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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'oilers'

February 18, 2007

For the long-suffering fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the year 1967 has become synonymous with past glories and forty years of failure. On Saturday night, the surviving members of the last Leaf team to win the Stanley Cup were reunited at the Air Canada Centre for the first time since that storied championship. An Alex Trebek-narrated video tribute began the proceedings, in what turned out to be a relatively simple, modest, and perhaps......

Continue Reading "Maple Leafs Honour '67 Squad, Also Win"

January 5, 2007

Dust off your party shoes and break out your Canada-themed beer (no endorsements here), because Team Canada just beat the Russians 4-2 in the gold medal game at Leksand-Mora, Sweden to win the 2007 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship! With goals by four different players, including Woodbridge's own Andrew Cogliano, Canada's decisive win sealed their third straight World Junior Championship, and their first in almost a decade not won on North American soil. The win......

Continue Reading "GTA Represent! Five From The 'Hood Help Canada Win Gold"

June 20, 2006

Edmonton's Cup run is over, while Carolina has proven that they're a hockey town. Last night, in an incredibly exciting game seven of the Stanley Cup finals, the Oilers lost 3 - 1 to the Hurricanes. That there even was a game seven is a testament to how hard the Oilers fought, but in the end Carolina was just way too strong. The Globe & Mail has an excellent write-up of the game. Photograph......

Continue Reading ""Welcome to Carolina, Lord Stanley!""

May 23, 2006

If Oliers grinder Ryan Smyth and Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger are proof that all Albertans look alike, does that mean they both will eventually look like Ralph Klein? Speaking of Albertan meatheads, are they still throwing cuts of Alberta beef onto the ice in Edmonton? And what's with the drunken revellers brawling on Whyte Ave? (Note: At first, we imagined that one drunken reveller must be inviting all the rest of the drunken revellers for......

Continue Reading "Whyte Avenue Syndrome"

March 15, 2005

Like a stressed out Bay Street banker Toronto Life was in need of a facelift, maybe some botox or at least a really good makeover. So Torontoist was pretty happy to see the newly redesigned Toronto Life in the mailbox this morning. That ugly, stale red box which branded the mag, gone! Replaced by a softer, new logo, that isn't as brash and domineering but still maintains some link to the past. The second best......

Continue Reading "Toronto Life Gets a Facelift"

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