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The Toronto Maple Leafs have been in the National Hockey league since November 22, 1917 (Halligan, 2003). They were first known as the Toronto Arenas, and later called the Toronto St. Patriots (Halligan, 2003). Then in the 1926-27 season, the team was purchased by Connie Smythe, for $160,000, and renamed the Maple Leafs (Halligan, 2003). The team colors and logo were changed to blue and white with the famous maple leaf (Halligan, 2003).
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Through out the years the Leafs jersey has seen several changes, although the overall appearance of the Leafs jersey has remained the same. The most significant change to Toronto's uniform has been to the maple leaf used in the teams logo. The Maple Leafs first jersey was a plain white sweater with a 47-point maple leaf on the front (Smile! You're on Erin TV, 2002). In 1934 the leaf logo was changed so that it just had two thin horizontal stripes on the arms and waist, and in 1942 the maple leaf logo was changed to a 35-point leaf (Smile! You're on Erin TV, 2002). |
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Prior to the 1967 playoffs the home and road jerseys had the crests replaced with an 11 point maple leaf, similar to the recently introduced for Canada's official flag (Smile! You're on Erin TV, 2002). There have been other changes to the Leafs jersey through out the years such as different types of stripes, different collars, and different cuffs, all of which can be seen in the photo within this page. |
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The Toronto Maple leafs won their first Stanley up in 1932 (Halligan, 2003). Although the team played strongly through the rest of the thirties and into the early forties, the teams next Stanley cup win was not until 1942 (Halligan, 2003). Leaf fans would not have to wait long after the 1945 win for another Stanley cup because the team went on to become the first team in history to win the Cup three times consecutively, winning from 1947-1949 (Halligan, 2003). The seventh Stanley Cup win for the Leafs came in 1951 and the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth Cup came in the ears 1962-1967(Halligan, 2003). |
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have had several star players over the years. In the thirties their stars included defenseman King Clancy, and forwards Joe Primeau, Charlie Conacher and Busher Jackson (Halligan, 2003). Clancy, Primeau, Conacher, and Busher were know then as 'The Kid Line' (Halligan, 2003). In the forties Center Syl Apps, goalie Turk Broda , Howie Meeker and Ted Kennedy emerged as the clubs leaders (Halligan, 2003). |
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In the early 1950's the Leafs star was defenseman Bill Barilko, however after the teams 1951-Cup win, Barilko tragically died that summer in a plane crash and the team slumped for the remained of the decade (Halligan, 2003). The 1960's proved to be a better decade for the Leafs as they won six consecutive cups and the team was lead by goalie Johnny Bower, Frank "The Big M" Mahovlich, Tim Horton on defense, and Center Dave Keon (Halligan, 2003). Today the Maple Leaf team leaders are Mats Sundin, Ed Belfour, coach Pat Quinn and several others (Halligan, 2003). |
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