Books with title The Leafs

A glorious tribute to Maple Leaf history. On February 14, 1927, Conn Smythe led a group of investors to purchase the National Hockey League's struggling St. Patricks franchise. The new team would be called the Toronto Maple Leafs, and over the next seven decades the Leafs would delight their fans with countless displays of the sort of hockey excellence that wins 11 league championships. The Leafs quickly established themselves as a potenet force in the league, thanks to the likes of Charlie Conacher, Ace Bailey, King Clancy, and coach Dick Irvin. Since those early days a host of hockey legends have worn the distinctive blue and white jersey or guided the team: Primeau, Jackson, Bentley, Selke, Apps, Day, Kennedy, Sawchuk, Imlach, Horton, and many more. Their stories are all here in THE LEAFS, from Toronto's 1942 comeback from three games down to steal the Stanley Cup from the Red Wings, to Darryl Sittler's incredible, never-bested 10-point night in 1976 against Boston, to the present day.