1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs season

	1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Central
Conference	4th Western
1995–96 record	34–36–12
Home record	19–15–7
Road record	15–21–5
Goals for	247
Goals against	252
Team information
General manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Pat Burns, Nick Beverley
Captain	Doug Gilmour
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Gartner (35)
Assists	Mats Sundin (50)
Points	Mats Sundin (83)
Penalty minutes	Tie Domi (297)
Wins	Felix Potvin (30)
Goals against average	Damian Rhodes (2.79)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Regular season[]

The Leafs headed into the 1995-96 NHL regular season with high hopes considering the fact that the club reached the playoffs for the last three years. Pat Burns was the head coach until an eight game losing streak (and a miserable run of 3-16-3 over January and February) lead to his dismissal. General Manager Cliff Fletcher felt that Nick Beverley could get the job done for the rest of the season and named him interim coach. The team under Beverley went an impressive 9-6-2 and clinched a playoff spot on the final day of their regular season.

Offseason[]

NHL draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	15.	Jeff Ware (D)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)

Regular season[]

December 11, 1995: Patrick Roy earned his first victory in net as a member of the Colorado Avalanche. ^[1] It was a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Season standings[]

Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
3	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
4	5	St. Louis Blues	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
5	8	Winnipeg Jets	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
6	12	Dallas Stars	82	26	42	14	227	280	66

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log[]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1995	3–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	0–1–0
2	W	October 10, 1995	7–3	New York Islanders (1995–96)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1995	0–2	New York Rangers (1995–96)	1–2–0
4	W	October 17, 1995	7–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	2–2–0
5	W	October 20, 1995	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	3–2–0
6	L	October 21, 1995	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	3–3–0
7	L	October 24, 1995	1–6	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	3–4–0
8	W	October 26, 1995	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	4–4–0
9	T	October 28, 1995	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	4–4–1
10	L	October 29, 1995	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	4–5–1
11	W	November 1, 1995	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	5–5–1
12	T	November 3, 1995	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	5–5–2
13	T	November 4, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	5–5–3
14	W	November 7, 1995	6–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	6–5–3
15	W	November 10, 1995	6–1	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	7–5–3
16	W	November 11, 1995	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	8–5–3
17	L	November 14, 1995	2–5	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	8–6–3
18	W	November 16, 1995	5–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	9–6–3
19	W	November 18, 1995	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	10–6–3
20	W	November 21, 1995	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	11–6–3
21	L	November 24, 1995	0–4	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	11–7–3
22	T	November 25, 1995	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	11–7–4
23	L	November 28, 1995	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	11–8–4
24	L	November 30, 1995	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	11–9–4
25	T	December 2, 1995	4–4 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	11–9–5
26	W	December 5, 1995	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	12–9–5
27	W	December 7, 1995	2–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	13–9–5
28	W	December 9, 1995	3–1	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	14–9–5
29	L	December 11, 1995	1–5	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	14–10–5
30	W	December 14, 1995	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	15–10–5
31	W	December 16, 1995	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	16–10–5
32	W	December 17, 1995	3–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	17–10–5
33	L	December 20, 1995	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	17–11–5
34	T	December 21, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	17–11–6
35	W	December 23, 1995	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	18–11–6
36	L	December 27, 1995	0–4	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	18–12–6
37	L	December 29, 1995	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	18–13–6
38	W	December 30, 1995	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	19–13–6
39	W	January 1, 1996	1–0	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	20–13–6
40	T	January 3, 1996	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	20–13–7
41	L	January 5, 1996	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	20–14–7
42	W	January 6, 1996	5–2	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	21–14–7
43	W	January 10, 1996	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	22–14–7
44	L	January 11, 1996	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	22–15–7
45	L	January 13, 1996	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	22–16–7
46	L	January 17, 1996	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	22–17–7
47	T	January 24, 1996	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	22–17–8
48	T	January 27, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	22–17–9
49	L	January 30, 1996	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	22–18–9
50	L	January 31, 1996	0–4	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	22–19–9
51	L	February 3, 1996	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	22–20–9
52	L	February 5, 1996	4–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	22–21–9
53	W	February 7, 1996	2–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	23–21–9
54	L	February 8, 1996	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	23–22–9
55	T	February 10, 1996	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	23–22–10
56	W	February 12, 1996	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	24–22–10
57	W	February 14, 1996	4–3	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	25–22–10
58	L	February 16, 1996	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	25–23–10
59	L	February 18, 1996	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	25–24–10
60	L	February 21, 1996	2–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	25–25–10
61	L	February 22, 1996	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	25–26–10
62	L	February 24, 1996	2–3	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	25–27–10
63	L	February 28, 1996	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	25–28–10
64	L	March 2, 1996	1–5	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	25–29–10
65	L	March 3, 1996	0–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	25–30–10
66	T	March 6, 1996	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	25–30–11
67	L	March 8, 1996	4–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	25–31–11
68	W	March 9, 1996	4–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	26–31–11
69	T	March 13, 1996	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	26–31–12
70	W	March 15, 1996	3–0	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	27–31–12
71	W	March 17, 1996	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	28–31–12
72	L	March 19, 1996	5–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	28–32–12
73	L	March 20, 1996	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	28–33–12
74	L	March 23, 1996	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	28–34–12
75	W	March 25, 1996	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	29–34–12
76	W	March 27, 1996	6–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	30–34–12
77	W	March 30, 1996	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	31–34–12
78	L	April 3, 1996	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	31–35–12
79	W	April 4, 1996	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	32–35–12
80	W	April 6, 1996	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	33–35–12
81	L	April 11, 1996	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	33–36–12
82	W	April 13, 1996	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	34–36–12

