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1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd Adams
Conference6th Wales
1974–75 record31–33–16
Goals for280
Goals against309
Team information
General managerJim Gregory
CoachRed Kelly
CaptainDave Keon
Team leaders
GoalsDarryl Sittler (36)
AssistsDarryl Sittler (44)
PointsDarryl Sittler (80)
Penalty minutesTiger Williams (187)
WinsDoug Favell (12)
Goals against averageGord McRae (3.22)

The 1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 58th season of the franchise, 48th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

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NHL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality Club Team
1 13 Jack Valiquette Forward  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
2 31 Tiger Williams Left wing  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
3 49 Per-Arne Alexandersson Centre  Sweden Leksands IF (Sweden)
4 67 Peter Driscoll Left wing  Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
5 85 Mike Palmateer Goaltender  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
6 103 Bill Hassard Centre  Canada Wexford Warriors (MetJHL)
7 121 Kevin Devine Left wing  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
8 138 Kevin Kemp Defence  Canada Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
9 155 Dave Syvret Defence  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
10 170 Andy Stoesz Goaltender  Canada Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)
11 185 Marty Feschuk Defence  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)

Regular season

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Season standings

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Adams Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Buffalo Sabres 80 49 16 15 354 240 +114 113
2 Boston Bruins 80 40 26 14 345 245 +100 94
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 31 33 16 280 309 −29 78
4 California Golden Seals 80 19 48 13 212 316 −104 51

Record vs. opponents

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Adams Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 9, 1974 6–2 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 1–0–0
2 W October 12, 1974 7–3 New York Rangers (1974–75) 2–0–0
3 T October 13, 1974 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 2–0–1
4 T October 16, 1974 1–1 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 2–0–2
5 L October 19, 1974 4–5 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 2–1–2
6 T October 20, 1974 5–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 2–1–3
7 L October 23, 1974 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 2–2–3
8 L October 26, 1974 3–9 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 2–3–3
9 W October 27, 1974 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 3–3–3
10 L November 1, 1974 2–5 @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 3–4–3
11 L November 2, 1974 3–6 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 3–5–3
12 W November 6, 1974 7–4 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 4–5–3
13 L November 9, 1974 5–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 4–6–3
14 L November 13, 1974 0–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 4–7–3
15 W November 15, 1974 5–3 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 5–7–3
16 L November 16, 1974 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 5–8–3
17 L November 20, 1974 5–8 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 5–9–3
18 L November 22, 1974 0–6 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 5–10–3
19 L November 23, 1974 3–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 5–11–3
20 T November 25, 1974 2–2 St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 5–11–4
21 L November 27, 1974 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 5–12–4
22 W November 30, 1974 7–1 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 6–12–4
23 L December 4, 1974 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 6–13–4
24 T December 5, 1974 3–3 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 6–13–5
25 T December 7, 1974 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 6–13–6
26 W December 8, 1974 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 7–13–6
27 L December 11, 1974 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 7–14–6
28 W December 14, 1974 4–2 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 8–14–6
29 L December 15, 1974 1–3 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 8–15–6
30 W December 18, 1974 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 9–15–6
31 L December 19, 1974 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 9–16–6
32 W December 21, 1974 8–4 Boston Bruins (1974–75) 10–16–6
33 L December 22, 1974 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 10–17–6
34 W December 28, 1974 3–1 New York Islanders (1974–75) 11–17–6
35 L December 30, 1974 5–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 11–18–6
36 T January 1, 1975 3–3 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 11–18–7
37 W January 4, 1975 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 12–18–7
38 W January 5, 1975 1–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 13–18–7
39 L January 7, 1975 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 13–19–7
40 W January 8, 1975 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 14–19–7
41 L January 11, 1975 5–7 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 14–20–7
42 W January 12, 1975 4–3 New York Islanders (1974–75) 15–20–7
43 W January 15, 1975 4–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 16–20–7
44 W January 18, 1975 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 17–20–7
45 L January 19, 1975 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 17–21–7
46 L January 23, 1975 0–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 17–22–7
47 L January 24, 1975 1–6 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 17–23–7
48 L January 26, 1975 4–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 17–24–7
49 W January 29, 1975 4–2 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 18–24–7
50 L January 30, 1975 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 18–25–7
51 W February 1, 1975 3–2 Boston Bruins (1974–75) 19–25–7
52 W February 4, 1975 5–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 20–25–7
53 L February 6, 1975 2–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 20–26–7
54 T February 8, 1975 3–3 St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 20–26–8
55 L February 9, 1975 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 20–27–8
56 T February 12, 1975 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 20–27–9
57 L February 15, 1975 3–8 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 20–28–9
58 T February 16, 1975 5–5 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 20–28–10
59 T February 19, 1975 3–3 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 20–28–11
60 W February 22, 1975 5–2 New York Rangers (1974–75) 21–28–11
61 L February 23, 1975 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 21–29–11
62 W February 25, 1975 9–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 22–29–11
63 W February 26, 1975 4–2 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 23–29–11
64 W March 1, 1975 5–4 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 24–29–11
65 W March 2, 1975 5–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 25–29–11
66 W March 5, 1975 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 26–29–11
67 W March 8, 1975 5–3 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 27–29–11
68 W March 9, 1975 4–2 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 28–29–11
69 T March 12, 1975 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 28–29–12
70 T March 15, 1975 4–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 28–29–13
71 L March 16, 1975 3–11 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 28–30–13
72 L March 19, 1975 7–8 @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 28–31–13
73 W March 22, 1975 6–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 29–31–13
74 W March 24, 1975 5–3 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 30–31–13
75 T March 26, 1975 2–2 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 30–31–14
76 T March 29, 1975 1–1 Boston Bruins (1974–75) 30–31–15
77 W March 30, 1975 5–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 31–31–15
78 L April 2, 1975 0–3 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 31–32–15
79 L April 5, 1975 2–4 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 31–33–15
80 T April 6, 1975 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 31–33–16

