Islander Fans Send Clear Message to Tavares Jeff Seide | March 2, 2019 In the NHL record books, Thursday night’s game between the New York Islanders and visiting Toronto Maple Leafs will go down as just one of seven games on the docket.…
NHL Notebook: Tavares Preparing for Long Island Return The Canadian Press | February 27, 2019 John Tavares seems resigned to his fate. The heart and soul of the New York Islanders for nine seasons, the team’s former captain bolted for the Toronto Maple Leafs in free agency last summer after a prolonged soap opera o…
Grading the Maple Leafs’ Forwards The Old Prof | February 14, 2019 On Dec. 5, with the season one-third completed, I offered my first set of grades for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ players. Now, with the regular season officially two-thirds completed (after…
Bruins Ready to Rake the Leafs This Spring Matt Fraser | January 15, 2019 The playoff-type feel at Scotiabank Arena this past Saturday was not as premature as one might think, given that three months remain until the Stanley Cup tournament. The Boston Bruins…
Maple Leafs’ Tavares: 300-Goal Scorer The Old Prof | January 11, 2019 John Tavares not only helped win the game for the Toronto Maple Leafs, he also entertained Toronto hockey fans by scoring his 300th and 301st goals as the Maple Leafs…
Barzal & Islanders Blank Tavares & Maple Leafs The Canadian Press | December 30, 2018 TORONTO — Mathew Barzal scored a natural hat trick in the second period as the New York Islanders blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Saturday. Valtteri Filppula had the other goal for New York (20-13-4), whic…
Blue Jackets Don’t Quite Stack Up to the Leafs Mark Scheig | December 29, 2018 The Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs played the rubber match of their three-game season series Friday night at Nationwide Arena. It was the first game this season involving…
5 in a Row: Maple Leafs’ Key Players Tavares, Marner & Sparks The Old Prof | December 29, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs went into Columbus to play the Blue Jackets with both teams on winning streaks. Toronto won, beating Columbus 4-2. The Leafs winning streak was four games;…
Comparing Today’s Maple Leafs’ Forwards With Best of All-Time The Old Prof | December 28, 2018 In 2016, the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrated their Centennial Anniversary home opener. Attendant to that 100-years’ celebration was a retrospection of Maple Leafs’ history. At the time, a number of…
THW Podcast – Ep. 4: Top 5 Stories of 2018 NHL Season Jim Parsons | December 27, 2018 On the fourth episode of the Hockey Writers Podcast, we bring in two respected Hockey Writers contributors in Stephen Ground and Greg Boysen and discussed the top five stories of…
Yogi Berra Was Almost Right: Maple Leafs Win in Overtime The Old Prof | December 24, 2018 As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Well, almost. Same team. Same score. Same situation. Different winner. This time it was the Toronto Maple Leafs…
Babcock’s “Ontario Guys” Evolution: Is Don Cherry Right? The Old Prof | December 18, 2018 When Don Cherry talks, people listen. Not everyone agrees, but Cherry has a platform as large as his life. And, bombastic as I sometimes find him, I do tune in…