–1
6	T	October 21, 1981	4–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	2–2–2
7	L	October 23, 1981	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	2–3–2
8	L	October 24, 1981	3–5	New York Rangers (1981–82)	2–4–2
9	L	October 27, 1981	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	2–5–2
10	W	October 28, 1981	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	3–5–2
11	L	October 31, 1981	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	3–6–2
12	L	November 1, 1981	4–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	3–7–2
13	L	November 4, 1981	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	3–8–2
14	T	November 6, 1981	4–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	3–8–3
15	W	November 7, 1981	9–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	4–8–3
16	L	November 11, 1981	3–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	4–9–3
17	W	November 14, 1981	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	5–9–3
18	L	November 18, 1981	5–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	5–10–3
19	T	November 20, 1981	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	5–10–4
20	L	November 21, 1981	3–5	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	5–11–4
21	L	November 24, 1981	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	5–12–4
22	T	November 25, 1981	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	5–12–5
23	T	November 28, 1981	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	5–12–6
24	W	November 29, 1981	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	6–12–6
25	L	December 2, 1981	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	6–13–6
26	W	December 5, 1981	9–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	7–13–6
27	T	December 9, 1981	3–3	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	7–13–7
28	L	December 11, 1981	2–11	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	7–14–7
29	L	December 12, 1981	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	7–15–7
30	T	December 16, 1981	6–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	7–15–8
31	W	December 19, 1981	8–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	8–15–8
32	W	December 20, 1981	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	9–15–8
33	T	December 23, 1981	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	9–15–9
34	W	December 26, 1981	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	10–15–9
35	L	December 27, 1981	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	10–16–9
36	L	December 30, 1981	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	10–17–9
37	W	December 31, 1981	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	11–17–9
38	L	January 2, 1982	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	11–18–9
39	T	January 6, 1982	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	11–18–10
40	T	January 7, 1982	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	11–18–11
41	W	January 9, 1982	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	12–18–11
42	L	January 11, 1982	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	12–19–11
43	W	January 13, 1982	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–19–11
44	L	January 15, 1982	2–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	13–20–11
45	W	January 16, 1982	7–1	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	14–20–11
46	W	January 18, 1982	6–2	New York Rangers (1981–82)	15–20–11
47	T	January 20, 1982	4–4	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	15–20–12
48	L	January 21, 1982	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	15–21–12
49	L	January 23, 1982	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	15–22–12
50	L	January 25, 1982	2–9	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	15–23–12
51	L	January 27, 1982	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	15–24–12
52	T	January 30, 1982	2–2	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	15–24–13
53	W	January 31, 1982	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	16–24–13
54	L	February 3, 1982	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	16–25–13
55	L	February 6, 1982	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	16–26–13
56	L	February 7, 1982	2–8	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	16–27–13
57	L	February 10, 1982	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	16–28–13
58	L	February 13, 1982	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	16–29–13
59	T	February 15, 1982	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	16–29–14
60	T	February 17, 1982	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	16–29–15
61	L	February 18, 1982	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	16–30–15
62	W	February 20, 1982	8–5	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	17–30–15
63	L	February 23, 1982	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	17–31–15
64	L	February 24, 1982	5–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	17–32–15
65	T	February 27, 1982	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	17–32–16
66	L	March 1, 1982	5–9	New York Islanders (1981–82)	17–33–16
67	L	March 3, 1982	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	17–34–16
68	L	March 4, 1982	1–10	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	17–35–16
69	L	March 6, 1982	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	17–36–16
70	L	March 10, 1982	6–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	17–37–16
71	L	March 13, 1982	2–10	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	17–38–16
72	W	March 17, 1982	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	18–38–16
73	L	March 20, 1982	0–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	18–39–16
74	W	March 22, 1982	8–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	19–39–16
75	W	March 24, 1982	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	20–39–16
76	L	March 27, 1982	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	20–40–16
77	L	March 28, 1982	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	20–41–16
78	L	March 30, 1982	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	20–42–16
79	L	April 3, 1982	4–6	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	20–43–16
80	L	April 4, 1982	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	20–44–16

