Verdun Maple Leafs

Verdun Maple Leafs
City:	Verdun, Quebec
League:	Various
Operated:	1920s to 1972
Home Arena:	Verdun Auditorium

The Verdun Maple Leafs was the name of three ice hockey clubs that existed in Verdun, Quebec, including a senior hockey team, and two junior teams. The Maple Leafs played home games at the Verdun Auditorium.

Two players from the 1935-36 senior team.

History

The first club was a senior hockey team established in the early 1920s. They played in the Montreal City Hockey League until 1937, then switched to the Quebec Senior Hockey League. The team folded after 1942 during World War II. This senior team coexisted with its farm club, a junior team from 1933 to 1950, also known as the Maple Leafs. Verdun were finalists for the Eastern Canadian Championship and the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1939 and 1940, but lost both times to the Oshawa Generals.

The Verdun Maple Leafs were revived again in 1958 playing in the Metropolitan Montreal Junior League. Verdun challenged against for the Eastern Canadian Championship in 1968, but were defeated bt the Niagara Falls Flyers. It then joined the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League when the Metropolitan and Quebec Jr.A leagues merged, and played from 1969 to 1972. Serge Martel won the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the league's rookie of the year, playing for Verdun in 1969–70.

Senior Team

Season-by-Season Records

Montreal Senior Group

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1933-34	16	6	9	1	14.5	48	51	4th	Lost Semi Final
1934-35	20	8	9	3	20	75	75	5th	Out of Playoffs
1935-36	22	15	6	1	33	103	65	1st	Lost Final
1936-37	22	3	19	0	6	39	122	7th	Out of Playoffs

Quebec Senior Hockey League

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1937-38	22	14	7	1	31	90	65	1st	Lost Final
1938-39	22	14	5	3	33	-	-	4th	Lost Semi Final
1939-40	30	11	11	8	30	101	112	3rd	Lost Final
1940-41									See Verdun Red Devils

Junior Team

Season-by-Season Records

Junior Amateur Hockey Association (Quebec)

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1934-35	10	3	6	1	7	44	46	4th	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1935-36	10	8	2	0	16	29	19	1st	Lost Semi Final
1936-37	11	3	8	0	6	25	51	4th	out of playoffs
1937-38	12	7	2	3	17	39	21	1st	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1938-39	11	9	0	2	20	51	23	1st	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1939-40	11	6	3	2	14	52	30	2nd	Won Final & Quebec, Lost East
1940-41									See Verdun Red Devils
1941-42									did not play
1942-43	21	5	13	3	13	56	94	4th	Lost Semi Final
1943-44									See Verdun Terriers
1944-45									See Verdun Terriers
1945-46	19	8	8	3	19	81	86	3rd	Lost Semi Final
1946-47	28	12	11	5	29	116	103	5th	Lost Quarter Final
1947-48	32	10	18	4	24	95	123	4th South	Lost Quarter Final
1948-49	46	2	43	1	5	-	-	5th South	out of playoffs

Quebec Junior Hockey League

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1949-50	36	7	24	5	19	-	-	6th	out of playoffs
1950-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		See Verdun Lasalles

Metropolitan Montreal Junior League

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1958-59	32	13	14	4	30	149	162	4th
1959-60	32	15	12	5	35	158	137	4th
1960-61	42	23	17	2	48	190	167	3rd
1961-62	42	27	11	4	58	193	148	1st
1962-63	42	22	14	6	50	201	167	3rd
1963-64	44	23	15	6	52	229	193	3rd
1964-65	42	24	15	3	51	189	133	4th
1965-66	39	31	5	3	65	220	108	1st
1966-67	42	29	10	3	61	251	155	1st
1967-68	40	29	10	1	59	238	160	1st
1968-69	48	17	30	1	35	151	174	7th

====NHL alumni

List of alumni from the Verdun Maple Leafs who also played in the National Hockey League. Two Hockey Hall of Fame members played for the Maple Leafs. Émile Bouchard and Maurice Richard were teammates during the 1939–40 season.

Senior Verdun Maple Leafs (1924–1942)

Paul Bibeault Rene Boileau Conrad Bourcier Jean Bourcier Claude Bourque George Brown

Maurice Croghan Hank Damore Connie Dion Frank Eddolls Bob Fillion Ernie Laforce

Albert "Battleship" Leduc Fern Majeau Bill Meronek Rollie Paulhus Les Ramsay Mel Read

Maurice Richard Alex Smart Bill Summerhill Moe White Don Willson

Junior Verdun Maple Leafs (1934–1950)

Jim Bartlett Paul Bibeault Émile Bouchard Conrad Bourcier Maurice Croghan Connie Dion

Frank Eddolls Eddie Emberg Bob Fillion Jean-Paul Gladu Fern Majeau

Jim Morrison Marcel Pelletier Jimmy Peters Les Ramsay Mel Read

Maurice Richard Roly Rossignol Roland Rousseau Moe White Larry Zeidel

Verdun Maple Leafs (1963–1972)

Bob Berry Richard Brodeur Guy Charron Rey Comeau

Jude Drouin Andre Dupont Peter Folco

Richard Grenier Pierre Hamel Guy Lapointe

Gilles Meloche Jake Rathwell Bob Sauve

Photo Gallery

Maurice Richard is second from the right in the front row of the 1939-40 team

1957-58 Verdun Maple Leafs