3.3 Rivalries 2.3 Faculty of Communication & Design Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory The Toronto Maple Leafs officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often simply referred to as the Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto Ontario They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) the club is owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd and are represented by Chairman Larry Tanenbaum the Maple Leafs' broadcasting rights are split between BCE Inc and Rogers Communications for their first 14 seasons the club played their home games at the Mutual Street Arena before moving to Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931 the Maple Leafs moved to their present home Scotiabank Arena (originally named the Air Canada Centre) in February 1999 The club was founded in 1917 operating simply as Toronto and known then as the Toronto Arenas Under new ownership the club was renamed the Toronto St Patricks in 1919 in 1927 the club was purchased by Conn Smythe and renamed the Maple Leafs a member of the "Original Six" the club was one of six NHL teams to have endured through the period of League retrenchment during the Great Depression the club has won thirteen Stanley Cup championships second only to the 24 championships of the Montreal Canadiens the Maple Leafs history includes two recognized dynasties from 1947 to 1951; and from 1962 to 1967. Winning their last championship in 1967 the Maple Leafs' 51-season drought between championships is the longest current drought in the NHL the Maple Leafs have developed rivalries with four NHL franchises: the Boston Bruins Detroit Red Wings the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators The Maple Leafs have retired the use of thirteen numbers in honour of nineteen players in addition a number of individuals who hold an association with the club have been inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame the Maple Leafs are presently affiliated with two minor league teams the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League and the Newfoundland Growlers of the ECHL Contents. Foster Hewitt sitting at his office desk Foster Hewitt was the Maple Leafs' first radio play-by-play announcer from 1927 to 1968 As a result of both Bell Canada and Rogers Communications having an ownership stake in MLSE Maple Leafs broadcasts are split between the two media companies; with regional TV broadcasts split between Rogers' Sportsnet Ontario and Bell's TSN4. Colour commentary for Bell's television broadcasts is performed by Jamie McLennan and Ray Ferraro while play-by-play is provided by Chris Cuthbert and Gord Miller Colour commentary for Rogers' television broadcasts is performed by Greg Millen while play-by-play is provided by Paul Romanuk. MLSE also operates a regional specialty channel the Leafs Nation Network the Leafs Nation Network broadcasts programming related to the Maple Leafs as well as games for the Toronto Marlies the Maple Leafs' American Hockey League affiliate Like the Maple Leafs television broadcasts radio broadcasts are split evenly between Rogers' CJCL (Sportsnet 590 the Fan) and Bell's CHUM (TSN Radio 1050). Both Bell and Rogers' radio broadcasts have their colour commentary provided by Jim Ralph with play-by-play provided by Joe Bowen Foster Hewitt was the Leafs' first play-by-play broadcaster providing radio play-by-play from 1927 to 1978 in addition he provided play-by-play for television from 1952 to 1958 and colour commentary from 1958 to 1961. Originally aired over CFCA Hewitt's broadcast was picked up by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (the CRBC) in 1933 moving to CBC Radio (the CRBC's successor) three years later. As the show was aired on Canadian national radio Hewitt became famous for the phrase "He shoots he scores!" as well as his sign-on at the beginning of each broadcast "Hello Canada and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland."[note 2], John Robinson Acknowledged leader of the Family Compact Member of the Legislative Assembly and later the Legislative Council William Henry Boulton 8th Mayor of Toronto and member of the Legislative Assembly Sir Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Henry Sherwood 13th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Brockville Reform Movement. . . . ; 1 Background Main article: Toronto FC II Main articles: French Canadian and franco Ontarian 9 Education. !
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