Toronto Maple Leafs Goalies have either won a Stanley Cup for the team, or they are giving their best effort. That is the ultimate goal, to win the Cup. Here you will find a description of each number one Toronto Maple Leaf goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs from their first season in the NHL 1926-27. And if they helped win a Stanley Cup.
John Ross Roach
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie John Ross Roach played 6 seasons with the Toronto St. Patricks. Roach was Captain of the St. Patricks for the 1924-25 season. Before becoming the first goalie to play net, for the newly organized Toronto Maple Leafs of the N.H.L. in the 1926-27 season.
Lorne Chabot
Lorne Chabot (Sad Eyes) was known to wear a baseball cap when playing goal to shield his eyes from the bright lights. In his career Lorne had 73 shut outs. He back stopped the Toronto Maple Leafs to their first Stanley Cup in 1931-32.
George Hainsworth
George Hainsworth had a record of 94 career shut outs. That record stood for 25 years, before Terry Sawchuck beat that mark in 1963-64. Hainsworth helped the Montreal Canadians win 2 Stanley Cups. Taking over from George Vezina in 1928-29, while with Montreal he posted 22 shut outs in 44 games and a goals against average of 0.92. He was the first goalie to face a penalty shot in the N.H.L. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs from Montreal in 1933, helping the Leafs get to the finals twice - but no cup wins.
Turk Broda
Walter Broda (Turk) was named Turk because someone thought the freckles on his face reminded them of a turkey egg. He had a career goals against average of 1.98. Broda won 3 Vezina Trophies in 1941,48 and 51. The Toronto Maple Leaf goalie played 7 seasons before going to war in 1943, then returning to play another 7 seasons with the leafs. Helping them win 5 Stanley Cups and holding records that still stand today. They are: most games played, most minutes played, most wins, most loses, most ties, most goals allowed and most shut outs, among Toronto Maple Leaf goalies.
Frank McCool
Frank McCool played only two seasons 1944-45 and 1945-46 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the 1944-45 season the Leafs beat Montreal in the semi final, then faced Detroit in the final. Frank won the first 3 games 1-0, 2-0 and 1-0, then Detroit came back and tied the series, Frank and the Leafs won the seventh game and the Stanley Cup.
Because of ulcers, they had him drinking milk before and during a game to soothe them. The year 1945 had Frank win the the Calder Trophy. That same year Frank would become the first goalie in the NHL to record an assist.
Al Rollins
Al Rollins came to the Leafs in the 1949-50 season from Cleveland. Playing back-up to Turk Broda. Becoming the number one net minder for the 1951 and 1952 seasons, helping win the Stanley Cup in 1951 in a series that went 6 games, every one of them in overtime. Al won the Vezina Trophy presented to the NHL`s best goalie with his goals against average of 1.77 in 1951.
Harry Lumley
Harry Lumley (Apple Cheeks) became a Toronto Maple Leafs goalie when he came from the Chicago Black Hawks in 1952. That first season with Toronto he posted 27 wins and 10 shut outs. The second season 1953-54 he posted 32 wins and 13 shut outs and won the Vezina Trophy. In his career he had a goals against average under 3.00 and a career 71 shut outs.
Ed Chadwick
Ed Chadwick played 5 games in the 1955-56 season with 2 wins and 3 loses but the 2 wins were shut outs. Taking over the net from Harry Lumley in 1956-57 season he posted 21 wins and 5 shut outs. He was the last Toronto Maple Leafs goalie to play with no back-up on the bench in 1956-57 and 1957-58. He was replaced by Johnny Bower for the 1958-59 season.
Johnny Bower
Johnny Bower (The China Wall) helped take the Leafs to the finals for the Stanley Cup in his first year with the team in 1958-59, but lost to Montreal. His first Stanley Cup win as a Toronto Maple Leaf goalie was in the 1961-62 season. He helped the team win 3 more cups in 1963,1964 and 1967. He was known to be sharp in the net with quick reflexes. He was best known for his accurate poke check. Bower declined to report to the Leafs. At 34 years old he could not see the point in joining the Toronto team in 1958 at such an age, convinced by the manager of the Cleveland Barons A.H.L team to give it a go, he did and the rest is history.
