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Rick Ley's 1970-1971 season

Points
20
NHL#171
Goals
4
NHL#190
Assists
16
NHL#152
Plus/minus
+13
NHL#55
Games
76
97%
97% of 78

Defenceman Rick Ley was 21 years old when the 1970-1971 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 76 of a possible 78 games and scored 4 goals and 16 assists for 20 points, 0.26 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 2 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1970-1971Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rick Ley plays the 1970-1971 season for Toronto Maple Leafs

    Rick was 21 years old when the 1970-1971 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TOR3–5VAN
      L
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–7TOR
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR6–2TOR
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4PHI
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–0TOR
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–6TOR
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–1TOR
      L
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • November 1970
    • The game
      TOR5–4DET
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3LAK
      L
      game 10/781
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–8CGS
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3VAN
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–2TOR
      L
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3TOR
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYR
      L
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–2TOR
      L
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–5MTL
      L
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–5TOR
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–4TOR
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–1STL
      L
      game 20/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      2
      points
      NHL#214
      1
      goals
      NHL#159
      1
      assists
      NHL#221
      -14
      +/-
      NHL#94
      TOR
      5-14-0W-L-OT11Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–9TOR
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–4BOS
      L
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • December 1970
    • The game
      LAK0–7TOR
      W
      game 23/781
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–0TOR
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–6CHI
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR0–4PIT
      L
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–4TOR
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–2TOR
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–0BUF
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2PIT
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–2BUF
      W
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–7TOR
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–6MNS
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–9TOR
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–3TOR
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET0–13TOR
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +5+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR2–0MNS
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4TOR
      game 39/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      10
      points
      NHL#158
      1
      goals
      NHL#199
      9
      assists
      NHL#116
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#36
      TOR
      18-19-0W-L-OT38Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT2–5TOR
      W
      game 40/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–2DET
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGS1–1TOR
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–3PHI
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–8TOR
      W
      game 44/781
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–9BOS
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–1VAN
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5CGS
      L
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3LAK
      L
      game 48/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3PIT
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–4MTL
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • February 1971
    • The game
      STL2–6TOR
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–4TOR
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–3BUF
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3STL
      game 54/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–2CHI
      W
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–8TOR
      W
      game 56/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1TOR
      L
      game 57/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4TOR
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–3TOR
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 78
      16
      points
      NHL#164
      3
      goals
      NHL#185
      13
      assists
      NHL#131
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#29
      TOR
      30-25-0W-L-OT64Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–1MNS
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MNS1–1TOR
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–4BOS
      L
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • March 1971
    • The game
      VAN1–3TOR
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3STL
      L
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2TOR
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2TOR
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–2TOR
      L
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–1NYR
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4MTL
      L
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3TOR
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–1PHI
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–0CGS
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1971
    • The game
      BOS8–3TOR
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–2CHI
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rick Ley closes the 1970-1971 season with 20 points

    Points
    20
    NHL#171
    Games
    76of 78
    97%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#190
    Assists
    16
    NHL#152
    P/GP
    0.26
    NHL#200
    +/-
    +13
    NHL#55
    Events
    20
    career best in points
    4
    career best in goals
    16
    career best in assists
    100
    NHL games
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet New York Rangers

    TORvsNYR
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR4–5NYR
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR4–1NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR1–3TOR
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR4–2TOR
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare2–2withNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      TOR1–3NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 6
      NYR2–1TOR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–2

    TOR2–4NYR
    Eliminated
    6Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Rick Ley ends the 1970-1971 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#74
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#81
    Assists
    2
    NHL#54
    P/GP
    0.33
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#31
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    NYR2–4