Wayne Thomas tended goal for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers from 1973-80 before a lengthy career in hockey as a coach and an executive.
December 04, 2025
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Holy Mackinaw! Joe Bowen has announced he's retiring after the 2025-2026 NHL season. Joe's been calling Leafs games for over four decades. On the app formerly known as Twitter, Joe wrote: After 44 years of being the voice of your Toronto Maple Leafs, I have decided the 2025-26 season will
It's over. The Brendan Shanahan era with the Toronto Maple Leafs, that is. MLSE has opted not to renew Shanny's contract and they're parting ways after over a decade of The Shanaplan. Before that, I wrote about Brendan Shanahan's retirement. He was my favourite non-Leaf. Today that title belongs to
"We had too many passengers" is an actual line uttered by Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews following a gutless game seventh performance for the blue and white. The Leafs are now 0-6 in Game 7s in the Matthews era, after losing 6-1 to the Florida Panthers last night. Too many
For only the second time in 21 years, the Toronto Maple Leafs have advanced to the second round of the NHL Playoffs. The Leafs eliminated the Ottawa Senators in six games by beating them in the nation's capitol 4-2. Since the Sens returned to the NHL in '92, there have
Mark "Trees" Laforest played 103 games in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Ottawa Senators between 1985 and 1994.
Sergei Berezin scored 126 goals over 5 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs. One of his most memorable goals came in the first round against Philadelphia that season. He scored with one minute left in Game 6 as the Leafs won the series with a 1-0 victory.
For as long as I can remember, I've been a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. To borrow a line from Jerry Seinfeld, I cheer for laundry. The team in blue and white with a maple leaf n the chest, that one's mine. I've never watched my team play a game in
We're watching game six of the NHL Western Conference final with Edmonton having a chance to win the series on home ice. My wife is from Edmonton, so she's invested. I was just thinking that it's June 2nd and my wife's NHL team is still playing. And no matter what
In this 1488th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike shares memories of Ron Ellis collected from Wendel Clark, Stephen Brunt, Steve Paikin and Mark Hebscher. This episode is exactly 10:18. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe
Ron Ellis played his entire 15-season NHL career in Toronto and had 640 points (332 goals, 308 assists) over 1,034 games. He was a four-time all-star and member of the last Maple Leafs team to win the Stanley Cup in the 1966-67 season.
Remember the good old days when the Leafs would frequently meet the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Toronto was always the victor? I remember this happening four times between 2000 and 2004. We had their number. Boston has our number. The Leafs have now faced the Bruins
I didn't tune into a single Argos game this season until yesterday. That's not an anti-CFL thing, it's really much more of an anti-football thing. For the past decade, I've really only been interested in playoff football, be it of the CFL or NFL variety. But yesterday, when I got
Bobby Baun played in the NHL for 17 years, winning the Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1967. Bobby Baun is best knwon for scoring a key goal on a broken leg. On April 23, 1964, having fractured his ankle earlier in the game,
Rodion Amirov was drafted in the first round, 15th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
John Tavares scored in overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs advance to the second round with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lighting, ending the series in six games. I watched with my 21 year old and 9 year old sons. It's the first time I got to enjoy
In this 1242nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with former Toronto Maple Leaf Frank Corrado about his NHL career, Mike Babcock, playing guitar and his pivot to broadcasting on TSN. This episode is exactly 1:28:41. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
Borje Salming played 16 seasons and 1,099 regular season games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and would go on to establish a team record for most assists (620) while registering the most goals (148), points (768) and playoff points (49) by a defenceman in franchise history.
Börje Salming was honoured before tonight's Leafs win over the Canucks. What a photo from the Toronto Star's Richard Lautens.
In this 1098th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Maple Leafs organist Jimmy Holmstrom and Maple Leafs PA Announcer Mike Ross about what goes on behind the scene during Leafs games and the best organ jams. This episode is exactly 2:03:01. You can listen to this episode
Jim Pappin won the Stanley Cup in 1964 and 1967 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He led the league in playoff goals and points in 1967 with four goals and six assists in the Finals, including the Cup-winning goal in Game 6 on May 2, 1967.
I'll spare you the details, but like many Torontonians, I've been rooting for the Toronto Maple Leafs since I discovered the joy of sport as a young man. When we swept Chicago in three (that's right kids, we could sweep in three back then), I celebrated like we'd won the
Mike Nykoluk was the NHL player who coached the Toronto Maple Leafs for four seasons, from 1981 to 1984.
It's not easy rooting for the Toronto Maple Leafs. If I wasn't born and raised in this city, they'd be last on my list of teams to cheer. I'm pushing 50, and I haven't been alive for a Leafs Stanley Cup final appearance. And even worse, if that's possible, I've
Tom Kurvers was the NHL defenseman traded from New Jersey to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a draft pick ultimately used to draft Scott Niedermayer.
