Remembering Former Maple Leaf Tod Sloan
by Toronto Maple Leafs / MapleLeafs.com
The Toronto Maple Leafs organization mourns the loss of Tod Sloan, who passed away at the age of 89.
Sloan spent 10 seasons with the Maple Leafs, and was part of two Stanley Cup championship teams in 1949 and 1951.
Conn Smythe shared the following revelation about Tod Sloan: "Todd is his own boss. He does what he likes with the puck. It took a few years to discover that the best way to handle him was to leave him alone."
Honouring John McCormack
by Mike Ferriman / MapleLeafs.com
Born in 1925, in Edmonton Alberta, John McCormack arrived at Leafs Training Camp in 1945, only to leave abruptly, due to a severe case of appendicitis. It was then that John; nicknamed "Goose" due to his long neck, decided to leave hockey to become a priest.
Four Additional Inductees Added to Legends Row
Wendel Clark, Charlie Conacher, Red Kelly and Frank Mahovlich latest Leaf greats to be honoured with statues
by Toronto Maple Leafs / MapleLeafs.com
As the team celebrates its Centennial anniversary season, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that four additional players would be inducted into the team's Legends Row monument this year with Wendel Clark, Charlie Conacher, Red Kelly and Frank Mahovlich being honoured with statues to be unveiled this fall. The four Leaf greats will join previous inductees Ted Kennedy, Darryl Sittler, Johnny Bower, Borje Salming, George Armstrong, Syl Apps, Mats Sundin, Dave Keon, Turk Broda and Tim Horton on Legends Row bringing the total number of statues to fourteen.
Maple Leafs and Red Wings Alumni Game Roster
by Toronto Maple Leafs
Before the Maple Leaf and Red Wings stars of today match up outdoors in the 2017 Scotiabank NHL Centennial Classic on New Year's Day, the legends of yesterday for both teams will face off in the 2017 Rogers NHL Centennial Classic Alumni Game, a game that celebrates the rich history of the two Original Six franchises.
4 Banners in 14 Days
In this, their Centennial Season, the Toronto Maple Leafs are delivering the original ACC player banners to the hometowns of their greatest players.
by Mike Ferriman / MapleLeafs.com
Eight have been delivered so far and in a stretch of just fourteen days, four were delivered across two provinces… and two nations.
One undisputable fact is that mining towns produce Maple Leafs stars. Towns that mine for iron, copper, nickel and gold. On the fortnight that began November 27, a Leaf that wore that very same number, returned home to Timmins (Schumacher to be completely accurate), the McIntyre Arena and the very ice surface on which he learned to love the game. Frank Mahovlich along with Bill Barilko called this gold mining town home.
Toronto Maple Leafs retire the numbers of 17 players
Dave Keon's number 14 joins 18 other banners to hang in Air Canada Centre rafters
by Toronto Maple Leafs / MapleLeafs.com
Moments before dropping the puck in the team's Centennial Anniversary home opener, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially retired the numbers of 16 players that were once honoured with banners hanging in Air Canada Centre, alongside the two previously retired numbers of Ace Bailey and Bill Barilko. The team also added Dave Keon to the distinguished group by raising a new banner to retire his number 14.
The One Hundred Finally Unveiled
by Adam Proteau / MapleLeafs.com
One day after he was honoured with his own, life-sized bronze statue on the Maple Leafs' Legends Row, franchise icon Dave Keon received one of the ultimate individual compliments any player can hope for when he was named the greatest Leaf in the 100-year-history of the team. But, in typically-humble fashion, the four-time Stanley Cup winner and Hockey Hall of Famer spoke more about the people who came before him and his teammates during the Friday announcement of the 100 Greatest Leafs - "The One Hundred", as it's called - than he spoke of his own incredible accomplishments.
Legends Row Unveiling
by Adam Proteau / MapleLeafs.com
It was a picture-perfect, crisp Fall afternoon Thursday in Toronto - ideal weather to be talking about the sport that courses through the city's veins year-round, and ideal weather for the Maple Leafs to add three franchise icons - former captain Dave Keon, defenceman Tim Horton, and goaltender Turk Broda - to the Legends Row exhibit outside Air Canada Centre.
Toronto Maple Leafs unveil "The One Hundred"
31-member committee selects The One Hundred greatest players in franchise history Commemorative poster to be sold at GTA Canadian Tire stores to raise funds for community programs
by Toronto Maple Leafs / MapleLeafs.com
As the franchise prepares for its Centennial Anniversary home opener tomorrow night, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced today the definitive list of the one hundred greatest players in team history at Real Sports Bar & Grill with 'The One Hundred' presented by Canadian Tire. Dave Keon, who had his statue on Legends Row unveiled yesterday, was selected by the committee as the greatest player of the past 100 years.
As part of the celebration of The One Hundred, a commemorative team illustration of the 100 players voted as the greatest players in Maple Leafs history has been produced and will be sold exclusively at Canadian Tire stores throughout the Greater Toronto Area with net proceeds being donated to Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities, MLSE Foundation and the Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni Association.
Leafs Announce Free Alumni Game in Halifax Sunday
Tickets previously purchased to be refunded as team hosts free charity game to thank East Coast Leaf fans
by MapleLeafs.com / Toronto Maple Leafs
As the Toronto Maple Leafs begin preparations this week for the official start to the team's Centennial Anniversary, a collection of distinguished Leafs Alumni will play an exhibition game against the Halifax Mariners at Scotiabank Centre on Sunday, September 25 at 7 p.m. The game is one of several activities the team is participating in during training camp from September 23-26 in Halifax.