1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division5th Norris
Conference10th Campbell
1984–85 record20–52–8
Goals for253
Goals against358
Team information
General managerGerry McNamara
CoachDan Maloney
CaptainRick Vaive
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsRick Vaive (35)
AssistsDan Daoust (37)
PointsRick Vaive (68)
Penalty minutesBob McGill (250)
WinsTim Bernhardt (13)
Goals against averageTim Bernhardt (3.74)

The 1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 68th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, the 58th season as the Maple Leafs. It was a miserable season as they finished last in the Norris Division and in the entire NHL with a 20–52–8 record for a total of 48 points, the worst record in the league and team history.[1][2][3][4]

Offseason

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star
Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 4 Al Iafrate (D)  United States Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2 25 Todd Gill (D)  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4 67 Jeff Reese (G)  Canada London Knights (OHL)
5 88 Jack Capuano  United States Kent School (USHS-CT)
6 109 Fabian Joseph  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
7 130 Joseph MacInnis  United States Watertown High School (USHS-MA)
8 151 Derek Laxdal  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
9 172 Dan Turner  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
10 192 David Buckley  United States Trinity-Pawling School (USHS-NY)
11 213 Mike Wurst  United States Ohio State University (CCHA)
12 233 Peter Slanina  Czechoslovakia VSZ Košice (Czechoslovakia)

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St. Louis Blues 80 37 31 12 299 288 86
Chicago Black Hawks 80 38 35 7 309 299 83
Detroit Red Wings 80 27 41 12 313 357 66
Minnesota North Stars 80 25 43 12 268 321 62
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 20 52 8 253 358 48

[5]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.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 11, 1984 1–0 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 1–0–0
2 W October 13, 1984 4–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 2–0–0
3 L October 14, 1984 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 2–1–0
4 L October 17, 1984 3–5 Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 2–2–0
5 L October 19, 1984 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 2–3–0
6 L October 20, 1984 3–12 Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 2–4–0
7 W October 24, 1984 6–1 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 3–4–0
8 T October 26, 1984 2–2 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 3–4–1
9 L October 27, 1984 3–5 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 3–5–1
10 L October 31, 1984 5–6 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 3–6–1
11 L November 3, 1984 0–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 3–7–1
12 L November 5, 1984 3–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 3–8–1
13 T November 7, 1984 4–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 3–8–2
14 T November 10, 1984 4–4 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 3–8–3
15 L November 11, 1984 6–7 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 3–9–3
16 L November 14, 1984 3–4 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 3–10–3
17 L November 17, 1984 3–5 Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 3–11–3
18 W November 19, 1984 6–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 4–11–3
19 L November 21, 1984 1–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 4–12–3
20 L November 23, 1984 5–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 4–13–3
21 L November 24, 1984 2–4 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 4–14–3
22 L November 27, 1984 1–7 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 4–15–3
23 T November 30, 1984 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 4–15–4
24 L December 1, 1984 1–4 New York Rangers (1984–85) 4–16–4
25 L December 4, 1984 6–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 4–17–4
26 L December 5, 1984 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 4–18–4
27 T December 8, 1984 3–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 4–18–5
28 L December 9, 1984 2–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 4–19–5
29 W December 12, 1984 6–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 5–19–5
30 L December 14, 1984 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 5–20–5
31 L December 15, 1984 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 5–21–5
32 L December 17, 1984 2–3 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 5–22–5
33 L December 21, 1984 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 5–23–5
34 W December 22, 1984 6–4 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 6–23–5
35 L December 26, 1984 0–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 6–24–5
36 L December 27, 1984 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 6–25–5
37 L December 29, 1984 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 6–26–5
38 L January 2, 1985 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 6–27–5
39 L January 5, 1985 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 6–28–5
40 L January 7, 1985 4–7 Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 6–29–5
41 L January 9, 1985 3–5 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 6–30–5
42 W January 13, 1985 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 7–30–5
43 W January 16, 1985 4–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 8–30–5
44 W January 19, 1985 6–1 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 9–30–5
45 T January 22, 1985 2–2 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 9–30–6
46 L January 24, 1985 1–4 @ New York Islanders (1984–85) 9–31–6
47 L January 26, 1985 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 9–32–6
48 W January 27, 1985 6–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 10–32–6
49 W January 30, 1985 6–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 11–32–6
50 T February 1, 1985 3–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 11–32–7
51 L February 2, 1985 2–5 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 11–33–7
52 L February 5, 1985 1–4 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 11–34–7
53 L February 6, 1985 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 11–35–7
54 W February 9, 1985 6–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 12–35–7
55 W February 10, 1985 3–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 13–35–7
56 L February 14, 1985 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 13–36–7
57 L February 16, 1985 3–6 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 13–37–7
58 W February 17, 1985 5–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 14–37–7
59 L February 19, 1985 4–9 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 14–38–7
60 L February 21, 1985 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 14–39–7
61 W February 23, 1985 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 15–39–7
62 L February 25, 1985 3–4 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 15–40–7
63 W February 27, 1985 6–1 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 16–40–7
64 W March 2, 1985 4–2 New York Islanders (1984–85) 17–40–7
65 L March 5, 1985 2–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 17–41–7
66 L March 6, 1985 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 17–42–7
67 L March 9, 1985 2–4 @ New York Islanders (1984–85) 17–43–7
68 L March 13, 1985 3–5 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 17–44–7
69 L March 14, 1985 0–4 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 17–45–7
70 L March 16, 1985 1–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 17–46–7
71 W March 18, 1985 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 18–46–7
72 L March 20, 1985 4–7 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 18–47–7
73 T March 22, 1985 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 18–47–8
74 W March 24, 1985 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 19–47–8
75 W March 27, 1985 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 20–47–8
76 L March 30, 1985 3–9 Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 20–48–8
77 L March 31, 1985 5–7 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 20–49–8
78 L April 3, 1985 7–9 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 20–50–8
79 L April 6, 1985 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 20–51–8
80 L April 7, 1985 1–5 @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 20–52–8