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	77	54	35	89	157	12	12	5	6
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	75	34	50	84	42	5	6	0	2
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement	RW	69	18	40	58	203	-21	6	1	1
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	69	31	26	57	30	8	7	0	3
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	69	12	44	56	170	4	1	0	0
Manno, BobBob Manno	D	72	9	41	50	67	5	3	1	0
Martin, TerryTerry Martin	LW	72	25	24	49	39	-18	4	0	1
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	38	18	20	38	24	-14	5	2	0
Robert, ReneRene Robert	RW	55	13	24	37	37	-11	2	0	1
Saganiuk, RockyRocky Saganiuk	RW/C	65	17	16	33	49	-16	0	0	1
Benning, JimJim Benning	D	74	7	24	31	46	-27	2	0	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	54	9	19	28	150	-3	1	0	1
Aubin, NormNorm Aubin	C	43	14	12	26	22	-16	3	0	1
Maloney, DanDan Maloney	LW	44	8	7	15	71	-11	1	0	0
Boimistruck, FredFred Boimistruck	D	57	2	11	13	32	9	0	0	1
Gavin, StewStew Gavin	LW	38	5	6	11	29	-6	1	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	68	1	10	11	263	-9	0	0	0
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	10	4	6	10	31	-7	1	0	2
Luce, DonDon Luce	C	39	4	4	8	32	-7	0	1	0
Zanussi, RonRon Zanussi	RW	43	0	8	8	14	-4	0	0	0
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	11	3	4	7	8	0	1	0	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	64	1	5	6	186	-26	0	0	0
Perlini, FredFred Perlini	C	7	2	3	5	0	-2	1	0	0
Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall	LW	10	2	2	4	2	-4	1	0	0
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	13	1	3	4	4	-16	0	0	0
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	11	1	3	4	44	1	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	50	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, GaryGary Yaremchuk	C	18	0	3	3	10	-7	0	0	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	20	2	0	2	4	-16	0	0	0
Godden, ErnieErnie Godden	C	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	0
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	12	0	2	2	6	-6	0	0	0
Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson	D	27	0	2	2	67	-13	0	0	0
Tremblay, VincentVincent Tremblay	G	40	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	12	0	2	2	8	-4	0	0	0
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Higgins, PaulPaul Higgins	RW	3	0	0	0	17	-1	0	0	0
Hotham, GregGreg Hotham	D	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
McCutcheon, DarwinDarwin McCutcheon	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Parent, BobBob Parent	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	2647	50	10	24	8	207	4.69	0
Tremblay, VincentVincent Tremblay	2033	40	10	18	8	153	4.52	1
Parent, BobBob Parent	120	2	0	2	0	13	6.50	0
Team:	4800	80	20	44	16	373	4.66	1

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1981-82 season.

Trades

August 10, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Bob Gladney 6th round pick in 1983 - Kevin Stevens	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Luce
September 11, 1981	To Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Harrison	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1982 - Vladimir Ruzicka
October 16, 1981	To New York Rangers Pat Hickey	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1982 - Sylvain Charland
November 11, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Ian Turnbull (ice hockey)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Billy Harris John Gibson
January 20, 1982	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Ken Strong 2nd round pick in 1982 - Peter Ihnacak
February 3, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Hotham	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 1982 - Craig Kales 5th round pick in 1983 - Dan Hodgson
March 8, 1982	To Detroit Red Wings 4th round pick in 1982 - Craig Coxe 5th round pick in 1983 - Joey Kocur	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jim Korn
March 8, 1982	To Edmonton Oilers Laurie Boschman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Drouillard Walt Poddubny
March 9, 1982	To Quebec Nordiques Wilf Paiement	To Toronto Maple Leafs Miroslav Frycer 7th round pick in 1982 - Jeff Triano

Waivers

February 19, 1982

From Los Angeles Kings Trevor Johansen

Free agents

Player Former Team Dave Logan Philadelphia Flyers Rick Blight Vancouver Canucks Bob Manno Vancouver Canucks

Player New Team Tim Coulis Vancouver Canucks

Roster

1981-82 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 Michel Larocque  30 Vincent Tremblay  31 Bob Parent		Defensemen 2 Trevor Johansen  2 Darwin McCutcheon  2 Ian Turnbull  3 Bob Manno  4 Bob McGill  8 Greg Hotham  11 Fred Boimistruck  15 Jim Benning  20 Jim Korn  21 Borje Salming  23 John Gibson  26 Barry Melrose  33 Craig Muni		Wingers 7 Rocky Saganiuk  9 Dan Maloney  10 John Anderson  14 Miroslav Frycer  14 Rene Robert  16 Billy Harris  16 Pat Hickey  17 Stew Gavin  22 Rick Vaive  - C 25 Terry Martin  28 Paul Marshall  29 Paul Higgins  39 Ron Zanussi  99 Wilf Paiement		Centres 8 Gary Yaremchuk  12 Laurie Boschman  12 Walt Poddubny  17 Bruce Boudreau  18 Ernie Godden  19 Bill Derlago  20 Don Luce  24 Norm Aubin  27 Darryl Sittler  - C 28 Fred Perlini  GM: Gerry McNamara Coach: Mike Nykoluk

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database