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	76	33	50	83	46	8	7	6	7
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	81	32	40	72	77	-5	10	2	3
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	82	12	49	61	34	-2	8	0	1
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	82	35	19	54	52	5	15	0	4
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	61	20	24	44	54	-11	12	2	3
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	44	12	25	37	68	6	3	0	5
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	50	4	22	26	22	12	3	0	1
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	36	9	16	25	42	-3	7	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	74	7	18	25	116	-15	1	0	2
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	28	7	15	22	59	-2	1	0	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	80	3	19	22	59	-10	1	1	0
Craig, MikeMike Craig	70	8	12	20	42	-8	1	0	1
Wood, RandyRandy Wood	46	7	9	16	36	-4	1	0	0
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	13	8	7	15	16	7	2	0	1
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso	54	7	8	15	112	-11	4	0	1
Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner	57	7	8	15	26	-11	1	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	72	7	6	13	297	-3	0	0	1
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	46	6	6	12	47	-2	0	0	0
Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich	69	1	10	11	54	-14	1	0	0
DiPietro, PaulPaul DiPietro	20	4	4	8	4	-3	1	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	82	0	8	8	87	2	0	0	0
Convery, BrandonBrandon Convery	11	5	2	7	4	-7	3	0	1
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	13	2	5	7	10	-2	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	60	2	3	5	152	-5	0	0	1
Kolesar, MarkMark Kolesar	21	2	2	4	14	0	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	19	2	2	4	14	-4	1	0	0
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	27	2	0	2	29	-5	0	0	0
Berg, BillBill Berg	23	1	1	2	33	-6	0	0	0
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	19	1	1	2	30	0	0	0	0
Nedved, ZdenekZdenek Nedved	7	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Fairchild, KellyKelly Fairchild	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Zettler, RobRob Zettler	29	0	1	1	48	-1	0	0	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	8	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Haggerty, SeanSean Haggerty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harlock, DavidDavid Harlock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heward, JamieJamie Heward	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Martin, MattMatt Martin	13	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	69	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White, PeterPeter White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	4009	69	30	26	11	192	2.87	2	2135	1943	.910
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	624	11	4	5	1	29	2.79	0	301	272	.904
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	336	8	0	5	0	26	4.64	0	170	144	.847
Team:	4969	82	34	36	12	247	2.98	2	2606	2359	.905

