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1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division6th East
1969–70 record29–34–13
Home record18–13–7
Road record11–21–6
Goals for222
Goals against242
Team information
General managerJim Gregory
CoachJohn McLellan
CaptainDave Keon
Alternate captainsRon Ellis
Bob Pulford
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsRon Ellis (35)
AssistsNorm Ullman (42)
PointsDave Keon (62)
Penalty minutesRick Ley (102)
WinsBruce Gamble (19)
Goals against averageBruce Gamble (3.06)

The 1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 53rd season of play of the NHL Toronto franchise and 43rd as the Maple Leafs. After qualifying for the playoffs the previous season, the Leafs fell to last-place in the NHL East and did not qualify for the playoffs, marking the first time since 1958 that the club endured a last place finish.[1]

Offseason

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Punch Imlach's term as Maple Leafs' general manager ended after the 1969 playoffs. Jim Gregory, who had been an executive with the Toronto Marlboros was named general manager, the first new GM for the Maple Leafs since 1957.

NHL Draft

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Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 9 Ernie Moser  Canada Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
2 20 Doug Brindley  Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
3 31 Larry McIntyre  Canada Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL)
4 43 Frank Hughes  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
5 55 Brian Spencer  Canada Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL)
6 67 Bob Neufeld  Canada Dauphin Kings (MJHL)

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Regular season

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Season standings

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East Division[3]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 76 45 22 9 250 170 +80 99
2 Boston Bruins 76 40 17 19 277 216 +61 99
3 Detroit Red Wings 76 40 21 15 246 199 +47 95
4 New York Rangers 76 38 22 16 246 189 +57 92
5 Montreal Canadiens 76 38 22 16 244 201 +43 92
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 29 34 13 222 242 −20 71

Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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1969–70 regular season[5]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1969 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 0–1–0
2 T October 15, 1969 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 0–1–1
3 W October 18, 1969 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 1–1–1
4 L October 19, 1969 0–1 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 1–2–1
5 L October 22, 1969 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 1–3–1
6 W October 25, 1969 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 2–3–1
7 W October 29, 1969 4–2 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 3–3–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
8 L November 1, 1969 2–3 New York Rangers (1969–70) 3–4–1
9 T November 2, 1969 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 3–4–2
10 W November 4, 1969 5–2 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 4–4–2
11 L November 5, 1969 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 4–5–2
12 L November 8, 1969 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 4–6–2
13 L November 9, 1969 0–9 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 4–7–2
14 L November 12, 1969 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 4–8–2
15 W November 15, 1969 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 5–8–2
16 T November 19, 1969 4–4 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 5–8–3
17 W November 22, 1969 4–0 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 6–8–3
18 W November 23, 1969 3–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 7–8–3
19 L November 26, 1969 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 7–9–3
20 W November 29, 1969 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 8–9–3
21 L November 30, 1969 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 8–10–3
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
22 T December 3, 1969 5–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 8–10–4
23 W December 6, 1969 5–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 9–10–4
24 L December 7, 1969 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 9–11–4
25 L December 10, 1969 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 9–12–4
26 L December 11, 1969 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 9–13–4
27 L December 13, 1969 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 9–14–4
28 W December 14, 1969 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 10–14–4
29 L December 20, 1969 2–5 New York Rangers (1969–70) 10–15–4
30 W December 21, 1969 3–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 11–15–4
31 W December 24, 1969 8–1 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 12–15–4
32 L December 26, 1969 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 12–16–4
33 W December 27, 1969 4–1 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 13–16–4
34 T December 31, 1969 1–1 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 13–16–5
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
35 W January 3, 1970 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 14–16–5
36 T January 4, 1970 4–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 14–16–6
37 T January 7, 1970 3–3 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 14–16–7
38 W January 10, 1970 4–3 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 15–16–7
39 L January 14, 1970 1–7 New York Rangers (1969–70) 15–17–7
40 L January 15, 1970 0–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 15–18–7
41 W January 17, 1970 4–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 16–18–7
42 W January 22, 1970 3–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 17–18–7
43 L January 23, 1970 3–6 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 17–19–7
44 W January 25, 1970 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 18–19–7
45 T January 28, 1970 4–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 18–19–8
46 W January 31, 1970 4–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 19–19–8
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
47 L February 1, 1970 6–7 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 19–20–8
48 W February 4, 1970 1–0 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 20–20–8
49 L February 5, 1970 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 20–21–8
50 W February 7, 1970 5–1 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 21–21–8
51 T February 11, 1970 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 21–21–9
52 T February 12, 1970 3–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 21–21–10
53 W February 14, 1970 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 22–21–10
54 L February 15, 1970 4–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 22–22–10
55 W February 18, 1970 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 23–22–10
56 L February 21, 1970 5–7 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 23–23–10
57 L February 22, 1970 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 23–24–10
58 W February 25, 1970 4–1 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 24–24–10
59 T February 28, 1970 3–3 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 24–24–11
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
60 L March 1, 1970 0–8 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 24–25–11
61 W March 3, 1970 4–1 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 25–25–11
62 W March 5, 1970 5–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 26–25–11
63 L March 7, 1970 3–8 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 26–26–11
64 L March 11, 1970 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 26–27–11
65 W March 14, 1970 2–1 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 27–27–11
66 T March 15, 1970 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 27–27–12
67 L March 18, 1970 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 27–28–12
68 W March 21, 1970 2–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 28–28–12
69 W March 22, 1970 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 29–28–12
70 L March 25, 1970 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) 29–29–12
71 T March 28, 1970 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 29–29–13
72 L March 29, 1970 0–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 29–30–13
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
73 L April 1, 1970 1–2 New York Rangers (1969–70) 29–31–13
74 L April 2, 1970 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 29–32–13
75 L April 4, 1970 2–4 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 29–33–13
76 L April 5, 1970 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 29–34–13

