Markham Sets Its Sights
April 27th, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter The town of Markham voted 11-2 in favour of a proposal which would see another big arena be built within the Greater Toronto Area. Bauer chairman Graeme Roustan is leading the charge of a group of private investors. The plan calls for the private sector to put in half of the proposed [...]
Burke Has to Accept Responsibilty
April 8th, 2012 by David Alter
(MONTREAL) — It’s over. A season that began with a lot of promise came to a slow and painful end for the Maple Leafs on Saturday after posting a 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens The game itself was inconsequential with both teams well out of a playoff spot. The good news is the Leafs [...]
Finally a Win at ACC
March 31st, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter The Maple Leafs snapped a franchise-high 11-game home losing streak, as they put a dent into the Buffalo Sabres playoff hopes with a 4-3 victory. Ben Scrivens, thrust into duty thanks to a knee injury to Jonas Gustavsson, made his first NHL start since November 20th. He showed no signs of big [...]
Early Summer
March 27th, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter Jonas Gustavsson’s struggles between the pipes led to a Leafs 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. The loss means the Maple Leafs are mathematically eliminated from the post-season. It’s an epic free-fall considering this team was nine-games over .500 on February 6th. “As an organization it’s very disappointing,” said Phil Kessel who [...]
Many Returns?
March 26th, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter The Maple Leafs may have three forwards make their return tomorrow night when they host the Carolina Hurricanes—a crucial game for the team in an effort to avoid being officially eliminated from the post-season. Clarke MacArthur, Matt Frattin and Mike Brown all took part in practice and all three felt like they [...]
Hamilton and Kadri Suit Up
March 23rd, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter (NEWARK) — Ryan Hamilton will make his NHL Debut tonight as the Maple Leafs visit the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center. It’s been a long road for Hamilton. In early 2009, Hamilton was traded by the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Robbie Earl. The Oshawa native then began to battle [...]
No Confidence No Progress
March 21st, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter There are no answers right now. The Maple Leafs have no confidence and it was evident in their follow-up effort (or lack thereof) following a drubbing in Boston. While the Maple leafs managed to score a pair of goals, they still had very little of an effort put forth offensively. Their 14 [...]
Another Beantown Beatdown
March 19th, 2012 by David Alter
BOSTON – Like the Bruins have done all season, Boston demoralized the Maple Leafs as they beat down Toronto 8-0 to clean sweep the season series. Any momentum James Reimer and the Maple Leafs appeared to gain over the past two games vanished quicker than any small increment of hope they may have had of [...]
Familiar Foe for Carlyle’s Leafs
March 19th, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter BOSTON — Randy Carlyle meets the Boston Bruins for the second time as Maple Leafs Head Coach tonight at TD Garden. Carlyle made his home debut as Leafs Head Coach against these Bruins on March 6th, a game where Toronto fell 5-4 to Boston. By all accounts, it was the best all-round [...]
Leafs Win War of a Game
March 17th, 2012 by David Alter
By: David Alter OTTAWA — It’s an often-used cliché when a team uses the excuse “the puck didn’t bounce our way.” It was commonly heard from the Maple Leafs when they were going through their massive slide that started in early February. On this night, a bounce definitely went their way…An awkward one that ended [...]
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