1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 56th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Leafs slipped to sixth place in the East and missed the playoffs.

Offseason

Toronto lost Bernie Parent, Rick Ley, Brad Selwood, Guy Trottier and Larry Pleau, who jumped to the new World Hockey Association (WHA).

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	329	184	+145	120
2	Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	330	235	+95	107
3	New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	297	208	+89	102
4	Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	257	219	+38	88
5	Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	265	243	+22	86
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	247	279	−32	64
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	233	339	−106	53
8	New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	170	347	−177	30

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1972	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	T	October 11, 1972	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	0–1–1
3	W	October 14, 1972	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	1–1–1
4	L	October 15, 1972	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	1–2–1
5	W	October 18, 1972	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	2–2–1
6	L	October 21, 1972	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	2–3–1
7	L	October 22, 1972	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	2–4–1
8	W	October 25, 1972	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	3–4–1
9	L	October 28, 1972	2–3	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	3–5–1
10	L	October 29, 1972	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	3–6–1
11	W	November 1, 1972	7–1	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	4–6–1
12	W	November 4, 1972	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	5–6–1
13	T	November 5, 1972	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	5–6–2
14	L	November 8, 1972	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	5–7–2
15	L	November 11, 1972	0–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	5–8–2
16	W	November 15, 1972	2–1	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	6–8–2
17	T	November 18, 1972	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	6–8–3
18	L	November 19, 1972	5–6	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	6–9–3
19	L	November 22, 1972	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	6–10–3
20	W	November 25, 1972	11–0	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	7–10–3
21	L	November 26, 1972	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	7–11–3
22	L	November 28, 1972	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	7–12–3
23	L	November 29, 1972	4–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	7–13–3
24	T	December 2, 1972	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	7–13–4
25	W	December 3, 1972	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	8–13–4
26	W	December 5, 1972	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	9–13–4
27	T	December 9, 1972	5–5	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	9–13–5
28	L	December 10, 1972	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	9–14–5
29	L	December 13, 1972	3–4	New York Rangers (1972–73)	9–15–5
30	L	December 16, 1972	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	9–16–5
31	L	December 17, 1972	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	9–17–5
32	L	December 20, 1972	3–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	9–18–5
33	W	December 23, 1972	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	10–18–5
34	L	December 24, 1972	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	10–19–5
35	T	December 27, 1972	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	10–19–6
36	W	December 29, 1972	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	11–19–6
37	W	December 30, 1972	5–4	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	12–19–6
38	L	January 3, 1973	4–8	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	12–20–6
39	W	January 6, 1973	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	13–20–6
40	W	January 7, 1973	4–0	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	14–20–6
41	W	January 10, 1973	4–2	New York Islanders (1972–73)	15–20–6
42	L	January 12, 1973	0–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	15–21–6
43	L	January 13, 1973	1–4	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	15–22–6
44	L	January 16, 1973	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	15–23–6
45	T	January 17, 1973	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	15–23–7
46	W	January 20, 1973	6–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	16–23–7
47	L	January 24, 1973	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	16–24–7
48	L	January 27, 1973	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	16–25–7
49	L	January 28, 1973	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	16–26–7
50	W	January 31, 1973	5–3	New York Islanders (1972–73)	17–26–7
51	L	February 1, 1973	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	17–27–7
52	L	February 3, 1973	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	17–28–7
53	L	February 6, 1973	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	17–29–7
54	W	February 7, 1973	5–3	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	18–29–7
55	L	February 10, 1973	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	18–30–7
56	L	February 14, 1973	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	18–31–7
57	W	February 17, 1973	6–2	New York Islanders (1972–73)	19–31–7
58	L	February 18, 1973	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	19–32–7
59	T	February 21, 1973	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	19–32–8
60	W	February 24, 1973	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	20–32–8
61	W	February 28, 1973	7–2	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	21–32–8
62	T	March 3, 1973	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	21–32–9
63	L	March 4, 1973	0–10	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	21–33–9
64	L	March 7, 1973	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	21–34–9
65	W	March 8, 1973	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	22–34–9
66	W	March 10, 1973	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	23–34–9
67	L	March 11, 1973	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	23–35–9
68	W	March 14, 1973	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	24–35–9
69	L	March 15, 1973	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	24–36–9
70	W	March 17, 1973	7–5	New York Rangers (1972–73)	25–36–9
71	L	March 18, 1973	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	25–37–9
72	L	March 21, 1973	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	25–38–9
73	L	March 23, 1973	4–7	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	25–39–9
74	L	March 25, 1973	4–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	25–40–9
75	L	March 27, 1973	1–8	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	25–41–9
76	W	March 29, 1973	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	26–41–9
77	W	March 31, 1973	7–3	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	27–41–9
78	T	April 1, 1973	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	27–41–10

