Author: Spencer Lazary

A Mother’s Day Meltdown For Toronto

It is something fans feared throughout the first four games, and now it has become a reality. The Toronto Maple Leafs seem to be falling back into their old ways of the past. After a 7-3 loss at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the series now shifts to Toronto for game five in […]

Maple Leafs Face Adversity in Game 3

Game 3 ended with two empty-net goals from Ilya Mikheyev which secure the victory and the series lead for Toronto against Tampa Bay. Last night started so well, the Leafs had the pressure and momentum to just carry throughout the game and going into the 2nd they had a fresh powerplay. Sadly, the momentum didn’t carry […]

Keefe makes changes ahead of Game 3

After a Game 2 loss that saw the penalty not as good as Game 1 and some bad penalties taking, Sheldon Keefe has decided to shake up the lines ahead of Game 3 in Tampa Bay. Today at practice in Tampa, we saw a few changes to the line-up, both upfront in the forward group […]

Maple Leafs face Reality Check

Coming off a fantastic start to the series against the Tampa Bay Lightning in game one, the Toronto Maple Leafs received a reality check in game two. Although they attempted to make it a game in the third, the Maple Leafs dropped the second game 5-3. Now, the series turns to a best-of-five with three games […]

Maple Leafs: Black Ace call-ups have arrived

Today the Toronto Maple Leafs called up ten players from their AHL affiliates, the Toronto Marlies. With the Marlies out of the AHL playoffs this season, the Leafs have promoted the following players: Now that the NHL is officially into the playoffs, that salary cap is no longer something to worry about, meaning the Maple […]

Maple Leafs: Clifford suspended for one game

During the 1st period of game one between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning, Kyle Clifford threw a dangerous hit on Ross Colton that sent him into the boards. He received a five-minute major and 10-minute game misconduct for his actions. One of the grinders on Toronto, Kyle Clifford, felt the crowd coming off […]

Maple Leafs Dominate Lightning in Game 1

It was a fantastic start to a series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning. A game that saw Matthews tally two goals, Rielly fight twice, and Campbell record a shutout. It was a game that appeared to bring the Lightning players back down to earth. Coming into the playoffs, being back-to-back […]

Maple Leafs: Playoff Preview

Game 82 has come and gone, and what a season it has been for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In a year that saw them set the record for most wins in franchise history with 54, their star player scored 60 goals and 106 points. We also saw breakout seasons in players like Bunting, Engvall, and […]

Maple Leafs: Auston Matthews joins the 60-goal club!

Auston Matthews has accomplished something that has only happened 20 times in NHL history. He has scored 60 goals in an NHL season. It has been a feat that hasn’t been seen since 2011-12, when Steven Stamkos did it. It has been a rare accomplishment, but Matthews hit the 60-goal mark tonight against the Detroit […]

Breaking News: Maple Leafs sign Dryden McKay

The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced they signed this year’s Hobey Baker winner (given to the top NCAA men’s hockey player) goaltender Dryden McKay to a 2-year AHL contract. McKay went undrafted in the NHL Draft, was a college free agent who played the last four seasons at Minnesota State University (Mankato), and has chosen […]