The rumour mill is swirling around the Maple Leafs this week, as a less-than-stellar season and mixed signals from club ownership lead to daily reports about the fate of the team's management and captain. With all signs pointing to a third straight early vacation at season's end, the team's followers are steamed. Fans 70 years ago may also have been frustrated with the club, though in their case the problem was a team that......

Good news for Canadian hockey fans - and it doesn't even involve our self-important, hockey-hating buddies, Gary B. or Bob G. (Although Gretz recently sounded off on the fortunes of the NHL, read here if you still care.) No, this hockey news is that the Canadian World Junior Hockey Team reached the Gold Medal game with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic in Sunday’s semi-final. Canada is now set to face a familiar enemy......

As of today, Nov. 10, 2004, there have been 184 games cancelled in 56 days of the NHL Lockout. The NHL season is very close to being scrapped altogether, and that means no Olympic hockey in 2006 either. And now the NHL suffers yet another blow, as Maple Leaf forward Wade Belak has decided to go across the Atlantic to play hockey. Unfortunately for the league, the city of Toronto, and Belak's cult-like fans, the......