Vintage Leaf Memories keeps growing

When I launched this site six months ago, my intention was to focus primarily on my own personal memories and stories about the Leafs of yes...

Leafs may have to copy Atlanta’s formula: winning without stars

Little things make a difference in a hockey game. Seconds after the Leafs made it 2-1 late in the second period off a fine play by Bozak, G...

1960s Maple Leaf goalie Bruce Gamble: Johnny Bower’s first real successor

Leaf fans of my generation all remember with fondness the years that Johnny Bower tended goal for ...

When the Leafs would play Saturday night at 8pm—and Sunday at Noon—on the road!

Nowadays, when an NHL team has an afternoon game on Saturday or plays later in the evening, they u...

Looking for reasons to watch the Leafs down the stretch

On the bad nights, when the team is listless, watching the Leafs play down the stretch is not a lot better than watching paint dry—you know...

My first game at Maple Leaf Gardens in January 1965

During the 1963-’64 season, the Maple Leafs (though no one knew it at the time) were on their way to...

Kulemin provides hope

There’s more to hockey than scoring goals, but it doesn’t hurt when a player does put up some numbers. When Nikolai Kulemin set up Kessel’...

Hall-of-Famer Bill Gadsby: A 20 year great, with no Stanley Cups—but he did influence four Cups for the Leafs

Watching an interview with Panther forward Cory Stillman last night on Leafs TV before the game rem...

Panthers win behind ex-Leaf goalie; Looking at how some ex-Leafs are doing

We really shouldn’t be surprised. After the relative “highs” of the last couple of weeks, the Leafs were not able to grab control of last ...

Major U.S. media outlet picks up on Vintage Leaf’s call for an end to the shootout; and 10 questions we’re asking about how these young, eager Leafs will handle adversity next season

You may recall that this past Sunday I posted a column, calling for the NHL to put an end to the shootout . As I wrote the piece, I ...

Five teams passed on Allan Stanley; the Leafs won four Cups as a result

Leaf fans often bemoan the occasions when a player selected in the NHL entry draft after the Leafs...

“Old” Leaf games worth watching from years gone by

Depending on where you are located, you may well have access to a few TV outlets that, from time t...

Leafs beat Montreal in a shootout—but it’s time get rid of overtime in the regular season

Sure it was a fun night of hockey but I’ve said many times that these games are essentially meaningless. The Leafs are playing with zero pr...

Grading this year’s Leafs

Before we all get swept away by an end-of-season Leaf turnaround –which will skew any assessment of how they’ve actually performed over the...

New Jersey post-game: Did we expect this?

 Well, we can certainly say the Leafs haven’t “mailed it in”. Last night’s game was one they could certainly have won in regulation. They we...

12 Leafs I wish had been here earlier

  Sometimes, there is a really good player out there that, as a Maple Leaf fan, you wish was in Toro...

Harold Barkley: an amazing photographer

Unfortunately, I never knew or had the opportunity to meet Harold Barkley. A photographer by tr...