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Dave Keon C 72 32 30 62 6 9 2 4
Norm Ullman C 74 18 42 60 37 4 1 0
Mike Walton C 58 21 34 55 68 7 0 6
Ron Ellis RW 76 35 19 54 14 6 1 3
Murray Oliver C 76 14 33 47 16 5 0 3
Jim McKenny D 73 11 33 44 34 3 0 0
Paul Henderson RW 67 20 22 42 18 5 0 4
Bob Pulford LW 74 18 19 37 31 3 0 1
George Armstrong RW 49 13 15 28 12 2 0 3
Brit Selby LW 74 10 13 23 40 1 0 3
Tim Horton D 59 3 19 22 91 1 0 1
Floyd Smith RW 61 4 14 18 13 0 0 0
Jim Harrison C 31 7 10 17 36 1 0 0
Jim Dorey D 46 6 11 17 99 0 0 0
Rick Ley D 48 2 13 15 102 1 0 0
Brian Glennie D 52 1 14 15 50 0 0 0
Terry Clancy RW 52 6 5 11 31 0 0 1
Pat Quinn D 59 0 5 5 88 0 0 0
Mike Pelyk D 36 1 3 4 37 0 0 0
Doug Acomb C 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton LW 7 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Marv Edwards G 13 0 1 1 24 0 0 0
Bruce Gamble G 52 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Murray D 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Marcel Pronovost D 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Ron Ward C 18 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Johnny Bower G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Evans D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Johnson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry McIntyre D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry McNamara G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Murray D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gord Nelson D 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Brian Spencer LW 9 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bruce Gamble 3057 52 19 24 9 156 3.06 5
Marv Edwards 728 13 5 4 2 37 3.25 1
Johnny Bower 632 12 4 10 0 55 4.728 0
Gerry McNamara 23 2 0 0 0 2 5.22 0
Team: 4560 76 29 34 13 260 3.19 6

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1969–70 season.

Trades

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December 10, 1969 To Boston Bruins
Wayne Carleton 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jim Harrison
February 1, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Gary Marsh 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jacques Lemieux
March 3, 1970 To New York Rangers
Tim Horton 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Denis Dupere
May 1, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
Cash 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Brad Selwood
Rene Robert
May 18, 1970 To St. Louis Blues
Cash 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jacques Plante
May 22, 1970 To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)
Cash 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Chris Evans
Tom Martin
May 22, 1970 To Minnesota North Stars
Murray Oliver 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry O'Malley
Brian Conacher

Intra-League Draft

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June 9, 1970 From New York Rangers
Guy Trottier
June 9, 1970 To Detroit Red Wings
Tom Martin

Reverse Draft

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June 9, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
John Wright

Expansion Draft

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June 10, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks
Danny Johnson

Free agents

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Player Former Team
Doug Acomb Undrafted Free Agent
Bob Liddington Undrafted Free Agent
Brian Marchinko Undrafted Free Agent
Gordie Nelson Undrafted Free Agent
Ken Murray Undrafted Free Agent

References

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  1. ^ Why the Leafs Still Suck and How They Can Be Fixed, Updated Edition, Al Strachan, Harper Collins Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-1-44340-846-2, p.219
  2. ^ "1969 NHL Amateur Draft". hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  4. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "1969-70 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  6. ^ "1969-70 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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