1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season
1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 3rd Norris |
Conference | 6th Campbell |
1989–90 record | 38–38–4 |
Home record | 24–14–2 |
Road record | 14–24–2 |
Goals for | 337 |
Goals against | 358 |
Team information | |
General manager | Floyd Smith |
Coach | Doug Carpenter |
Captain | Rob Ramage |
Alternate captains | Wendel Clark Brad Marsh |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gary Leeman (51) |
Assists | Vincent Damphousse (61) |
Points | Gary Leeman (95) |
Penalty minutes | Brian Curran (301) |
Wins | Allan Bester (20) |
Goals against average | Mark Laforest (3.89) |
The 1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 73rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs had their first non-losing season since the 1978–79 NHL season. Gary Leeman became the second member of the Maple Leafs to score 50 goals in one season.
Off-season
[edit]Newly acquired defenceman Rob Ramage is named team captain. Ramage assumes a role that has been vacant for three seasons.
NHL Entry Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 3 | Scott Thornton (C) | ![]() |
Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
1 | 12 | Rob Pearson (RW) | ![]() |
Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
1 | 21 | Steve Bancroft (D) | ![]() |
Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
4 | 66 | Matt Martin (D) | ![]() |
Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT) |
5 | 96 | Keith Carney (D) | ![]() |
Mount Saint Charles Academy (USHS-RI) |
6 | 108 | Dave Burke (D) | ![]() |
Cornell University (ECAC) |
6 | 125 | Mike Doers (RW) | ![]() |
Northwood School (USHS-NY) |
7 | 129 | Keith Merkler (LW) | ![]() |
Portledge School (USHS-NY) |
8 | 150 | Derek Langille (D) | ![]() |
North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
9 | 171 | Jeffrey St. Laurent (RW) | ![]() |
Berwick Academy (USHS-ME) |
10 | 192 | Justin Tomberlin (C) | ![]() |
Greenway High School (USHS-MN) |
11 | 213 | Mike Jackson (RW) | ![]() |
Toronto Marlboros (OHL) |
12 | 234 | Steve Chartrand (LW) | ![]() |
Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
S | 3 | Dave Tomlinson (C) | ![]() |
Boston University (Hockey East) |
S | 8 | Mike Moes (C) | ![]() |
University of Michigan (CCHA) |
Regular season
[edit]On the power play, the Maple Leafs scored 81 goals on 348 advantages for a 23.3% success rate. This ranked fourth overall in the NHL. The Maple Leafs allowed 17 shorthanded goals on 348 advantages, which ranked 20th in the league. Against the power play, the Maple Leafs allowed 89 goals on 408 advantages, which ranked 15th in the league. The Maple Leafs scored 16 shorthanded goals, third-best in the league. Dave Reid was influential by scoring four shorthanded goals.
Eddie Olczyk reached 30 goals for the third straight year. Olczyk tied a Maple Leafs scoring record by scoring at least 1 point in 18 consecutive games. It was the NHL's third longest scoring streak of the season. The streak was snapped on January 10 in a game against the New York Islanders. During the streak, Olczyk had 11 goals and 17 assists.
Offensively, the Leafs scored 337 goals and 889 points, the most ever by a Leafs team in a season. They had four 30-goal scorers.
