1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th Norris
Conference	8th Campbell
1986–87 record	32-42-6
Goals for	286
Goals against	319
Team information
General manager	Gerry McNamara
Coach	John Brophy
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Wendel Clark Borje Salming
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Wendel Clark (37)
Assists	Russ Courtnall (44)
Points	Russ Courtnall (73)
Penalty minutes	Wendel Clark (271)
Wins	Ken Wregget (22)
Goals against average	Allan Bester (3.65)

The 1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 70th season of the franchise, 60th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished 4th in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	6	Vincent Damphousse (C)	Canada	Laval Voisins (QMJHL)

Regular Season

Francis "King" Clancy, former defenceman with Ottawa and Toronto, had to undergo surgery to remove his gall bladder. Unfortunately, infection from the gall bladder seeped into his body during surgery, causing him to go into septic shock. He died November 10th, 1986.

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	32	33	15	281	293	79
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	36	10	260	274	78
Chicago Blackhawks	80	29	37	14	290	310	72
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	32	42	6	286	319	70
Minnesota North Stars	80	30	40	10	296	314	70

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

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1986	7–4	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	1–0–0
2	T	October 11, 1986	5–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	1–0–1
3	T	October 14, 1986	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	1–0–2
4	W	October 17, 1986	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	2–0–2
5	W	October 18, 1986	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	3–0–2
6	L	October 22, 1986	1–7	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	3–1–2
7	L	October 25, 1986	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	3–2–2
8	T	October 26, 1986	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	3–2–3
9	W	October 28, 1986	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	4–2–3
10	W	October 30, 1986	6–2	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	5–2–3
11	W	November 1, 1986	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	6–2–3
12	W	November 5, 1986	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	7–2–3
13	L	November 6, 1986	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	7–3–3
14	L	November 8, 1986	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	7–4–3
15	L	November 12, 1986	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	7–5–3
16	W	November 15, 1986	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	8–5–3
17	W	November 16, 1986	7–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	9–5–3
18	T	November 19, 1986	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	9–5–4
19	L	November 20, 1986	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	9–6–4
20	L	November 22, 1986	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	9–7–4
21	L	November 24, 1986	2–3	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	9–8–4
22	W	November 26, 1986	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	10–8–4
23	L	November 28, 1986	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	10–9–4
24	L	November 29, 1986	2–7	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	10–10–4
25	L	December 4, 1986	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	10–11–4
26	L	December 7, 1986	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	10–12–4
27	W	December 10, 1986	8–2	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	11–12–4
28	L	December 12, 1986	3–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	11–13–4
29	W	December 13, 1986	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	12–13–4
30	L	December 17, 1986	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	12–14–4
31	L	December 18, 1986	5–6 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	12–15–4
32	W	December 20, 1986	5–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	13–15–4
33	W	December 23, 1986	4–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	14–15–4
34	L	December 26, 1986	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	14–16–4
35	T	December 27, 1986	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	14–16–5
36	W	December 31, 1986	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	15–16–5
37	W	January 3, 1987	7–2	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	16–16–5
38	L	January 4, 1987	3–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	16–17–5
39	W	January 6, 1987	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	17–17–5
40	L	January 7, 1987	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	17–18–5
41	L	January 10, 1987	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	17–19–5
42	L	January 12, 1987	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	17–20–5
43	L	January 14, 1987	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	17–21–5
44	W	January 15, 1987	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	18–21–5
45	L	January 17, 1987	4–7	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	18–22–5
46	W	January 21, 1987	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	19–22–5
47	L	January 23, 1987	5–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	19–23–5
48	L	January 24, 1987	0–3	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	19–24–5
49	L	January 26, 1987	5–6 OT	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	19–25–5
50	L	January 28, 1987	0–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	19–26–5
51	L	January 29, 1987	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	19–27–5
52	L	January 31, 1987	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	19–28–5
53	W	February 2, 1987	8–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	20–28–5
54	W	February 4, 1987	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	21–28–5
55	L	February 7, 1987	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	21–29–5
56	W	February 8, 1987	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	22–29–5
57	W	February 14, 1987	5–4	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	23–29–5
58	T	February 16, 1987	1–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	23–29–6
59	L	February 18, 1987	2–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	23–30–6
60	L	February 20, 1987	2–7	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	23–31–6
61	L	February 22, 1987	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	23–32–6
62	L	February 25, 1987	2–4	New York Rangers (1986–87)	23–33–6
63	W	February 28, 1987	8–6	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	24–33–6
64	L	March 3, 1987	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	24–34–6
65	W	March 5, 1987	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	25–34–6
66	W	March 7, 1987	7–2	New York Islanders (1986–87)	26–34–6
67	L	March 9, 1987	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	26–35–6
68	W	March 11, 1987	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	27–35–6
69	L	March 13, 1987	2–10	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	27–36–6
70	W	March 14, 1987	6–4	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	28–36–6
71	L	March 18, 1987	3–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	28–37–6
72	L	March 20, 1987	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	28–38–6
73	L	March 21, 1987	4–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	28–39–6
74	W	March 24, 1987	6–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	29–39–6
75	L	March 25, 1987	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	29–40–6
76	W	March 28, 1987	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	30–40–6
77	W	March 29, 1987	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	31–40–6
78	L	March 31, 1987	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	31–41–6
79	W	April 4, 1987	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	32–41–6
80	L	April 5, 1987	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	32–42–6

