Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsWith the Toronto Maple Leafs having just finished a season they would prefer to not remember for very long, Leafs fans are once again looking to the future in hopes of seeing a bright spot. One of the first things fans will be looking forward to is the upcoming NHL Entry Draft, in which Toronto ...
When Brian Burke joined the Maple Leafs in November of 2008, the prospect cupboard was mostly bare. To Leaf fans, there was only one thing for Burkey to do; draft well, trade for futures and fill that make-believe cupboard. So he did. And he is. Now, it’s easy to scrutinize some moves that Brian Burke ...
Games to Watch: Thursday, Nov. 17 Mississauga at Niagara: While it hasn’t been the dream season that many expected it would be coming into the year, Niagara is starting to play better hockey and looking very much like the contender they were predicted to be. With a 6-3-0-1 record in their last 10 games, the Icedogs have ...
As announced earlier this week, the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors have named defenceman Stuart Percy as their team captain. The 18-year-old Leafs pick, drafted 25th overall at the 2011 NHL entry draft this past June, takes over the captaincy from OHL graduate and New York Islanders prospect Casey Cizikas. “St. Mike’s is ...
When it comes to spectator sports, Toronto might just be Canada’s first post-hockey town. The Maple Leafs have an absurd 20-year waiting list for season tickets, and they are the financial darlings of the NHL, with a league-high value of 505 million dollars (US), as estimated by Forbes.com in December 2010. But, as the late ...
They were cheering, on their feet, and created an atmosphere reminiscent of any junior hockey rink in any small town in Canada. For two periods, of all the ones they played this season, the Mississauga-St. Michael’s Majors mattered. They mattered, not just to a small pocket of local fans, but to a metropolitan area. Internet ...
Fighting back tears and a contingent of Saint John residents who had made the trip down to Ontario and found themselves on the ice post-game, Jacob DeSerres jumped into the arms of mother Sharon. This is a goaltender who, a year ago in the same tournament, was shelled for nine goals against the Windsor Spitfires. ...
The home team locked up, played strong defensive hockey, and eliminated the Kootenay Ice Friday night at the Hershey Centre with a 3-2 win. Dave Cameron, the Mississauga head coach, the master of spin, again called it a “well-played hockey game” as his team advanced to play Saint John on Sunday. The Majors, who have ...
The Owen Sound Attack didn’t help themselves much, and ended up on the losing end of an ugly affair against the Mississauga-St. Michael’s Majors. It was the rematch of the OHL Championship series, but the game played closer to exhibition hockey. The first two periods were marred by a parade to the penalty box, a ...
It was a virtual must-win for both competing teams, but the pace of the game made it feel to the fans of an almost-but-not-quite full Hershey Centre that the Kootenay Ice and the Mississauga-St. Michael’s Majors were playing not to lose. Mississauga forward Rob Flick victimized Ice defenseman Hayden Rintoul a couple of times, once ...
