Maple Leafs de Verdun

Maple Leafs de Verdun
founding	1920s
resolution	1972
history	Maple Leafs de Verdun 1920s – 1972
Stadion	Verdun auditorium
Location	Montreal
league	MMJHL 1966–1969 LHJMQ 1969-1972
Memorial Cups	no
Coupes du President	no

The Maple Leafs de Verdun were a Canadian ice hockey team from Verdun (now a district of Montreal ). The team played from 1969 to 1972 in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ).

history

The Maple Leafs de Verdun were founded in the 1920s and played in the Montreal City Hockey League until 1937 , before being active in the Quebec Senior Hockey League until 1942 . From 1933 to 1950 the Maple Leafs ran a farm team of the same name , which ran parallel to the senior team for eight years. After 13 years, the team was reactivated in 1963 and played for three years each in the Montreal Metropolitan Junior Hockey League and the Ligue de hockey junior du Québec .

For the 1969/70 season Verdun received a franchise for the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , which was awarded to the Maple Leafs. In the three seasons in which the team took part in the LHJMQ game operations, they each qualified for the playoffs for the Coupe du Président . While they were eliminated twice in the first round, her greatest achievement was reaching the second round in the 1969/70 season, in which they for a 4: 2 victory in the best-of-seven series on the Cornwall Royals with 1: 4 victories to the Alouettes de Saint-Jérôme . Following the 1971/72 season, the franchise was finally dissolved.

Season statistics (LHJMQ)

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1969-70	56	20th	35	1	-	-	41	218	300	4th, west	Defeat in the second round
1970-71	62	27	33	2	-	-	56	252	306	5th, QMJHL	Defeat in the first round
1971-72	61	20th	40	1	-	-	41	252	366	8th, QMJHL	Defeat in the first round

Former players

The following players who were active for the Maple Leafs de Verdun played in the National Hockey League during their career :

Senior Verdun Maple Leafs (1924-1942)

Paul Bibeault Rene Boileau Conrad Bourcier Jean Bourcier Claude Bourque George Brown

Maurice Croghan Hank Damore Connie Dion Frank Eddolls Bob Fillion Ernie Laforce

Albert Leduc Fern Majeau Bill Meronek Rollie Paulhus Les Ramsay Mel Read

Maurice Richard Alex Smart Bill Summerhill Moe White Don Willson

Junior Verdun Maple Leafs (1934-1950)

Jim Bartlett Paul Bibeault Émile Bouchard Conrad Bourcier Maurice Croghan Connie Dion

Frank Eddolls Eddie Emberg Bob Fillion Paul Gladu Fern Majeau

Jim Morrison Marcel Pelletier Jimmy Peters Les Ramsay Mel Read

Maurice Richard Roly Rossignol Roland Rousseau Moe White Larry Zeidel

Verdun Maple Leafs (1963-1972)

Bob Berry Richard Brodeur Guy Charron Rey Comeau

Jew Drouin André Dupont Peter Folco

Richard Grenier Pierre Hamel Guy Lapointe

Gilles Meloche Jake Rathwell Bob Sauvé

Team Records (LHJMQ)

Career records

Games: 177 Serge Martel

Goals: 126 Serge Martel

Assists: 157 Serge Martel

Points: 283 Serge Martel

Penalty minutes: 335 Rene Dore

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Maple Leafs de Verdun (LHJMQ)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Maple Leafs de Verdun (LHJMQ)