Toronto Maple Leafs Goalies InfoToronto Maple Leafs Goalies Info - from the beginning
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies info from the 1975-1976 season to the present....Find each number one goalie listed, along with a short bio. Wayne ThomasWayne Thomas came from the Montreal Canadians in 1975-76. Thomas was a big change to what Leaf fans were used to seeing, as in his first season with Toronto he posted 28 wins, no goalie had that many wins since Bruce Gamble in 1968-69 season. The following season saw Thomas struggle with only 10 wins in net and turn over the number one job to Mike Palmateer. Thomas was put on waivers and claimed by the New York Rangers in 1977-78.Mike PalmateerMike Palmateer (The Popcorn Kid) Played for the Toronto Marlies, winning the memorial cup in 1973. He came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1976-77 season, winning his first game over Detroit. That same year saw Palmateer record 23 wins and 4 shut outs. His next season he had 34 wins and 5 shut outs, the leafs and fans thought it was just a mater of time before Mike would help lead the team to the finals. But a knee injury would squash that hope and his numbers declined. To sign on with the team at the end of his contract, he wanted a no trade clause in the agreement, he was denied and traded to Washington.Jiri CrhaJiri Crha came to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 1980. Playing out the 1979-80 season with 8 wins in 15 games, management for the Leafs deemed Crha the next number one goalie for the team and traded Mike Palmateer to Washington. The 1980-81 season had Crha posting 20 wins and 20 loses, this was not good enough for management and he was sent down to the minors.Vincent TremblayVincent Tremblay came to the Leafs in 1980, playing in only 3 games before returning to the AHL minors. He finally had his chance at a full season in 1981-82, sharing the number one job with Michel Larocque. Vincent recorded 10 wins, 18 loses, 8 ties and 1 shut out. The following season Vincent made way for Mike Palmateer`s return to the Leafs in 1983. He was sent down to the AHL minors and then traded to Pittsburgh in late 1983.Michel LarocqueMichel (Bunny) Larocque came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1981, from the Montreal Canadians, where he played back up to Ken Dryden winning 4 Stanley Cups and 3 Vezina Trophies with Dryden. With the Leafs in his first year of 1981 he had only 8 games played with 3 wins. The following season 1981-82 Michel shared the number one job with Vincent Tremblay, posting 10 wins, 24 loses and 8 ties. In 1983 Michel made way for Mike Palmateer`s return to the Leafs and he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers.Mike PalmateerMike Palmateer came back to the Leafs in 1982 from the Washington Capitals. After having surgery to his knee the Leafs gave Mike another shot. He recorded 21 wins in 51 games in the 1982-83 season. In the 1983-84 season, he had 9 wins in 30 games. Mike retired in 1984 because his knee never became strong enough to go back to his winning style.Allan BesterAllan Bester came to the Leafs, being drafted from the OHL in 1983. He was the number one net minder in the 1983-84 season when Mike Palmateer`s knee was affecting his play. Allan spent part of 4 seasons in the AHL during his 8 seasons with Toronto. If Allan was not playing in the AHL, he was playing back up to Tim Bernhardt, Don Edwards or Ken Wregget. His best season was in 1989-90, when he posted 20 wins and 16 loses. The following season Allan was traded to the Detroit Red Wings.Tim BernhardtTim Bernhardt came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984-85 season, from the AHL ST.Catharine Saints. Tim was given the chance to be Toronto`s starting goalie, now that Mike Palmateer had retired and Allan Besters 1983-84 season generated only 11 wins. Tim had 13 wins, 19 loses and 4 ties in the 1984-85 season. The following season Tim played in both the AHL and with the Leafs, recording 4 wins in 19 games. The 1986-87 season did not have Tim return to the Leafs, he stayed in the AHL with the Newmarket Saints where he eventually retired in 1990.Don EdwardsDon Edwards came to the Leafs in 1985 from the Calgary Flames. Don had won a Vezina Trophy with the Buffalo Sabres in 1980 and had 27 wins that same year. With the Leafs in the 1985-86 season Don recorded 12 wins and 23 loses, compared to back up Ken Wregget`s 9 wins and Tim Bernhardt`s 4 wins, this season was a wash out. Don played only one season with the Leafs retiring in 