Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez both scored in the shootout to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Halloween night at the Bell Centre. Glen Metropolit, Guillaume Latendresse, Hal Gill and Roman Hamrlik scored for the Canadiens [7-7] during regulation. Montreal has won five straight at home, the first time they’ve accomplished the [...] Continue Reading

Brad Richards scored two goals and James Neal had the overtime winner to lead the Dallas Stars past the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Wednesday night at American Airlines Center. Neal’s seventh marker gave the Stars (6-2-4) their third win in four games, while the Leafs (1-8-2) picked up their third point in the first three of [...] Continue Reading

The losing string is finally over. Niklas Hagman scored a hat trick as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the host Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Monday night at the Honda Center. Mikhail Grabovski, Lee Stempniak and Tomas Kaberle also added markers for the Leafs [1-7-1], who went five-for-11 on the power play, including three two-man advantage goals, to register [...] Continue Reading

Instead of focusing on the Toronto Maple Leafs 0-6-1 start, Ron Wilson decided to have a little more fun with his club at Wednesday’s practice. The head coach took his team to the National Training Rink, owned by former Leaf Mike Gartner in Richmond Hill, Ontario and held a three-on-three tournament between the 22 players. Wilson saw [...] Continue Reading

Ron Wilson hopes a light-hearted game of dodgeball on the ice translates into the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first win of the season Saturday night (7 p.m. ET) against the New York Rangers. The Atlantic division leading Rangers (6-1-0) come into the Air Canada Centre off a 7-2 rout of Toronto (0-5-1) on Monday at Madison Square [...] Continue Reading

The dichotomy of media debate heading into Tuesday’s Battle of Ontario was certainly an interesting one. In Toronto, the talk of the town focused on who would be the one stopping goals. In the nation’s capital, it was a matter of who would be the one scoring them. As it turned out, it was the Ottawa Senators finding [...] Continue Reading

Josh Gorges goal with 13 seconds left in overtime lifted the Montreal Canadiens past the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 at the Air Canada Centre in Thursday night’s season opener for both teams. Despite being out shot and out played for the majority of the game, two timely goals by Gorges and forward Glen Metropolit spoiled a [...] Continue Reading

Jim Balsillie will not own the Phoenix Coyotes, says bankruptcy judge Redfield T. Baum. And with the Canadian billionaire out of the running, it begs the question — who’s paying the bills? Rob Becker, a legal analyst in New York, told Toronto radio station FAN 590 on Wednesday night he believes the NHL will ultimately be signing the [...] Continue Reading

Mats Sundin, the longtime captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has officially announced his retirement from the National Hockey League. The Swedish centre played with Toronto for 13 seasons before joining the Vancouver Canucks for 41 games last year. “It was a tough decision,” Sundin told reporters Wednesday at a news conference at Stockholm’s Grand Hotel. “It’s [...] Continue Reading

The question of whether an NHL team in Hamilton would adversely affect the Toronto Maple Leafs may have to wait. A Phoenix bankruptcy judge has turned down both the league’s bid for the struggling Coyotes as well as Jim Balsillie’s attempt to move the club in a decision published Wednesday. Judge Redfield T. Baum denied Balsillie’s third [...] Continue Reading