Mikael Tellqvist stopped 28 of 31 shots as the St. John's Maple Leafs continued to stumble out of the blocks.  The NHL lockout has forced me to focus all of my lustful hockey appetite upon our AHL affiliate and this is how they respond.  The Leafs had four power plays

Last night would have been the first regular season game of the year for my Toronto Maple Leafs.  As we all know, the NHL is in lockout mode and there's no telling when they'll get back to playing hockey that matters.  In the interim, I've got a contingency plan.  I've

According to my now useless Maple Leaf Countdown page, there's only 8 days, 10 hours, 55 minutes, and 48 seconds left until the Maple Leafs opener.  That page is lying to me.  I won't be sitting down to watch an NHL game two Saturdays from now and that's just wrong.

With the St. John's Maple Leafs moving to Toronto next season, they're holding a name the team contest.  There are three names I'd be okay with and they're listed below in order of preference. St. Pats - I love the idea of bringing back this nickname.  Prior to being called

Earlier this morning I found myself watching an infomercial for a series of albums from Time Life.  This set was a "collection of the most timeless love songs from the '50s, '60s, and '70s" called Lifetime Of Romance. It's not a style of music I'd ever hear anywhere else so

The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.  As a die hard Leafs fan who follows his team religiously, watches every game and writes an synopsis entry on this site

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Monday the AHL board of governors has approved their request to relocate their St. John's farm club to Toronto for the 2005-06 season. While playing in Newfoundland, they were known as the St. John's Maple Leafs.  Now that they will be playing in Toronto, a

According to the Toronto Star, the Maple Leafs have reached an agreement with Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto to make it the new home of their American Hockey League affiliate. The deal is expected to be approved at the league meetings on Monday. Although I feel for Leafs fans in Newfoundland,

According to the torontomike.com Maple Leafs Countdown Clock, at this precise second there are 84 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes, and 12 seconds left until the Maple Leafs opener...assuming of course that labour strife does not interfere. Who am I kidding?  Labour strife appears imminent.

The 2004 Maple Leafs schedule was unveiled yesterday and that means it's once again time for the torontomike.com Maple Leafs Countdown Clock. At this precise second, there are 92 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes, and 46 seconds left until the Maple Leafs opener!  Check here throughout the summer as

The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed goaltender Ed Belfour and forwards Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts. I consider these three to be a very important part of the Leafs nucleus.  Losing any of these three, particularly Ed Belfour, would have been a step in the wrong direction.  Adding some speed

SportsNet.ca is reporting that the Leafs and goaltender Ed Belfour have broken off contract talks. The 39-year-old Belfour becomes an unrestricted free agent, and according to the report, is ready to test the market. This is not good.  The Leafs need a dominant goaltender.  Belfour is the primary reason

I just received this press release from the Toronto Maple Leafs. John Shannon, vice-president of programming and executive producer of Leafs TV and Raptors/NBA TV, announced Thursday that Leafs TV will exclusively broadcast 12 Maple Leafs games on the club-owned digital channel during the 2004-05 regular season.Leafs TV

Mikael Renberg has signed a three-year deal with Lulea of the Swedish Elite League thus ending his career as a Toronto Maple Leaf. Renberg spent three seasons in Toronto, scoring 40 goals and 112 points.  My expectations for him after we traded for him were pretty high.  Needless to say

When it was 2-0 in favour of Philadelphia with only 11 minutes to play in the third, I started to come to grips with the reality of the situation.  It didn't look likely the Leafs would score once let alone three times to win the game.  I started to tell

I am 29 years old.  For every year of my life, the Maple Leafs season has ended without the Leafs captain hoisting Lord Stanley's Mug.  You'd think I'd be used to this by now.  I'm not. The overtime was thrilling, the momentum was ours but victory was not to be.

We're headed for overtime at the ACC and it's all thanks to Michelle.  Please allow me to explain. Taryn and I were watching the clock tick down on the third period with my beloved Maple Leafs trailing 2-0 in this must win affair.  I hadn't felt her tummy to feel

Well, I'm thoroughly depressed.  We were given a good old fashioned ass whooping by the Philadelphia Flyers and it smarts.  The less said about this one the better.  The Maple Leafs were totally out played and Ed Belfour looked eerily human. A win on Tuesday to force a game seven

I would like to publicly thank Mats Sundin for reminding me why I should never attempt to grow a beard.  Sundin is sporting his first attempt at a playoff beard, and he's been letting it grow for some time now.  Leaf fans everywhere appreciate the effort, but somebody has to

When you have to win, it's nice to have a captain you can lean on.  Over the years there have been many who didn't think Mats Sundin was worthy of the C and that he never came through when needed most.  Tonight, Sundin once again proved the nay sayers wrong

This was the tenth playoff game thus far for the Maple Leafs and their best.  We came out hitting and generated offense.  In the end, it was an easy victory and we're right back in the series. All day long I felt eerily confident about tonight's game.  We were back

We could have won on Thursday, but we should have won tonight.  That's what made this loss particularly painful. The Maple Leafs had plenty of chances but failed to capitalize.  Where this game was lost was special teams.  Philadelphia scored both their goals on the power play while we failed

Less than 48 hours removed from a hard fought seven game series against the Senators, the Maple Leafs opened their second round against the well-rested Flyers in Philadelphia.  We shouldn't have won this game.  We didn't. Clearly, this is going to be a tougher challenge than the one we just

Following their fourth loss to the Maple Leafs in five years, fans of the Ottawa Senators must be as bummed as I am giddy.  Earlier today I had a great time reading reaction from the Ottawa press. There are two daily newspapers in Ottawa: The Ottawa Citizen and The Ottawa