1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division 5th Adams
Conference 8th Wales
1980–81 record 28-37-15
Team information
General Manager Gerry McNamara
Coach Joe Crozier
Captain Darryl Sittler
Alternate captains None
Team leaders
<1979–80 1981–82>

The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 64th season of the franchise, 54th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Pick Player Nationality NHL Team College/Junior/Club Team

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
  GP W L T GF GA PIM PTS
Buffalo Sabres 80 39 20 21 327 250 1194 99
Boston Bruins 80 37 30 13 316 272 1836 87
Minnesota North Stars 8035 28 17 291 263 1624 87
Quebec Nordiques 80 30 32 18 314 318 1524 78
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 28 37 15 322 367 1830 71

[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.

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs qualified for the playoffs as one of the top sixteen teams. In the preliminary round, the Maple Leafs faced the New York Islanders, the eventual Stanley Cup champion. The Maple Leafs were swept in three games.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 11, 19803–8 New York Rangers (1980–81) 0–1–0
2WOctober 12, 19804–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 1–1–0
3WOctober 15, 19806–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 2–1–0
4WOctober 18, 19806–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 3–1–0
5WOctober 19, 19804–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 4–1–0
6WOctober 21, 19808–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 5–1–0
7WOctober 23, 19805–4 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 6–1–0
8LOctober 25, 19804–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 6–2–0
9LOctober 26, 19805–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 6–3–0
10TOctober 29, 19804–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 6–3–1
11LNovember 1, 19804–5 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 6–4–1
12WNovember 5, 19802–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 7–4–1
13TNovember 8, 19803–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 7–4–2
14WNovember 9, 19807–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 8–4–2
15LNovember 12, 19802–4 New York Islanders (1980–81) 8–5–2
16WNovember 15, 19804–2 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 9–5–2
17LNovember 19, 19804–5 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 9–6–2
18LNovember 22, 19802–5 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 9–7–2
19TNovember 23, 19805–5 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 9–7–3
20LNovember 26, 19804–6 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 9–8–3
21LNovember 28, 19802–6 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 9–9–3
22LNovember 29, 19803–7 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 9–10–3
23TDecember 3, 19804–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 9–10–4
24WDecember 6, 19805–2 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 10–10–4
25TDecember 7, 19804–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 10–10–5
26LDecember 10, 19805–8 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 10–11–5
27LDecember 11, 19802–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 10–12–5
28LDecember 13, 19804–5 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 10–13–5
29WDecember 15, 19806–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 11–13–5
30WDecember 17, 19804–2 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 12–13–5
31LDecember 18, 19803–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 12–14–5
32LDecember 20, 19802–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 12–15–5
33LDecember 23, 19802–7 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 12–16–5
34LDecember 27, 19803–6 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 12–17–5
35WDecember 28, 19806–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 13–17–5
36LDecember 30, 19803–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 13–18–5
37LJanuary 3, 19811–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 13–19–5
38LJanuary 4, 19815–8 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 13–20–5
39LJanuary 6, 19813–6 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 13–21–5
40LJanuary 7, 19812–8 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 13–22–5
41TJanuary 10, 19814–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 13–22–6
42WJanuary 11, 19815–3 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 14–22–6
43LJanuary 14, 19814–7 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 14–23–6
44WJanuary 17, 19816–5 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 15–23–6
45WJanuary 18, 19815–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 16–23–6
46TJanuary 20, 19812–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 16–23–7
47TJanuary 22, 19813–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 16–23–8
48WJanuary 24, 19817–4 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 17–23–8
49LJanuary 26, 19812–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 17–24–8
50LJanuary 28, 19814–6 New York Islanders (1980–81) 17–25–8
51TJanuary 30, 19815–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 17–25–9
52LJanuary 31, 19810–2 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 17–26–9
53LFebruary 3, 19813–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 17–27–9
54LFebruary 5, 19814–8 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 17–28–9
55TFebruary 8, 19816–6 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 17–28–10
56WFebruary 12, 19814–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 18–28–10
57WFebruary 14, 19816–3 New York Rangers (1980–81) 19–28–10
58WFebruary 17, 19818–5 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 20–28–10
59LFebruary 18, 19813–8 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 20–29–10
60WFebruary 21, 19815–3 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 21–29–10
61WFebruary 22, 19817–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 22–29–10
62WFebruary 25, 19819–5 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 23–29–10
63LFebruary 28, 19813–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 23–30–10
64LMarch 2, 19810–1 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 23–31–10
65LMarch 4, 19812–5 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 23–32–10
66LMarch 7, 19814–6 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 23–33–10
67LMarch 8, 19813–7 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 23–34–10
68TMarch 11, 19814–4 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 23–34–11
69WMarch 14, 19815–3 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 24–34–11
70TMarch 15, 19814–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 24–34–12
71WMarch 18, 19816–2 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 25–34–12
72LMarch 19, 19814–14 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 25–35–12
73LMarch 21, 19812–6 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 25–36–12
74TMarch 22, 19813–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 25–36–13
75LMarch 25, 19812–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 25–37–13
76WMarch 26, 19813–2 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 26–37–13
77WMarch 28, 19819–5 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 27–37–13
78TApril 1, 19812–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 27–37–14
79TApril 4, 19815–5 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 27–37–15
80WApril 5, 19814–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 28–37–15

