1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 34 wins, 31 losses, and 15 ties for 83 points. They defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins two games to one in the Preliminary Round before losing the Quarter-Finals in seven games to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	6	Don Ashby (C)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)

Regular season

Sittler's Ten Point Night

February 7, 1976 – In his first season as captain Darryl Sittler set the NHL record for most points scored in one game when he recorded ten points (six goals, four assists) against the Boston Bruins. At the 9:27 mark of the third period, he scored a goal and earned the ninth point of the game, breaking the NHL record for most points in a game. He would go on to earn another point to set a new record with 10 points in a game. Almost 40 years later, this record still stands. Sittler finished the season with 41 goals and 59 assists, being the first Leaf ever to reach the 100-point mark.

Season standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	80	48	15	17	313	237	113
Buffalo Sabres	80	46	21	13	339	240	105
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	34	31	15	294	276	83
California Golden Seals	80	27	42	11	250	278	65

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1975	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 1975	3–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	1–1–0
3	L	October 15, 1975	4–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1975	4–1	New York Rangers (1975–76)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1975	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	2–3–0
6	W	October 22, 1975	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	3–3–0
7	W	October 24, 1975	6–3	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	4–3–0
8	T	October 25, 1975	2–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	4–3–1
9	W	October 29, 1975	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	5–3–1
10	L	October 30, 1975	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	5–4–1
11	W	November 1, 1975	3–0	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	6–4–1
12	W	November 5, 1975	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	7–4–1
13	T	November 7, 1975	3–3	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	7–4–2
14	T	November 8, 1975	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	7–4–3
15	L	November 11, 1975	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	7–5–3
16	W	November 14, 1975	4–2	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	8–5–3
17	T	November 15, 1975	1–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	8–5–4
18	W	November 18, 1975	4–2	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	9–5–4
19	L	November 22, 1975	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	9–6–4
20	T	November 23, 1975	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	9–6–5
21	T	November 26, 1975	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	9–6–6
22	L	November 28, 1975	3–6	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	9–7–6
23	T	November 29, 1975	1–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	9–7–7
24	L	December 3, 1975	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	9–8–7
25	L	December 6, 1975	2–4	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	9–9–7
26	L	December 7, 1975	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	9–10–7
27	T	December 10, 1975	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	9–10–8
28	L	December 13, 1975	3–5	New York Islanders (1975–76)	9–11–8
29	W	December 14, 1975	6–1	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	10–11–8
30	W	December 17, 1975	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	11–11–8
31	L	December 18, 1975	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	11–12–8
32	W	December 20, 1975	5–1	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	12–12–8
33	W	December 22, 1975	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	13–12–8
34	L	December 27, 1975	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	13–13–8
35	W	December 29, 1975	6–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	14–13–8
36	W	January 1, 1976	5–1	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	15–13–8
37	L	January 3, 1976	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	15–14–8
38	W	January 4, 1976	8–6	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	16–14–8
39	L	January 7, 1976	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	16–15–8
40	W	January 8, 1976	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	17–15–8
41	W	January 10, 1976	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	18–15–8
42	L	January 11, 1976	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	18–16–8
43	W	January 14, 1976	6–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	19–16–8
44	W	January 15, 1976	6–4	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	20–16–8
45	T	January 17, 1976	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	20–16–9
46	L	January 22, 1976	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	20–17–9
47	T	January 24, 1976	5–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	20–17–10
48	L	January 25, 1976	3–5	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	20–18–10
49	L	January 28, 1976	2–3	New York Islanders (1975–76)	20–19–10
50	W	January 31, 1976	6–4	New York Rangers (1975–76)	21–19–10
51	L	February 1, 1976	1–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	21–20–10
52	T	February 4, 1976	4–4	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	21–20–11
53	W	February 7, 1976	11–4	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	22–20–11
54	W	February 8, 1976	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	23–20–11
55	L	February 11, 1976	2–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	23–21–11
56	L	February 14, 1976	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	23–22–11
57	W	February 16, 1976	5–1	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	24–22–11
58	L	February 18, 1976	5–7	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	24–23–11
59	L	February 19, 1976	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	24–24–11
60	W	February 21, 1976	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	25–24–11
61	W	February 23, 1976	7–1	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	26–24–11
62	W	February 25, 1976	8–0	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	27–24–11
63	L	February 26, 1976	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	27–25–11
64	W	February 28, 1976	4–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	28–25–11
65	W	March 1, 1976	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	29–25–11
66	W	March 3, 1976	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	30–25–11
67	W	March 6, 1976	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	31–25–11
68	T	March 7, 1976	7–7	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	31–25–12
69	T	March 10, 1976	2–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	31–25–13
70	L	March 11, 1976	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	31–26–13
71	T	March 13, 1976	2–2	New York Islanders (1975–76)	31–26–14
72	L	March 17, 1976	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	31–27–14
73	W	March 20, 1976	7–3	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	32–27–14
74	L	March 21, 1976	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	32–28–14
75	W	March 24, 1976	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	33–28–14
76	L	March 27, 1976	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	33–29–14
77	W	March 29, 1976	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	34–29–14
78	T	March 31, 1976	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	34–29–15
79	L	April 3, 1976	2–4	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	34–30–15
80	L	April 4, 1976	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	34–31–15

