Toronto Maple Leafs History For Savvy Women
If you want to dazzle your partner with your knowledge and interest in the Toronto Maple Leafs then here are the main facts that you want to keep in mind.
The National Hockey League (NHL) became a realty as a result of a meeting held in Windsor Ontario, Canada on November 26,1917.
The owner of the Toronto Franchise hockey team was Eddie Livingstone but he was not at the NHL meeting, because he was not popular and was not invited to attend.
The Toronto Franchise played its first game as part of the NHL in the 1917-1918 season on December 19th,1917.
The first game The Toronto team played against was the Montreal Wanderers.
The Toronto team was called the "Arenas"
Their first game didn't draw much of a crowd of avid fans. There were only 700 spectators that turned out to see the first home game.
The star of the team during this season was their goalie Hap Holmes.
This team was the first team to win the Stanley Cup, and it was at the end of the 1917-18 season.
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