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement RW 77 40 57 97 145-71332
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler C 80 43 53 96 77-81422
Derlago, BillBill Derlago C 80 35 39 74 26-11603
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull D 80 19 47 66 104-17801
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming D 72 5 61 66 1540111
Vaive, RickRick Vaive RW 75 33 29 62 229-16821
Hickey, PatPat Hickey LW 72 16 33 49 49-16501
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson RW 75 17 26 43 31-11201
Maloney, DanDan Maloney LW 65 20 21 41 183-101302
Martin, TerryTerry Martin LW 69 23 14 37 3215104
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman C 53 14 19 33 178-10304
Saganiuk, RockyRocky Saganiuk RW/C 71 12 18 30 52-16203
Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 59 6 19 25 68-32200
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau C 39 10 14 24 18-7000
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish D 74 2 18 20 90-7100
Sedlbauer, RonRon Sedlbauer LW 21 10 4 14 14-3502
Robert, ReneRene Robert RW 14 6 7 13 85101
Duris, VitezslavVitezslav Duris D 57 1 12 13 5013000
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose D 57 2 5 7 166-18010
Ellis, RonRon Ellis RW 27 2 3 5 2-1000
Shand, DaveDave Shand D 47 0 4 4 60-14000
Zanussi, RonRon Zanussi RW 12 3 0 3 6-7000
Gavin, StewStew Gavin LW 14 1 2 3 130000
Hotham, GregGreg Hotham D 11 1 1 2 114000
Kaszycki, MikeMike Kaszycki C 6 0 2 2 22000
Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall LW 13 0 2 2 2-2000
McCreary, BillBill McCreary RW 12 1 0 1 4-6000
Crha, JiriJiri Crha G 54 0 1 1 80000
Burrows, DaveDave Burrows D 6 0 0 0 2-4000
Davis, KimKim Davis C 2 0 0 0 40000
Kirton, MarkMark Kirton C 11 0 0 0 0-1000
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque G 8 0 0 0 00000
Ridley, CurtCurt Ridley G 3 0 0 0 20000
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford G 18 0 0 0 20000
Tremblay, VincentVincent Tremblay G 3 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Crha, JiriJiri Crha 3112 54 20 20 11 211 4.07 0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford 961 18 4 10 2 82 5.12 0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque 460 8 3 3 2 40 5.22 0
Ridley, CurtCurt Ridley 124 3 1 1 0 12 5.81 0
Tremblay, VincentVincent Tremblay 143 3 0 3 0 16 6.71 0
Team: 4800 80 28 37 15 361 4.51 0

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Robert, ReneRene Robert RW 3 0 2 2 2000
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming D 3 0 2 2 4000
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau C 2 1 0 1 0000
Derlago, BillBill Derlago C 3 1 0 1 2100
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull D 3 1 0 1 4000
Vaive, RickRick Vaive RW 3 1 0 1 4000
Duris, VitezslavVitezslav Duris D 3 0 1 1 2000
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose D 3 0 1 1 15000
Sedlbauer, RonRon Sedlbauer LW 2 0 1 1 2000
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson RW 2 0 0 0 0000
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman C 3 0 0 0 7000
Crha, JiriJiri Crha G 3 0 0 0 0000
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish D 1 0 0 0 0000
Harrison, PaulPaul Harrison G 1 0 0 0 0000
Hickey, PatPat Hickey LW 2 0 0 0 0000
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque G 2 0 0 0 0000
Maloney, DanDan Maloney LW 3 0 0 0 4000
Martin, TerryTerry Martin LW 3 0 0 0 0000
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement RW 3 0 0 0 2000
Shand, DaveDave Shand D 3 0 0 0 0000
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler C 3 0 0 0 4000
Zanussi, RonRon Zanussi RW 3 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Crha, JiriJiri Crha 65 3 0 2 11 10.15 0
Harrison, PaulPaul Harrison 40 1 0 0 1 1.50 0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque 75 2 0 1 8 6.40 0
Team: 180 3 0 3 20 6.67 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;

Roster

1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1980-81 season.

Trades

November 18, 1980 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Paul Gardner
Dave Burrows
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Paul Marshall
Kim Davis
December 2, 1980 To Winnipeg Jets
Richard Mulhern
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
December 4, 1980 To Detroit Red Wings
Mark Kirton
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jim Rutherford
January 30, 1981 To Colorado Rockies
3rd round pick in 1981 - Uli Heimer
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rene Robert
February 18, 1981 To Chicago Black Hawks
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ron Sedlbauer
March 10, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings
Jim Rutherford
To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th round pick in 1981 - Barry Brigley
March 10, 1981 To Montreal Canadiens
Robert Picard
8th round pick in 1982 - Steve Smith
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Michel Larocque
March 10, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars
2nd round pick in 1981 - Dave Donnelly
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ron Zanussi
3rd round pick in 1981 - Ernie Godden

Waivers

November 30, 1980 From Winnipeg Jets
Barry Melrose

Free agents

Player Former Team
Vitezslav Duris Czechoslovakia
Serge Boisvert Undrafted Free Agent
Bill Riley Winnipeg Jets

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  3. "1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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