New Exclusive Interview: Dickie Moore

I was privileged to have the opportunity to speak with NHL Hall-of-Famer Dickie Moore on October 28, 2010, from his offices at Dickie Moore ...

Dickie Moore: A Leaf too late, but an all-time great

I recently had a wonderful conversation with long-time Montreal great Dickie Moore. Now 78, and still a highly successful businessman (own...

Don Simmons: Forgotten hero

There is no question Johnny Bower was an invaluable member of the 4 Leaf teams that won Cups in the 1960’s. But I want to bring up a name ...

Andy Bathgate: the slap shot that changed hockey forever

Baseball historians refer to Bobby Thompson’s dramatic home run in the 1951 National League playoffs as ‘the shot heard around the world’. H...

Brian Spencer: An Unforgettable Leaf

One name modern-day Leaf fans probably won’t know is that of Brian Spencer. He had a short career in Toronto, but he was the kind of rugg...

Rocket Richard: How could I know it wasn’t his mother?

Rocket Richard scored the last goal of his remarkable, record-setting career in Game 3 of the 1960 Stanley Cup finals against Toronto at...

1971 Ranger-Leaf series: What happened in Game 4?

Whereas many young boys leave their love of sports behind as they wind their way to college and other more mature pursuits, I never lost my...

Lanny meet Bob

When the Leafs had the opportunity to select three players in the first round of the summer 1973 NHL draft, those of us who followed and ca...

The Rosary and Gordie Howe

It is difficult to explain just how seriously hockey was taken in my family. Certainly that had not changed at all by the time I was born in...

Vintage Interviews: Tiger Williams

Over time, I aim to include some of the old interviews I did with players and executives from the hockey world, dating back to the mid-1970s...

Tiger Williams: Just a little bit late

Dave "Tiger" Williams joined the Leafs mid-way through the 1974-’75 season. A second round draft choice out of Swift Current, he e...

Jim Harrison and one of my favorite overtime goals

For the Leafs, 1971-’72 was somewhat of a letdown year after a surprisingly strong 1970-’71 season, when they almost upset the very tough Ne...

It was worth the drive to Chatham

In the spring of 1964, the Leafs were shooting for their third consecutive Stanley Cup. Punch Imlach had swung a major deal to obtain Andy B...

Vintage Interviews: Maurice Richard

Over time, I aim to include some of the old interviews I did with players and executives from the hockey world, dating back to the mid-1970s...

When the Leafs actually finished first

We all well remember that the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup in 1967. But many current Leaf fans were not even born –or cannot remember- t...

Who says going to Church doesn’t help?

In April of 1962, the Maple Leafs were in the finals, looking to win their first Stanley Cup since Bill Barilko’s famous overtime winner in ...

Marc Reaume: My hometown hero

The first professional athlete I ever met lived just down the road. Well, not just down the road, but pretty close. I was born in 1953 an...