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	6	1	7	8	12	1	0	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	6	4	1	5	4	2	0	1
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	6	3	2	5	0	2	0	0
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	6	3	1	4	4	2	0	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	6	2	2	4	2	1	0	0
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	6	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	6	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	6	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	6	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	6	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Kolesar, MarkMark Kolesar	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Convery, BrandonBrandon Convery	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Craig, MikeMike Craig	6	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	6	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zettler, RobRob Zettler	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	350	6	2	4	19	3.26	198	179	.904
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	20	2	0	0	2	6.00	13	11	.846
Team:	370	6	2	4	21	3.41	211	190	.900

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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;

Transactions[]

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1995-96 season.

Trades[]

August 30, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st round pick in 1996 - Dainius Zubrus 4th round pick in 1996 - Mikael Simons 2nd round pick in 1997 - Jean-Marc Pelletier	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dmitry Yushkevich 2nd round pick in 1996 - Francis Larivee
October 2, 1995	To Colorado Avalanche Warren Rychel	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th round pick in 1997 - Shawn Thornton
December 4, 1995	To Edmonton Oilers Kent Manderville	To Toronto Maple Leafs Peter White 4th round pick in 1996 - Jason Sessa
January 23, 1996	To New York Islanders Damian Rhodes Ken Belanger	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Beaupre Kirk Muller
January 28, 1996	To Dallas Stars Randy Wood Benoit Hogue	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Gagner 6th round pick in 1996 - Dmitri Yakushin
January 29, 1996	To Chicago Blackhawks Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Pomichter
February 29, 1996	To New York Rangers Sergio Momesso Bill Berg	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Kypreos Wayne Presley
March 13, 1996	To New Jersey Devils Dave Andreychuk	To Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick in 1996 - Marek Posmyk 4th round pick in 1998 - Kristian Antila
March 13, 1996	To New York Islanders Darby Hendrickson Sean Haggerty Kenny Jonsson 1st round pick in 1997 - Roberto Luongo	To Toronto Maple Leafs Wendel Clark Mathieu Schneider D.J. Smith
March 20, 1996	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Ken Baumgartner	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1996 - Kim Staal
June 14, 1996	To San Jose Sharks Todd Gill	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jamie Baker 5th round pick in 1996 - Peter Cava
June 22, 1996	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Gartner	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1996 - Vladimir Antipov
June 22, 1996	To Calgary Flames Dave Gagner	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 1996 - Mike Lankshear

Waivers[]

October 2, 1995	To St. Louis Blues Pat Jablonski
January 4, 1996	To St. Louis Blues Mike Hudson

Free agents[]

Player	Former Team
Mike Hudson	Pittsburgh Penguins

Player	New Team
Grant Jennings	Buffalo Sabres

Playoffs[]

The Maple Leafs played their last playoff series at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Toronto vs. St. Louis
Date	Away	Home
April 16	St. Louis 3	1 Toronto
April 18	St. Louis 4	5 Toronto	OT
April 21	Toronto 2	3 St. Louis	OT
April 23	Toronto 1	5 St. Louis
April 25	St. Louis 4	5 Toronto	OT
April 27	Toronto 1	2 St. Louis
St. Louis wins series 4–2

Awards and records[]

Felix Potvin, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs).

Farm Teams[]

The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Roster[]

1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

GM: Cliff Fletcher
Coach: Pat Burns
Coach: Nick Beverley

Game Ads[]

References[]

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.382, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
↑ 1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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[1] Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.382, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

[2] 1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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1995–96 NHL season by team
Northeast Division	Buffalo • Pittsburgh • Boston • Montreal • Hartford • Ottawa
Atlantic Division	Philadelphia • NY Rangers • Florida • Washington • Tampa Bay • New Jersey • NY Islanders
Central Division	Detroit • Chicago • Toronto • St. Louis • Winnipeg • Dallas
Pacific Division	Anaheim • Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Los Angeles • San Jose • Vancouver
See also	1995 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals

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