Connie Mitchell explained that the EYHA was given authority to play for the Little Stanley Cup in the 1954-‘55 season, directly from Clarence Campbell who was president of the NHL at the time.
As the sun rises over Toronto each morning, Khetag Pliev wakes up and starts his run. The 6:30 a.m. wake up is just the beginning to a long day for one of Canada’s brightest amateur…
With Toronto sports mainly focused on the Maple Leafs, Argonauts, and Blue Jays —sorry Raptors, the lockout has ruled you out right now– there is a small group of local admirers with their attention pointed elsewhere.
The man who scored the “goal of the century” at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union skated into East York Sunday to assist the busy community rink. Canadian hockey hero and former Toronto Maple Leaf Paul Henderson brought his travelling Henderson Jersey Homecoming Tour to Leaside Memorial Community Gardens to help raise funds for the arena’s expansion.
Leaside Gardens has since returned to its former glory after the organizer of the Toronto Card Show, Frank Williamson, decided to bring a monthly card show back to the area in 2006.
East York hockey enthusiast Jason Bond remembers one of the community’s celebrated coaches, Lou Lockyer, fondly. “He would smile at every single kid that would walk into this place,” Bond said. “He always made everyone…
On Nov. 29, Steve Yzerman, general manager of theNHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, helped Jennifer Tory and Jim Little from RBC present the children with hockey sticks, skates, helmets and gloves.
Westgate, 38, started climbing 11 years ago when he was introduced to it by then co-workers at Mountain Equipment Co-op, where he worked in the cycling department. The Happier Climbers climb at the Toronto Climbing Academy near St. Clair and O’Connor Ave.
In a presentation detailing the expansion plans, architect Richard Dabrus of Wong Gregersen Dabrus Architects outlined an illustration of what the Leaside community can expect. Some features include a new ramp, lobby, ice rink, six team rooms and seating for 200 people.
Head coach Kevin Jeffers said that with the constantly changing rosters in high school basketball – players graduating or transferring schools – his team is currently experiencing a period of self-discovery.
“They haven’t found their identity yet,” he said. “Once they get comfortable in their roles, we’ll be fine.”