New Year’s Eve memory: Watching Bobby Hull and the Black Hawks at the Olympia in 1965

For many hockey historians, the 1975 New Year’s Eve encounter between the star-studded Montreal Can...

Vintage Leaf Memories is evolving

When I conceived Vintage Leaf Memories many months ago, I thought in terms of a site exclusively dedicated to my memories and stories about ...

Famous players and famous goals: Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe and number #545

Any baseball fan knows that Babe Ruth is perhaps the most legendary name in the history of that s...

Salming and Hammarstrom weren’t exactly the first

At the beginning of the 1973-’74 season, the Leafs had just come off a horrible year. They had mi...

Highlights of the week at Vintage Leaf Memories

This past week Vintage Leaf Memories ventured back in time to post on the one Leaf in history named “Noel”- defenseman Noel Price , who p...

Who will be here in three years? Even two?

A perhaps unexpected win at the home rink of the defending Stanley Cup champions changed the entire complexion of the weekend. A workmanli...

Correction on post: Why is anyone else wearing Keon’s #14?

Thanks to a reader who pointed out a mistake on my part. Ronnie Ellis, who started his career in 1964-’65 with the Leafs wearing number 11, ...

From Stan Weir to Matt Stajan: Why is someone else still wearing Keon’s #14?

We all know the Leafs don’t “retire” numbers. They should, and when I contemplate why, I think—not s...

The Leafs lose (again) in OT: More from Kaberle?

We’ve seen this movie before this season: Leafs fall behind, fight back, lose in overtime. What is the stat—10 overtime games with one win...

Boxing Day memories: Yvan Cournoyer and his snowmobile: Why the Habs, not the Red Wings, ruled in the 1970s

The 1970s were not particularly kind to the Maple Leafs, though as we have discussed on this site, t...

Christmas day: A good time to remember the Leafs' Noel

I only remember two NHL players with the first name “Noel”, which is the French word for “Christmas...

Site re-design update

My apologies to those regular readers who are visiting the site this week. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we are in the midst of a new r...

Vintage Leaf’s Christmas wish list of yesteryear for the 2010 Leafs

The current Leaf team seems to have a lot of heart. Every guy is a bona-fide NHL player. The reality...

Site re-design!

As Vintage Leaf Memories continues to grow and attract more and more followers, we have been looking to enhance the look of the site. We j...

Terry Sawchuk’s 100th shutout in 1967

Hockey fans all know that Martin Brodeur has now broken Hall-of-Famer Terry Sawchuk’s longstanding ...

Correction regarding 1977 playoff story: Leafs versus Flyers

In my post earlier today on the playoff series between the Leafs and the Flyers in 1977, I was mistaken in writing that Roger Neilson was ...

The 1977 playoffs: How quickly it all slipped away

In the spring of 1977, the Leafs were a team with some pretty solid pieces—Darryl Sittler, Lanny McD...

Toronto hosts the Sabres tonight: Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football

Tonight the Leafs host the Sabres. The win over the Bruins Saturday night once again brings hope. But hope is something that Leaf fans have ...

Four Bruins and an elevator: Remembering a family wedding in 1967

Boston’s visit to the ACC last night triggered memories of a long-ago family event that turned out w...

Timing is right for a win

In the sports betting world, those who ‘tout’ their services like to speak of “locks”—that is, games they claim are a sure-fire win for a pa...

Other hockey sites to visit this holiday season

There are many fine hockey web/blog sites worth following. As someone who is more apt to read abo...

Christmas “wish” post is coming!

In light of a couple of tough games for the Leafs this week, Vintage Leaf is making his list and...

The week that was at Vintage Leaf Memories

Every week we try to blend a little nostalgia, some old-time memories and hockey history sprinkled with thoughts on current Maple Leaf happe...

Selecting the best NHL “All-Star” team—versus the Leafs—in the 1960s

 Until 1968-‘69, the NHL All-Star game was traditionally played between the previous season’s Stanl...