1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season

	1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	Campbell
1989–90 record	38–38–4
Home record	24–14–2
Road record	14–24–2
Goals for	337
Goals against	358
Team information
Coach	Doug Carpenter
Captain	Rob Ramage
Alternate captains	Wendel Clark; Brad Marsh
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Gary Leeman (51)
Assists	Vincent Damphousse (61)
Points	Gary Leeman (95)
Penalty minutes	Brian Curran (301)
Wins	Allan Bester (20)
Goals against average	Mark Laforest (3.89)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 73rd season of the franchise, 63rd season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 1.

Off-season[]

Draft Picks[]

See also: 1989 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	3.	Scott Thornton (C)	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
1	12.	Rob Pearson (R)	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
1	21.	Steve Bancroft (D)	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)

Regular Season[]

On the power play, the Maple Leafs scored 81 goals on 348 advantages for a 23.3% success rate. This ranked 4th overall in the NHL. The Maple Leafs allowed 17 shorthanded goals on 348 advantages, which ranked 20th in the league. Against the Power Play, the Maple Leafs allowed 89 goals on 408 advantages which ranked 15th in the league. The Maple Leafs managed to score 16 Short Handed Goals, which was 3rd best in the league. Dave Reid was influential by scoring four shorthanded goals.

Ed Olczyk reached 30 goals for the third straight year. Olczyk tied a Maple Leafs scoring record by scoring at least 1 point in 18 consecutive games. It was the NHL's third longest scoring streak of the season. The streak was snapped on January 10 in a game against the New York Islanders. During the streak, Olczyk had 11 goals and 17 assists.

The Maple Leafs had their first season with a greater than .500 record since the 1978-79 season. Gary Leeman became the second member of the Maple Leafs to score 50 goals in one season.

Final Standings[]