Season standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Chicago Blackhawks | 80 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 315 | 294 | 88 |
St. Louis Blues | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 295 | 279 | 83 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 337 | 358 | 80 |
Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 36 | 40 | 4 | 284 | 291 | 76 |
Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 288 | 323 | 70 |
[1]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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Calgary Flames | SMY | 80 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 348 | 265 | 99 |
2 | Edmonton Oilers | SMY | 80 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 315 | 283 | 90 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | NRS | 80 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 316 | 294 | 88 |
4 | Winnipeg Jets | SMY | 80 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 298 | 290 | 85 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | NRS | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 295 | 279 | 83 |
6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NRS | 80 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 337 | 358 | 80 |
7 | Minnesota North Stars | NRS | 80 | 36 | 40 | 4 | 284 | 291 | 76 |
8 | Los Angeles Kings | SMY | 80 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 338 | 337 | 75 |
9 | Detroit Red Wings | NRS | 80 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 288 | 323 | 70 |
10 | Vancouver Canucks | SMY | 80 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 245 | 306 | 64 |
Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Vs. Campbell Conference
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Vs. Norris Division
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Vs. Smythe Division
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Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
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Vs. Patrick Division
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Schedule and results
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Gary Leeman | RW | 80 | 51 | 44 | 95 | 63 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
Vincent Damphousse | C | 80 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 56 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Eddie Olczyk | C | 79 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 78 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Daniel Marois | RW | 68 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 82 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
Mark Osborne | LW | 78 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Al Iafrate | D | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 135 | -4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Tom Kurvers | D | 70 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 29 | -8 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Rob Ramage | D | 80 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 202 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Fergus | C | 54 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 62 | -18 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Franceschetti | RW | 80 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 127 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Dave Reid | LW | 70 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | -8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Wendel Clark | LW/D | 38 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 116 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Dan Daoust | C | 65 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Gilles Thibaudeau | C | 21 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Luke Richardson | D | 67 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 122 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John McIntyre | C | 59 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 117 | -12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dave Hannan | C | 39 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 55 | -12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scott Pearson | LW | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 90 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Todd Gill | D | 48 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 92 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Marsh | D | 79 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 95 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kordic | RW | 55 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 252 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Curran | D | 72 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 301 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Reynolds | LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allan Bester | G | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Ihnacak | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark LaForest | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Lawless | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Reese | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darryl Shannon | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Capuano | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tie Domi | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky Dundas | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Ing | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sean McKenna | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Stevens | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Allan Bester | 2206 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 165 | 4.49 | 0 | 1296 | 1131 | .873 |
Mark LaForest | 1343 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 87 | 3.89 | 0 | 765 | 678 | .886 |
Jeff Reese | 1101 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 81 | 4.41 | 0 | 630 | 549 | .871 |
Peter Ing | 182 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5.93 | 0 | 107 | 89 | .832 |
Team: | 4832 | 80 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 351 | 4.36 | 0 | 2798 | 2447 | .875 |
Playoffs
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Gary Leeman | RW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Osborne | LW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Daniel Marois | RW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Fergus | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Olczyk | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Ramage | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Gill | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Kurvers | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Pearson | LW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wendel Clark | LW/D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vincent Damphousse | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Hannan | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brad Marsh | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Curran | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Daoust | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Franceschetti | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kordic | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allan Bester | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John McIntyre | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Reese | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Reid | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luke Richardson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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Jeff Reese | 108 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.33 | 0 | 50 | 44 | .880 |
Allan Bester | 196 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.29 | 0 | 120 | 106 | .883 |
Team: | 304 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 3.95 | 0 | 170 | 150 | .882 |
- 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;
Playoffs
[edit]St. Louis vs. Toronto | |||
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Date | Away | Home | |
April 4 | Toronto 2 | 4 St. Louis | |
April 6 | Toronto 2 | 4 St. Louis | |
April 8 | St. Louis 6 | 5 Toronto | OT |
April 10 | St. Louis 2 | 4 Toronto | |
April 12 | Toronto 3 | 4 St. Louis | |
St. Louis wins series 4–1 |
Awards and records
[edit]- Fewest Ties in One Season, 4 ties[6]
- Most Goals Scored in One Season, 337 goals [6]
- Most Penalty Minutes in One Season, 2,419 penalty minutes [6]
- Gary Leeman, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Al Iafrate, Defence, NHL All-Star Game
Regular Season | |||||||||
Player | Milestone | Reached | |||||||
Eddie Olczyk | 400th NHL Game | October 28, 1989 |
Transactions
[edit]The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.
Trades
[edit]June 29, 1989 | To Washington Capitals 5th round pick in 1990 – Mark Ouimet |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Lou Franceschetti |
August 28, 1989 | To Philadelphia Flyers Jiri Latal |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th round pick in 1990 – Andrei Lomakin |
September 8, 1989 | To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1991 – Juha Ylonen 7th round pick in 1991 – Andrei Lomakin |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Laforest |
October 16, 1989 | To New Jersey Devils 1st round pick in 1991 – Scott Niedermayer |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Kurvers |
December 20, 1989 | To New York Islanders Jack Capuano Paul Gagne Derek Laxdal |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Gilles Thibaudeau Mike Stevens |
December 21, 1989 | To Edmonton Oilers Vladimir Ruzicka |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1990 – Greg Walters |
June 16, 1990 | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd round pick in 1990 – Al Kinisky |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Kevin Maguire 8th round pick in 1991 – Dmitri Mironov |
June 28, 1990 | To New York Rangers Tie Domi Mark Laforest |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Johnston |
Free agents
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References
[edit]- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1989-90 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "1989-90 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ a b c NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Senior Managing Editor: Ralph Dinger, Published in Canada by Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, ON, ISBN in Canada 0-920445-98-5, p. 131