1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs
League3rd NHL
1965–66 record34–25–11
Home record22–9–4
Road record12–16–7
Goals for208
Goals against187
Team information
General managerPunch Imlach
CoachPunch Imlach
CaptainGeorge Armstrong
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsFrank Mahovlich (32)
AssistsGeorge Armstrong (35)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (56)
Bob Pulford (56)
Penalty minutesEddie Shack (88)
WinsJohnny Bower (18)
Goals against averageJohnny Bower (2.25)

The 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 49th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 41 21 8 239 173 +66 90
2 Chicago Black Hawks 70 37 25 8 240 187 +53 82
3 70 34 25 11 208 187 +21 79
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 31 27 12 221 194 +27 74
5 Boston Bruins 70 21 43 6 174 275 −101 48
6 New York Rangers 70 18 41 11 195 261 −66 47
Source: National Hockey League

Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NHL Records [1]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 4–8–2 2–11–1 4–9–1 8–5–1 4–9–1
Chicago 8–4–2 — 11–1–2 4–8–2 9–4–1 5–8–1
Detroit 11–2–1 1–11–2 — 4–8–2 7–3–4 8–4–2
Montreal 9–4–1 8–4–2 8–4–2 — 12–2 5–7–2
New York 5–8–1 4–9–1 3–7–4 2–12 — 3–6–5
9–4–1 8–5–1 4–8–2 7–5–2 6–3–5 —


Schedule and results

1965–66 regular season[2]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 23, 1965 0–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 0–1–0
2 L October 24, 1965 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 0–2–0
3 W October 27, 1965 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 1–2–0
4 W October 30, 1965 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 2–2–0
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
5 T November 3, 1965 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 2–2–1
6 L November 4, 1965 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 2–3–1
7 L November 6, 1965 2–4 New York Rangers (1965–66) 2–4–1
8 L November 7, 1965 0–9 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 2–5–1
9 T November 10, 1965 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 2–5–2
10 W November 13, 1965 5–2 New York Rangers (1965–66) 3–5–2
11 L November 14, 1965 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 3–6–2
12 W November 18, 1965 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 4–6–2
13 W November 20, 1965 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 5–6–2
14 W November 21, 1965 7–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 6–6–2
15 L November 24, 1965 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 6–7–2
16 L November 27, 1965 1–2 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 6–8–2
17 W November 28, 1965 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 7–8–2
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
18 T December 1, 1965 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 7–8–3
19 L December 4, 1965 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 7–9–3
20 L December 5, 1965 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 7–10–3
21 W December 11, 1965 8–3 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 8–10–3
22 T December 12, 1965 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 8–10–4
23 W December 15, 1965 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 9–10–4
24 W December 16, 1965 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 10–10–4
25 W December 18, 1965 8–4 New York Rangers (1965–66) 11–10–4
26 W December 19, 1965 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 12–10–4
27 W December 25, 1965 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 13–10–4
28 T December 26, 1965 1–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 13–10–5
29 W December 29, 1965 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 14–10–5
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
30 W January 1, 1966 6–3 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 15–10–5
31 L January 2, 1966 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 15–11–5
32 L January 8, 1966 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 15–12–5
33 L January 9, 1966 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 15–13–5
34 W January 13, 1966 6–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 16–13–5
35 W January 15, 1966 6–1 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 17–13–5
36 L January 16, 1966 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 17–14–5
37 W January 19, 1966 6–2 New York Rangers (1965–66) 18–14–5
38 W January 22, 1966 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 19–14–5
39 L January 23, 1966 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 19–15–5
40 W January 29, 1966 6–3 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 20–15–5
41 L January 30, 1966 4–8 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 20–16–5
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
42 L February 3, 1966 4–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 20–17–5
43 W February 5, 1966 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 21–17–5
44 L February 6, 1966 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 21–18–5
45 W February 9, 1966 3–0 New York Rangers (1965–66) 22–18–5
46 T February 12, 1966 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 22–18–6
47 T February 13, 1966 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 22–18–7
48 W February 16, 1966 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 23–18–7
49 L February 19, 1966 1–3 New York Rangers (1965–66) 23–19–7
50 L February 20, 1966 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 23–20–7
51 W February 23, 1966 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 24–20–7
52 W February 26, 1966 3–2 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 25–20–7
53 T February 27, 1966 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 25–20–8
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
54 T March 2, 1966 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 25–20–9
55 W March 3, 1966 4–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 26–20–9
56 W March 5, 1966 5–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 27–20–9
57 W March 6, 1966 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 28–20–9
58 W March 9, 1966 1–0 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 29–20–9
59 W March 12, 1966 6–0 Boston Bruins (1965–66) 30–20–9
60 L March 13, 1966 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 30–21–9
61 L March 16, 1966 2–7 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 30–22–9
62 W March 19, 1966 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) 31–22–9
63 L March 20, 1966 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 31–23–9
64 W March 24, 1966 2–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 32–23–9
65 W March 26, 1966 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 33–23–9
66 W March 27, 1966 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1965–66) 34–23–9
67 L March 30, 1966 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) 34–24–9
68 L March 31, 1966 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) 34–25–9
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
69 T April 2, 1966 3–3 New York Rangers (1965–66) 34–25–10
70 T April 3, 1966 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) 34–25–11

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

For the fourth straight year, Toronto met Montreal in the first round. The Canadiens were victorious over the Leafs in four straight games.


