Leaf Goaltending History - A look back through RCs

[Ironman Indy]

All cards are RCs except for Customs for those who didn't have licensed RCs

The Toronto franchise started out in 1917 as the Arenas

1917-18
Harry "Hap" Holmes after winning the Stanley Cup with the Seattle Metropolitans the previous year was loaned to Toronto in January and won the Cup in 1918

Art Brooks saw 4 games of action and Sammy Hebert 2

1918-19

Bert Lindsay in the starter for 16 games while Holmes see action in 2

Lindsay is the father of future Red Wings great Ted Lindsay

1919-20

The team is renamed the St. Pats and three goalies share duties that year

Ivan Mitchell, Howie Lockhart and Jake Forbes all appear in 5 or more games each

1920-21

Forbes starts the majority of games and Mitchell gets 4 starts

1921-28

John Ross Roach takes over as Toronto's goalie and would lead the team until 1928

Toronto changes their name to Maple Leafs to start the 1926-27 season

Mitchell, Lockhart and Joe Ironstone share a handful of games between them during Roach's reign.

Lorne Chabot is the Leafs goalie from 1928-33

Came to Toronto in a deal that sent Roach to New York

Lorne Chabot's backup
1928-32

George Hainsworth is a Leaf from 1933-37 after a great career in Montreal

He came over in a trade for Chabot

A one game wonder in 1939-40

The best ever Leafs goalie:
Leaf from 1936-52

Broda won 5 Cups and 2 Vezinas

Broda would serve in WWII for 2 seasons

Paul Bibeault was loaned to Toronto from Montreal and would play in the majority of games in 43-44

Grant would reappear as a wartime replacement as well seeing action in 20 games

Another one game wonder in 1943-44

Frank McCool won a cup for Leafs in 1945 as Broda's fill in

Gord Bell played 8 games in 1945-46

Also played in 1945-46 - 5 games

1949-52

1952-56

Lumley comes over from Chicago in a deal that sends Rollins the other way

A handful of appearances mostly backing up Broda and Lumley 1949-50, 53-56

1955-60

1958-70

One of the most beloved Leafs goalies

5 games backing up Bower in 1960-61 and played a couple more in 69-70

Don Simmons backed up Bower from 1961-64

Simmons came over from Boston with Chadwick going to the Bruins

A young Gerry Cheevers sees action in 2 games. He would be lost to the Bruins in the Intra league Draft a few years later

Shared the last Leafs cup with Bower, one of the all time greats
1964-67

A handful of games 1965-67

Also a handful of games 1965-69

1965-71

Backed up Gamble for 1 year
1969-70

2 games in 1970-71

Another all time great near the end of his career
1970-73

The main man for the 71-72 season
1970-72

One year with the Leafs splitting time with Plante
1972-73

Mr Backup
1972-78

1973-76

Shared time with Favell 1973-75

Sees a few games between 74 and 79

1975-77

The Popcorn Kid, a fan favourite during the late 70s
1976-80, 82-84

Palmateer's backup 1978-80

The next great leafs goalie? No didn't quite work out that way
1979-81

Ridley sees a half dozen games worth of action over 2 seasons

Backup duty
1979-83

After sharing Vezinas with Dryden was the main man in T.O. for 1981-82 season
1980-83

2 games in 1981-82

Backup for 3 seasons

Bruce Dowie appeared in 2 games in 83-84

1983-89

Platooned a lot with Wregget
1983-91

1984-85 saw Tim Bernhardt get the lion's share of starts

Was the man for one year 1985-86

Backed up Bester and Wregget mostly
1987-92

Well that brings me up to the late 80s early 90s, hope you learned something about the :leafs:

 

[newfiecomicguy1]

I decided to move this from my Leafs goalie thread as it deserves its own thread in the vintage area.

My question is where the heck is Larocque? Come on man.

The best card EVER. As I mentioned before this card is one of the most important and special cards in my PC. Way back in 1981 it was the last card I needed to complete my set. Being a new leaf and a goalie I was going crazy trying to find it. We only had 1 store that sold the packs and all my buddies who had it was either Hab fans and wanted to keep it or only had 1 so they needed it for their set. Of course we were all set collectors back then. Anyhow I must have bought 200 extra packs just to get this card. I will never forget how excited My buddies and I was when I finally pulled it. I can still remember opening the pack on the grass bank next to the shop. The sun was shinning and we were all sitting there with our bikes at our feet. Ah great memories.

 

[DredJAw]

That's some awesome stuff.

It's so funny looking back at these shots... look at Ron Low. Almost no equipment. So small in nets. Even I could score on that guy all day long lol

 

[Ironman Indy]

Thanks Scott

I merged my two posts from that thread into a slightly better timeline

I'm guessing you missed my followup post and with it the inclusion of Bunny!

 

[newfiecomicguy1]

Wregget was a good solid goalie.

 

[DredJAw]

The best card EVER. As I mentioned before this card is one of the most important and special cards in my PC. Way back in 1981 it was the last card I needed to complete my set. Being a new leaf and a goalie I was going crazy trying to find it. We only had 1 store that sold the packs and all my buddies who had it was either Hab fans and wanted to keep it or only had 1 so they needed it for their set. Of course we were all set collectors back then. Anyhow I must have bought 200 extra packs just to get this card. I will never forget how excited My buddies and I was when I finally pulled it. I can still remember opening the pack on the grass bank next to the shop. The sun was shinning and we were all sitting there with our bikes at our feet. Ah great memories.

Stories like that are what make this hobby special. Everyone has 1 at least too.

I have a Wayne Gretzky second year card that was given to me from my dad when I was like 5 and I've kept it ever since. Probably the only card before 2001 I own lol

 

[JTMcCool]

The legend of Jiri Chra lives on!