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  • However, due to playing in a Norris Division where no team cracked the 90-point mark, the Leafs still made the playoffs.

  • [78][82] Doug Carpenter was named the new head coach to begin the 1989–90 season when the Leafs posted their first season above .500 in the decade.

  • [11] During the inaugural season, the club performed the first trade in NHL history, sending Sammy Hebert to the Senators, in return for cash.

  • [48] Under a new captaincy, the Leafs managed to make it to the 1949 finals, facing the Red Wings, who had finished the season with the best overall record.

  • The Leafs managed to make the post-season as well as the Cup finals.

  • [59] During the 1962–63 season, the Leafs finished first in the league for the first time since the 1947–48 season.

  • [67] In the first year of his second stint as general manager, Imlach became embroiled in a dispute with Leafs’ captain Darryl Sittler over his attempt to take part in the
    Showdown series for Hockey Night in Canada.

  • However, from the time King Clancy took over as the head coach, to Imlach’s return, the club was on a 10-game undefeated streak, building momentum before the playoffs.

  • [46] The Red Wings were able to end this losing streak in the following post-season, eliminating Toronto in the 1950 NHL playoffs.

  • However, the Leafs upset the Red Wings in their final game while the North Stars lost to the Flames hours later to hand the Leafs the final spot from the Norris.

  • Under Punch Imlach, their new general manager and coach, the Leafs made it to the 1959 Finals, losing to the Canadiens in five games.

  • [53] The two seasons after the Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup victories, the team saw several player departures, including Bathgate, and Brewer, as well as several new additions,
    including Marcel Pronovost, and Terry Sawchuk.

  • Since the Norris only had five teams in total, this meant only the last-place team in the division missed the postseason.

  • [53] Despite these new additions, the Leafs’ 1961 playoff run ended in the semifinals against the Red Wings, with Armstrong, Bower, Kelly and others, suffering from injuries.

  • [32] The Leafs held the Ace Bailey Benefit Game, the NHL’s first All-Star Game, to collect medical funds to help Bailey.

  • However, the Leafs went on to win their third consecutive Cup, sweeping the Red Wings in four games.

  • [49] Building on a successful playoff run, the Leafs followed up with a second-place finish in the 1959–60 regular season.

  • He had been tapped as the Rangers’ first general manager and coach for their inaugural season (1926–27) but had been fired in a dispute with Madison Square Garden management
    before the season had begun.

  • In 1987–88, they entered the final day of the season with the worst record in the league, but were only one point behind the Minnesota North Stars and thus were still in playoff
    contention.

  • [88] Toronto dispatched the Detroit Red Wings in seven games in the first round, then defeated the St. Louis Blues in another seven games in the Division Finals.

  • They led the Leafs to win the 1932 Stanley Cup, as well as four more Stanley Cup finals appearances over the next six years.

  • [49] With the conclusion of the 1952–53 regular season, the Leafs failed to make it to the postseason for the first time since the 1945–46 playoffs.

  • [13] For the next season, rather than return the Blueshirts’ players to Livingstone as originally promised, on October 19, 1918, the Arena Company formed the Toronto Arena
    Hockey Club, which was readily granted full membership in the NHL.

  • The team captured their third Stanley Cup that season, vanquishing the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round, the Montreal Maroons in the semifinals, and the New York Rangers
    in the finals.

  • [96] By the end of the season, they recorded their first 100-point season and won their first division title in 37 years.

  • However, in a reversal of the 1942 finals, the Red Wings won the next three games.

  • [46] The Leafs were able to win the series, winning the seventh game by the score of 2–1 to prevent a complete reversal of the series played three years ago.

  • [6] The NHL had decided that it would operate a four-team circuit, made up of the Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Ottawa, and one more club in either Quebec City or Toronto.

  • [53] The 1963–64 season saw certain members of the team traded.

  • [14] The Arena Company also decided that year that only NHL teams were allowed to play at the Arena Gardens—a move which effectively killed the NHA.

  • However, in those days, the top four teams in each division made the playoffs, regardless of record.

  • [40] The Leafs reached the finals five times in the next seven years but bowed out to the now-disbanded Maroons in 1935, the Detroit Red Wings in 1936, Chicago in 1938, Boston
    in 1939 and the Rangers in 1940.

  • [16][21] However, Toronto Varsity Blues coach Conn Smythe put together a group of his own and made a $160,000 (equivalent to $2,490,000 in 2021) offer.

  • Under the new ownership, Toronto won another three straight Stanley Cups.

  • [91] On February 13, 1999, the Leafs played their final game at the Gardens before moving to their new home at the then-Air Canada Centre.

  • [3][4] Winning their last championship in the 1966–67 season, the Maple Leafs’ 54-season drought between championships is the longest drought in league history, surpassing
    the previous record held by the New York Rangers, going into the 2022–23 season.

  • In the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals, the Maple Leafs were down three games to none in the best-of-seven series against Detroit.

  • [87] Hoping to meet long-time rival Montreal (who was playing in the Wales Conference finals against the New York Islanders) in the Cup finals, the Leafs faced the Los Angeles
    Kings in the Campbell Conference finals.

  • [46] With their victory in 1948, the Leafs moved ahead of Montreal as the team having won the most Stanley Cups in League history.

  • [49] Barilko helped the club secure its fourth Stanley Cup in five years.

  • Fletcher soon set about building a competitive club, hiring Pat Burns as the new coach, and making a series of trades and free-agent acquisitions, such as acquiring Doug Gilmour
    and Dave Andreychuk, which turned the Leafs into a contender.

