1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs · NHL
Division	5th Norris
Conference	10th Campbell
1984–85 record	20–52–8
Goals for	253
Goals against	358
General Manager	Gerry McNamara
Coach	Dan Maloney
Captain	Rick Vaive
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team Leaders
Goals	Rick Vaive (35)
Assists	Dan Daoust (37)
Points	Rick Vaive (68)
Penalties in minutes	Bob McGill (250)
Wins	Tim Bernhardt (13)
Goals against average	Tim Bernhardt (3.74)
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1983–84	1985–86

The 1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 68th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 58th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished last in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

Draft Picks

= NHL All-Star Game Selection

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
4.	Al Iafrate (D)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
25.	Todd Gill (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
67.	Jeff Reese (G)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	37	31	12	299	288	86
Chicago Black Hawks	80	38	35	7	309	299	83
Detroit Red Wings	80	27	41	12	313	357	66
Minnesota North Stars	80	25	43	12	268	321	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	253	358	48

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	W	October 11, 1984	1–0 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	2–0–0
3	L	October 14, 1984	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	L	October 17, 1984	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1984	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1984	3–12	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	2–4–0
7	W	October 24, 1984	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	3–4–0
8	T	October 26, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	3–4–1
9	L	October 27, 1984	3–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	3–5–1
10	L	October 31, 1984	5–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	3–6–1
11	L	November 3, 1984	0–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	3–7–1
12	L	November 5, 1984	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	3–8–1
13	T	November 7, 1984	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	3–8–2
14	T	November 10, 1984	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	3–8–3
15	L	November 11, 1984	6–7	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	3–9–3
16	L	November 14, 1984	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	3–10–3
17	L	November 17, 1984	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	3–11–3
18	W	November 19, 1984	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	4–11–3
19	L	November 21, 1984	1–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–12–3
20	L	November 23, 1984	5–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–13–3
21	L	November 24, 1984	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–14–3
22	L	November 27, 1984	1–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	4–15–3
23	T	November 30, 1984	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–15–4
24	L	December 1, 1984	1–4	New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–16–4
25	L	December 4, 1984	6–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–17–4
26	L	December 5, 1984	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–18–4
27	T	December 8, 1984	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	4–18–5
28	L	December 9, 1984	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	4–19–5
29	W	December 12, 1984	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	5–19–5
30	L	December 14, 1984	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	5–20–5
31	L	December 15, 1984	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	5–21–5
32	L	December 17, 1984	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	5–22–5
33	L	December 21, 1984	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	5–23–5
34	W	December 22, 1984	6–4	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–23–5
35	L	December 26, 1984	0–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	6–24–5
36	L	December 27, 1984	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	6–25–5
37	L	December 29, 1984	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	6–26–5
38	L	January 2, 1985	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	6–27–5
39	L	January 5, 1985	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	6–28–5
40	L	January 7, 1985	4–7	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	6–29–5
41	L	January 9, 1985	3–5	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–30–5
42	W	January 13, 1985	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	7–30–5
43	W	January 16, 1985	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	8–30–5
44	W	January 19, 1985	6–1	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	9–30–5
45	T	January 22, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–30–6
46	L	January 24, 1985	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	9–31–6
47	L	January 26, 1985	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	9–32–6
48	W	January 27, 1985	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	10–32–6
49	W	January 30, 1985	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	11–32–6
50	T	February 1, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–32–7
51	L	February 2, 1985	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	11–33–7
52	L	February 5, 1985	1–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–34–7
53	L	February 6, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	11–35–7
54	W	February 9, 1985	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	12–35–7
55	W	February 10, 1985	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	13–35–7
56	L	February 14, 1985	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	13–36–7
57	L	February 16, 1985	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	13–37–7
58	W	February 17, 1985	5–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	14–37–7
59	L	February 19, 1985	4–9	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	14–38–7
60	L	February 21, 1985	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	14–39–7
61	W	February 23, 1985	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	15–39–7
62	L	February 25, 1985	3–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	15–40–7
63	W	February 27, 1985	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	16–40–7
64	W	March 2, 1985	4–2	New York Islanders (1984–85)	17–40–7
65	L	March 5, 1985	2–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	17–41–7
66	L	March 6, 1985	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	17–42–7
67	L	March 9, 1985	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	17–43–7
68	L	March 13, 1985	3–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	17–44–7
69	L	March 14, 1985	0–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	17–45–7
70	L	March 16, 1985	1–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	17–46–7
71	W	March 18, 1985	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–46–7
72	L	March 20, 1985	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	18–47–7
73	T	March 22, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	18–47–8
74	W	March 24, 1985	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	19–47–8
75	W	March 27, 1985	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	20–47–8
76	L	March 30, 1985	3–9	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	20–48–8
77	L	March 31, 1985	5–7	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	20–49–8
78	L	April 3, 1985	7–9	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–50–8
79	L	April 6, 1985	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	20–51–8
80	L	April 7, 1985	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	20–52–8

