Returning home to Sudbury to support Easter Seals kids, hometown left winger Brian Savage attended Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School in Sudbury as a teenager. He was a proficient golfer and track athlete. He played one season with the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League before jumping to college. The nephew of former […]
Joe Kocur
Joe Kocur grew up in Kelvington SK, a very small farming town that produced some very tough NHL’ers. He played junior hockey for the Saskatoon Blades where he tallied 121 points and 547 penalty minutes in two seasons. He was drafted by the Red Wings in ’83 and only spent one & half seasons in […]
Wendel Clark
Very few hockey players attract the love, respect and adoration as Wendel Clark does. Although quiet and easy-going, Clark has achieved a rockstar-like status among the members of the Leafs Nation. A player who combined grit with goals, he was drafted first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1985. This came six months after […]
Mike Krushelnyski
Mike learned the fundamentals of the game in his hometown of Montreal, which led to an NHL career of almost 900 games. Drafted by Boston in 1979 he spent two years in the organization before joining full-time in 1982-83. He scored 23 goals and 65 points in his rookie season and quickly became regarded as […]
Zenon Konopka
Zenon Konopka played for the Ottawa 67’s in the OHL scoring 185 points during his four years with the club before turning pro. After four seasons in the OHL, Konopka split his 2002-03 season with the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers. In the summer of 2004, Konopka signed as a free agent […]
Darcy Tucker
Drafted by Montreal in 1993 after an incredibly successful junior career, he played for a season and a half with the Habs before being traded to Tampa Bay. A bright light on a struggling team, Tucker was then traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2000. On June 24, 2008, he became an unrestricted free […]