  • [8] The NHL granted the Arena responsibility of the Toronto franchise for only the inaugural season, with specific instructions to resolve the dispute with Livingstone or
    transfer ownership of the Toronto franchise back to the League at the end of the season.

  • With the company facing increasing financial difficulties, and the Arenas officially eliminated from the playoffs, the NHL agreed to let the team forfeit their last two games.

  • In the following playoffs, the team won their second Stanley Cup of the decade.

  • [74] Despite acquiring Tiger Williams in the 1974 draft, and Roger Neilson as head coach in the 1977–78 season, the Maple Leafs found themselves eliminated in the playoffs
    by stronger Flyers or Canadiens teams from 1975 to 1979.

  • With these key additions, the Leafs were able to win a second consecutive Stanley Cup, sweeping the Red Wings in the 1948 finals.

  • The Maple Leafs have retired the use of 13 numbers in honour of 19 players, including the first in professional sports.

  • [77] By the end of the 1979–80 season, Imlach had traded away nearly half of the roster he had at the beginning of his tenure as general manager.

  • The team would win its sixth Stanley Cup that season.

  • A member of the “Original Six”, the club was one of six NHL teams to have endured the period of League retrenchment during the Great Depression.

  • [89] The Leafs eventually lost in game seven 5–4.

  • Playing against Montreal, the heavy favourite for the year, the Leafs managed to win, with Bob Pulford scoring the double-overtime winner in game three; Jim Pappin scored
    the series winner in Game 6.

  • Imlach’s first choice for coach was his former player Smith, although he did not finish the 1979–80 season after being hospitalized by a car accident on March 14, 1980.

  • Armstrong is the all-time leader in games played with the Maple Leafs.

  • Believing the WHA would not be able to compete against the NHL, Ballard’s attitude caused the Maple Leafs to lose key players, including Parent to the upstart league.

  • The use of blue by top-level Toronto-based sports clubs began with the Argonaut Rowing Club in the 19th century, later adopted by their football team, the Toronto Argonauts,
    in 1873.

  • Most notably, the Leafs announced a large portion of their roster had enlisted, including Apps, and Broda,[45] who did not play on the team for several seasons due to their
    obligations with the Canadian Forces.

  • [66] The Leafs returned to the playoffs after the 1970–71 season with the addition of Sittler, as well as Bernie Parent and Jacques Plante, who were both acquired through
    trades during the season.

  • [21] After taking control on February 14, 1927, Smythe immediately renamed the team the Maple Leafs, after the national symbol of Canada.

  • [87] A letter from Steve Stavro welcoming fans to the first Leafs home game at Air Canada Centre (later renamed Scotiabank Arena), February 1999.

  • For their first 14 seasons, the club played their home games at the Mutual Street Arena, before moving to Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931.

  • [67] In addition to these first-round picks, the Leafs also acquired Borje Salming during the 1973 off-season.

  • [33] The military band has continued to perform in every subsequent season home opening game, as well as other ceremonies conducted by the hockey club.

  • [32] After the end of the 1939–40 season, Smythe allowed Irvin to leave the team as head coach, replacing him with former Leafs captain Hap Day.

  • [10] Although the inaugural roster was made up of players leased from the NHA’s Toronto Blueshirts, including Harry Cameron and Reg Noble, the Maple Leafs do not claim the
    Blueshirts’ history as their own.

  • [87] Missing two consecutive playoffs in 1997 and 1998, the Leafs relieved Fletcher as general manager.

  • However, his second stint as general manager in the 1979–80 season was controversial, as he traded Lanny McDonald, and engaged in a public dispute with team captain Darryl
    Sittler.

  • [87] The team made it to the conference finals again, only to be eliminated by the Vancouver Canucks in five games.

  • The team finished third in the 1951–52 season and was eventually swept by the Red Wings in the semi-finals.

  • Conference: Eastern; Division: Atlantic; Founded: 1917; History: Toronto Arenas, 1917–1919, Toronto St. Patricks, 1919–1927, Toronto Maple Leafs, 1927–present; Home arena:
    Scotiabank Arena; City: Toronto, Ontario; Colours: Blue, white[1][2]; Media: Sportsnet Ontario, TSN4, Sportsnet 590 The Fan, TSN Radio 1050; Owner(s): Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman), (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman);
    General manager: Kyle Dubas; Head coach: Sheldon Keefe; Captain: John Tavares; Minor league affiliatesToronto Marlies (AHL), Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL); Stanley Cups: 13 (1917–18, 1921–22, 1931–32, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49,
    1950–51, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67); Conference championships: 0; Presidents’ Trophy: 0[note 1]; Division championships: 6 (1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1999–2000, 2020–21) Team history Early years (1917–1927) The National
    Hockey League was formed in 1917 in Montreal by teams formerly belonging to the National Hockey Association (NHA) that had a dispute with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts.

  • [38] Maple Leafs star forward Ace Bailey was nearly killed in 1933 when Boston Bruins defenceman Eddie Shore checked him from behind at full speed into the boards.

  • [67] Although Neilson was a popular coach with fans and his players, he found himself at odds with Ballard, who fired him late in the 1977–78 season.

  • [78] Clark managed to lead the Leafs to the playoffs from 1986 to 1988, as well as the 1990 playoffs.

  • [46] To bolster their centre depth, the Leafs acquired Cy Thomas and Max Bentley in the following off-season.

 

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and 1962–63
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