Andrew Forbes
Andrew is in his 7th year reporting for The Hockey Writers covering the Toronto Maple Leafs. He's the lead Maple Leafs writer and Special Events Coordinator and writes the Tape2Tape column on top of that. He began his broadcasting with CBC's Hockey Night in Canada team as well as being part of their coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. He's the former play-by-play voice of the London Jr. Knights for Rogers TV. You can find more of his work at http://andrewgforbes.wordpress.com/ and follow him on Twitter at @AndrewGForbes.
Author's Posts
Junior Hockey News & Rumors: CHL Import Draft, Tuomaala Stay in Finland & More
July 5th, 2020 Even without hockey being played, it was another big week of news for those following junior hockey and the game’s prospects. While the CHL held its annual Import Draft, the Vegas Golden Knights made noise signing a WHL graduate to an entry-level contract. As such, we combed through all the good, bad and the ugly to bring you...
Maple Leafs' Mailbag: Losing for Lafrenière, Robertson Expectations & More
July 4th, 2020 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ offseason just got a little more interesting as Toronto is expected to be one of the two hub cities when the NHL gets back underway. With the hockey world readying itself for the return of hockey, I figured it was time to sit down and answer some questions from Maple Leafs fans around the web. With...
Maple Leafs Banter with Forbes & Baracchini: Top Storyline from 2019-20
July 4th, 2020 A shortened NHL season didn’t stop the Toronto Maple Leafs from creating a number of storylines as a team in 2019-20. From the firing of their coach, to the debut of their new bench boss, to nearly career bests for Auston Matthews and William Nylander, the Maple Leafs have a lot to look back on from the COVID-19 shortened...
2020 HHOF Misses - Fleury, Mogilny, Chabot, CuJo & More
July 2nd, 2020 This past week was a big day for a few former hockey players both NHL and when it comes to the women’s international game. On Wednesday, June 24, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced its 2020 inductees - including Doug Wilson, Kevin Lowe, Kim St. Pierre, Ken Holland (under the builder’s category) and first-ballot players in Jarome...
2020 NHL Draft: 8 Potential Steals of the Draft
June 27th, 2020 Every year it’s a discussion that can be had prior to the NHL Draft and even more so looking back on past years and which players exceeded the initial expectations that came with them. They are the diamonds in the rough. The needles in the haystack. They are the steals of the NHL Draft. While it’s much easier to look back on past...
Junior Hockey News & Rumors: Fritsche Joins Civil Suit, Canada U17 Camp & More
June 27th, 2020 With the NHL Draft Lottery set to take place and the CHL Import Draft ready to go early next week, hockey is slowly taking steps to get back to some kind of normalcy. Sure, it’s far from what we’ve all been used to during past offseasons, but as it’ll be noted later, maybe that isn’t such a bad thing when it comes to junior...
