1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	1st Canadian
1937–38 record	24–15–9
Goals for	151
Goals against	127
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Charlie Conacher
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Drillon (26)
Assists	Syl Apps (29)
Points	Gordie Drillon (52)
Penalty minutes	Red Horner (82)
Wins	Turk Broda (24)
Goals against average	Turk Broda (2.56)

The 1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 21st season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished first in the Canadian Division and lost in the 1938 Stanley Cup Finals to the Chicago Black Hawks, three games to one.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	15	9	151	127	57
New York Americans	48	19	18	11	110	111	49
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	17	13	123	128	49
Montreal Maroons	48	12	30	6	101	149	30

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 4, 1937	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	0–0–1
2	W	November 6, 1937	6–3	New York Americans (1937–38)	1–0–1
3	W	November 13, 1937	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	2–0–1
4	T	November 14, 1937	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	2–0–2
5	T	November 18, 1937	6–6 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	2–0–3
6	L	November 20, 1937	2–3	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	2–1–3
7	W	November 21, 1937	5–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	3–1–3
8	L	November 23, 1937	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	3–2–3
9	W	November 25, 1937	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–2–3
10	W	November 27, 1937	4–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	5–2–3
11	T	December 4, 1937	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	5–2–4
12	L	December 11, 1937	3–6	New York Rangers (1937–38)	5–3–4
13	L	December 14, 1937	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	5–4–4
14	W	December 16, 1937	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–4–4
15	W	December 18, 1937	3–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	7–4–4
16	T	December 25, 1937	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	7–4–5
17	W	December 26, 1937	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	8–4–5
18	W	December 28, 1937	3–0	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	9–4–5
19	W	January 1, 1938	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	10–4–5
20	L	January 4, 1938	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	10–5–5
21	L	January 6, 1938	3–6	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	10–6–5
22	W	January 8, 1938	3–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	11–6–5
23	W	January 13, 1938	3–2	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	12–6–5
24	T	January 15, 1938	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	12–6–6
25	W	January 16, 1938	7–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	13–6–6
26	T	January 20, 1938	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	13–6–7
27	L	January 22, 1938	1–9	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	13–7–7
28	W	January 29, 1938	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	14–7–7
29	L	February 1, 1938	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	14–8–7
30	W	February 3, 1938	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	15–8–7
31	W	February 5, 1938	3–1	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	16–8–7
32	L	February 6, 1938	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	16–9–7
33	W	February 10, 1938	3–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	17–9–7
34	L	February 12, 1938	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	17–10–7
35	T	February 13, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	17–10–8
36	W	February 17, 1938	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	18–10–8
37	L	February 19, 1938	0–4	New York Americans (1937–38)	18–11–8
38	W	February 20, 1938	3–2	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	19–11–8
39	L	February 22, 1938	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	19–12–8
40	L	February 26, 1938	2–4	New York Rangers (1937–38)	19–13–8
41	W	March 1, 1938	5–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	20–13–8
42	W	March 5, 1938	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	21–13–8
43	W	March 6, 1938	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	22–13–8
44	L	March 8, 1938	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	22–14–8
45	T	March 12, 1938	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	22–14–9
46	W	March 17, 1938	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	23–14–9
47	W	March 19, 1938	8–5	New York Americans (1937–38)	24–14–9
48	L	March 20, 1938	2–4	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	24–15–9

Playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Boston Bruins 0

The Leafs and Bruins met for the fourth time in playoffs in the 1930's. The Leafs won the three previous series and would sweep the Bruins, though all three games were decided by one goal with two going into overtime. However, the Bruins would get their revenge the next year when it counted, defeating the Leafs in the 1938-39 finals.

Game 1 was a close checking affair with the only goal scored by George Parsons at 1:31 of the second OT period. Turk Broda posted the shutout.

Game 2 saw the Leafs go in front 1-0 on a second period goal by "Pep" Kelly until Charlie Sands tied it up at 7:37 of the third period. Gordie Drillon (last Leaf to lead the league in scoring) quickly responded and the Leafs won 2-1.

Game 3 saw the teams trade goals with Bill Cowley scoring twice in the third period to send the game to overtime. Drillon scored at 10:04 of the first OT to win the series for the Leafs.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 23	Boston Bruins	0-1 (2OT)	Toronto	0-1
2	March 26	Boston Bruins	1-2	Toronto	0-2
3	March 28	Toronto	3-2 (OT)	Boston Bruins	3-0

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	48	26	26	52	4
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	47	21	29	50	9
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	48	14	24	38	14
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	48	17	17	34	18
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll	LW	44	14	11	25	18
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	47	4	20	24	82
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	48	15	7	22	12
Fowler, JimmyJimmy Fowler	D	48	10	12	22	8
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	48	3	17	20	52
Kelly, PepPep Kelly	RW	43	9	10	19	25
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	RW	19	7	9	16	6
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	43	4	12	16	51
Parsons, GeorgeGeorge Parsons	LW	30	5	6	11	6
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	45	1	4	5	43
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	32	1	2	3	56
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	9	0	0	0	0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	48	0	0	0	0
Corrigan, ChuckChuck Corrigan	RW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	2980	48	24	15	9	127	2.56	6
Team:	2980	48	24	15	9	127	2.56	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	7	7	1	8	2
Parsons, GeorgeGeorge Parsons	LW	7	3	2	5	11
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	7	1	4	5	0
Kelly, PepPep Kelly	RW	7	2	2	4	2
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	4	0	2	2	7
Fowler, JimmyJimmy Fowler	D	7	0	2	2	0
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	7	0	2	2	0
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	6	1	0	1	8
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	7	0	1	1	2
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	7	0	1	1	14
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	7	0	1	1	6
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	7	0	1	1	0
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	3	0	0	0	0
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll	LW	7	0	0	0	2
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	7	0	0	0	0
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	5	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	452	7	4	3	13	1.73	1
Team:	452	7	4	3	13	1.73	1

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• O'Brien Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs
• NHL Scoring Leader: Gordie Drillon
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Gordie Drillon
• Gordie Drillon, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Syl Apps, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star

Farm Team

Syracuse Stars, International-American Hockey League

Game Ads

See Also

• 1937–38 NHL season

External Links

• 1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.