Sheldon Keefe and his players were set to head to the airport and board a plane they would have preferred see stay on the tarmac.
The Maple Leafs had allowed a chance to close out the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first-round playoff…
TORONTO – John Tavares didn’t have an answer. Sheldon Keefe didn’t sense any nerves.
Once the puck dropped, however, one team was confident in its battle-tested, championship pedigree.The other froze at the first opportunity to once…
TORONTO — John Tavares doesn’t tend to show much emotion.
The Maple Leafs’ stoic captain usually leads by example with a head-down, dogged determination he’s demonstrated since his days as a teenage phenom.On the heels of a disastrous…
LAS VEGAS — With Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson making his second consecutive appearance as host, and joking that unlike the Oscars his audience should refrain from fighting, the National Hockey League Awards night was held…
TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Lightning are no strangers to adversity.
The back-to-back Stanley Cup champions found themselves in yet another difficult situation Saturday night. And as they have so many times in the past, the battle-tested…