1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division 3rd Canadian
1928–29 record 21–18–5
Goals for 85
Goals against 69
Team information
General Manager Conn Smythe
Coach Conn Smythe
Captain Hap Day
Arena Arena Gardens
Team leaders
<1927–28 1929–30>

The 1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs season featured the Maple Leafs first play-off appearance. After finishing in third position in the Canadian Division, the Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Cougars before losing to the New York Rangers in the semi-finals.

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Montreal Canadiens 44 22 7 15 71 43 465 59
New York Americans 44 19 13 12 53 53 486 50
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 21 18 5 85 69 541 47
Ottawa Senators 44 14 17 13 54 67 461 41
Montreal Maroons 44 15 20 9 67 65 638 39

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

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WNovember 15, 19282–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) 1–0–0
2WNovember 17, 19284–2 Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) 2–0–0
3LNovember 20, 19281–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) 2–1–0
4LNovember 22, 19280–3 @ New York Americans (1928–29) 2–2–0
5WNovember 24, 19284–1 Montreal Maroons (1928–29) 3–2–0
6LNovember 27, 19280–4 @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29) 3–3–0
7WDecember 1, 19283–0 New York Americans (1928–29) 4–3–0
8WDecember 4, 19283–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) 5–3–0
9LDecember 8, 19281–2 OT Ottawa Senators (1928–29) 5–4–0
10LDecember 11, 19282–3 @ New York Rangers (1928–29) 5–5–0
11WDecember 15, 19282–0 Boston Bruins (1928–29) 6–5–0
12LDecember 20, 19283–6 @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29) 6–6–0
13LDecember 22, 19282–3 Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) 6–7–0
14WDecember 25, 19284–1 Montreal Maroons (1928–29) 7–7–0
15WDecember 27, 19282–0 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) 8–7–0
16WDecember 29, 19284–3 Detroit Cougars (1928–29) 9–7–0
17LJanuary 1, 19292–3 New York Rangers (1928–29) 9–8–0
18WJanuary 3, 19292–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) 10–8–0
19WJanuary 5, 19293–1 Ottawa Senators (1928–29) 11–8–0
20LJanuary 8, 19292–5 @ Boston Bruins (1928–29) 11–9–0
21LJanuary 10, 19290–2 @ New York Americans (1928–29) 11–10–0
22LJanuary 12, 19290–1 OT New York Americans (1928–29) 11–11–0
23TJanuary 17, 19291–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) 11–11–1
24LJanuary 20, 19291–2 @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29) 11–12–1
25LJanuary 22, 19290–1 @ New York Rangers (1928–29) 11–13–1
26TJanuary 24, 19291–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) 11–13–2
27WJanuary 26, 19292–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) 12–13–2
28LJanuary 29, 19292–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) 12–14–2
29LJanuary 31, 19291–3 Boston Bruins (1928–29) 12–15–2
30WFebruary 2, 19293–0 @ Boston Bruins (1928–29) 13–15–2
31WFebruary 3, 19293–1 @ New York Americans (1928–29) 14–15–2
32TFebruary 5, 19290–0 OT @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) 14–15–3
33WFebruary 9, 19292–1 Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) 15–15–3
34WFebruary 14, 19293–1 New York Rangers (1928–29) 16–15–3
35WFebruary 16, 19293–0 Montreal Maroons (1928–29) 17–15–3
36LFebruary 17, 19290–2 @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29) 17–16–3
37WFebruary 23, 19292–1 Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) 18–16–3
38WFebruary 28, 19294–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1928–29) 19–16–3
39TMarch 2, 19291–1 OT Ottawa Senators (1928–29) 19–16–4
40TMarch 7, 19291–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) 19–16–5
41WMarch 9, 19293–0 Detroit Cougars (1928–29) 20–16–5
42LMarch 12, 19291–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) 20–17–5
43WMarch 14, 19295–0 New York Americans (1928–29) 21–17–5
44LMarch 16, 19290–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) 21–18–5

Playoffs

In their first play-off appearance the Maple Leafs met the Detroit Cougars in the two game total goals quarter-finals, and won 7–2.

Quarter-final (Total goals: 7–2): Toronto Maple Leafs over Detroit Cougars
No. Date Visitor Home Notes
Game 1 March 19 Detroit Cougars 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Game 2 March 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Detroit Cougars 1

The Leafs next faced the New York Rangers in a best-of-three series, losing 2–0.

Semi-final (2–0): New York Rangers over Toronto Maple Leafs
No. Date Visitor Home Notes
Game 1 March 24 New York Rangers 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Game 2 March 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 New York Rangers 2 OT

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Bailey, AceAce Bailey RW 44 22 10 32 78
Blair, AndyAndy Blair C 44 12 15 27 41
Cox, DannyDanny Cox LW 42 12 7 19 14
Lowrey, GerryGerry Lowrey LW 32 3 11 14 24
Carson, BillBill Carson C 24 7 6 13 45
Horne, GeorgeGeorge Horne RW 39 9 3 12 32
Day, HapHap Day D 44 6 6 12 84
Duncan, ArtArt Duncan D 39 4 4 8 53
Pettinger, EricEric Pettinger LW/C 25 3 3 6 24
Smith, ArtArt Smith D 43 5 0 5 91
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton LW 11 1 2 3 8
Arbour, JackJack Arbour D 10 1 0 1 10
Primeau, JoeJoe Primeau C 6 0 1 1 2
Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot G 43 0 0 0 2
Grant, BennyBenny Grant G 3 0 0 0 0
Gray, AlexAlex Gray RW 7 0 0 0 2
Horner, RedRed Horner D 22 0 0 0 30
Voss, CarlCarl Voss C 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot 2562 44 20 17 5 65 1.52 10
Grant, BennyBenny Grant 156 5 1 1 0 4 1.54 0
Horner, RedRed Horner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 2720 44 21 18 5 69 1.52 10

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Blair, AndyAndy Blair C 4 3 0 3 2
Bailey, AceAce Bailey RW 4 1 2 3 4
Smith, ArtArt Smith D 4 1 1 2 8
Day, HapHap Day D 4 1 0 1 4
Horner, RedRed Horner D 4 1 0 1 2
Pettinger, EricEric Pettinger LW/C 4 1 0 1 8
Cox, DannyDanny Cox LW 4 0 1 1 4
Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot G 4 0 0 0 0
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton LW 4 0 0 0 2
Duncan, ArtArt Duncan D 4 0 0 0 4
Gray, AlexAlex Gray RW 4 0 0 0 0
Horne, GeorgeGeorge Horne RW 4 0 0 0 4
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot 242 4 2 2 5 1.24 0
Team: 242 4 2 2 5 1.24 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

See also

References

  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. "1928-29 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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