The 1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 23rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Rangers.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
The Maple Leafs played the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds of the playoffs in best of three series, and swept both. In the finals, they played the New York Rangers in a best of seven series and lost 4–2.
^Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN978-1-894801-14-0.
^"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^"1939-40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
External linksedit
"1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
April 12, 2024
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The 1939 40 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto s 23rd season of operation in the National Hockey League NHL The Maple Leafs again advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals losing to the New York Rangers 1939 40 Toronto Maple LeafsDivision3rd NHL1939 40 record25 17 6Goals for134Goals against110Team informationGeneral managerConn SmytheCoachDick IrvinCaptainRed HornerArenaMaple Leaf GardensTeam leadersGoalsGordie Drillon 21 AssistsGordie Drillon 19 PointsGordie Drillon 40 Penalty minutesRed Horner 87 WinsTurk Broda 25 Goals against averagePhil Stein 1 71 1938 391940 41 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Final standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 3 Schedule and results 4 Playoffs 5 Player statistics 5 1 Regular season 5 2 Playoffs 6 Awards and records 7 Transactions 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksOffseason editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 Regular season editFinal standings edit National Hockey League GP W L T GF GA PIM PtsBoston Bruins 48 31 12 5 170 98 330 67New York Rangers 48 27 11 10 136 77 520 64Toronto Maple Leafs 48 25 17 6 134 110 485 56Chicago Black Hawks 48 23 19 6 112 120 351 52Detroit Red Wings 48 16 26 6 90 126 250 38New York Americans 48 15 29 4 106 140 236 34Montreal Canadiens 48 10 33 5 90 167 338 25 1 Note GP Games Played W Wins L Losses T Ties GF Goals For GA Goals Against PIM Penalty Minutes Pts Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold Record vs opponents edit 1939 40 NHL Records 2 Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TORBoston 6 1 1 5 3 6 1 1 7 1 2 4 2 5 2 1Chicago 1 6 1 6 0 2 5 2 1 3 4 1 4 4 4 3 1Detroit 3 5 0 6 2 5 3 5 3 2 3 2 1 6 1Montreal 1 6 1 2 5 1 3 5 2 4 2 1 6 1 1 7N Y Americans 1 7 4 3 1 3 5 4 2 2 1 6 1 2 6N Y Rangers 4 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 6 1 1 6 1 1 4 1 3Toronto 2 5 1 3 4 1 6 1 1 7 1 6 2 1 4 3 Schedule and results editNo R Date Score Opponent Record1 W November 4 1939 5 0 Boston Bruins 1939 40 1 0 02 T November 11 1939 1 1 OT New York Rangers 1939 40 1 0 13 W November 12 1939 1 0 New York Rangers 1939 40 2 0 14 W November 18 1939 3 0 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 3 0 15 W November 19 1939 7 1 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 4 0 16 W November 25 1939 4 3 New York Americans 1939 40 5 0 17 L November 26 1939 1 2 OT New York Americans 1939 40 5 1 18 L November 28 1939 2 6 Boston Bruins 1939 40 5 2 19 T December 2 1939 3 3 OT Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 5 2 210 W December 3 1939 3 1 OT Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 6 2 211 L December 7 1939 1 4 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 6 3 212 W December 9 1939 3 0 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 7 3 213 T December 14 1939 1 1 OT Boston Bruins 1939 40 7 3 314 W December 16 1939 5 1 New York Americans 1939 40 8 3 315 W December 17 1939 4 1 New York Americans 1939 40 9 3 316 L December 19 1939 2 3 OT Boston Bruins 1939 40 9 4 317 L December 21 1939 1 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 9 5 318 W December 23 1939 5 1 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 10 5 319 L December 25 1939 1 4 New York Rangers 1939 40 10 6 320 W December 28 1939 6 4 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 11 6 321 W December 30 1939 4 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 12 6 322 W December 31 1939 3 2 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 13 6 323 L January 4 1940 1 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 13 7 324 W January 6 1940 3 1 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 14 7 325 W January 9 1940 3 2 New York Americans 1939 40 15 7 326 L January 11 1940 2 5 Boston Bruins 1939 40 15 8 327 L January 13 1940 1 4 New York Rangers 