TORONTO — The NHL is renaming its award for the season’s top general manager to the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. The name change was unanimously approved …
Read moreNHL Names General Manager Award After Hall-Of-Famer Jim Gregory
TORONTO — Hockey Hall of Famer Jim Gregory, who served 10 years as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs before spending decades as an NHL executive, has died. He …
Rookie goalie Jack Norris of the Boston Bruins put on a spectacular goaltending display as his team upset the powerful Chicago Black Hawks 2-1 last night in Chicago. The Chicago …
Read more50 Years Ago in Hockey – Bruins Rookie Norris Stymies Hawks
Stellicktricity: Stories, Highlights, and Other Hockey Juice from a Life Plugged into the Game by Gord Stellick Check out the THW Book Room for many more hockey book reviews. While …
Coach Red Kelly had a mix of experience and youth for 1973-74, resulting in a playoff berth for the Leafs. Draftees Sittler, McDonald, Turnbull and Ferguson, along with free agent …
Read moreDraft Schmaft – The Maple Leafs First Round Draft V – 1974-1977
In the spring of 1973, the Maple Leafs missed the playoffs again after exiting in the first round the previous 2 seasons. In the off-season, Jim Gregory and his staff …
Read moreDraft Schmaft – The Maple Leafs First Round Draft IV 1973
By the summer of 1970, the Maple Leafs were a team that had fallen quickly from the pinnacle of NHL success. The Stanley Cup in 1967 was followed by playoff …
Read moreDraft Schmaft – The Maple Leafs First Round Draft 1971-72: Part III Something Brewing
In the spring of 1968, the defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs failed to make the playoffs. While many players remained from the championship team, some key players such …
Read moreDraft Schmaft – The Maple Leafs First Round Draft 1968-70: Part II Selwood and Sittler
