An official NHL authorized biography of the Toronto Maple Leafs by one of hockey's most important, prominent, and preeminent Hockey Hall of Famers, Brian McFarlane. A stunning tribute to Maple Leaf history with an extensive, never-before-seen collection of Leaf's organization photographs. On February 14, 1927, Conn Smythe led a group of investors to purchase the National Hockey League's struggling St. Patricks franchise. The new team would become the Toronto Maple Leafs. Almost a century later the Leafs would dazzle their fans with hockey excellence and claiming 11 league championships. The stories and photographs collected in this essential and definitive book about The Toronto Maple Leafs, captures a new history of one of the NHL's most storied hockey clubs told through the the eyes of Brian McFarlane, who was there, with them, every step of the way.