1939 40 15 9 328 T January 18 1940 2 2 OT Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 15 9 429 W January 20 1940 5 1 New York Americans 1939 40 16 9 430 L January 21 1940 2 3 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 16 10 431 L January 23 1940 1 4 Boston Bruins 1939 40 16 11 432 L January 25 1940 0 3 New York Rangers 1939 40 16 12 433 W January 27 1940 3 1 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 17 12 434 L February 3 1940 2 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 17 13 435 L February 8 1940 1 2 New York Rangers 1939 40 17 14 436 T February 10 1940 4 4 OT New York Rangers 1939 40 17 14 537 W February 17 1940 3 1 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 18 14 538 W February 18 1940 2 1 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 19 14 539 L February 20 1940 0 5 Boston Bruins 1939 40 19 15 540 W February 22 1940 2 1 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 20 15 541 W February 24 1940 3 1 Boston Bruins 1939 40 21 15 542 W February 29 1940 3 1 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 22 15 543 T March 2 1940 1 1 OT New York Rangers 1939 40 22 15 644 W March 9 1940 5 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 23 15 645 L March 10 1940 1 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 23 16 646 W March 14 1940 8 4 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 24 16 647 W March 16 1940 8 6 New York Americans 1939 40 25 16 648 L March 17 1940 2 5 New York Americans 1939 40 25 17 6Playoffs editThe Maple Leafs played the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds of the playoffs in best of three series and swept both In the finals they played the New York Rangers in a best of seven series and lost 4 2 Player statistics editRegular season edit ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIMGordie Drillon RW 43 21 19 40 13Syl Apps C 27 13 17 30 5Sweeney Schriner LW 39 11 15 26 10Bob Davidson LW 48 8 18 26 56Red Heron C 42 11 12 23 12Murph Chamberlain LW 40 5 17 22 63Pete Langelle C 39 7 14 21 2Pep Kelly RW 34 11 9 20 15Gus Marker RW 42 10 9 19 15Bingo Kampman D 39 6 9 15 59Lex Chisholm C RW 28 6 8 14 11Nick Metz LW 31 6 5 11 2Hank Goldup LW 21 6 4 10 2Billy Taylor C 29 4 6 10 9Red Horner D 31 1 9 10 87Wally Stanowski D 27 2 7 9 11Bucko McDonald D 34 2 5 7 13Jack Church D 31 1 4 5 62Reg Hamilton D 23 2 2 4 23Don Metz RW 10 1 1 2 4Turk Broda G 47 0 0 0 0Phil Stein G 1 0 0 0 0GoaltendingPlayer MIN GP W L T GA GAA SOTurk Broda 2900 47 25 17 5 108 2 23 4Phil Stein 70 1 0 0 1 2 1 71 0Team 2970 48 25 17 6 110 2 22 4Playoffs edit ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIMSyl Apps C 10 5 2 7 2Hank Goldup LW 10 5 1 6 4Gordie Drillon RW 10 3 1 4 0Gus Marker RW 10 1 3 4 23Nick Metz LW 9 1 3 4 9Sweeney Schriner LW 9 1 3 4 4Bob Davidson LW 10 0 3 3 16Pete Langelle C 10 0 3 3 0Red Heron C 9 2 0 2 2Jack Church D 10 1 1 2 6Red Horner D 9 0 2 2 55Wally Stanowski D 10 1 0 1 2Billy Taylor C 2 1 0 1 0Pep Kelly RW 6 0 1 1 0Turk Broda G 10 0 0 0 0Murph Chamberlain LW 3 0 0 0 0Reg Hamilton D 10 0 0 0 0Bingo Kampman D 10 0 0 0 0Bucko McDonald D 1 0 0 0 0Don Metz RW 2 0 0 0 0GoaltendingPlayer MIN GP W L GA GAA SOTurk Broda 657 10 6 4 19 1 74 1Team 657 10 6 4 19 1 74 1 3 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 Awards and records editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 Transactions editMay 18 1939 Acquired Sweeney Schriner from the New York Americans for Murray Armstrong Buzz Boll Busher Jackson and Doc Romnes July 1 1939 Charlie Conacher returned from the Detroit Red Wings after Detroit failed to renew contract September 1 1939 Signed Free Agent Clarence Drouillard September 22 1939 Traded Charlie Conacher to the New York Americans for Future Considerations October 13 1939 Traded Chuck Shannon to the New York Americans for cash October 13 1939 Traded Jack Howard to the St Louis Flyers of the AHA for cashSee also edit1939 40 NHL seasonReferences edit Standings NHL Public Relations Department 2008 Dave McCarthy et al eds THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide amp Record Book 2009 National Hockey League p 147 ISBN 978 1 894801 14 0 All Time NHL Results NHL com Retrieved August 25 2023 1939 40 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics Hockey Reference com hockey reference com Retrieved June 11 2009 External links edit 1939 40 Toronto Maple Leafs Games Hockey reference com Retrieved May 7 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1939 40 Toronto Maple Leafs season amp oldid 1172690414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,