Barilko’s Leafs legacy lives on

Bill Barilko, a stay-at-home defenceman who started out as a goalie, scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime in the spring of 1951 — four months before his death in a plane crash.

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Leafs at 100: Royal visit included bonus hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens

Less than a year before taking the throne, then-Princess Elizabeth was treated to a special Chicago-Toronto exhibition game

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Leafs at 100: The courting of a King was worth every penny

Costly Clancy led Leafs to a Stanley Cup and became a fan favourite.

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Leafs at 100: Tiny Tim tiptoed through Toronto fandom

The ukulele-playing 1960s icon got the chance to skate with his hockey heroes.

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Leafs at 100: Tim Horton never got the chance to enjoy post-retirement career

The former Leafs defenceman was thinking about his future when he opened his first doughnut shop, but he probably couldn’t have dreamed how big the business would become.

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NHL all-star game has roots in Ace Bailey benefit

In 1934, stars played in game to raise funds for Bailey, who suffered career-ending injury after hit from Eddie Shore.

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Cup-winning Leafs worth shouting about back in the day

John Arnott made his new-found love of hockey loud and clear at Maple Leaf Gardens and sipped from the Stanley Cup.

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NHL Christmas Day games weren’t all winter classics

NHL scheduled games on the holiday from 1920 to 1971, with Leafs often in the spotlight.

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"Honky" was a Johnny Bower record that wasn't made to be broken

Leafs legend found himself competing with The Beatles when he recorded "Honky the Christmas Goose."

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And tonight’s first star, from the Toronto Maple Leafs . . .

Tradition of selecting three stars after every game is almost as old as Leaf franchise itself.

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Pyramid scheme paid off for 1976 Maple Leafs

Red Kelly’s Leafs ended Philly drought against Broad Street Bullies in playoff cauldron by thinking outside the box.

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The Leafs, the Cup and tales of the CHUM Witch

The Maple Leafs' turnaround in the 1963-64 season coincided with the arrival of Mabel Leaf, a.k.a. the CHUM Witch. Spooky.

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The first night at the Gardens was about promise

Captian Hap Day predicted a Stanley Cup in the fall of 1931, and the Maple Leafs delivered.

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Lucknow’s Chin brothers and their moment in spotlight with Maple Leafs

At the Toronto Maple Leafs training camp in September 1944, the hockey world briefly focused its attention on Lucknow, Ont., as three brothers put on an amazing exhibition.

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