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Playoffs

  • The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Rick Vaive RW 72 35 33 68 112 -26 13 0 2
John Anderson RW 75 32 31 63 27 -20 14 1 5
Bill Derlago C 62 31 31 62 21 -15 7 5 4
Miroslav Frycer RW 65 25 30 55 55 -7 5 0 1
Dan Daoust C 79 17 37 54 98 -27 1 3 2
Peter Ihnacak C 70 22 22 44 24 -26 8 0 1
Jim Benning D 80 9 35 44 55 -39 6 0 2
Borje Salming D 73 6 33 39 76 -26 3 0 0
Greg Terrion LW 72 14 17 31 20 -15 1 4 0
Gary Leeman RW 53 5 26 31 72 -12 3 0 0
Stew Gavin LW 73 12 13 25 38 -22 0 0 0
Russ Courtnall RW 69 12 10 22 44 -23 0 2 1
Al Iafrate D 68 5 16 21 51 -19 3 0 0
Walt Poddubny LW 32 5 15 20 26 1 1 0 0
Gary Nylund D 76 3 17 20 99 -37 0 0 0
Jeff Brubaker LW 68 8 4 12 209 -18 2 0 1
Jim Korn D/LW 41 5 5 10 171 -17 2 0 1
Bill Kitchen D 29 1 4 5 27 -6 0 0 0
Bob McGill D 72 0 5 5 250 0 0 0 0
Ken Strong LW 11 2 0 2 4 -3 0 0 0
Bill Root D 35 1 1 2 23 -25 0 0 0
Steve Thomas LW 18 1 1 2 2 -13 0 0 0
Gary Yaremchuk C 12 1 1 2 16 -7 0 0 0
Tim Bernhardt G 37 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Gaston Gingras D 5 0 2 2 0 -7 0 0 0
Bill Stewart D 27 0 2 2 32 -3 0 0 0
Todd Gill D 10 1 0 1 13 -1 0 0 0
Allan Bester G 15 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Jeff Jackson LW 17 0 1 1 24 -4 0 0 0
Wes Jarvis C 26 0 1 1 2 -6 0 0 0
Ken Wregget G 23 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Greg Britz RW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Larry Landon RW 7 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Derek Laxdal RW 3 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Basil McRae LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Muni D 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cam Plante D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick St. Croix G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leigh Verstraete RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Tim Bernhardt 2182 37 13 19 4 136 3.74 0
Allan Bester 767 15 3 9 1 54 4.22 1
Rick St. Croix 628 11 2 9 0 54 5.16 0
Ken Wregget 1278 23 2 15 3 103 4.84 0
Team: 4855 80 20 52 8 347 4.29 1

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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

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.

Trades

August 17, 1984 To Montreal Canadiens
Dom Campedelli
4th round pick in 1986 – Kent Hulst 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Root
2nd round pick in 1986 – Darryl Shannon
February 14, 1985 To Montreal Canadiens
Gaston Gingras 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Larry Landon
May 29, 1985 To Calgary Flames
4th round pick in 1987 – Tim Harris 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Edwards

Waivers

October 9, 1984 To Edmonton Oilers
Terry Martin
October 9, 1984 From Edmonton Oilers
Jeff Brubaker

Free agents

Player Former Team
Bill Kitchen Montreal Canadiens
Wes Jarvis Los Angeles Kings
Kevin Maguire Undrafted Free Agent
Tim Bernhardt Calgary Flames
Player New Team
Bruce Boudreau Baltimore Skipjacks (AHL)

Awards and honors

  • Bill Derlago, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

References

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