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Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
Founded 1917-1918
Home Arena Air Canada Centre
Based in Toronto
Colours Blue, white and silver
League National Hockey League
Head coach Pat Quinn
General manager John Ferguson, Jr.
Owner Larry Tanenbaum (Chairman of the Board)
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (operating company)

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Toronto, Ontario. The organization is offically known as the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club.

Founded: 1917-18
Formerly known as: Toronto Arenas (1917-1919), Toronto St. Patricks (1919-1926)
Arena: Air Canada Centre (capacity 18,819)
Former arenas: Mutual Street Arena, Maple Leaf Gardens
Uniform colours: Blue and white
Logo design: a blue maple leaf with "TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS" written inside in white lettering
Stanley Cup final appearances: 21 (13 won, 8 lost: 1917-18 (won), 1921-22 (won), 1931-32 (won), 1932-33 (lost), 1934-35 (lost), 1935-36 (lost), 1937-38 (lost), 1938-39 (lost), 1939-40 (lost), 1941-42 (won), 1944-45 (won), 1946-47 (won), 1947-48 (won), 1948-49 (won), 1950-51 (won), 1958-59 (lost), 1959-60 (lost), 1961-62 (won), 1962-63 (won), 1963-64 (won), 1966-67 (won) )
Rivals: Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils.
One of the NHL's 'Original Six' franchises, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers.

Franchise history

Today, the Maple Leafs are considered one of the most storied franchises in professional hockey history along with archrival Montreal Canadiens, and the team's popularity can be compared to other sports franchises such as baseball's New York Yankees, basketball's Los Angeles Lakers, football's Dallas Cowboys and soccer's Manchester United.

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Logo of the Toronto Arenas

The National Hockey League was formed in 1917 for one reason - to kick out Eddie Livingston, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts franchise of the forerunner National Hockey Association. Livingstone was accused of creating unfair advantages for himself and his team. It was deemed unthinkable for the new league to not have a team in Toronto, so it was granted a new team, the Arenas (run by the Arena Gardens), but Livingstone would still get to lease his players to the team. The original NHL consisted of Toronto, the Montreal Canadiens, the Ottawa Senators, and the Montreal Wanderers (who folded after 6 games due to a fire in their arena). Toronto won the Stanley Cup in the NHL's inaugural season.

The team would be renamed the St. Patricks in the midst of a losing stretch in 1919, but would once again reach the Cup in 1922, with Babe Dye (who had an overtime winner in game two and four goals in the deciding fifth game) being the team's hero. They would narrowly miss the playoffs in 1923, despite Dye's 26 goals in only 22 games.

In 1926, Conn Smythe, one of the team's best-known icons, purchased the St. Pats and renamed them the Maple Leafs. The next season, the Leafs appeared for the first time in the blue and white colours they have worn ever since. After four more lackluster seasons, Smythe and the Leafs debuted their new arena, Maple Leaf Gardens, in November 1931, and their Kid Line (Busher Jackson, Charlie Conacher, and Joe Primeau), which would propel them to Toronto's third Cup victory during the first season in their new digs. They would go the distance in the semi-finals against the Boston Bruins in 1932, winning in the sixth overtime of the final game, but would be overwhelmed in the Stanley Cup finals by the New York Rangers.

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Maple Leafs logo 1933-1966

The Leafs' star forward Ace Bailey was nearly killed in 1933 when Boston Bruins' defenceman Eddie Shore checked him from behind into the boards. Toronto defenceman Red Horner was able to knock Shore out with a punch, but it was too late and Bailey's career was over. Undeterred, the Leafs would reach the finals five more times in the next seven years, but would not win: bowing out to; the now-defunct Montreal Maroons, the Detroit Red Wings in 1936, the Chicago Blackhawks in 1938, the Boston Bruins in 1939, and the New York Rangers in 1940.