Transactions

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Darryl Sittler C 72 36 44 80 47 −10 12 1 2
Ron Ellis RW 79 32 29 61 25 9 11 0 5
Dave Keon C 78 16 43 59 4 3 1 1 2
George Ferguson C 69 19 30 49 61 5 3 1 5
Lanny McDonald RW 64 17 27 44 86 5 2 1 1
Jim McKenny D 66 8 35 43 31 −4 0 1 1
Errol Thompson LW 65 25 17 42 12 −1 3 1 4
Inge Hammarstrom LW 69 21 20 41 23 −14 3 0 2
Bill Flett RW 77 15 25 40 38 0 4 3 2
Blaine Stoughton RW 78 23 14 37 24 −7 4 0 1
Borje Salming D 60 12 25 37 34 4 4 1 1
Norm Ullman C 80 9 26 35 8 −12 1 0 0
Tiger Williams LW 42 10 19 29 187 4 2 0 0
Gary Sabourin RW 55 5 18 23 26 −13 1 0 0
Bob Neely LW 57 5 16 21 61 −18 2 0 1
Claire Alexander D 42 7 11 18 12 11 4 0 1
Rod Seiling D 60 5 12 17 40 8 1 1 1
Dave Dunn D 72 3 11 14 142 −10 0 0 2
Ian Turnbull D 22 6 7 13 44 −6 1 0 0
Lyle Moffat LW 22 2 7 9 13 −2 0 0 0
Brian Glennie D 63 1 7 8 110 −5 0 0 0
Eddie Shack LW 26 2 1 3 11 −8 1 0 0
Tim Ecclestone LW 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Favell G 39 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Willie Brossart D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
John Grisdale D 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Pierre Hamel G 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Gord McRae G 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Garry Monahan LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Sykes LW 2 0 0 0 0 −2 0 0 0
Jack Valiquette C 1 0 0 0 0 −4 0 0 0
Dunc Wilson G 25 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Doug Favell 2149 39 12 17 6 145 4.05 1
Gord McRae 1063 20 10 3 6 57 3.22 0
Dunc Wilson 1393 25 8 11 4 86 3.70 0
Pierre Hamel 195 4 1 2 0 18 5.54 0
Team: 4800 80 31 33 16 306 3.83 1

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Blaine Stoughton RW 7 4 2 6 2 1 0 1
Dave Keon C 7 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Inge Hammarstrom LW 7 1 3 4 4 0 0 1
Tiger Williams LW 7 1 3 4 25 1 0 0
Borje Salming D 7 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
Ron Ellis RW 7 3 0 3 2 1 0 0
Darryl Sittler C 7 2 1 3 15 1 0 0
Dave Dunn D 7 1 1 2 24 0 0 0
Ian Turnbull D 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
George Ferguson C 7 1 0 1 7 0 0 0
Jim McKenny D 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Claire Alexander D 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Flett RW 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lanny McDonald RW 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gord McRae G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Neely LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rod Seiling D 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Errol Thompson LW 6 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Norm Ullman C 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gord McRae 441 7 2 5 21 2.86 0
Team: 441 7 2 5 21 2.86 0

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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;

Transactions

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The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1974–75 season.

Trades

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September 13, 1974 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rick Kehoe
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Blaine Stoughton
1st round pick in 1977Trevor Johansen
October 16, 1974 To Vancouver Canucks
John Grisdale
Garry Monahan
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Dunn
November 2, 1974 To Washington Capitals
Willie Brossart
Tim Ecclestone
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rod Seiling
February 1, 1975 To Minnesota Fighting Saints (WHA)
Bill Butters
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
June 3, 1975 To Boston Bruins
4th round pick in 1975Rick Adduono
To Toronto Maple Leafs
3rd round pick in 1976Gary McFadyen
June 3, 1975 To Chicago Black Hawks
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
10th round pick in 1975Paul Crowley
11th round pick in 1975Jack Laine
June 3, 1975 To Washington Capitals
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
12th round pick in 1975Ken Holland
June 3, 1975 To Kansas City Scouts
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
12th round pick in 1975Bob Barnes
June 3, 1975 To St. Louis Blues
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
12th round pick in 1975Jim Montgomery

Waivers

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February 16, 1975 To New York Rangers
Dunc Wilson
May 20, 1975 To Atlanta Flames
Bill Flett

Expansion draft

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June 12, 1974 To Washington Capitals
Denis Dupere
June 12, 1974 To Washington Capitals
Joe Lundrigan
June 12, 1974 To Washington Capitals
Ron Low

Free agents

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Player Former Team
Claire Alexander Tulsa Oilers (CHL)
Pierre Hamel Undrafted Free Agent

Awards and honors

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Farm Teams

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References

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  1. ^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1974-75 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.