The Leafs: An anecdotal history of the Toronto Maple Leafs

by Jack Batten

Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs are once again wearing their colours with pride. It?s been 36 years since the Stanley Cup was won by Toronto, but Leafs fans will agree that the past decade has seen their team come agonizingly close to the Cup finals. Indeed they are almost there again! The new edition of this bestseller is filled with memories of great Leafs teams through the ?90s, into the new millenium including their strong showing this season. The Leafs includes all new colour photographs complementing the sometimes amusing, sometimes dramatic and often nostalgic stories from within the inner sanctums of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Air Canada Centre. Die-hard fans won?t be able to put it down and new fans will find no better source for learning about this legendary team.

Genres: Hockey, Sports

264 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy freelance writer for many years. The author of thirty-five books, Batten writes the weekly Whodunnit column in the Toronto Star, has reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, and has reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five years. He has written over thirty books on subjects that include biography, crime fiction, law and court cases, and sports. Not surprisingly, jazz, movies, and crime turn up frequently in Crang’s life. He lives in Toronto.