1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Toronto Maple Leafs
1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	5th Norris
Conference	10th Campbell
1984–85 record	20–52–8
Goals for	253
Goals against	358
	Team information
General Manager	Gerry McNamara
Coach	Dan Maloney
Captain	Rick Vaive
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
	Team leaders
Goals	Rick Vaive (35)
Assists	Dan Daoust (37)
Points	Rick Vaive (68)
Penalties in minutes	Bob McGill (250)
Wins	Tim Bernhardt (13)
Goals against average	Tim Bernhardt (3.74)
<1983–84	1985–86>

The 1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 68th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 58th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished last in the Norris Division and in the entire NHL with a record of 20-52-8 for 48 points.

Offseason

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
4.	Al Iafrate (D)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
25.	Todd Gill (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
67.	Jeff Reese (G)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)

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

^[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.

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)

Roster

1984-85 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Gary Nylund
3 – Jim Benning
11 – Gaston Gingras
11 – Cam Plante
15 – Bob McGill
17 – Bill Stewart
21 – Borje Salming
26 – Bill Kitchen
26 – Craig Muni
28 – Bill Root
29 – Todd Gill
33 – Al Iafrate

Wingers

4 – Gary Leeman
7 – Greg Terrion
8 – Walt Poddubny
9 – Stew Gavin
10 – John Anderson
12 – Jeff Jackson
14 – Miroslav Frycer
20 – Jim Korn
22 – Rick Vaive - C
23 – Jeff Brubaker
25 – Steve Thomas
25 – Leigh Verstraete
26 – Basil McRae
28 – Larry Landon
32 – Greg Britz
32 – Ken Strong
35 – Derek Laxdal

Centres

12 – Wes Jarvis
16 – Russ Courtnall
18 – Peter Ihnacak
19 – Bill Derlago
24 – Dan Daoust
25 – Gary Yaremchuk
GM: Gerry McNamara
Coach: Dan Maloney

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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NHL Draft

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

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