Bruins Ready to Rake the Leafs This Spring Matt Fraser | January 15, 2019 The playoff-type feel at Scotiabank Arena this past Saturday was not as premature as one might think, given that three months remain until the Stanley Cup tournament. The Boston Bruins…
Maple Leafs’ Tavares: 300-Goal Scorer The Old Prof | January 11, 2019 John Tavares not only helped win the game for the Toronto Maple Leafs, he also entertained Toronto hockey fans by scoring his 300th and 301st goals as the Maple Leafs…
Barzal & Islanders Blank Tavares & Maple Leafs The Canadian Press | December 30, 2018 TORONTO — Mathew Barzal scored a natural hat trick in the second period as the New York Islanders blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Saturday. Valtteri Filppula had the other goal for New York (20-13-4), whic…
Blue Jackets Don’t Quite Stack Up to the Leafs Mark Scheig | December 29, 2018 The Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs played the rubber match of their three-game season series Friday night at Nationwide Arena. It was the first game this season involving…
5 in a Row: Maple Leafs’ Key Players Tavares, Marner & Sparks The Old Prof | December 29, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs went into Columbus to play the Blue Jackets with both teams on winning streaks. Toronto won, beating Columbus 4-2. The Leafs winning streak was four games;…
Comparing Today’s Maple Leafs’ Forwards With Best of All-Time The Old Prof | December 28, 2018 In 2016, the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrated their Centennial Anniversary home opener. Attendant to that 100-years’ celebration was a retrospection of Maple Leafs’ history. At the time, a number of…
THW Podcast – Ep. 4: Top 5 Stories of 2018 NHL Season Jim Parsons | December 27, 2018 On the fourth episode of the Hockey Writers Podcast, we bring in two respected Hockey Writers contributors in Stephen Ground and Greg Boysen and discussed the top five stories of…
Yogi Berra Was Almost Right: Maple Leafs Win in Overtime The Old Prof | December 24, 2018 As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Well, almost. Same team. Same score. Same situation. Different winner. This time it was the Toronto Maple Leafs…
Babcock’s “Ontario Guys” Evolution: Is Don Cherry Right? The Old Prof | December 18, 2018 When Don Cherry talks, people listen. Not everyone agrees, but Cherry has a platform as large as his life. And, bombastic as I sometimes find him, I do tune in…
Sabres vs. Maple Leafs Showdown: Who Will Win? The Old Prof | December 3, 2018 Tuesday evening, Dec. 4, the “surprise, we’re good!” Buffalo Sabres (17-7-3) meet the “doing as well as people thought” Toronto Maple Leafs (19-8-0) in what might be one of the…
Tavares Is Enjoying the Energy & Fun of Matthews & Marner The Canadian Press | November 30, 2018 TORONTO — John Tavares has reaped the rewards of playing alongside Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner in his first season with the Maple Leafs. Getting to know Toronto’s talented 21 year olds off the ice hasn’t hurt, either. “They’re both very …
Matthews Is a Looming Pain in the Cap for Dubas Jeff Seide | October 29, 2018 Superstar Auston Matthews is leading the Toronto Maple Leafs into a new era of promise, but he’s also a looming salary cap complication for general manager Kyle Dubas. The first…