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25 years ago today; Coffey traded to Pittsburgh
"It's not fair to the players who are working hard now to keep going if I can ice a better team by trading Paul." said Glen Sather, a few days before he actually did pull the trigger on a trade. New...
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This Day in 1980's Leaf History; Nov. 25, 1987
Sick of waiting for the asses of the NHL and PA to solve their seemingly minscule differences, I'm going to delve into a topic near and dear to my heart...the Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1980's. Why...
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Rookie Wayne Gretzky; The 15th Best Centre in NHL
Check out what I found in this old hockey magazine (Sports Special Hockey, Spring 1980). It was published in the fall of 1979, just as Wayne Gretzky was beginning his NHL career after a season in the...
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This Day in 1980's Leaf History; Dec. 1, 1988
Sick of waiting for the asses of the NHL and PA to solve their seemingly minscule differences, I'm going to delve into a topic near and dear to my heart...the Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1980's. Why...
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When Toronto Was So Bad, the NHL Cancelled the Season
Recently, in looking at the various seasons of nonsense that my Toronto Maple Leafs put forward during the 1980's, I realized their worst single year didn't actually take place in that decade. The...
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This Day in 1980's Leaf History; Dec. 12, 1984
Sick of waiting for the asses of the NHL and PA to solve their seemingly minuscule differences, I'm going to delve into a topic near and dear to my heart...the Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1980's. Why...
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Spengler Cup, Canada Primed and Ready
No NHL hockey until at least mid-January means pumped up rosters for not only the World Juniors, but also the prestigous Spengler Cup tournament. Canada will be sending perhaps it's best sqauad ever to...
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Boxing Day 1991, Pens 12 - Leafs 1
Twenty-one years ago today, Leaf call-up Kevin Maguire opened the scoring in Pittsburgh. Maguire, known more for his toughness notched the first goal of the game with an assist to Todd Gill. It was all...
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New Years Eve 1967; Fifth-String Goalie Al Smith Plays
From the Canadian Press: December 30, 1966 the headline reads "Newest Toronto game is naming the goalie.""Terry Sawchuk is still out with back trouble and Johnny Bower is acting as referee in practices...
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Punch Imlach & His Faceoff-Taking Defencemen
Leafs celebrating Bob Pulford's OT winner in Game 3.It's part of Toronto Maple Leaf folklore. And really, that's all that keeps us Leaf fans going is folklore. Game Six of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals....
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Oh Well, That Didn't Work
306 NHL regular season games. That's how many Brian Burke was in control of the Toronto Maple Leafs since he took over as G.M. on November 29, 2008. His team's record in over that span was 129-135-42...
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The Month Tim Horton was a Scoring Forward
January 1965. The Toronto Maple Leafs were three-time defending Stanley Cup champions. In an effort to win their fourth straight chalice the squad encountered an unusual rash of injuries as 1964 turned...
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James Reimer will be just fine.
43 Games24 Wins10 Losses6 OT Losses4 Shutouts 2.59 Goals Against Average.920 Save PercentageThese were the career numbers of Maple Leaf goalie James Reimer on Sunday, October 23, 2011. This of course...
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Randy Carlyle and the 1981 Norris Trophy
I like Randy Carlyle as the coach of the Maple Leafs. I'm also old enough to remember him as a Norris Trophy winning defenceman over 30 years ago. In the 1980/81 season Carlyle was named best defender...
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The Myth of the Maple Leaf Mid-week Malaise
Last night, while listening to the Leafs hosting the Islanders game (which Toronto dropped 7-4 after leading 3-1) I heard at least a few times from the broadcast team of Dan Dunleavy and Jim Ralph a...
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Penticton V's Autographed 1954 Newspaper
I found this great old newspaper recently commemorating the Penticton V's Allan Cup victory in 1954. The really cool thing is it was autographed by a bunch of the players. By beating the Sudbury...
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1978 Team Canada Juniors, Rare Photos
I received an email about the 1978 World Junior Championships stemming from something I wrote about a while back. The sender let me know he had a bunch of photos he took at one of the tournament games...
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Leafs are in a bit of a funk at home
Dating back almost one full calendar year to February 11, 2012 the Toronto Maple Leafs have three home victories in their last EIGHTEEN home matches. Yikes. Perhaps not surprisingly, this is not the...
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More Rare 1970's Junior Photos
Last week I featured some terrific old hockey photos from a gentleman named Doug Petepiece. He contacted me regarding a blog post and has sent me some really cool, and I'm pretty sure rare photos from...
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Montreal Juniors vs Soviet Selects, Dec. 1974
Pic OnePic TwoTime for another little research project looking at rarely seen photos courtesy my new 'cyber'-friend Doug Petepeice. He has sent me alot of shots of the Montreal Junior Canadiens playing...
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