They looked sure to suffer a similar fate in 1942, down three games to none in a best-of-seven final in 1942 against the Detroit Red Wings. Fourth-line forward Don Metz would galvanize the team, coming from nowhere to score a game-winning goal in game 4 and a hat trick in game 5, with the Leafs winning both times. Goalie Turk Broda would shut out the Wings in game 6, and Sweeney Schriner would score two goals in the third period to win the seventh game 3-1. It was the first time a major pro sports team came back from behind 3-0 to win a best-of-seven championship series.

Three years later, with their heroes from 1942 dwindling (due to either age, health, or the war), the Leafs turned to lesser-known players like goalie Frank McCool and blueliner Babe Pratt. They would upset the Detroit Red Wings in the 1945 finals.

The Habs would be the Leafs' nemesis two years later when they met in the 1947 finals. Ted "Teeder" Kennedy would score the game-winning goal late in game 6 to win the Leafs their first of three straight Cups -- the first time any NHL team had accomplished that feat. It may have been four straight (or even five, considering what happened in 1951), had the Red Wings' Leo Reise not scored in sudden-death of game 7 of the Detroit-Toronto semi-final series in 1950.

The Leafs and Habs would meet once again in the finals in 1951, with all five games going to overtime. Max Bentley scored with 32 seconds left in the third period of game 5 to send it to an extra period, and defenceman Bill Barilko, who had scored only six goals in the regular season, scored the game-winner to win Toronto their fourth Cup in five years. Barilko's glory was short-lived: He disappeared in a plane crash near Timmins, Ontario three months after that historical moment. Barilko's legacy is still remembered over 50 years later, and The Tragically Hip's "Fifty Mission Cap" is based on his plight.

Toronto was unable to match up with their Cup-winning teams of the late 40's and early 50's for a long time, and stronger teams like the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens won the cup year-after-year. They did not win another Stanley Cup until 1962, ironically the same year that Barilko's remains were discovered.

The Leafs were able to reel off three straight Stanley Cup victories from 1962 to 1964, with the help of Hall of Famers Frank Mahovlich, Red Kelly, Johnny Bower, Dave Keon, Andy Bathgate, and Tim Horton.

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1967: Frank Mahovlich and Red Kelly celebrate the Leafs last Stanley Cup

In 1967, the Leafs and Habs met in the Cup finals for the last time. Montreal was considered to be a heavy favorite as analysts said that the Leafs were just a bunch of has-beens. Bob Pulford scored the double-overtime winner in game 3, Jim Pappin got the game winner in game 6, and Dave Keon won the Conn Smythe trophy as the Maple Leafs won in six games. That showed everybody that experience can win Stanley Cups. The Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup, or even been to the finals, since that year.

During the 1970s, the team, led by Darryl Sittler (the all-time leading scorer for the franchise), Lanny McDonald, Dave Keon, enforcer Dave "Tiger" Williams, and Börje Salming (the first Swede to make a name for himself in the NHL) would lead the Leafs to some glory. But they only once made it past the second round of the playoffs, besting the New York Islanders, a future Stanley Cup dynasty, in the 1978 quarter-finals, only to be swept by their arch-rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, in the semi-finals.

The 1980s were dominated by longtime owner Harold Ballard. Ballard was part of a partnership that bought the team from Conn Smythe in 1961 (along with Conn's son Stafford and newspaper baron John Bassett), and won a battle for control of the team in 1971. One of the most detested owners in NHL history, he traded away many of the team's most popular players (including Sittler, McDonald, and Keon). Many players were reluctant to come to Toronto because of Ballard's reputation. The result was a team that was barely competitive from 1980 to 1992. In that stretch the Leafs failed to post a winning record, missing the playoffs five times and only finishing above fourth in their division once. One of the few bright spots during this period was the popular Wendel Clark.