Playoffs

• The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	72	35	33	68	112	-26	13	0	2
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	75	32	31	63	27	-20	14	1	5
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	62	31	31	62	21	-15	7	5	4
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	65	25	30	55	55	-7	5	0	1
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	79	17	37	54	98	-27	1	3	2
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	70	22	22	44	24	-26	8	0	1
Benning, JimJim Benning	D	80	9	35	44	55	-39	6	0	2
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	73	6	33	39	76	-26	3	0	0
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	72	14	17	31	20	-15	1	4	0
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	53	5	26	31	72	-12	3	0	0
Gavin, StewStew Gavin	LW	73	12	13	25	38	-22	0	0	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	69	12	10	22	44	-23	0	2	1
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	68	5	16	21	51	-19	3	0	0
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	32	5	15	20	26	1	1	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	76	3	17	20	99	-37	0	0	0
Brubaker, JeffJeff Brubaker	LW	68	8	4	12	209	-18	2	0	1
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	41	5	5	10	171	-17	2	0	1
Kitchen, BillBill Kitchen	D	29	1	4	5	27	-6	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	72	0	5	5	250	0	0	0	0
Strong, KenKen Strong	LW	11	2	0	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Root, BillBill Root	D	35	1	1	2	23	-25	0	0	0
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	18	1	1	2	2	-13	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, GaryGary Yaremchuk	C	12	1	1	2	16	-7	0	0	0
Bernhardt, TimTim Bernhardt	G	37	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	5	0	2	2	0	-7	0	0	0
Stewart, BillBill Stewart	D	27	0	2	2	32	-3	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	10	1	0	1	13	-1	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	15	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson	LW	17	0	1	1	24	-4	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	23	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	26	0	1	1	2	-6	0	0	0
Britz, GregGreg Britz	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
McRae, BasilBasil McRae	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plante, CamCam Plante	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verstraete, LeighLeigh Verstraete	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laxdal, DerekDerek Laxdal	RW	3	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Landon, LarryLarry Landon	RW	7	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bernhardt, TimTim Bernhardt	2182	37	13	19	4	136	3.74	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	767	15	3	9	1	54	4.22	1
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	628	11	2	9	0	54	5.16	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	1278	23	2	15	3	103	4.84	0
Team:	4855	80	20	52	8	347	4.29	1

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; 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

• Bill Derlago, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

Transactions

Trades

August 17, 1984	To Montreal Canadiens Dom Campedelli 4th round pick in 1986 - Kent Hulst	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Root 2nd round pick in 1986 - Darryl Shannon
February 14, 1985	To Montreal Canadiens Gaston Gingras	To Toronto Maple Leafs Larry Landon
May 29, 1985	To Calgary Flames 4th round pick in 1987 - Tim Harris	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Edwards

Waivers

October 9, 1984	To Edmonton Oilers Terry Martin
October 9, 1984	From Edmonton Oilers Jeff Brubaker

Free Agents

Player Former Team Bill Kitchen Montreal Canadiens Wes Jarvis Los Angeles Kings Kevin Maguire Undrafted Free Agent Tim Bernhardt Calgary Flames

Player New Team Bruce Boudreau Baltimore Skipjacks (AHL)

Roster

Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders		Defensemen 21 Borje Salming		Wingers		Centers GM: Coach: Dan Maloney

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database