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Blackhawks	80	41	33	6	315	294	88
St. Louis Blues	80	37	34	9	295	279	83
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	38	38	4	337	358	80
Minnesota North Stars	80	36	40	4	284	291	76
Detroit Red Wings	80	28	38	14	288	323	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	L	October 5, 1989	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	0–1–0
2	W	October 7, 1989	8–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	L	October 11, 1989	1–7	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	L	October 12, 1989	6–9	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	1–3–0
5	L	October 14, 1989	1–5	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	1–4–0
6	L	October 17, 1989	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	1–5–0
7	W	October 18, 1989	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	2–5–0
8	W	October 21, 1989	8–4	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	3–5–0
9	L	October 23, 1989	4–5	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	3–6–0
10	W	October 25, 1989	8–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	4–6–0
11	L	October 27, 1989	5–6 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	4–7–0
12	W	October 28, 1989	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	5–7–0
13	W	October 31, 1989	6–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	6–7–0
14	L	November 3, 1989	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	6–8–0
15	L	November 4, 1989	4–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	6–9–0
16	W	November 6, 1989	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	7–9–0
17	W	November 9, 1989	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	8–9–0
18	W	November 11, 1989	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	9–9–0
19	L	November 12, 1989	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	9–10–0
20	W	November 15, 1989	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	10–10–0
21	L	November 16, 1989	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	10–11–0
22	L	November 18, 1989	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	10–12–0
23	L	November 22, 1989	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	10–13–0
24	L	November 23, 1989	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	10–14–0
25	W	November 25, 1989	7–4	New York Rangers (1989–90)	11–14–0
26	W	November 29, 1989	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	12–14–0
27	L	December 2, 1989	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	12–15–0
28	L	December 3, 1989	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	12–16–0
29	L	December 6, 1989	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	12–17–0
30	W	December 7, 1989	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	13–17–0
31	W	December 9, 1989	7–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	14–17–0
32	W	December 11, 1989	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	15–17–0
33	W	December 13, 1989	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	16–17–0
34	L	December 16, 1989	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	16–18–0
35	W	December 18, 1989	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	17–18–0
36	L	December 20, 1989	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	17–19–0
37	W	December 22, 1989	5–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	18–19–0
38	L	December 23, 1989	5–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	18–20–0
39	L	December 26, 1989	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–21–0
40	T	December 27, 1989	7–7 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	18–21–1
41	W	December 30, 1989	7–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	19–21–1
42	W	January 3, 1990	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	20–21–1
43	W	January 6, 1990	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	21–21–1
44	W	January 8, 1990	8–6	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	22–21–1
45	L	January 10, 1990	1–3	New York Islanders (1989–90)	22–22–1
46	W	January 13, 1990	6–5	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	23–22–1
47	W	January 15, 1990	7–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	24–22–1
48	W	January 18, 1990	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	25–22–1
49	W	January 24, 1990	7–3	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	26–22–1
50	W	January 26, 1990	5–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	27–22–1
51	L	January 27, 1990	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	27–23–1
52	T	January 31, 1990	5–5 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	27–23–2
53	L	February 2, 1990	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	27–24–2
54	W	February 3, 1990	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	28–24–2
55	L	February 6, 1990	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	28–25–2
56	W	February 7, 1990	7–1	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	29–25–2
57	L	February 10, 1990	2–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	29–26–2
58	W	February 12, 1990	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	30–26–2
59	T	February 14, 1990	6–6 OT	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	30–26–3
60	L	February 15, 1990	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	30–27–3
61	W	February 17, 1990	5–4	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	31–27–3
62	L	February 22, 1990	2–12	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	31–28–3
63	W	February 23, 1990	6–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	32–28–3
64	L	February 26, 1990	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	32–29–3
65	W	February 28, 1990	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	33–29–3
66	L	March 2, 1990	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	33–30–3
67	L	March 3, 1990	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	33–31–3
68	W	March 8, 1990	7–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	34–31–3
69	W	March 10, 1990	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	35–31–3
70	L	March 12, 1990	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	35–32–3
71	L	March 14, 1990	2–8	New York Rangers (1989–90)	35–33–3
72	W	March 16, 1990	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	36–33–3
73	L	March 17, 1990	4–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	36–34–3
74	L	March 19, 1990	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	36–35–3
75	T	March 21, 1990	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	36–35–4
76	W	March 24, 1990	4–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	37–35–4
77	L	March 26, 1990	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	37–36–4
78	L	March 28, 1990	3–6	New York Islanders (1989–90)	37–37–4
79	L	March 29, 1990	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	37–38–4
80	W	March 31, 1990	6–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	38–38–4

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Playoffs[]

St. Louis Blues 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1[]


Date	Away	Home
April 4	Toronto 2	4 St. Louis
April 6	Toronto 2	4 St. Louis
April 8	St. Louis 6	5 Toronto	OT
April 10	St. Louis 2	4 Toronto
April 12	Toronto 3	4 St. Louis

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	80	51	44	95	63	4	14	1	5
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	80	33	61	94	56	2	9	0	5
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	79	32	56	88	78	0	6	0	4
Marois, DanielDaniel Marois	RW	68	39	37	76	82	1	14	0	3
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	78	23	50	73	91	2	3	1	6
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	75	21	42	63	135	-4	6	1	0
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	70	15	37	52	29	-8	9	1	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	80	8	41	49	202	-1	3	0	1
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	54	19	26	45	62	-18	4	0	2
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	80	21	15	36	127	-12	0	2	4
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	70	9	19	28	9	-8	0	4	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	38	18	8	26	116	2	7	0	2
Thibaudeau, GillesGilles Thibaudeau	C	21	7	11	18	13	6	3	0	2
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	65	7	11	18	89	1	0	4	0
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	D	67	4	14	18	122	-1	0	0	0
McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre	C	59	5	12	17	117	-12	0	1	1
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	39	6	9	15	55	-12	0	1	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	41	5	10	15	90	-7	0	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	48	1	14	15	92	-8	0	0	0
Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	D	79	1	13	14	95	14	0	0	0
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic	RW	55	9	4	13	252	-8	3	0	0
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	72	2	9	11	301	-2	0	0	0
Reynolds, BobbyBobby Reynolds	LW	7	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	5	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	42	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Lawless, PaulPaul Lawless	LW	6	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	10	0	1	1	12	-10	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	21	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest	G	27	0	1	1	23	0	0	0	0
Capuano, JackJack Capuano	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Stevens, MikeMike Stevens	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	RW	2	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0
Dundas, RockyRocky Dundas	RW	5	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
McKenna, SeanSean McKenna	RW	5	0	0	0	20	-3	0	0	0
Ing, PeterPeter Ing	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	2206	42	20	16	0	165	4.49	1296	1131	.873
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest	1343	27	9	14	0	87	3.89	765	678	.886
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	1101	21	9	6	3	81	4.41	630	549	.871
Ing, PeterPeter Ing	182	3	0	2	1	18	5.93	107	89	.832
Team:	4832	80	38	38	4	351	4.36	2798	2447	.875

