1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd NHL
1942–43 record	22–19–9
Goals for	198
Goals against	159
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Hap Day
Captain	Syl Apps
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Lorne Carr (27)
Assists	Billy Taylor (42)
Points	Lorne Carr Billy Taylor (60)
Penalty minutes	Reg Hamilton (68)
Wins	Turk Broda (22)
Goals against average	Turk Broda (3.18)

The 1942–43 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 26th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	61
Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	57
Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	53
Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	50
Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	49
New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	30

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

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 31, 1942	7–2	New York Rangers (1942–43)	1–0–0
2	W	November 7	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	2–0–0
3	W	November 12	3–1	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	3–0–0
4	L	November 14	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	3–1–0
5	L	November 15	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	3–2–0
6	W	November 19	7–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	4–2–0
7	W	November 21	8–0	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	5–2–0
8	L	November 22	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	5–3–0
9	L	November 26	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	5–4–0
10	W	November 28	8–6	New York Rangers (1942–43)	6–4–0
11	L	November 29	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	6–5–0
12	L	December 3	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	6–6–0
13	W	December 5	9–1	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	7–6–0
14	T	December 6	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	7–6–1
15	W	December 10	7–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	8–6–1
16	W	December 12	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	9–6–1
17	L	December 13	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	9–7–1
18	W	December 17	8–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	10–7–1
19	T	December 19	3–3	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	10–7–2
20	W	December 20	8–2	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	11–7–2
21	T	December 22	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	11–7–3
22	W	December 26	7–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	12–7–3
23	L	December 27	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	12–8–3
24	W	January 2, 1943	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	13–8–3
25	T	January 3	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	13–8–4
26	L	January 9	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	13–9–4
27	L	January 10	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	13–10–4
28	W	January 16	8–4	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	14–10–4
29	L	January 17	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	14–11–4
30	W	January 21	7–4	New York Rangers (1942–43)	15–11–4
31	W	January 23	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	16–11–4
32	L	January 30	3–5	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	16–12–4
33	T	January 31	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	16–12–5
34	L	February 4	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	16–13–5
35	W	February 6	3–2	New York Rangers (1942–43)	17–13–5
36	L	February 7	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	17–14–5
37	L	February 9	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	17–15–5
38	W	February 13	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	18–15–5
39	T	February 14	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	18–15–6
40	W	February 20	4–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	19–15–6
41	L	February 21	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	19–16–6
42	L	February 27	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	19–17–6
43	W	February 28	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	20–17–6
44	L	March 2	0–4	New York Rangers (1942–43)	20–18–6
45	T	March 6	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	20–18–7
46	T	March 7	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	20–18–8
47	T	March 9	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	20–18–9
48	L	March 11	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	20–19–9
49	W	March 13	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	21–19–9
50	W	March 14	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	22–19–9

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Carr, LorneLorne Carr	RW	50	27	33	60	15
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	50	18	42	60	2
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	LW	48	24	23	47	20
Hill, MelMel Hill	RW	49	17	27	44	47
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	29	23	17	40	2
Pratt, BabeBabe Pratt	D	40	12	25	37	44
Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	37	19	17	36	13
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	50	13	23	36	20
Poile, BudBud Poile	RW	48	16	19	35	24
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	48	4	17	21	68
Mclean, JackJack McLean	C/RW	27	9	8	17	33
Forsey, JackJack Forsey	RW	19	7	9	16	10
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	40	2	11	13	39
Copp, BobbyBobby Copp	D	38	3	9	12	24
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	LW	8	1	7	8	4
Hamilton, JackieJackie Hamilton	C	13	1	6	7	4
Mayer, ShepShep Mayer	RW	12	1	2	3	4
Boothman, GeorgeGeorge Boothman	C/D	9	1	1	2	4
Thompson, RhysRhys Thompson	D	18	0	2	2	22
Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy	C	2	0	1	1	0
Demarco, AbAb DeMarco	C	4	0	1	1	0
Ingoldsby, JohnnyJohnny Ingoldsby	RW/D	8	0	1	1	0
Jones, BuckBuck Jones	D	16	0	0	0	22
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	50	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	3000	50	22	19	9	159	3.18	1
Team:	3000	50	22	19	9	159	3.18	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Poile, BudBud Poile	RW	6	2	4	6	4
Mclean, JackJack McLean	C/RW	6	2	2	4	2
Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	4	2	2	4	0
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	6	2	2	4	0
Hill, MelMel Hill	RW	6	3	0	3	0
Carr, LorneLorne Carr	RW	6	1	2	3	0
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	6	1	2	3	7
Pratt, BabeBabe Pratt	D	6	1	2	3	8
Hamilton, JackieJackie Hamilton	C	6	1	1	2	0
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	6	1	1	2	9
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	LW	4	0	2	2	4
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	6	1	0	1	4
Forsey, JackJack Forsey	RW	3	0	1	1	0
Klukay, JoeJoe Klukay	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Jones, BuckBuck Jones	D	6	0	0	0	8
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	439	6	2	4	20	2.73	0
Team:	439	6	2	4	20	2.73	0

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

• Calder Memorial Trophy: Gaye Stewart
• Lorne Carr, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Syl Apps, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star