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1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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Division
  
3rd NHL

Goals for
  
134

General Manager
  
Conn Smythe

1939–40 record
  
25–17–6

Goals against
  
110

Coach
  
Dick Irvin

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 Final, losing to the New York Rangers.

Contents

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.

Playoffs

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.

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

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

  • May 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 cash

    • References

    1939–40 Toronto Maple Leafs season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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