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	78	29	48	77	69	-11	8	0	1
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	RW	77	33	42	75	20	-11	2	0	5
Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	76	37	36	73	2	4	8	2	6
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	65	20	35	55	10	-18	3	0	1
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	77	11	41	52	55	6	5	0	0
Ellis, RonRon Ellis	RW	78	22	29	51	22	-1	4	1	2
Jarry, PierrePierre Jarry	LW	74	19	18	37	42	-13	2	0	2
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	LW	61	13	23	36	10	-4	4	0	0
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	40	18	16	34	18	2	2	0	3
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	68	13	19	32	8	4	2	0	1
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	LW	78	13	18	31	53	-3	0	0	3
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	72	10	13	23	34	-17	3	0	1
Pelyk, MikeMike Pelyk	D	72	3	16	19	118	-20	0	0	1
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	44	1	10	11	54	2	0	0	0
Lundrigan, JoeJoe Lundrigan	D	49	2	8	10	20	4	1	0	1
Grisdale, JohnJohn Grisdale	D	49	1	7	8	76	-22	0	0	0
Fortier, DaveDave Fortier	D	23	1	4	5	63	-10	0	0	0
McIntyre, LarryLarry McIntyre	D	40	0	3	3	26	6	0	0	0
Baun, BobBob Baun	D	5	1	1	2	4	-5	0	0	0
Osburn, RandyRandy Osburn	LW	26	0	2	2	0	-5	0	0	0
Clancy, TerryTerry Clancy	RW	32	0	1	1	6	-10	0	0	0
Low, RonRon Low	G	42	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smedsmo, DaleDale Smedsmo	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Low, RonRon Low	2343	42	12	24	4	152	3.89	1
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	1717	32	8	14	6	87	3.04	1
McRae, GordGord McRae	620	11	7	3	0	39	3.77	0
Team:	4680	78	27	41	10	278	3.56	2

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; 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 1972-73 season.

Trades

March 3, 1973	To Boston Bruins Jacques Plante 3rd round pick in 1973 - Doug Gibson	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in 1973 - Ian Turnbull Future Considerations
May 15, 1973	To Minnesota North Stars 11th round pick in 1973 - Russ Wiechnik	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
May 15, 1973	To Philadelphia Flyers Bernie Parent 2nd round pick in 1973 - Larry Goodenough	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in 1973 - Bob Neely Future Considerations
May 15, 1973	To New York Islanders Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs 10th round pick in 1973 - Lee Palmer 11th round pick in 1973 - Norm McLeod

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Börje Salming	Brynäs IF (Division 1)
Inge Hammarstrom	Brynäs IF (Division 1)

Roster

1972-73 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Jacques Plante
30 – Ron Low
33 – Gord McRae

Defensemen

2 – Joe Lundrigan
3 – John Grisdale
4 – Mike Pelyk
18 – Jim McKenny
21 – Bobby Baun
22 – Dave Fortier
24 – Brian Glennie
25 – Larry McIntyre

Wingers

6 – Ron Ellis
7 – Terry Clancy
8 – Pierre Jarry
10 – George Ferguson
11 – Lyle Moffat
12 – Errol Thompson
15 – Denis Dupere
16 – Randy Osburn
17 – Rick Kehoe
19 – Paul Henderson
23 – Dale Smedsmo

Centres

9 – Norm Ullman
14 – Dave Keon - C
20 – Garry Monahan
27 – Darryl Sittler
GM: Jim Gregory
Coach: John McLellan

References

↑ "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1972-73 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Roster

See also

References

External links