Old Time Maple Leaf Rivals and more Maple Leaf Memories- eBook now available!

It’s been a while in the making, but “Old Time Maple Leaf Rivals and more Maple Leaf Memories” is now available as an eBook on Amazon. ...

As we look ahead to a Leaf playoff appearance, on being right...and wrong

Before I get into today's post, any younger Leaf fans who may enjoy a flashback to the last time the Bruins and Leafs met in the playo...

Who would you like to see the Leafs match up with in the playoffs? Who do they match up best against?

After dismantling the Senators Saturday night (I’m not sure what else we can say about Kadri and Lupul…on the fourth Leaf goal, I focused o...

Leafs can’t close the deal against the Pens; while Crosby instills fear, a bit like Bobby Orr…..

It was that close:  the Leafs played pretty darn well.  Scrivens looked sharp.  Liles was back in the lineup. Fraser was blocking shots and ...

Bobby Orr, Pat Quinn and father and son hockey disputes- Have you ever had one?

Those who remember the early days of Vintage Leaf Memories will know a bit about my own hockey lineage.  That is, that I was born into a fam...

The NHL ‘all nice-guy’ team: Have your say

I’m sure everyone remembers, if they had the opportunity as kid, when they met a professional hockey player.   The first NHL’er I ever met w...

Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr: who wins five on five?

It’s funny, as a player, I admired Wayne Gretzky as much as the next guy.   I first saw him play up in Sault Ste. Marie when I was a young ...

Heatley, LeBron and Bobby Orr: If you really want to get in their heads, don’t boo them, just ignore them

I’ve often wondered why fans boo certain players on the other team.   You might as well put up signs that tell the opposing player, “You’re...

When Bobby Orr (supposedly) scored twice on his own net against the Maple Leafs

It was, I believe, during the 1968-'69 (maybe ’69-’70, I’m just not sure) season that I recall the Bruins making one of their fairly “r...

You want truculence? The biggest hit of the ‘60s was Maple Leaf Pat Quinn’s on Bobby Orr in the ’69 playoffs

The 1968-’69 season was kind of middlish for the Leafs. It was better than the year before, when they missed the playoffs completely—afte...

Before Bobby Orr there was Doug Harvey—also the NHL’s first modern-day “player-coach”

I’ve posted many times in this space about Bobby Orr, who, it’s fair to say, revolutionized the way defensemen (at least some) felt they we...