1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 48th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team would make the playoffs for the seventh year in a row, before losing in the semifinals.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 15, 1964||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 17, 1964||7–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||2–0–0

|3||T||October 18, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||2–0–1

|4||T||October 22, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||2–0–2

|5||T||October 24, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||2–0–3

|6||W||October 27, 1964||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||3–0–3

|7||L||October 28, 1964||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||3–1–3

|8||W||October 31, 1964||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||4–1–3

|9||L||November 1, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||4–2–3

|10||T||November 5, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||4–2–4

|11||L||November 7, 1964||0–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||4–3–4

|12||W||November 11, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||5–3–4

|13||L||November 14, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||5–4–4

|14||L||November 15, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||5–5–4

|15||W||November 18, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||6–5–4

|16||W||November 21, 1964||1–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||7–5–4

|17||W||November 22, 1964||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||8–5–4

|18||L||November 25, 1964||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||8–6–4

|19||W||November 26, 1964||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||9–6–4

|20||L||November 28, 1964||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||9–7–4

|21||T||November 29, 1964||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||9–7–5

|22||L||December 3, 1964||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||9–8–5

|23||W||December 5, 1964||10–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||10–8–5

|24||L||December 9, 1964||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||10–9–5

|25||W||December 12, 1964||6–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||11–9–5

|26||T||December 13, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||11–9–6

|27||T||December 17, 1964||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||11–9–7

|28||W||December 19, 1964||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||12–9–7

|29||L||December 20, 1964||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||12–10–7

|30||T||December 25, 1964||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||12–10–8

|31||L||December 26, 1964||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||12–11–8

|32||L||December 30, 1964||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||12–12–8

|33||L||January 1, 1965||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||12–13–8

|34||W||January 2, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||13–13–8

|35||T||January 3, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||13–13–9

|36||W||January 6, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||14–13–9

|37||W||January 9, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||15–13–9

|38||W||January 10, 1965||6–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||16–13–9

|39||T||January 13, 1965||0–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||16–13–10

|40||W||January 14, 1965||5–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||17–13–10

|41||L||January 16, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||17–14–10

|42||W||January 17, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||18–14–10

|43||L||January 20, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||18–15–10

|44||T||January 23, 1965||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||18–15–11

|45||L||January 24, 1965||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||18–16–11

|46||W||January 30, 1965||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||19–16–11

|47||W||January 31, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||20–16–11

|48||W||February 4, 1965||5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||21–16–11

|49||L||February 6, 1965||3–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||21–17–11

|50||W||February 7, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||22–17–11

|51||W||February 10, 1965||6–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||23–17–11

|52||W||February 13, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||24–17–11

|53||T||February 14, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||24–17–12

|54||W||February 20, 1965||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||25–17–12

|55||L||February 21, 1965||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||25–18–12

|56||L||February 24, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||25–19–12

|57||L||February 27, 1965||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||25–20–12

|58||L||February 28, 1965||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||25–21–12

|59||T||March 4, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||25–21–13

|60||W||March 6, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||26–21–13

|61||T||March 7, 1965||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||26–21–14

|62||L||March 10, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||26–22–14

|63||L||March 13, 1965||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1964–65) ||26–23–14

|64||L||March 14, 1965||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) ||26–24–14

|65||L||March 18, 1965||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||26–25–14

|66||W||March 20, 1965||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1964–65) ||27–25–14

|67||W||March 21, 1965||10–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1964–65) ||28–25–14

|68||W||March 24, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) ||29–25–14

|69||L||March 27, 1965||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||29–26–14

|70||W||March 28, 1965||4–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) ||30–26–14

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Frank Mahovlich 59 23 28 51 76 Dave Keon 65 21 29 50 10 Red Kelly 70 18 28 46 8 Andy Bathgate 55 16 29 45 34 Ron Ellis 62 23 16 39 14 Bob Pulford 65 19 20 39 46 George Armstrong 59 15 22 37 14 Tim Horton 70 12 16 28 95 Kent Douglas 67 5 23 28 129 Ron Stewart 65 16 11 27 33 Carl Brewer 70 4 23 27 177 Pete Stemkowski 36 5 15 20 33 Don McKenney 52 6 13 19 6 Jim Pappin 44 9 9 18 33 Bob Baun 70 0 18 18 160 Allan Stanley 64 2 15 17 30 Eddie Shack 67 5 9 14 68 Billy Harris 48 1 6 7 0 Dickie Moore 38 2 4 6 68 Brit Selby 3 2 0 2 2 Terry Sawchuk 36 0 2 2 24 Johnny Bower 34 0 0 0 6 Larry Hillman 2 0 0 0 2 Duane Rupp 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Terry Sawchuk 2160 36 17 13 6 92 2.56 1 Johnny Bower 2040 34 13 13 8 81 2.38 3 Team: 4200 70 30 26 14 173 2.47 4

Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Red Kelly 6 3 2 5 2 Dave Keon 6 2 2 4 2 Ron Ellis 6 3 0 3 2 Carl Brewer 6 1 2 3 12 Frank Mahovlich 6 0 3 3 9 Pete Stemkowski 6 0 3 3 7 Dickie Moore 5 1 1 2 6 Bob Pulford 6 1 1 2 16 Tim Horton 6 0 2 2 13 George Armstrong 6 1 0 1 4 Andy Bathgate 6 1 0 1 6 Eddie Shack 5 1 0 1 8 Bob Baun 6 0 1 1 14 Kent Douglas 5 0 1 1 19 Allan Stanley 6 0 1 1 12 Ron Stewart 6 0 1 1 2 Al Arbour 1 0 0 0 2 Johnny Bower 5 0 0 0 0 Don McKenney 6 0 0 0 0 Terry Sawchuk 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Johnny Bower 321 5 2 3 13 2.43 0 Terry Sawchuk 60 1 0 1 3 3.00 0 Team: 381 6 2 4 16 2.52 0

Transactions The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1964–65 season.

Trades June 25, 1964To New York RangersLou Angotti Ed LawsonTo Toronto Maple LeafsDuane Rupp Ed Ehrenverth August 1, 1964To Boston BruinsCashTo Toronto Maple LeafsTom McCarthy

Inter-league draft June 8, 1964From Denver Invaders (WHL)Gord Redahl June 8, 1964From Montreal CanadiensDickie Moore June 8, 1964From Detroit Red WingsTerry Sawchuk

Reverse draft June 8, 1964From Denver Invaders (WHL)Lou Jankowski

Free agents Player Former team Terry Clancy Undrafted Free Agent

Draft picks Toronto's draft picks at the 1964 NHL entry draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)15 Tom Martin Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)211 David Cotey Aurora Bears (SOJCHL)317 Mike Pelyk Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)423 Jim Dorey Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)

See also 1964–65 NHL season

References