After Ballard died in 1990, the Leafs were able to start working on producing a team that could compete. In 1993 it all came together. Doug Gilmour, who had come over from the Calgary Flames the previous season, scored 32 goals and 127 points to lead the team in scoring. Dave Andreychuk had also come to the Leafs (from the Buffalo Sabres) and would score 25 goals in 31 games, as well as being the league's biggest power-play goal scorer. Felix Potvin was solid with a 2.50 goals-against average. Toronto had their highest point total in team history to that date, with 99. The Leafs dispatched the Red Wings in the first round with an overtime winner in game seven, then won the Norris division by winning over the St. Louis Blues.

With Montreal facing the New York Islanders in the Wales Conference finals, Canadians were once again dreaming of a Montreal-Toronto clash for the Cup as the Leafs faced the Los Angeles Kings in the Campbell Conference Final. The Leafs were up 3-2 in the series, but lost game 6 in a game that will go down in infamy for Leafs fans: many believe that a missed high sticking call on Gilmour cost them the game. Wayne Gretzky's hat trick in game 7 put a damper on that though, as the Kings moved on to the finals.

Those hoping for an all-Canadian Stanley Cup final in 1993 had to make do with an all-Canadian Western Conference final (in the newly renamed Campbell Conference) in 1994. The Leafs, however, were no match for the Vancouver Canucks, losing in five games.

After two years out of the playoffs in the late 1990s, the Leafs made another charge in the 1999 playoffs, moving out of Maple Leaf Gardens and into the new Air Canada Centre. Mats Sundin, who joined the team from the Quebec Nordiques in 1994, had one of his most productive seasons, scoring 31 goals and totaling 83 points. Sergei Berezin scored 37 goals, Curtis Joseph won 35 games with a 2.56 GAA average, and enforcer Tie Domi racked up 198 penalty minutes. The Leafs slipped past the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but were ravaged in five games by the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference finals.

The Maple Leafs would reach the second round in both 2000 and 2001, losing both times to the New Jersey Devils. In 2002, they would dispatch the Islanders and Ottawa Senators in the first two rounds, but would lose to the cinderella Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference finals.

Curtis Joseph left to go to the Red Wings in the 2002 off-season. They immediately found a suitable replacement, Ed Belfour, from the Dallas Stars. Belfour could not help their playoff woes in the 2003 playoffs, however, as they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games in the first round. The 2003-04 season started in an uncommon way for the team, as they held their training camp in Sweden, and playing in the NHL Challenge against teams from Sweden and Finland.

In 2004, after posting a franchise record number of points, despite finishing fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Leafs defeated the Senators for the fourth time in five years, but lost in the second round, this time against the Flyers in six games.

