Toronto Maple Leafs

This Day in Hockey History – January 16, 1934 – Doraty’s OT HT

Only one NHL hat trick has been scored in overtime, and it happened to be the only NHL hat trick scored by Ken...

This Day in Hockey History – January 11, 1941 – When NY Visits Toronto Everyone Behaves

Back-to-back penalty-free games in Toronto when New York teams were visiting. Was everyone on their best behavior or were the officials lax? The news...

This Day in Hockey History – January 4, 1988 – Salming Leads Europeans

Swedish Borje Salming was not the first European to play in the NHL, but he was the first European-trained player to reach all-star...

This Day in Hockey History – December 20, 1981 – Fast as a Jet Followed by a Sabre

The anthem has been sung, the game has started, and before anyone can even take a sip of their beverage of choice, the first...

This Day in Hockey History – December 18, 1952 and 1965 – Hat Tricks on Blueshirts

The New York Rangers seem to have been in the giving mood on December 18 in 1952 and 1965 as they...

This Day in Hockey History – December 10, 1969 and 1970 – Losing Goalies

(Photo: The Vancouver Sun, as found on Newspapers.com) The night of December 10 was not a good one for two goalies playing...

This Day in Hockey History – November 24, 1936 and 1986 – Two Retirements in 50 Years

(Photo: Fortunate4now , from Wikimedia Commons) Two of the NHL’s top 100 players retired on the same date, November 24, 50...

This Day in Hockey History – November 12, 1931 – Maple Leafs in the Gardens

(Photo: , via Wikimedia Commons) Hockey teams and their fans grow out of their arenas. This happened to the Toronto Maple Leafs,...

This Day in Hockey History – November 1, 1952 – It’s Hockey Night in Canada!

In the 1950s, television became the new frontier. After two decades of radio broadcasts covering hockey games, in 1952 audiences finally could watch their...

This Day in Hockey History – October 22, 1953 – Irvin With the Win

Chicago to Toronto to Montreal and back to Chicago – Dick Irvin came full circle and made his mark along the way. In...