Al Arbour: an outstanding NHL coach, but also part of the Maple Leaf legacy

When Al Arbour passed away a few days ago, I couldn’t help but think back to his presence on the first Stanley Cup winning team (1961-...

Arbour, Quinn and other former Leafs and Punch Imlach disciples who went on to coach

Like a lot of other kids in the early ‘60s, beyond being a big hockey/Leaf fan, I followed the other major sports, too. At the age of nine...

Mike Brown, Allan Stanley, Bill Gadsby: Shot-blocking is a long-standing hockey tradition

Teams that do a good job of blocking shots has been much discussed of late, as more and more NHL clubs, and more and more players, sacrific...