1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd NHL
1965–66 record	34–25–11
Goals for	208
Goals against	187
Team information
General manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Frank Mahovlich (32)
Assists	George Armstrong (35)
Points	Frank Mahovlich Bob Pulford (56)
Penalty minutes	Kent Douglas (97)
Wins	Johnny Bower (18)
Goals against average	Al Smith (1.94)

The 1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	70	41	21	8	90	239	173	884
Chicago Black Hawks	70	37	25	8	82	240	187	815
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	34	25	11	79	208	187	811
Detroit Red Wings	70	31	27	12	74	221	194	804
Boston Bruins	70	21	43	6	48	174	275	787
New York Rangers	70	18	41	11	47	195	261	894

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	L	October 24, 1965	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	0–2–0
3	W	October 27, 1965	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	1–2–0
4	W	October 30, 1965	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	2–2–0
5	T	November 3, 1965	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–2–1
6	L	November 4, 1965	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	2–3–1
7	L	November 6, 1965	2–4	New York Rangers (1965–66)	2–4–1
8	L	November 7, 1965	0–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	2–5–1
9	T	November 10, 1965	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	2–5–2
10	W	November 13, 1965	5–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	3–5–2
11	L	November 14, 1965	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	3–6–2
12	W	November 18, 1965	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	4–6–2
13	W	November 20, 1965	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	5–6–2
14	W	November 21, 1965	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	6–6–2
15	L	November 24, 1965	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	6–7–2
16	L	November 27, 1965	1–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	6–8–2
17	W	November 28, 1965	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	7–8–2
18	T	December 1, 1965	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	7–8–3
19	L	December 4, 1965	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	7–9–3
20	L	December 5, 1965	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	7–10–3
21	W	December 11, 1965	8–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	8–10–3
22	T	December 12, 1965	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	8–10–4
23	W	December 15, 1965	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	9–10–4
24	W	December 16, 1965	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	10–10–4
25	W	December 18, 1965	8–4	New York Rangers (1965–66)	11–10–4
26	W	December 19, 1965	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	12–10–4
27	W	December 25, 1965	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	13–10–4
28	T	December 26, 1965	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	13–10–5
29	W	December 29, 1965	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	14–10–5
30	W	January 1, 1966	6–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	15–10–5
31	L	January 2, 1966	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	15–11–5
32	L	January 8, 1966	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	15–12–5
33	L	January 9, 1966	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	15–13–5
34	W	January 13, 1966	6–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	16–13–5
35	W	January 15, 1966	6–1	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	17–13–5
36	L	January 16, 1966	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	17–14–5
37	W	January 19, 1966	6–2	New York Rangers (1965–66)	18–14–5
38	W	January 22, 1966	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	19–14–5
39	L	January 23, 1966	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	19–15–5
40	W	January 29, 1966	6–3	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	20–15–5
41	L	January 30, 1966	4–8	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	20–16–5
42	L	February 3, 1966	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	20–17–5
43	W	February 5, 1966	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–17–5
44	L	February 6, 1966	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	21–18–5
45	W	February 9, 1966	3–0	New York Rangers (1965–66)	22–18–5
46	T	February 12, 1966	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	22–18–6
47	T	February 13, 1966	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	22–18–7
48	W	February 16, 1966	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	23–18–7
49	L	February 19, 1966	1–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	23–19–7
50	L	February 20, 1966	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	23–20–7
51	W	February 23, 1966	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	24–20–7
52	W	February 26, 1966	3–2	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	25–20–7
53	T	February 27, 1966	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	25–20–8
54	T	March 2, 1966	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	25–20–9
55	W	March 3, 1966	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	26–20–9
56	W	March 5, 1966	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	27–20–9
57	W	March 6, 1966	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	28–20–9
58	W	March 9, 1966	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	29–20–9
59	W	March 12, 1966	6–0	Boston Bruins (1965–66)	30–20–9
60	L	March 13, 1966	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	30–21–9
61	L	March 16, 1966	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	30–22–9
62	W	March 19, 1966	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66)	31–22–9
63	L	March 20, 1966	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	31–23–9
64	W	March 24, 1966	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	32–23–9
65	W	March 26, 1966	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	33–23–9
66	W	March 27, 1966	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1965–66)	34–23–9
67	L	March 30, 1966	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1965–66)	34–24–9
68	L	March 31, 1966	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1965–66)	34–25–9
69	T	April 2, 1966	3–3	New York Rangers (1965–66)	34–25–10
70	T	April 3, 1966	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66)	34–25–11

Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 7	Toronto	3	Montreal	4
April 9	Toronto	0	Montreal	2
April 12	Montreal	5	Toronto	2
April 14	Montreal	4	Toronto	1

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Mahovlich	68	32	24	56	68
Bob Pulford	70	28	28	56	51
Dave Keon	69	24	30	54	4
George Armstrong	70	16	35	51	12
Eddie Shack	63	26	17	43	88
Ron Ellis	70	19	23	42	24
Red Kelly	63	8	24	32	12
Tim Horton	70	6	22	28	76
Larry Hillman	48	3	25	28	34
Brit Selby	61	14	13	27	26
Wally Boyer	46	4	17	21	23
Kent Douglas	64	6	14	20	97
Allan Stanley	59	4	14	18	35
Pete Stemkowski	56	4	12	16	55
Orland Kurtenbach	70	9	6	15	54
Marcel Pronovost	54	2	8	10	34
Bob Baun	44	0	6	6	68
Mike Walton	6	1	3	4	0
Jim Pappin	7	0	3	3	8
Larry Jeffrey	20	1	1	2	22
Eddie Joyal	14	0	2	2	2
Dick Gamble	2	1	0	1	0
Wayne Carleton	2	0	1	1	0
Duane Rupp	2	0	1	1	0
Al Arbour	4	0	1	1	2
Terry Sawchuk	27	0	1	1	12
Johnny Bower	35	0	1	1	0
Brian Conacher	2	0	0	0	2
Brent Imlach	2	0	0	0	0
Jim McKenny	2	0	0	0	2
Darryl Sly	2	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Smith	3	0	0	0	0
Bruce Gamble	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	1998	35	18	10	5	75	2.25				3
Terry Sawchuk	1521	27	10	11	3	80	3.16				1
Bruce Gamble	501	10	5	2	3	21	2.51				4
Al Smith	62	2	1	0	0	2	1.94				0
Gary Smith	118	3	0	2	0	7	3.56				0
Team:	4200	70	34	25	11	185	2.64				8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Eddie Shack	4	2	1	3	33
Larry Hillman	4	1	1	2	6
Bob Pulford	4	1	1	2	12
Red Kelly	4	0	2	2	0
Dave Keon	4	0	2	2	0
Tim Horton	4	1	0	1	12
Frank Mahovlich	4	1	0	1	10
George Armstrong	4	0	1	1	4
Bob Baun	4	0	1	1	8
Wally Boyer	4	0	1	1	0
Kent Douglas	4	0	1	1	12
Allan Stanley	1	0	0	0	0
Ron Ellis	4	0	0	0	2
Orland Kurtenbach	4	0	0	0	20
Marcel Pronovost	4	0	0	0	6
Brit Selby	4	0	0	0	0
Pete Stemkowski	4	0	0	0	26
Johnny Bower	2	0	0	0	0
Terry Sawchuk	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	120	2	0	2		8	4.00				0
Terry Sawchuk	120	2	0	2		6	3.00				0
Team:	240	4	0	4		14	3.50				0

Awards and Records

• Calder Memorial Trophy: Brit Selby
• Frank Mahovlich, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Allan Stanley, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

Draft Picks

The Toronto Maple Leafs did not pick any players at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft.

Farm Teams

• American Hockey League: Rochester Americans finished 1st in Western Division and won Calder Cup.
• Western Hockey League: Victoria Maple Leafs finished second and won Lester Patrick Cup.
• Central Hockey League: Tulsa Oilers finished third and lost Adams Cup final.
• OHA Junior: Toronto Marlboros finished sixth and lost semi-final.
• OHA Junior: London Nationals finished ninth and last.

Gallery

Frank Mahovlich, Gerry Cheevers (playing in his first game for the Bruins), Don Awrey, October 27, 1965.

Reg Fleming's game winner, November 27, 1965.

Bruins Tom Williams and #19 Reg Fleming, Leafs Johnny Bower and Kent Douglas, December 19, 1965.

Bruce Gamble and Ron Stewart, March 6, 1966.

Tim Horton, John Bucyk and Pit Martin in 1966 action.

Bernie Parent, Gilles Marotte and Dave Keon in 1965-66 season action.

Don Awrey, Bernie Parent, Bob Woytowich in 1965-66 season action.

Home Opener

Semi Final

Semi Final

Pre-season @ Quebec City

See Also

• 1965–66 NHL season

References

• 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.