An official NHL authorized biography of the Toronto Maple Leafs by one of hockey's most important, prominent, and preeminent Hockey Hall of Famers, Brian McFarlane. A stunning tribute to Maple Leaf history with an extensive, never-before-seen collection of Leaf's organization photographs. On February 14, 1927, Conn Smythe led a group of investors to purchase the National Hockey League's struggling St. Patricks franchise. The new team would become the Toronto Maple Leafs. Almost a century later the Leafs would dazzle their fans with hockey excellence and claiming 11 league championships. The stories and photographs collected in this essential and definitive book about The Toronto Maple Leafs, captures a new history of one of the NHL's most storied hockey clubs told through the the eyes of Brian McFarlane, who was there, with them, every step of the way. AUTHOR: Brian McFarlane is known as Canada's foremost hockey historian, a man who has been a player, a writer, and a broadcaster of the game for over fifty years. In 2020, he was named to the Order of Canada. For 27 years he served as a host and commentator on Hockey Night in Canada. In 1960, he became the first Canadian to work on U.S. hockey telecasts with CBS. In the seventies, he hosted the NBC hockey telecasts. He has written close to 100 books and his book sales are estimated at well over a million copies. In 1995 he was inducted into the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is also a member of five other Sports Halls of Fame.