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	79	41	59	100	90	12	11	1	2
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	75	37	56	93	70	24	6	5	4
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	75	43	37	80	26	28	13	1	7
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	78	16	41	57	70	33	8	0	1
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	76	20	36	56	90	24	7	1	3
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	64	19	32	51	22	10	5	0	3
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	79	12	32	44	76	11	3	2	2
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	78	21	19	40	299	-1	3	0	3
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	76	19	21	40	21	0	1	0	5
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	45	10	23	33	30	-8	1	1	1
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	77	10	22	32	140	-1	2	0	2
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	46	10	19	29	19	-7	4	0	0
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	69	9	13	22	89	-15	0	0	0
Ashby, DonDon Ashby	C	50	6	15	21	10	5	1	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	77	3	16	19	46	11	0	0	0
Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton	RW	43	6	11	17	8	-2	1	0	0
Hubick, GregGreg Hubick	D	72	6	8	14	10	0	0	0	1
Alexander, ClaireClaire Alexander	D	33	2	6	8	6	0	0	0	0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	43	0	8	8	84	-5	0	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	69	0	8	8	75	10	0	0	0
Garland, ScottScott Garland	C	16	4	3	7	8	0	1	0	0
Favell, DougDoug Favell	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	G	64	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Walker, KurtKurt Walker	D	5	0	0	0	49	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	3684	64	28	24	12	196	3.19	2
McRae, GordGord McRae	956	20	6	5	2	59	3.70	0
Favell, DougDoug Favell	160	3	0	2	1	15	5.63	0
Team:	4800	80	34	31	15	270	3.38	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	10	5	7	12	19	2	0	1
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	10	2	9	11	29	1	0	0
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	10	4	4	8	4	2	0	1
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	10	3	4	7	9	1	0	0
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	10	3	3	6	0	2	1	0
Alexander, ClaireClaire Alexander	D	9	2	4	6	4	1	0	0
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	C	10	2	4	6	2	0	0	1
McKenny, JimJim McKenny	D	6	2	3	5	2	1	0	1
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	10	2	3	5	2	0	0	0
Boutette, PatPat Boutette	C/RW	10	1	4	5	16	0	0	0
Neely, BobBob Neely	LW	10	3	1	4	7	2	0	0
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	9	1	3	4	0	1	0	1
Garland, ScottScott Garland	C	7	1	2	3	35	1	0	0
Glennie, BrianBrian Glennie	D	6	0	1	1	15	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	10	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
McRae, GordGord McRae	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walker, KurtKurt Walker	D	6	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
Warner, BobBob Warner	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	10	0	0	0	75	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	587	10	5	5	34	3.48	1
McRae, GordGord McRae	13	1	0	0	1	4.62	0
Team:	600	10	5	5	35	3.50	1

^[2]

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 1975-76 season.

Trades

June 17, 1975	To Montreal Canadiens 1st round pick in 1976 - Peter Lee	To Toronto Maple Leafs Wayne Thomas
June 20, 1975	To California Golden Seals Gary Sabourin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Stan Weir
June 26, 1975	To Montreal Canadiens Doug Jarvis	To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Hubick
September 1, 1975	To Los Angeles Kings Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Cassidy
June 1, 1976	To Cincinnati Stingers (WHA) Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Pelyk Randy Carlyle

Free agents

Player	Former team
Bob Warner	Undrafted free agent
Kurt Walker	Undrafted free agent

Playoffs

Darryl Sittler tied the playoff record for most goals in one game, with five against Philadelphia.

Awards and records

Borje Salming, defence, NHL 2nd All-Star Team
Darryl Sittler, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
Wayne Thomas, appeared in NHL All-Star Game

Roster

1975-76 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Gord McRae
30 – Wayne Thomas
33 – Doug Favell

Defensemen

2 – Ian Turnbull
4 – Dave Dunn
16 – Rod Seiling
18 – Jim McKenny
19 – Greg Hubick
20 – Claire Alexander
21 – Borje Salming
24 – Brian Glennie
26 – Kurt Walker

Wingers

Centres

8 – Jack Valiquette
9 – Don Ashby
14 – Stan Weir
25 – Scott Garland
27 – Darryl Sittler - C
GM: Jim Gregory
Coach: Red Kelly

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1975-76 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise GMs Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six All-time roster Records Award winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owners The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited Charles Querrie 1919-1927 Conn Smythe 1927-1961 Harold Ballard (with Stafford Smythe and John Bassett until 1970-1971) 1961-1990 Steve Stavro 1991-1996 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman) 1996-present President Brendan Shanahan General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arenas	Arena Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre

Rivalries	Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators

Affiliates	AHL Toronto Marlies ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

General managers	Querrie C. Smythe S. Smythe Imlach Gregory Imlach McNamara Stellick Smith Fletcher Dryden Quinn Ferguson Fletcher Burke Nonis Lamoriello

Head coaches	Romeril Smythe Duncan Irvin Day Primeau Clancy Meeker Reay Imlach McLellan Kelly Neilson Smith Duff Crozier Nykoluk Maloney Brophy Armstrong Carpenter Watt Burns Beverley Murphy Quinn Maurice Wilson Carlyle Horachek Babcock

Media	TV Leafs TV Sportsnet Ontario TSN4 Radio Sportsnet 590 The Fan TSN Radio 1050

Championships	1918 1922 1932 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1962 1963 1964 1967

Culture/Lore	Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Square 2014 NHL Winter Classic NHL Centennial Classic Fifty Mission Cap J. P. Bickell Memorial Award Carlton the Bear The Kid Line The Love Guru

1975–76 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo California Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Kansas City Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft Super Series '76 All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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