Removing the Maple Leafs From the Cup – Some Personal Thoughts
When I was a young boy – I am thinking about eight or nine – my father took me to visit Maple Leaf Gardens. He was usually a quiet man,…
Maple Leaf Gardens
Time to Put the ‘Leaf’ Back in Maple Leaf Gardens
It has a new name, a new primary tenant and has been given a makeover with a much smaller capacity. But the time has never been more appropriate for the…
Montreal Fans Unimpressive at World Juniors
The 2015 World Junior hockey tournament is officially off and running, using an unusual schedule that will expand into 2017. The games are spread between Montreal and Toronto through the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Gardens to Expand?
With no on-ice action to report from last night, other matters made some news in the hockey world today. Possibly the most significant item concerns the plans by the Toronto…
The Angst of Maple Leaf Gardens
Change is, as most folks will tell you, inevitable. Frankly, the NHL is loaded with change, be it franchises moving cities or introducing new uniforms, changing styles in play, and of…
Book Review: The Lives of Conn Smythe
The Lives of Conn Smythe: From the Battlefield to Maple Leaf Gardens: A Hockey Icon’s Story . By Kelly McParland. (2011, Toronto: FENN/McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Hardcover. Pp. 370. $32.99.…
From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 17 October 2011
Off to a slow start this season it took just over two minutes into yesterday’s game for Anahiem’s Bobby Ryan to record his first goal of the season. Ryan put a snap shot past Jaroslav Halak just as a penalty to St. Louis’ Nikita Nikitin for holding expired.
Time Capsule Discovered in Maple Leaf Gardens
According to a report on CBC.ca, crews working on Maple Leaf Gardens have discovered what they believe to be a time capsule that would have been buried during construction of the building many years ago. “All I know is what the super[intendent] told me,” worker Randall Gwizd told CBC. “The bricklayers found it by the front doors underneath the stone that marks the name of the building and they lifted it up and found the time capsule.”
Toronto Maple Leafs Captains – 1927-1938
Any hockey fan looking to kick Maple Leaf nation while they’re down – and let’s be honest, there are lots of us – can point to Toronto’s current ownership of…
Book Review: Queens of the Ice
Carly Adams adds to the case for Hilda Ranscombe and the Preston Rivulettes’ induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Toronto – I hope you’re listening. Queens of the…