1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Division	3rd NHL
1966–67 record	32–27–11
Goals for	204
Goals against	211
Team information
General manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Alternate captains	Bob Pulford
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Ron Ellis (22)
Assists	Dave Keon (33)
Points	Dave Keon (52)
Penalty minutes	Jim Pappin (89)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (15)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.64)

The 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 50th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, fortieth as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished third in the NHL with a record of 32–27–11 for 75 points to qualify for the playoffs. Toronto defeated the first-place Chicago Black Hawks four games to two in the semi-finals before upending their arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in six games to win their thirteenth Stanley Cup in franchise history. As of 2016, this is the last time that the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup, or even made it to the Finals.

Offseason

Intra-League Draft

June 15, 1966	To Montreal Canadiens Wally Boyer
June 15, 1966	From Montreal Canadiens Don Blackburn
June 15, 1966	From New York Rangers John Brenneman
June 15, 1966	To New York Rangers Orland Kurtenbach

Inter-League Draft

June 1, 1966

From Tulsa Oilers (CHL) Danny Johnson

Reverse Draft

June 12, 1966

To Providence Reds (AHL) John Sleaver

Free agents

Player Former Team Andre Hinse Undrafted Free Agent

Regular season

Five to a Crease

In 1966–67, the Maple Leafs had five goaltenders suit up during the regular season. Besides Bower and Sawchuk, the Maple Leafs employed Bruce Gamble, Al Smith, and Gary Smith. As Bower struggled with injuries, Al Smith actually sat on the bench for two of the last three Stanley Cup games. For many inside the organization, the controversy was that Smith was on the bench, and not a proven player like Gamble. The concern was that if Sawchuk was injured, having Smith instead of Gamble would be a huge risk. The source of the controversy was that Bruce Gamble was competing for the Rochester Americans. Imlach was a part owner of the Americans, and was anxious to protect Rochester's roster at playoff time, as a means of protecting his investment.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	70	41	17	12	264	170	+94	94
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	32	25	13	202	188	+14	77
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	27	11	204	211	−7	75
4	New York Rangers	70	30	28	12	188	189	−1	72
5	Detroit Red Wings	70	27	39	4	212	241	−29	58
6	Boston Bruins	70	17	43	10	182	253	−71	44

Source: National Hockey League

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Dave Keon	66	19	33	52	2
Frank Mahovlich	63	18	28	46	44
Bob Pulford	67	17	28	45	28
Ron Ellis	67	22	23	45	14
Pete Stemkowski	68	13	22	35	75
George Armstrong	70	9	24	33	26
Jim Pappin	64	21	11	32	89
Larry Jeffrey	56	11	17	28	27
Brian Conacher	66	14	13	27	47
Eddie Shack	63	11	14	25	58
Mike Walton	31	7	10	17	13
John Brenneman	41	6	4	10	4
Brit Selby	6	1	1	2	0
Wayne Carleton	5	1	0	1	14
Brent Imlach	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Gamble	1	0	0	0	0

Defensemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Red Kelly	61	14	24	38	4
Tim Horton	70	8	17	25	70
Larry Hillman	55	4	19	23	40
Marcel Pronovost	58	2	12	14	28
Kent Douglas	39	2	12	14	48
Allan Stanley	53	1	12	13	20
Bob Baun	54	2	8	10	83
Jim McKenny	6	1	0	1	0
Duane Rupp	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Terry Sawchuk	28	15	5	4	2	2.81
Johnny Bower	27	12	9	3	2	2.64
Bruce Gamble	23	5	10	4	0	3.39
Gary Smith	2	0	2	0	0	3.65
Al Smith	1	0	1	0	0	5.00