April 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Eddie Shack (1) – 02:12
Frank Mahovlich (1) – pp – 18:08 		First period 12:08 – pp – J.C. Tremblay (1)
No scoring Second period 03:05 – John Ferguson (1)
08:13 – pp – Bobby Rousseau (1)
Bob Pulford (1) – 10:35 Third period 17:48 – Jean Beliveau (1)
Terry Sawchuck Goalie stats Gump Worsley
April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:30 – pp – Claude Provost (1)
16:07 – Bobby Rousseau (2)
Terry Sawchuck Goalie stats Gump Worsley
April 12 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 01:26 – pp – Eddie Shack (2)
17:32 – Tim Horton (1)
Ralph Backstrom (1) – 08:16
Bobby Rousseau (3) – pp – 11:00
Terry Harper (1) – 11:26 		Second period No scoring
John Ferguson (2) – 00:16
Jean Beliveau (2) – 19:50 		Third period No scoring
Gump Worsley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
April 14 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 05:40 – Larry Hillman (1)
Gilles Tremblay (1) – pp – 09:32
Gilles Tremblay (2) – pp – 13:28 		Second period No scoring
Jimmy Roberts (1) – sh – 04:04
Dick Duff (1) – pp – 07:16 		Third period No scoring
Gump Worsley Goalie stats Johnny Bower
Montreal won series 4–0

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Mahovlich 68 32 24 56 68
Bob Pulford 70 28 28 56 51
Dave Keon 69 24 30 54 4
George Armstrong 70 16 35 51 12
Eddie Shack 63 26 17 43 88
Ron Ellis 70 19 23 42 24
Red Kelly 63 8 24 32 12
Tim Horton 70 6 22 28 76
Larry Hillman 48 3 25 28 34
Brit Selby 61 14 13 27 26
Wally Boyer 46 4 17 21 23
Kent Douglas 64 6 14 20 97
Allan Stanley 59 4 14 18 35
Pete Stemkowski 56 4 12 16 55
Orland Kurtenbach 70 9 6 15 54
Marcel Pronovost 54 2 8 10 34
Bob Baun 44 0 6 6 68
Mike Walton 6 1 3 4 0
Jim Pappin 7 0 3 3 8
Larry Jeffrey 20 1 1 2 22
Eddie Joyal 14 0 2 2 2
Dick Gamble 2 1 0 1 0
Al Arbour 4 0 1 1 2
Johnny Bower 35 0 1 1 0
Wayne Carleton 2 0 1 1 0
Duane Rupp 2 0 1 1 0
Terry Sawchuk 27 0 1 1 12
Brian Conacher 2 0 0 0 2
Bruce Gamble 10 0 0 0 0
Brent Imlach 2 0 0 0 0
Jim McKenny 2 0 0 0 2
Darryl Sly 2 0 0 0 0
Al Smith 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Smith 3 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower 1998 35 18 10 5 75 2.25 3
Terry Sawchuk 1521 27 10 11 3 80 3.16 1
Bruce Gamble 501 10 5 2 3 21 2.51 4
Al Smith 62 2 1 0 0 2 1.94 0
Gary Smith 118 3 0 2 0 7 3.56 0
Team: 4200 70 34 25 11 185 2.64 8

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Eddie Shack 4 2 1 3 33
Larry Hillman 4 1 1 2 6
Bob Pulford 4 1 1 2 12
Red Kelly 4 0 2 2 0
Dave Keon 4 0 2 2 0
Tim Horton 4 1 0 1 12
Frank Mahovlich 4 1 0 1 10
George Armstrong 4 0 1 1 4
Bob Baun 4 0 1 1 8
Wally Boyer 4 0 1 1 0
Kent Douglas 4 0 1 1 12
Johnny Bower 2 0 0 0 0
Ron Ellis 4 0 0 0 2
Orland Kurtenbach 4 0 0 0 20
Marcel Pronovost 4 0 0 0 6
Terry Sawchuk 2 0 0 0 0
Brit Selby 4 0 0 0 0
Allan Stanley 1 0 0 0 0
Pete Stemkowski 4 0 0 0 26
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Johnny Bower 120 2 0 2 8 4.00 0
Terry Sawchuk 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0
Team: 240 4 0 4 14 3.50 0

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Awards and records

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1965–66 season.

Trades

May 20, 1965 To Detroit Red Wings
Andy Bathgate
Billy Harris
Gary Jarrett 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Autry Erickson
Larry Jeffrey
Eddie Joyal
Lowell MacDonald
Marcel Pronovost
June 8, 1965 To Boston Bruins
Ron Stewart 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Andy Hebenton
Orland Kurtenbach
Pat Stapleton
September 1, 1965 To Springfield Indians (AHL)
Larry Johnston
Bill Smith 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bruce Gamble

Intra-league draft

June 8, 1965 To New York Rangers
Don Simmons
June 8, 1965 To Montreal Canadiens
Tom McCarthy
June 9, 1965 To Boston Bruins
Gerry Cheevers
June 9, 1965 To Chicago Black Hawks
Pat Stapleton

Intra-league draft

June 8, 1965 From Tulsa Oilers (CPHL)
Larry Johnston

Reverse draft

June 9, 1965 To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)
Mike Corbett
June 9, 1965 From Boston Bruins
Bob Perreault

Waivers

June 8, 1965 To Detroit Red Wings
Don McKenney

Draft picks

The Maple Leafs opted not to participate in the 1965 NHL amateur draft, which was held on April 27, 1965, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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