Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Baun, Minten, Bertuzzi & Bunting The Old Prof | August 16, 2023 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll share the news that revered Maple Leafs icon Bob Baun passed away. As a defenseman during the 1960s, Baun…
Meeting Maple Leafs’ Greats: Our Readers Share Their Stories The Old Prof | January 2, 2022 On Christmas Day, THW re-published a story I wrote about one of my favorite memories with my father. He was a minor league hockey player himself in St. Catherines when…
Maple Leafs 7 Best Tough Guys THW Archives | December 11, 2017 “If you can’t beat them in the alley, you can’t beat them on the ice.” The man who created, owned, coached and managed the Toronto Maple Leafs, Conn Smythe,…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Campbell – No OT for NHL Rick Cole | November 5, 2016 Every year about this time fans and pundits begin their annual assessments of what’s wrong with hockey’s major league. This season, as has been the case often in recent times, the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Rangers Fire Red Sullivan Rick Cole | December 7, 2015 The New York Rangers have dismissed coach Red Sullivan. New York general manager Emile Francis made the announcement that Sullivan had been relieved of his duties yesterday. Francis named himself…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Leafs Lose More Than A Game Rick Cole | November 7, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs lost more than a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens last night when they dropped a 4-2 decision to the New York Rangers in one of…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hawks Blank Leafs; Baun Quits Rick Cole | October 11, 2015 Things couldn’t get much worse for Toronto Maple Leafs general manager – coach Punch Imlach these days. His club put on a completely punchless performance last evening as they were…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Leafs Post-Mortem Rick Cole | April 15, 2015 A day after being eliminated by the Montreal Canadiens in overtime in their own rink, the Toronto press, Maple Leaf fans and even the players had a difficult time processing the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Rangers Name Nevin Captain Rick Cole | February 18, 2015 After a much-needed vacation in Florida, we’ll try to catch up with the news of the past couple of weeks.. Among the notable events were the naming of a new captain…
Stem Cell Treatment and the Exploitation of Mr. Hockey Ross Bonander | February 9, 2015 No. 9 Gordie Howe has always been something of an outlier. His frame was made for hockey: Short, powerful legs gave him a low center of gravity and made him almost…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Russians to Play Pros? Not Likely Rick Cole | December 19, 2014 As the Russian National Hockey Team cuts a swath through Canadian opposition like a hot knife through butter, the constant question asked by everyone is “How good are these guys…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Bob Baun, One Tough Hombre Rick Cole | November 24, 2014 A quiet news day in hockey gives us a chance to have a look at one of hockey’s toughest men – Bob Baun, the hard-hitting defenceman of the Toronto Maple…