With the H1N1 flu epidemic sweeping across the country and through dressing rooms, each Toronto sports franchise has had to make tough decisions on how to handle the situation. The NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs have reportedly followed in the footsteps of the Calgary Flames and jumped the queue to have some of their players and staff [...] Continue Reading

The Toronto Marlies will take to the ice Saturday night at 7 p.m. to face the Grand Rapids Griffins at Van Andel Arena. This will be the second of six meetings between the clubs this season. In their first encounter, the Marlies (3-3-1) edged out the Griffins 3-2 in a tightly-played contest at Ricoh Colisuem on Oct. [...] Continue Reading

While their parent teams battled Thursday, the Toronto Marlies and Hamilton Bulldogs open their respective AHL seasons Sunday afternoon (4 p.m. ET) at Ricoh Coliseum. Both teams will look to improve on last year's earlier post-season exits. Continue Reading

The Toronto Marlies got off a plane yesterday from Scotland where on Sunday they lost 1-0 to the Hamilton Bulldogs in the Gardiner Cup final.   This four-team tournament, running from Sept. 24-27, was hosted by the Edinburgh Capitals, the lone Scottish team in the United Kingdom’s Ice Hockey Elite League.   It was named after goaltender Charles ‘Chuck’ Gardiner, [...] Continue Reading

Nazem Kadri Nazem Kadri knows his chances of making this year’s edition of the Toronto Maple Leafs are slim. He has certainly not made the decision-making process easy for team brass, however. After Toronto’s 3-2 victory over a watered-down version of the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday night, Kadri pulled no punches when asked if he hopes his performance will buy [...] Continue Reading

In the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first game of pre-season action, Brian Burke’s off-season acquisitions paid immediate dividends. But it was former Leaf defenceman Andy Wozniewski who had the last laugh. Wozniewski scored the winning goal at 7:01 of the third period to break the tie and give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the Leafs on [...] Continue Reading