Playoffs

1967 Stanley Cup Playoffs Game Log
1967 Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2 No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series 1 L April 6, 1967 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 0–1 2 W April 9, 1967 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 3 W April 11, 1967 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 4 L April 13, 1967 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 5 W April 15, 1967 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 6 W April 18, 1967 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2
1967 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Maple Leafs wins series 4–2 No. R Date Score OT Opponent Series 1 L April 20, 1967 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens 0–1 2 W April 22, 1967 3–0 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 3 W April 25, 1967 3–2 2OT Montreal Canadiens 2–1 4 L April 27, 1967 2–6 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 5 W April 29, 1967 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 6 W May 2, 1967 3–1 Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Toronto Maple Leafs 1967 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres

  Wingers

• 8 Ron Ellis
• 18 Jim Pappin
• 20 Bob Pulford (A. Capt.)
• 22 Larry Jeffrey
• 23 Eddie Shack
• 27 Frank Mahovlich

  Defencemen

• 3 Marcel Pronovost
• 7 Tim Horton
• 16 Larry Hillman
• 21 Bob Baun
• 24 Aut Erickson
• 26 Allan Stanley (A. Capt.)

  Goaltenders

• 30 Terry Sawchuk
• 1 Johnny Bower
• 1 Al Smith††

Coaching and administrative staff

• Stafford Smythe (President/Owner), Harold Ballard (Vice President/Owner)
• John Bassett (Chairman/Owner), George Punch Imlach (Manager-Coach)
• Frank King Clancy (Ass't Manager-Coach), Bob Davidson (Chief Scout)
• John Anderson (Business Manager), Bob Haggert (Trainer)
• Tom Nayler (Ass't Trainer), Dr. Karl Eliett (Physiotherapist)
• Richard Smythe (Mascot).

† #19 Kent Douglas (defence), and #24 John Brenneman (winger) were sent to the minors before the trading deadline. They played half regular season game, qualified to win the Cup, but name was left off. †† Johnny Bower missed 2 games in the finals with an injury. Al Smith was dressed in his place. Smith's name was left off the Cup, because he only played 1 regular season games, and did not play in the playoffs. Al Smith qualified to be on the Cup, because he was dressed in the finals.

Stanley Cup engraving

• The "K" in Peter Stemkowski name was engraved backwards.
• Stafford Smythe name was misspelled C. ST FFORD SMYTHE PRESIDENT missing an "A". Both mistakes were corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
• Leonard "Red" Kelly won 8 Stanley Cups. He was engraved as Leonard Kelly in 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964. Kelly was engraved as Red Kelly in 1950, 1952, 1967.
• Johnny Bower was 42 years old when he won his fourth and final Stanley Cup.

Won all 4 Stanley Cups in 6 Years with Toronto 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967

George Armstrong, Bob Baun, Johnny Bower, Larry Hillman, Tim Horton, Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Allan Stanley (11 players), Stafford Smythe, Harold Ballard, John Bassette, Punch Imlach, King Clancy, Bob Haggart, Tom Nayler (7 non-players)

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1966–67 season.

Trades

May 15, 1967	To Boston Bruins Eddie Shack	To Toronto Maple Leafs Murray Oliver Cash
June 1, 1967	To New York Rangers Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pete Conacher

Awards and honors

• Dave Keon, Conn Smythe Trophy

Roster

1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 – Johnny Bower  1 – Gary Smith  30 – Bruce Gamble  30 – Terry Sawchuk  30 – Al Smith		Defensemen 2 – Larry Hillman  3 – Marcel Pronovost  7 – Tim Horton  17 – Jim McKenny  17 – Duane Rupp  19 – Kent Douglas  21 – Bobby Baun  26 – Allan Stanley		Wingers 8 – Ron Ellis  9 – Dick Gamble  10 – George Armstrong  – C 11 – Brit Selby  15 – Larry Jeffrey  18 – Jim Pappin  20 – Bob Pulford  23 – Eddie Shack  24 – John Brenneman  25 – Wayne Carleton  27 – Frank Mahovlich		Centres 4 – Red Kelly  9 – Brent Imlach  12 – Pete Stemkowski  14 – Dave Keon  16 – Mike Walton  22 – Brian Conacher  GM: Punch Imlach Coach: Punch Imlach

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Maple Leafs on Database Hockey