Andrew Forbes
Andrew is in his 6th 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
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Rangers
September 12th, 2018 Eastern Conference foes, the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers have both been around a long time. In fact, the two teams have met 611 times with the Maple Leafs holding the edge - a record of 286-221-95-9, or a .553 point percentage. While it’s hard to call these two teams rivals nowadays, the two teams can be connected...
2019 NHL Draft: Forbes' Top 93 Preseason Rankings
August 30th, 2018 The 2018-19 season is just around the corner. With the NHL preseason starting soon, it won’t be long before it’s revealed which members of the 2018 NHL Draft class will be making their debuts this season. Now, with major junior camps opening over the next couple weeks, the focus for some turns to the young players getting set for...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Johnsson, Babcock and Bold Predictions
August 27th, 2018 It’s been a while since the round table convened, but with the NHL season just around the corner, it will become a regular meeting place for THW’s Toronto Maple Leafs coverage team to get together and talk about the major discussion points surrounding the team. With that in mind, the Maple Leafs Round Table is back with some bold...
Maple Leafs Remain Pretenders
August 22nd, 2018 Right off the hop, there will be criticisms regarding the headline. Pretenders? How can a team be pretending with three solid centers and arguably two of the top 15 players in the game in Auston Matthews and John Tavares? The answer is simpler than you think. The talk around town can focus entirely on the acquisition of Tavares and...
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Islanders
August 19th, 2018 The relationship between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders may be more strained than ever before after the most recent offseason thanks to a number of individual decisions by players and management. Most notably, former Islanders’ captain John Tavares joined the Maple Leafs on a seven-year deal, while former Maple...
Top 10 Offensive Seasons in Maple Leafs History
August 10th, 2018 In 2011-12, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Phil Kessel tallied 37 goals and 82 points for a team that would go on to miss the NHL playoffs for the seventh straight season since the 2004-05 lockout. He was the last Maple Leafs player to surpass the 80-point plateau, while also hitting the 80-point mark exactly in...
