Remembering a special person, former Maple Leaf player and coach, Red Kelly

I was about to sit down today and pen a few thoughts about the passing of Leonard "Red" Kelly, the highly-regarded former Maple L...

Are the Maple Leafs due to upset the favoured Bruins?

I posted the following on Facebook, and wanted to share those thoughts here at Vintage Leaf Memories as well. ** Well, it's be...

Ted Lindsay: one of the names that, for me, meant hockey at its best…

In my family growing up in the 1950s, hockey wasn’t everything, but it sure seemed a lot more important than most other things. As I’ve...

It’s early, but it’s real…

Over the years here at VLM, (back in the days when I posted regularly and there was a lot of great back and forth discussion here in the co...

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. ...

New Maple Leaf eBook available soon!

I’ve not posted much about the Leafs in recent months. But I have devoted a fair bit of time to finishing a project I have been working on ...

The passing of longtime NHL great Johnny McKenzie: another guy I wish had been a Maple Leaf back in the day…

I heard today of the passing on longtime NHL player Johnny McKenzie at the age of 80. His name brought back fond memories of hockey times—a...