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Nikolai Borschevsky
Ten years after Russian players were allowed to leave their homeland to pursue National Hockey League careers, there was much debate as to who was the best Russian in the NHL. Pavel Bure, Sergei...
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Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison started to play hockey at an early age in Alberta and was soon a product of the Bruins junior system. He played for the strong Estevan Bruins team between 1964-68. Jim collected 232 points...
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Lorne Carr
Lorne Carr's career started out with the New York Rangers. NHL records indicate that he played in 14 games with the Rangers in 1933-34, even though Carr hardly played during any of those 14 games.Carr...
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Scott Pearson
The 1988 NHL entry draft featured some of the greatest players of the coming 10-15 years. Mike Modano and Trevor Linden went 1-2. Jeremy Roenick, Rod Brind'Amour and Teemu Selanne also were first...
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Jim Korn
A huge 6'4" defenseman who was moved up to forward at various times in his career, Jim Korn played nearly 600 NHL games for five teams.Jim was a very physical player and earned his NHL paycheck by...
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Sid Smith
Sid Smith was the Toronto Maple Leafs "master of the tip-in" from 1949 thorough 1958. That's how one reporter described the hometown left winger who made a career out of deflecting point shots."It...
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Dmitri Yushkevich
Dmitri Yushkevich was a solid NHL defenseman for over a decade. He continued his career with several seasons back home in Russia, as well.Yusekvich was trained in Russia in the dying days of the great...
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Dave Farrish
I always laugh whenever I come across this old hockey card:Seriously O-Pee-Chee? You could not have found a slightly better photo of Leafs defensman Dave Farrish?Dave Farrish played in 430 NHL games...
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Wilf Loughlin was the younger but bigger brother of fellow PCHA star Clem. Wilf was 6'2" 200lbs and played both on the left wing and on defense.Wilf's followed in his brother's footsteps by playing...
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Frank Mahovlich
Frank Mahovlich is one of a very select few who would star with Canada's two most cherished sports franchises, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. He also starred with the Detroit Red...
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Dave Keon
Dave Keon, known as one of the greatest two-way centres in the history of the game, was an amazing athlete who spent 22 seasons in professional hockey. He appeared in an impressive total of 1,725...
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Teeder Kennedy
The Montreal Canadiens loss turned out to be the Toronto Maple Leafs gain, even if Conn Smythe didn't think so at the time.The Canadiens were the first to discover the hard working Ted Kennedy, and...
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Hank Goldup
The fact that Hank Goldup did not own his own pair of skates until he was 16 years old did not prevent him from achieving success in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers in the...
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Bob Bailey
Bashin' Bob Bailey was a hard hitting defenseman whose professional career lasted an impressive 17 seasons. In that time he was definitely a hockey vagabond, playing with 14 teams in 7 leagues. That...
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John Brenneman
This is John Brenneman. He was a vagabond NHL/minor league forward. Original Chicago property, he also played with the Rangers, the Red Wings, the Maple Leafs and Seals, never playing a full season in...
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Art Smith
This is Art Smith. In the late 1920s he played 3 seasons with Conn Smythe's Toronto Maple Leafs and another season with the Ottawa Senators. In 144 NHL games he picked up 15 goals, 25 points and...
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Corb Denneny
Corb Denneny, the lesser known brother of Hall of Famer Cy Denneny, was a pretty good hockey player in his own right. And a heck of a lacrosse player, too. He started playing pro lacrosse at the age of...
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Bob Davidson
To younger fans Bob Davidson may be better known as a famous Leafs scout. He spent 3 decades as a scout for the Maple Leafs, often putting in long hours and miles with little fanfare or thanks. He...
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Johnny McCreedy
John McCreedy only played two seasons in the National Hockey League. But both times he helped the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings in epic 7 game showdowns.The first came in 1942. That...
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Tom "Windy" O'Neill
Tom "Windy" O'Neill put aside his education and a career as a lawyer to play in the National Hockey League. But he would soon return to school and then the courts and enjoyed a lengthy career as a...
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Busher Jackson
Mostly forgotten by today's fans, Harvey "Busher" Jackson ranks as one of the greatest and most controversial players in Toronto Maple Leafs history.Conn Smythe signed 18 year old Busher (the youngest...
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Inge Hammarstrom
Hammarstrom was born in Sundsva back in January of 1948. The son of an engineer, he was raised in the paper mill town of Timre. Hammarstrom grew up playing a lot of sports, but he excelled at two:...
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Pete Backor
Fort William, Ontario (better known today as Thunder Bay) has always been a hotbed for hockey, but especially back in the early days. Brothers Pete and Hank Backor were both excellent players with the...
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Ernie Dickens
This good looking young man is Ernie Dickens. The defenseman from Winnipeg, Manitoba made a favorable impression as a rookie with the Toronto Maple Leafs, helping the Leafs come back from 3 games down...
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Jack Church
This is Jack Church. He is one of only two players in NHL history with that last name. Brad Church, who played 2 games with Washington in 1997-98, is the other.Jack Church, a defenseman from Kamsack,...
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