Terry Sawchuk
Terry Sawchuk (Ukey) began with the Detroit Red Wings in 1950 to 1955, helping the Red Wings win 4 championships and 3 Stanley Cups. He won 3 Vezina Trophy`s and the Calder Trophy. During those 5 years, Terry had 57 shut outs and a goals against average of below 2.00. He joined the Toronto Maple Leafs goalie lineup in the 1964-65 season, that same season 1964-65 Sawchuk and Bower shared a Vezina Trophy together. Beginning a tandem team up, that had one Stanley Cup win in 1967. This win was also the last Stanley Cup win for the original 6 teams, before expansion. Terry holds the shut out record for the NHL of 103.
Bruce Gamble
Bruce Gamble came to the Leafs in 1965-66 season from the Boston Bruins. He played back-up to Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuck who were often injured. He helped win the Stanley Cup in 1967 with the Leafs even though he did not play in the play offs, he contributed by wining 5 regular season games that year. In 1968 he had 19 wins and in 1969 he had 28 wins. He was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1969-70 for Bernie Parent.
Jacques Plante
Jacques Plante (Jake the Snake) had proven himself as a great goalie, helping the Montreal Canadians to win 5 Stanley Cups. He came to the Toronto Maple Leaf goalie lineup in 1970 at the age of 41. He had great reflexes and tended to move out of the net often to cut down on the angles, challenging the shooter. During a game in 1959 Plante`s face was cut badly, he had it stitched up and returned to the net wearing a face mask that he had developed and was testing out in practice. He became the first goalie to wear a face mask full time.
Bernie Parent
Bernie Parent came to the Toronto Maple Leafs from Philadelphia in February of 1971. Playing well and learning from veteran goalie Jacques Plante. Bernie was approached by the hockey team the screaming eagles of the World Hockey Association to play for them. He signed with the eagles when his contract expired with the leafs at the end of the 1972 season. His new team never got off the ground. So he wanted to come back to the National Hockey League, but not the leafs. The leafs traded him back to Philadelphia, who he helped win 2 Stanley Cups.
Ron Low
Ron Low came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1972-73 season. Drafted by the Leafs in 1970, replacing Bernie Parent who went off to play in the WHA. Ron was to play back up to Jacques Plante, but ended up playing the majority of games, 40 to Plante`s 28 games and Gord McRaes 10 games played. Ron had 12 wins, 24 loses, 4 ties and 1 shut out with a goals against average of 3.89. After the Leafs picked up Doug Favell, Dunc Wilson and Ed Johnston the following year, Ron Low was sent back down to the CHL minors.
Doug Favell
Doug Favell came to the Leafs in 1973-74 from Philadelphia in a trade for Bernie Parent. He had 3 seasons with the Leafs the first one had a record posted of 14 wins in 30 games and a goals against average of 2.71. The next two seasons saw Doug record 12 wins in the second season and in the third season 0 wins in 3 games. His rights were sold to the Colorado Rockies in 1976-77 season.
Dunc Wilson
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Dunc Wilson came to the team from Vancouver in 1973-74, playing back-up to Doug Favell, but sharing the work load with Favell and Ed Johnston. He posted 9 wins to Favell`s 14 wins and Johnston`s 12 wins. His second season had 8 wins and a goals against average of 3.70. Put on waivers in the 1975-76 season he was claimed by the New York Rangers.
Ed Johnston
Ed Johnston came to the Leafs from the Boston Bruins in 1974. Playing only one season with the Leafs. He shared the work load with Doug Favell and Dunc Wilson as back-up, winning 12 games that 1973-74 season. He was traded to the St.Louis Blues.