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Darryl Sittler, captain of the Leafs in the late Seventies.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a massively popular team, with one of the largest fan bases in the NHL - a fan base large enough to support their own television channel, Leafs TV. In November, 2002, however, the Maple Leafs were named by Sports Illustrated hockey writer Michael Farber as the Most Hated Team in Hockey. The general perception among Canadians outside of Toronto that the city is the "Centre of the Universe" (because it is the largest city in the country, as well as English-speaking Canada's financial and cultural centre) makes the Leafs one of the most hated teams in the NHL. Games are usually quite heated whenever the Leafs play in other Canadian NHL cities, not the least because some of those other Canadian NHL cities have quite sizable contingents of Leafs fans of their own. Though the Leafs-Senators rivalry has heated up in recent years, their greatest rival will always be the Montreal Canadiens, given the long history of Original Six matchups between the two clubs. The fact that Montreal is Canada's main French-speaking city also gives the rivalry a nationalistic flair, which is perhaps best captured in the popular Canadian short story, "The Hockey Sweater". Recently, the Leafs biggest U.S.-based rivals have been the Philadelphia Flyers, as Toronto has faced them three times in the playoffs in the last several years, and lost to them the last two years.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Logo Season Team Name GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
File:Torontoarenaslogo.gif 1917-18 Arenas 22 13 9 0 -- 26 108 109 -- 1st (tie) in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontoarenaslogo.gif 1918-19 Arenas 18 5 13 0 -- 10 65 92 262 3rd (last) in NHL Out of playoffs
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1919-20 St. Patricks 24 12 12 0 -- 24 119 106 219 3rd in NHL Out of playoffs
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1920-21 St. Patricks 24 15 9 0 -- 30 105 100 254 1st in NHL
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1921-22 St. Patricks 24 13 10 1 -- 27 98 97 114 2nd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1922-23 St. Patricks 24 13 10 1 -- 27 82 88 200 3rd in NHL
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1923-24 St. Patricks 24 10 14 0 -- 20 59 85 178 3rd in NHL
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1924-25 St. Patricks 30 19 11 0 -- 38 90 84 249 2nd in NHL
File:Torontostpatslogo.gif 1925-26 St. Patricks 36 12 21 3 -- 27 92 114 325 6th in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1927.PNG 1926-27 St. Pats/Leafs1 44 15 24 5 -- 35 79 94 546 5th (last) in Canadian Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1927-28 Maple Leafs 44 18 18 8 -- 44 89 88 436 4th in Canadian Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1928-29 Maple Leafs 44 21 18 5 -- 47 85 69 541 3rd in Canadian Lost in 2nd round
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1929-30 Maple Leafs 44 17 21 6 -- 40 116 124 613 4th in Canadian Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1930-31 Maple Leafs 44 22 13 9 -- 53 118 99 540 2nd in Canadian Lost in 1st round
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1931-32 Maple Leafs 48 23 18 7 -- 53 155 127 625 2nd in Canadian Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1932-33 Maple Leafs 48 24 18 6 -- 54 119 111 622 1st in Canadian Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1933-34 Maple Leafs 48 26 13 9 -- 61 174 119 529 1st in Canadian
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1934-35 Maple Leafs 48 30 14 4 -- 64 157 111 444 1st in Canadian Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1935-36 Maple Leafs 48 23 19 6 -- 52 126 106 579 2nd in Canadian Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1936-37 Maple Leafs 48 22 21 5 -- 49 119 115 371 3rd in Canadian
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1937-38 Maple Leafs 48 24 15 9 -- 57 151 127 404 1st in Canadian Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo1928.PNG 1938-39 Maple Leafs 48 19 20 9 -- 47 114 107 370 3rd in NHL Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1939-40 Maple Leafs 48 25 17 6 -- 56 134 110 485 3rd in NHL Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1940-41 Maple Leafs 48 28 14 6 -- 62 145 99 306 2nd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1941-42 Maple Leafs 48 27 18 3 -- 57 158 136 341 2nd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1942-43 Maple Leafs 50 22 19 9 -- 53 198 159 431 3rd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1943-44 Maple Leafs 50 23 23 4 -- 50 214 174 303 3rd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1944-45 Maple Leafs 50 24 22 4 -- 52 183 161 317 3rd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1945-46 Maple Leafs 50 19 24 7 -- 45 174 185 247 5th in NHL Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1946-47 Maple Leafs 60 31 19 10 -- 72 209 172 669 2nd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1947-48 Maple Leafs 60 32 15 13 -- 77 182 143 758 1st in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1948-49 Maple Leafs 60 22 25 13 -- 57 147 161 706 4th in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1949-50 Maple Leafs 70 31 27 12 -- 74 176 173 804 3rd in NHL Lost in 1st round
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1950-51 Maple Leafs 70 41 16 13 -- 95 212 138 823 2nd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1951-52 Maple Leafs 70 29 25 16 -- 74 168 157 841 3rd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1952-53 Maple Leafs 70 27 30 13 -- 67 156 167 812 5th in NHL Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1953-54 Maple Leafs 70 32 24 14 -- 78 152 131 1022 3rd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1954-55 Maple Leafs 70 24 24 22 -- 70 147 135 990 3rd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1955-56 Maple Leafs 70 24 33 13 -- 61 153 181 1051 4th in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1956-57 Maple Leafs 70 21 34 15 -- 57 174 192 829 5th in NHL Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1957-58 Maple Leafs 70 21 38 11 -- 53 192 226 861 6th (last) in NHL Out of playoffs
