1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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The 1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs season featured the first playoffs appearance. The franchise qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1924–25 season, 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.

Division3rd Canadian
1928–29 record21–18–5
Home record15–5–2
Road record6–13–3
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1928–29 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd Canadian
1928–29 record21–18–5
Home record15–5–2
Road record6–13–3
Goals for85
Goals against69
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachConn Smythe
CaptainHap Day
ArenaArena Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsAce Bailey (22)
AssistsAndy Blair (15)
PointsAce Bailey (32)
Penalty minutesArt Smith (91)
WinsLorne Chabot (20)
Goals against averageLorne Chabot (1.52)
← 1927–28
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Regular season

Final standings

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Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Montreal Canadiens4422715714346559
New York Americans44191312535348650
Toronto Maple Leafs4421185856954147
Ottawa Senators44141713546746141
Montreal Maroons4415209676563839
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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.

Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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1928–29 regular season[3]
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1WNovember 15, 19282–0Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)1–0–0
2WNovember 17, 19284–2Montreal 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, 19284–1Montreal Maroons (1928–29)3–2–0
6LNovember 27, 19280–4@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)3–3–0
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
7WDecember 1, 19283–0New York Americans (1928–29)4–3–0
8WDecember 4, 19283–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)5–3–0
9LDecember 8, 19281–2 OTOttawa Senators (1928–29)5–4–0
10LDecember 11, 19282–3@ New York Rangers (1928–29)5–5–0
11WDecember 15, 19282–0Boston Bruins (1928–29)6–5–0
12LDecember 20, 19283–6@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)6–6–0
13LDecember 22, 19282–3Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)6–7–0
14WDecember 25, 19284–1Montreal Maroons (1928–29)7–7–0
15WDecember 27, 19282–0@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)8–7–0
16WDecember 29, 19284–3Detroit Cougars (1928–29)9–7–0
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
17LJanuary 1, 19292–3New York Rangers (1928–29)9–8–0
18WJanuary 3, 19292–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)10–8–0
19WJanuary 5, 19293–1Ottawa 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 OTNew York Americans (1928–29)11–11–0
23TJanuary 17, 19291–1 OTMontreal 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, 19292–0Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)12–13–2
28LJanuary 29, 19292–4 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)12–14–2
29LJanuary 31, 19291–3Boston Bruins (1928–29)12–15–2
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
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, 19292–1Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)15–15–3
34WFebruary 14, 19293–1New York Rangers (1928–29)16–15–3
35WFebruary 16, 19293–0Montreal Maroons (1928–29)17–15–3
36LFebruary 17, 19290–2@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)17–16–3
37WFebruary 23, 19292–1Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)18–16–3
38WFebruary 28, 19294–0@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)19–16–3
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
39TMarch 2, 19291–1 OTOttawa Senators (1928–29)19–16–4
40TMarch 7, 19291–1 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)19–16–5
41WMarch 9, 19293–0Detroit Cougars (1928–29)20–16–5
42LMarch 12, 19291–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)20–17–5
43WMarch 14, 19295–0New York Americans (1928–29)21–17–5
44LMarch 16, 19290–2@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)21–18–5

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

In their first playoff appearance the Maple Leafs met the Detroit Cougars in the two game total goals quarterfinals, and won 7–2. The Leafs next faced the New York Rangers in a best-of-three series, losing 2–0.

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1929 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Quarterfinals vs. (A3) Detroit Cougars – Maple Leafs win 7 goals to 2 goals
GameDateVisitorVisitor goalsHomeHome goalsOT
1March 19Detroit Cougars1Toronto Maple Leafs3
2March 21Toronto Maple Leafs4Detroit Cougars1
Semifinals vs. (A2) New York Rangers – Rangers win 2–0
GameDateVisitorVisitor goalsHomeHome goalsOT
1March 24New York Rangers1Toronto Maple Leafs0
2March 26Toronto Maple Leafs1New York Rangers2OT

Legend:   Win   Loss

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Ace BaileyRW4422103278
Andy BlairC4412152741
Danny CoxLW421271914
Gerry LowreyLW323111424
Bill CarsonC24761345
George HorneRW39931232
Hap DayD44661284
Art DuncanD3944853
Eric PettingerLW/C2533624
Art SmithD4350591
Baldy CottonLW111238
Jack ArbourD1010110
Joe PrimeauC60112
Lorne ChabotG430002
Benny GrantG30000
Alex GrayRW70002
Red HornerD2200030
Carl VossC20000
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Goaltending
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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Lorne Chabot25624420175651.5210
Benny Grant156511041.540
Red Horner2100000.000
Team:27204421185691.5210
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Playoffs

Scoring
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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Andy BlairC43032
Ace BaileyRW41234
Art SmithD41128
Hap DayD41014
Red HornerD41012
Eric PettingerLW/C41018
Danny CoxLW40114
Lorne ChabotG40000
Baldy CottonLW40002
Art DuncanD40004
Alex GrayRW40000
George HorneRW40004
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Goaltending
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Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Lorne Chabot24242251.240
Team:24242251.240
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Note:
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; 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;

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