1986.Ken WreggetKen Wregget came to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the AHL ST.Catharine Saints in the 1986-87 season. Moving back and forth from the AHL and the Leafs since 1984. Ken became the starter for the Leafs in the 1986-87 season, recording 22 wins. No goalie for Toronto had registered 22 or more wins since Mike Palmateer`s 26 wins in the 1978-79 season. The following season 1987-88 Ken had 12 wins in 51 games and in the 1988-89 season he had only 9 wins in 31 games. Ken Wregget was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1988. In 1992 he won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins.Peter IngPeter Ing came to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the OHL London Knights in the 1990-91 season. Peter had the starting job with a record of 16 wins, 29 loses, 8 ties and 1 shut out in 53 games. Peters back up goal tenders Jeff Reese with 6 wins, Allan Bester with 0 wins - 4 loses and Damian Rhodes with 1 win gave the Leafs, one of the worst seasons ever recorded by a Leaf team. The following season had peter traded to the Edmonton Oilers.Grant FuhrGrant Fuhr came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1991 from the Edmonton Oilers. When Grant played for Edmonton he helped win 5 Stanley Cups. He played in 5 all star games, played in the 1987 Canada Cup and won a Vesina Trophy in 1987. With the Leafs in the 1991-92 season Grant posted 25 wins, 33 loses, 5 ties and 2 shut outs. In the following season 1992-93 Grant played in only 17 games before being traded to the Buffalo Sabres. When he played in Buffalo, Grant helped a young goalie learn the ropes, by the name of Dominik Hasek.Felix PotvinFelix Potvin (The Cat) came to the Toronto Maple Leafs team from there ST. John`s farm team for the 1992-93 season, in which he posted 25 wins, 2 shut outs in 48 games and a league leading low goals against average of 2.50. He had a style of play where he would place his stick on the ice horizontal to the shooter, then take away the top of the net with his cat like glove hand. Teams in the league got used to his style and began scoring more often. Bad defence left Potvin fending for himself. He became out of favor with the coach and the fans and traded to the New York Islanders in 1999.Curtis JosephCurtis Joseph came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1998-99. In his first season with the leafs, he recorded 35 wins and 3 shut outs with a goals against average of 2.56. His style of play was to drop and flop allot, but for him it worked. Quick reflexes up and down. The play offs in 1999, had Joseph helping the leafs get past Philadelphia and the Penguins before losing to buffalo. The next 2 seasons 1999-2000 and 2000-01, Joseph had 36 wins 4 shut outs and 33 wins 6 shut outs. The play offs for those 2 seasons had Joseph helping the leafs past Ottawa both times, but then lost out to the New Jersey Devils. After the 2002 play offs Curtis had enough of the leafs losing ways and signed on with the Detroit Red Wings.Ed BelfourEd Belfour came to the Leafs in 2002 as a free agent. When he played with the Dallas Stars, he helped them win a Stanley Cup in 1998. With the Leafs in the 2002-03 season, Ed set a Leaf franchise record winning 37 games with 7 shut outs. In the 2003-04 season he recorded 34 wins and 10 shut outs. Both seasons the Leafs lost out to Philadelphia in the play offs. After the 2004-05 season was cancelled, play resumed in 2005-06. Ed had not played or kept in shape during the lock out,as a result to his 22 wins in 48 games during the 2005-06 season. Ed was not re-signed by the Leafs and as a free agent he signed on with the Florida Panthers in 2006.Andrew RaycroftAndrew Raycroft came to the Leafs in 2006 from the Boston Bruins. In his first season 2006-07, Raycroft tied the Leaf franchise record of 37 wins in one season. In Boston Raycroft had a good first season with 29 wins and 3 shut outs. The next season with Boston he struggled with only 8 wins and again here in Toronto Raycroft`s second season 2007-08, he has struggled with only 2 wins being replaced as the starter by Vesa Toskala.Vesa ToskalaVesa Toskala came to the Leafs in 2007 from the San Jose Sharks. Vesa has Impressed the Leafs with his solid play. In his first season 2007-08 he has recorded 33 wins, 3 shut outs and a goals against average of 2.74. In San Jose Vesa was considered a number one goalie, but they had two and one had to go, Vesa ended up in Toronto.Toronto Maple Leafs Goalies Info - Stats
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