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	5	3	3	6	16	2	0	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	5	2	3	5	12	0	1	0
Marois, DanielDaniel Marois	RW	5	2	2	4	12	2	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	5	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	5	1	2	3	14	0	0	0
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	5	1	2	3	20	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	5	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	2	2	0	2	10	0	0	0
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	5	1	1	2	19	0	0	0
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	D	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	5	0	1	1	19	0	0	0
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	5	0	1	1	20	0	0	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	5	0	1	1	26	0	0	0
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic	RW	5	0	1	1	33	0	0	0
McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	D	5	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	108	2	1	1	6	3.33	50	44	.880
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	196	4	0	3	14	4.29	120	106	.883
Team:	304	5	1	4	20	3.95	170	150	.882

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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[]

Fewest Ties in One Season, 4 ties ^[3]
Most Goals Scored in One Season, 337 goals ^[3]
Most Penalty Minutes in One Season, 2,419 penalty minutes ^[3]
Gary Leeman, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
Al Iafrate, Defense, NHL All-Star Game

Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Ed Olczyk	400th NHL Game	October 28, 1990

Roster[]

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

Defensemen

8 Rob Ramage
33 Al Iafrate

Wingers

11 Gary Leeman
16 Ed Olczyk

Centers

GM:
Coach:

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Transactions[]

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1989-90 season.

Trades[]

June 29, 1989	To Washington Capitals 5th round pick in 1990 - Mark Ouimet	To Toronto Maple Leafs Lou Franceschetti
August 28, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Jiri Latal	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th round pick in 1990 - Andre Lomakin
September 8, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1991 - Juha Ylonen 7th round pick in 1991 - Andre Lomakin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Laforest
October 16, 1989	To New Jersey Devils 1st round pick in 1991 - Scott Niedermayer	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Kurvers
December 20, 1989	To New York Islanders Jack Capuano Paul Gagne Derek Laxdal	To Toronto Maple Leafs Gilles Thibaudeau Mike Stevens
December 21, 1989	To Edmonton Oilers Vladimir Ruzicka	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1990 - Greg Walters
June 16, 1990	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd round pick in 1990 - Al Kinisky	To Toronto Maple Leafs Kevin Maguire 8th round pick in 1991 - Dmitri Mironov
June 28, 1990	To New York Rangers Tie Domi Mark Laforest	To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Johnston

Free Agents[]

Player	Former Team
Rocky Dundas	Montreal Canadiens

Player	New Team
Borje Salming	Detroit Red Wings
Chris Kotsopoulos	Detroit Red Wings

References[]

↑ 1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
↑ 1989-90 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Senior Managing Editor: Ralph Dinger, Published in Canada by Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, ON, ISBN in Canada 0-920445-98-5, p. 131
↑ 1989-90 Toronto Maple Leafs [NHL] player statistics at hockeydb.com

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[Senior_Managing_Editor_p._131-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Senior Managing Editor: Ralph Dinger, Published in Canada by Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, ON, ISBN in Canada 0-920445-98-5, p. 131

[4] 1989-90 Toronto Maple Leafs [NHL] player statistics at hockeydb.com

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