1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Conn Smythe was making preparations for his eventual tour of duty in Europe. He felt that Dick Irvin would not be strong enough to deal with player issues while he was gone and Smythe convinced the Montreal Canadiens to hire Irvin.^[1] Smythe hired Hap Day as coach.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	48	27	8	13	67	168	102
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	28	14	6	62	145	99
Detroit Red Wings	48	21	16	11	53	112	102
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	50	143	125
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	25	7	39	112	139
Montreal Canadiens	48	16	26	6	38	121	147
New York Americans	48	8	29	11	27	99	186

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 2, 1940	1–4	New York Rangers (1940–41)	0–1–0
2	W	November 9, 1940	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	1–1–0
3	W	November 14, 1940	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	2–1–0
4	W	November 16, 1940	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	3–1–0
5	W	November 17, 1940	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	4–1–0
6	W	November 21, 1940	2–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	5–1–0
7	L	November 23, 1940	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	5–2–0
8	W	November 24, 1940	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	6–2–0
9	W	November 26, 1940	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	7–2–0
10	W	November 30, 1940	6–1	New York Americans (1940–41)	8–2–0
11	W	December 1, 1940	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	9–2–0
12	W	December 7, 1940	3–2	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	10–2–0
13	W	December 12, 1940	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	11–2–0
14	W	December 14, 1940	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	12–2–0
15	W	December 15, 1940	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	13–2–0
16	L	December 17, 1940	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–3–0
17	T	December 21, 1940	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	13–3–1
18	L	December 22, 1940	1–2	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	13–4–1
19	L	December 25, 1940	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	13–5–1
20	W	December 28, 1940	3–2	New York Rangers (1940–41)	14–5–1
21	L	December 29, 1940	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	14–6–1
22	L	January 4, 1941	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	14–7–1
23	W	January 7, 1941	4–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	15–7–1
24	W	January 9, 1941	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	16–7–1
25	W	January 11, 1941	9–0	New York Americans (1940–41)	17–7–1
26	L	January 18, 1941	0–1	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	17–8–1
27	T	January 19, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	17–8–2
28	W	January 23, 1941	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	18–8–2
29	T	January 25, 1941	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	18–8–3
30	W	January 26, 1941	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	19–8–3
31	W	January 30, 1941	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	20–8–3
32	W	February 1, 1941	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	21–8–3
33	L	February 2, 1941	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	21–9–3
34	L	February 8, 1941	2–3	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–10–3
35	W	February 15, 1941	4–3	New York Rangers (1940–41)	22–10–3
36	W	February 16, 1941	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	23–10–3
37	T	February 18, 1941	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	23–10–4
38	W	February 20, 1941	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	24–10–4
39	W	February 22, 1941	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	25–10–4
40	L	February 23, 1941	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41)	25–11–4
41	T	February 25, 1941	4–4 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	25–11–5
42	T	March 1, 1941	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	25–11–6
43	L	March 6, 1941	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	25–12–6
44	W	March 8, 1941	6–1	New York Americans (1940–41)	26–12–6
45	L	March 9, 1941	5–8	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	26–13–6
46	L	March 11, 1941	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	26–14–6
47	W	March 15, 1941	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	27–14–6
48	W	March 16, 1941	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	28–14–6

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs took on the first-place Boston Bruins in the semi-finals. Boston would win the series four games to three. The Bruins would go on to win the Stanley Cup versus Detroit in four games.

Date	Home team	Score	Visiting Team	Score	Notes
March 20	Boston Bruins	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	0
March 22	Boston Bruins	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	5
March 25	Toronto Maple Leafs	7	Boston Bruins	2
March 27	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	Boston Bruins	2
March 29	Boston Bruins	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	(OT)
April 1	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	Boston Bruins	2
April 3	Boston Bruins	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	42	23	21	44	2
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	41	20	24	44	6
Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	48	24	14	38	6
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	47	14	21	35	10
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	47	9	26	35	15
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	D	47	7	14	21	35
Langelle, PetePete Langelle	C	47	4	15	19	0
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	31	6	11	17	12
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	LW	26	10	5	15	9
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	45	3	12	15	59
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	35	9	5	14	12
Metz, DonDon Metz	RW	31	4	10	14	6
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	27	4	5	9	10
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	37	3	6	9	39
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	39	1	4	5	53
Chisholm, LexLex Chisholm	C/RW	26	4	0	4	8
Mann, NormNorm Mann	RW/C	15	0	3	3	2
Church, JackJack Church	D	11	0	1	1	22
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	2970	48	28	14	6	99	2.00	5
Team:	2970	48	28	14	6	99	2.00	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Metz, NickNick Metz	LW	7	3	4	7	0
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	7	3	2	5	2
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	7	3	2	5	2
Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	7	2	1	3	4
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton	D	7	1	2	3	13
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	D	7	0	3	3	2
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	7	0	3	3	5
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	7	2	0	2	2
Langelle, PetePete Langelle	C	7	1	1	2	0
Metz, DonDon Metz	RW	7	1	1	2	2
Davidson, BobBob Davidson	LW	7	0	2	2	7
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	7	0	2	2	0
Chisholm, LexLex Chisholm	C/RW	3	1	0	1	0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	7	0	0	0	0
Church, JackJack Church	D	5	0	0	0	8
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	LW	7	0	0	0	0
Kampman, BingoBingo Kampman	D	7	0	0	0	0
Mann, NormNorm Mann	RW/C	1	0	0	0	0
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	7	0	0	0	5

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	438	7	3	4	15	2.05	0
Team:	438	7	3	4	15	2.05	0

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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

May 10, 1940: Traded Murph Chamberlain to the Montreal Canadiens for $7,500
May 10, 1940: Traded Pep Kelly to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash
June 7, 1940: Acquired Frank Eddolls from the Montreal Canadiens for Joe Benoit
July 1, 1940: Acquired Chuck Shannon from the New York Americans for cash
October 20, 1940: Traded Chuck Shannon to the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash
October 22, 1940: Traded Phil Stein to the New Haven Eagles of the AHL for cash
October 31, 1940: Signed Free Agent Nick Knott
January 17, 1941: Acquired Jack Howard and Loan of Peanuts O'Flaherty from the New York Americans for Clarence Drouillard

References

Smythe, Conn; Young, Scott (1981). Conn Smythe: If you can't beat 'em in the alley. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-9078-1.

↑ Smythe, p. 143
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1940-41 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

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See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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