Curtis Joseph News

The small cluster of Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys hanging inside Avenue Road Sports bear no names or numbers on the back.

With Scotiabank Place buzzing with intensity and bad blood last night, it was almost reminiscent of some of the bitter Battle of Ontarios of yesteryear.

It's amazing what a Maple Leafs legend will do to get one more chance to experience the Gardens.

No one does goalie worship quite like the denizens of the Air Canada Centre. So in love were Toronto Maple Leafs fans with Curtis Joseph, they booed the early efforts of Ed Belfour.

It is a long-promised scenario but one fewer and fewer people believed could happen - the Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into a new week running on all cylinders.

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In Theoren Fleury's book Playing with Fire , Fleury goes on record saying that he would've liked playing in Toronto, except for one thing.

Suiting up between the pipes for the first time when he was six, Toronto Maple Leafs' goaltender Joey MacDonald fell in love with the goaltending position and completely immersed himself in it.

When he was growing up in Brantford, Ont., Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan.

From Rick Vaive to Wendel Clark to Curtis Joseph, pictured, Toronto has had a long history of players the city has embraced as heroes.

The Maple Leafs have shown very little patience for goaltenders in their recent history, either the homegrown variety or those acquired through trade or free agency.

Goaltender Joey MacDonald, left, has a laugh with goaltender Vesa Toskala during a practice of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence in Toronto Thursday, Oct.

Finnish horses are cold-blooded animals that are characterized by their speed, everlasting endurance and long life.

MacDonald working hard for recognition Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Joey MacDonald, right, watches Buffalo Sabres defenceman Steve Montador shoot the puck during a preseason NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday, Sept.

First there was the Rat Pack. Then there was the Brat Pack. And now...the Frat Pack? That would be the self-proclaimed title for Maple Leafs prospects Christian Hanson , Tyler Bozak and Viktor Stalberg - three NCAA products born in 1986, all three of whom have been dazzling head coach Ron Wilson thus far, playing on a line together in the ...

Jonas Gustavsson was begging to be tested at his first NHL training camp, but he and the Maple Leafs couldn't have had these trials in mind.

Be the first to comment on this article... Damien Cox T ongues were surely wagging the moment Phil Kessel's agent, Wade Arnott, sauntered into the Maple Leafs' gorgeous new practice facility.

For Maple Leafs starting goaltender Vesa Toskala, the soreness in his hips and groin are gone now, only to be replaced by a pain in the butt.

Hockey commentator Don Cherry weighs in on the Toronto Maple Leafs' upcoming season and predicts the team will make the playoffs.

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." -John Wooden There is no better quote on the planet that could describe the career of former NHL defenseman Bryan Berard.