Leafs fans filled with hope
It was a rowdy, hungry crowd in front of the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night.
It was a rowdy, hungry crowd in front of the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a 100 per cent penalty kill.
Clarke MacArthur scored the game-winner, and Giguere made the best save of the game in the dying moments, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday. Tim Brent and Phil Kessel also scored for Toronto, and Dustin Boyd and Jeff Halpern replied for the Canadiens.
Toronto Maple Leafs alumni Darryl Sittler and Jim McKenny believe the current edition of their former club has the potential to be better.
Maple Leaf Square has officially opened its doors to public.
There will be plenty of new faces on the ice when the University of Toronto men’s hockey team opens their season on Friday at Varsity Arena.
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The letter C will draw plenty of attention on Thursday night in Toronto.
Last season, four teams from the Northeast Division made it to the playoffs, leaving only the Maple Leafs on the outside looking in. This year there are two front-runners to make it back (in Boston and Buffalo), and three bubble teams (in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa).
Make no mistake: some familiar faces will be at the top of the heap in the Southeast Division.
Conversely, some usual suspects should be floundering amongst the NHL’s basement from the same region.