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1958-59 Maple Leafs 70 27 32 11 -- 65 189 201 846 4th in NHL Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1959-60 Maple Leafs 70 35 26 9 -- 79 199 195 859 2nd in NHL Lost in finals
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1960-61 Maple Leafs 70 39 19 12 -- 90 234 176 844 2nd in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1961-62 Maple Leafs 70 37 22 11 -- 85 232 180 762 2nd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1962-63 Maple Leafs 70 35 23 12 -- 82 221 180 816 1st in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1963-64 Maple Leafs 70 33 25 12 -- 78 192 172 928 3rd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1964-65 Maple Leafs 70 30 26 14 -- 74 204 173 1068 4th in NHL
File:Torontomapleleafslogo40s50s.gif 1965-66 Maple Leafs 70 34 25 11 -- 79 208 187 811 3rd in NHL
File:TOR 67-70.gif 1966-67 Maple Leafs 70 32 27 11 -- 75 204 211 736 3rd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
File:TOR 67-70.gif 1967-68 Maple Leafs 74 33 31 10 -- 76 209 176 634 5th in East Out of playoffs
File:TOR 67-70.gif 1968-69 Maple Leafs 76 35 26 15 -- 85 234 217 961 4th in East
File:TOR 67-70.gif 1969-70 Maple Leafs 76 29 34 13 -- 71 222 242 898 6th (last) in East Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1970-71 Maple Leafs 78 37 33 8 -- 82 248 211 1133 4th in East
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1971-72 Maple Leafs 78 33 31 14 -- 80 209 208 887 4th in East
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1972-73 Maple Leafs 78 27 41 10 -- 64 247 279 716 6th in East Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1973-74 Maple Leafs 78 35 27 16 -- 86 274 230 903 4th in East
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1974-75 Maple Leafs 80 31 33 16 -- 78 280 309 1079 3rd in Adams
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1975-76 Maple Leafs 80 34 31 15 -- 83 294 276 1368 3rd in Adams
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1976-77 Maple Leafs 80 33 32 15 -- 81 301 285 1200 3rd in Adams
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1977-78 Maple Leafs 80 41 29 10 -- 92 271 237 1258 3rd in Admas
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1978-79 Maple Leafs 80 34 33 13 -- 81 267 252 1440 3rd in Adams
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1979-80 Maple Leafs 80 35 40 5 -- 75 304 327 1158 4th in Adams
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1980-81 Maple Leafs 80 28 37 15 -- 71 322 367 1830 5th (last) in Adams
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1981-82 Maple Leafs 80 20 44 16 -- 56 298 380 1888 5th in Norris Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1982-83 Maple Leafs 80 28 40 12 -- 68 293 330 1481 3rd in Norris Lost 1st round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1983-84 Maple Leafs 80 26 45 9 -- 61 303 387 1682 5th (last) in Norris Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1984-85 Maple Leafs 80 20 52 8 -- 48 253 358 1627 5th (last) in Norris Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1985-86 Maple Leafs 80 25 48 7 -- 57 311 386 1716 4th in Norris Lost in 1st round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1986-87 Maple Leafs 80 32 42 6 -- 70 286 319 1827 4th in Norris Lost in 1st round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1987-88 Maple Leafs 80 21 49 10 -- 52 273 345 1782 4th in Norris Lost Preliminary
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1988-89 Maple Leafs 80 28 46 6 -- 62 259 342 1740 5th (last) in Norris Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1989-90 Maple Leafs 80 38 38 4 -- 80 337 358 2419 3rd in Norris Lost Preliminary
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1990-91 Maple Leafs 80 23 46 11 -- 57 241 318 1962 5th (last) in Norris Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1991-92 Maple Leafs 80 30 43 7 -- 67 234 294 1734 5th (last) in Norris Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1992-93 Maple Leafs 84 44 29 11 -- 99 288 241 1815 3rd in Norris Lost in West Final
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1993-94 Maple Leafs 84 43 29 12 -- 98 280 243 1877 2nd in Central Lost in West Final
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1994-952 Maple Leafs 48 21 19 8 -- 50 135 146 744 4th in Central Lost in 1st round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1995-96 Maple Leafs 82 34 36 12 -- 80 247 252 1742 3rd in Central Lost in 1st round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1996-97 Maple Leafs 82 30 44 8 -- 68 230 273 1331 6th (last) in Central Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1997-98 Maple Leafs 82 30 43 9 -- 69 194 237 1481 6th (last) in Central Out of playoffs
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1998-99 Maple Leafs 82 45 30 7 -- 97 268 231 1095 2nd in Northeast Lost in East Final
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 1999-00 Maple Leafs 82 45 27 7 3 100 246 222 1103 1st in Northeast Lost in 2nd round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 2000-01 Maple Leafs 82 37 29 11 5 90 232 207 1430 3rd in Northeast Lost in 2nd round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 2001-02 Maple Leafs 82 43 25 10 4 100 249 207 1212 2nd in Northeast Lost in East Final
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 2002-03 Maple Leafs 82 44 28 7 3 98 236 208 1390 2nd in Northeast Lost in 1st round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 2003-04 Maple Leafs 82 45 24 10 3 103 242 204 1452 2nd in Northeast Lost in 2nd round
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 2004-053 Maple Leafs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
File:TorontoMapleLeafs 100.png 2005-06 Maple Leafs 8 4 2 -- 2 10 34 28
1 In February, 1927, Conn Smythe, the new owner of the team, changed the team name and logo from "St. Patricks" to "Maple Leafs".
2 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
3 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

