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Leafs Fans Were Cheering For The Blue Jays During Last Night’s 7-1 Loss (Video)
It isn’t often that the people of Toronto will choose baseball over hockey, but that is exactly what happened during last night’s game between the Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Air Canada Center. With the Leafs trailing the Flyers by a score of 5-1 seven minutes into the third period, and seemingly on [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Rosehill vs. Barch — 3/13/12
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff hopes have taken a beating as of late, as they have won just once in their last 12 games. They were dealt another blow last night, courtesy of the Florida Panthers. And speaking of blows, Leafs’ enforcer Jay Rosehill was on the wrong end of several of them during a [...]
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Claude Giroux Scores A Shootout Beauty (Video)
With 25 goals and 80 points in 64 games this season, Claude Giroux has solidified his spot amongst the top ten most skilled players in the NHL these days. And he may have bumped his name up a few more spots on that list following his performance in the shootout during Saturday’s game against the [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Thornton vs. Rosehill — 3/6/12
During what may have very well been the best night of Fisticuffs from the 2011-12 NHL season, last night’s action on the ice provided a total of nine fight. At least half of those were worthy of some consideration for “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night” honors, including Dennis Seidenberg vs. Colby Armstrong, Brandon Dubinsky [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Brown vs. Staubitz — 3/3/12
Despite the fact that both teams are sitting near the bottom of the NHL’s standings, the rivalry between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens is as fierce as ever. That was evident during Saturday night’s game between the two clubs, as a hit by the Canadiens’s Brad Staubitz on Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf [...]
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Don Cherry Challenges Leafs’ GM Brian Burke To A Fight On HNIC’s Coach’s Corner (Video)
Don Cherry has a long list of enemies, which includes Russians, players who wear visors, The Vancouver Canucks’ Green Men and Alex Ovechkin. You can now add Toronto Maple Leafs’ GM Brian Burke to that list. During the latest edition of Coach’s Corner, Cherry was asked what he thought about Burke and the lack of [...]
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Job Posting For Toronto Maple Leafs’ Head Coaching Position Available On Kijiji
Lose a couple of hockey games in the city of Toronto, and before you know it an angry mob of Leaf fans with flaming torches and pitchforks will be chasing you out of town. Unfortunately for current Maple Leafs’ head coach Ron Wilson, his team has lost their last six in a row, and ten [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Two From Thursday’s Action — 2/23/12
There were only two fights in the NHL last night, but they were both great ones. We’ll start in Toronto, where the Maple Leafs’ Mike Brown and the San Jose Sharks’ Jim Vandermeer went toe-to toe in a bout that saw both combatants throw a flurry of punches. And just when it seemed like the [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Phaneuf vs. Clarkson — 2/21/12
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf isn’t a fighter, but being one of the hardest hitters in the NHL has forced him to play such a role on several occasions. He was confronted with another one of those situations during last night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, as David Clarkson decided to step in [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Brown vs. Rinaldo — 2/9/12
We have already showed you the other fight from last night’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers. Now you bring you the best fight from that contest, and it features the Leafs’ Mike Brown and the Flyers’ Zac Rinaldo. It may be a short bout, but it was a good one, [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 7th) — Darryl Sittler
It was on this day in 1976 that Toronto Maple Leafs forward Darryl Sittler set an NHL record by recording ten points in a single game. He broke the previous record of eight, which was held by both Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead. Playing against the Boston Bruins, Sittler scored an amazing six goals and [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 2nd) – Ian Turnbull
It was on this day in 1977 that Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Ian Turnbull scored five goals during a 9-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. To this day, his 5-goal performance still stands as a record for most goals in a game by an NHL defenseman. During the game, Turnbull only had five shots [...]
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Watch Nick Foligno Send Dion Phaneuf Head-Over-Heels (Video)
Some of you may recall a low hit by Brad Marchand on the Canucks’ Sami Salo that resulted in a five-minute clipping penalty and a five-game suspension for the Bruins’ forward. Well it appears as though the NHL and their chief disciplinarian, Brendan Shanahan, have a very similar case on their hands following last night’s [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Schenn vs. Thompson — 1/3/12
It wasn’t the most exciting bout we’ve seen, but last night’s fight between Luke Schenn of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Nate Thompson of the Tampa Bay Lightning just so happened to be the only fight to take place during yesterday’s slate of NHL games. So by default, these two men earn a spot on [...]
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Leafs’ Colton Orr Was Tebowing Following A Shootout Goal (Video)
With only 11 goals and 20 points throughout his seven-year NHL career, Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Colton Orr hasn’t had plenty of opportunities to show off his goal celebrations. He was afforded that opportunity during the Leafs Nation Fan Night at the Air Canada Center last night, and he took full advantage by getting down [...]