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	79	29	44	73	90	-20	3	6	3
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	73	32	34	66	61	12	8	1	6
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	78	35	27	62	114	-3	3	0	7
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	80	37	23	60	271	-23	15	0	1
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	80	21	31	52	66	-26	4	3	2
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	57	21	28	49	57	1	2	1	2
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	80	21	25	46	26	-6	4	0	1
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	58	12	27	39	16	5	4	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	61	4	27	31	92	-3	1	0	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	80	9	21	30	55	-18	0	0	3
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	71	7	16	23	66	1	1	3	2
Lanz, RickRick Lanz	D	44	2	19	21	32	4	1	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	56	4	16	20	42	17	0	1	1
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson	LW	55	8	7	15	64	-11	0	0	0
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	29	7	8	15	28	-15	3	0	0
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	67	7	8	15	6	-5	0	2	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	16	5	10	15	12	-1	1	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	47	5	7	12	172	15	0	0	2
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	D	43	2	10	12	75	8	0	0	0
Ihnacak, MiroslavMiroslav Ihnacak	LW	34	6	5	11	12	3	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	20	3	8	11	16	0	0	0	0
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	33	4	3	7	35	0	0	0	1
Root, BillBill Root	D	34	3	3	6	37	-9	1	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	56	1	4	5	103	-2	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	56	0	4	4	20	0	0	0	0
Evans, DarylDaryl Evans	LW	2	1	0	1	0	-2	1	0	0
Fauss, TedTed Fauss	D	15	0	1	1	11	4	0	0	0
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	D	48	0	1	1	104	-5	0	0	0
Laxdal, DerekDerek Laxdal	RW	2	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0
James, ValVal James	LW	4	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Benning, JimJim Benning	D	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	13	0	0	0	23	-5	0	0	0
Maguire, KevinKevin Maguire	RW	17	0	0	0	74	-6	0	0	0
Bernhardt, TimTim Bernhardt	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	36	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	3026	56	22	28	3	200	3.97	0	1598	1398	.875
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	1808	36	10	14	3	110	3.65	2	991	881	.889
Bernhardt, TimTim Bernhardt	20	1	0	0	0	3	9.00	0	7	4	.571
Team:	4854	80	32	42	6	313	3.87	2	2596	2283	.879

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	13	6	5	11	38	3	0	1
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	13	3	5	8	15	1	0	2
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	13	5	2	7	42	0	0	2
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	13	3	4	7	11	1	0	0
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	13	4	2	6	23	1	0	0
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	13	2	4	6	9	0	0	0
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	12	1	5	6	8	1	0	0
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	13	2	3	5	13	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	13	2	2	4	42	0	0	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	13	1	3	4	11	1	0	0
Lanz, RickRick Lanz	D	13	1	3	4	27	0	0	1
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	9	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	13	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	11	1	1	2	24	0	0	1
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	13	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
Root, BillBill Root	D	13	1	0	1	12	0	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	5	0	1	1	14	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	13	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Evans, DarylDaryl Evans	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ihnacak, MiroslavMiroslav Ihnacak	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maguire, KevinKevin Maguire	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	D	7	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	761	13	7	6	29	2.29	1	368	339	.921
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	39	1	0	0	1	1.54	0	17	16	.941
Team:	800	13	7	6	30	2.25	1	385	355	.922

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; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage

Awards and Records

• Rick Vaive, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1986-87 season.

Trades

August 18, 1986	To New York Rangers Walt Poddubny	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Allison
September 6, 1986	To Chicago Blackhawks FA signing of Gary Nylund	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jerome Dupont Ken Yaremchuk 4th round pick in 1987 - Joe Sacco
October 2, 1986	To Vancouver Canucks Brad Maxwell	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1988 - Len Esau
October 3, 1986	To Calgary Flames Jim Korn	To Toronto Maple Leafs Terry Johnson
December 2, 1986	To Vancouver Canucks Jim Benning Dan Hodgson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rick Lanz
February 4, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1989 - Pat MacLeod	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Stothers
March 5, 1987	To New York Rangers Jeff Jackson 3rd round pick in 1989 - Rob Zamuner	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Osborne

Free Agents

Player Former Team Ted Fauss Montreal Canadiens Daryl Evans Washington Capitals Marty Dallman Los Angeles Kings

Player New Team Gary Nylund Chicago Blackhawks

See Also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database