Notable players

Current squad

As of October 12, 2005

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
20 Canada Ed Belfour L 2002 Carman, Manitoba
32 Sweden Mikael Tellqvist L 2000 Sundbyberg, Sweden
Defencemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
3 Canada Wade Belak R 2001 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
8 Finland Aki Berg L 2001 Turku, Finland
15 Czech Republic Tomas Kaberle - A L 1996 Rakovník, Czechoslovakia
22 United States Ken Klee R 2003 Indianapolis, Indiana
24 Canada Bryan McCabe - A R 2001 St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Russia Alexander Khavanov L 2005 Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Positon Acquired Place of Birth
10 Canada Alexander Steen L C 2002 Winnipeg, Manitoba
13 Sweden Mats Sundin - C R C 1994 Bromma, Sweden
14 Canada Matt Stajan L C 2002 Mississauga, Ontario
16 Canada Darcy Tucker L LW 2000 Castor, Alberta
18 Canada Chad Kilger L LW 2004 Cornwall, Ontario
21 Poland Mariusz Czerkawski L RW 2005 Radomsko, Poland
23 Ukraine Alexei Ponikarovsky L LW 1998 Kiev, U.S.S.R
26 Canada Nathan Perrott R RW 2002 Owen Sound, Ontario
28 Canada Tie Domi R RW 1995 Windsor, Ontario
39 Canada Clarke Wilm L C 2003 Central Butte, Saskatchewan
41 Canada Jason Allison R C 2005 Toronto, Ontario
42 Canada Kyle Wellwood R C 2001 Old Castle, Ontario
80 Kazakhstan Nik Antropov L C 1998 Öskemen, U.S.S.R
88 Canada Eric Lindros R C 2005 London, Ontario
92 Canada Jeff O'Neill R RW 2005 Richmond Hill, Ontario

Hall of Famers


Team captains


Not to be forgotten


Retired numbers

Honoured numbers



See Also
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