I think everyone who follows the musings here at VLM
recognizes that my first love as a longtime hockey observer is chatting about
“the old days”. Sometimes doing that is
even more fun if the current Leafs are doing not too badly. So on the heels of the 3-2 win over the
Lightning, I reflected on some fond old-time Leaf memories.
One such recollection jumped out at me: a somewhat shocking
playoff series win from almost forty years ago, when the Leafs had no business
winning that particular series. There
were some unusual factors at the time that gave their surprise victory a neat
twist—details I try to explain in Episode 9 of “The Vintage Leaf Memories
Podcast”.
I don’t want to give away the ending, but I’ll just say the
team the Leafs faced in the first round of the playoffs in the spring of ’75
had quite an array of recognizable hockey names sprinkled throughout the
roster. That roster included rugged Dan
Maloney (right, shown with the Red Wings), who later went on to coach the blue
and white, as did another of his teammates at the time.
I hope you enjoy the program!
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