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John Mitchell wants every one to remember he's no Doug Gilmour. Yet he realizes that centring the first line of the Maple Leafs with a No.

Matt Stajan. Mississauga's own Matt Stajan checks the scoreboard during NHL action at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in this file photo.

On Hall of Fame Night against the lower-rung Maple Leafs, who would have thought the mighty Red Wings would need their stars of yesteryear to peel off their Hall blazers and get on the ice? With three former Wings -- Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille -- honoured before the match for entering the Hall, it was Toronto that showed more ...

Wilson doesn't name starting goalie for Canes Jonas Gustavsson skates off the ice as the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their overtime win on Tuesday night.

Jason Blake always looks tired after practice, dead tired. His face goes fire-engine red, his hair mats to his head and he looks like a hockey player in desperate need of some liquids, if not an afternoon nap.

Detroit, 7 p.m. TUESDAY vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m., NOTES Leafs coach Ron Wilson mused about playing defenceman Ian White as a forward.

A first overall NHL draft pick coming home to Ontario to play the Maple Leafs is a match made in heaven.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter Was he really recovering from off-season rotator cuff surgery, or was Phil Kessela s debut delayed because he was finishing off his classes at the Vatican? After all, the way Leaf fans are talking, Kessel is Torontoa s Savior, a Savior that has great expectations.

Phil Kessel has a surgically rebuilt shoulder which has healed to the point that he is about to be cleared to play NHL hockey again.

The Sabres would have nights when their legs would become heavy and their game would flat-line for reasons not entirely clear.

Tim Connolly's second goal of the contest, a power-play score 1:04 into overtime sent Buffalo past Toronto, 3-2, in a hectic contest from HSBC Arena.The game-deciding score was set up by a stunning comeback from the Maple Leafs.

David Shoalts Published on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 1:06PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct.

James Neal scored with 2:03 left in overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

James Neal's net-crashing habit paid off for the Dallas Stars. Neal's rebound with 2:03 left in overtime gave the Stars a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

Niklas Hagman scored three of Toronto's five power-play goals, and the Maple Leafs finally earned their first victory of the season, 6-3 over the last-place Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.

I was watching Hockey Central today and saw a commercial for "Leafs Nation." I can only surmise it's just a fancy add for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

It was during the second intermission of Saturday's Toronto Maple Leafs game when The Beatles' 1965 hit "Help!" blared from the Air Canada Centre's PA system.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had plenty of time to dissect exactly what's gone wrong during their dreadful start to the season.

A casual observer would never have guessed the Toronto Maple Leafs were the last winless team in the NHL.

Say this for being outscored by 22-13 while losing three of four games to the Pittsburgh Penguins last year: It left an impression on coach Paul Maurice's Toronto Maple Leafs.