Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Bill Barilko

William "Bashin' Bill" Barilko,Defense 1946-1951
252 Games 26 Goals 36 Assists 52 Points 456 PM

This was Barilko's last goal, scored against Montreal Canadians Game 5 Stanley Cup Finals game winning goal on April 21st -1951. In his 5 year NHL career he was on 4 Stanley Cup winners in 1947-1948-1949 and 1951. His number 5 was retired, he only wore it for the 51 season.


 On August 26, 1951, Barilko joined his dentist Henry Hudson on a flight aboard Hudson's Float plane to Seal River,Quebec the plane and passengers disappeared. 11 Years later the wreckage was discovered 100 km north of Cochrane,Ontario. While he was missing the Leafs never won the cup again, ironically in 1962 though they won the first of three straight.








Newspaper article of the crash


Andy Barbe

Andre Joseph Barbe,Right Wing 1950-51
1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists 0 Points 0 PM

Andy Barbe #19 Pittsburgh Hornets 

Earl Balfour

Earl Frederick "Spider" Balfour,Left Wing 1951-1958
80 Games 14 Goals 6 Assists 20 Points 48 PM

Earl was a member of the 1961 Chicago Black Hawks Stanley Cup team

Doug Baldwin

Douglas Colin Roy Baldwin,Defense 1945-46
15 Games 0 Goals 1 Assists 1 Points 6 PM


Ace Bailey

Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey,Right Wing 1927 to 1934
271 Games 96 Goals 69 Assists 165 Points 390 PM


Ace Bailey was one of the Leafs true stars. He was the leading scorer in the NHL 1928-29 with 22 Goals/32 Points in 44 games. He led the leafs in scoring again in the 1929-30 season and fell 1 point short of a third straight season in 1930-31
Ace was a member of the 1932 Stanley Cup team which was the leafs 1st ever cup win.
Ace was inducted into the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame 1975

Bailey's # 6 was the 1st jersey retired by the Maple Leafs
Bailey was a well known Gardens employee as he was a timekeeper from 1938 to 1984


Bailey's career came to an abrupt end on December 12, 1933, when he was hit from behind by Eddie Shore of the Boston Bruins, apparently in retaliation for a hit he had received from Frank "King "Clancy moments earlier, and hit his head on the ice, fracturing his skull. It was feared that Bailey would not survive after severely injuring his head. Bailey did recover, but never played hockey again. An All-Star Benefit Game was held at Maple Leaf Gardens on February 14, 1934, which raised $20,909.40 for Bailey and his family. Bailey and Shore shook hands and embraced at centre ice before the game began. Thirteen years later, the NHL introduced an annual all-star game.

Bob Bailey

Robert Allan "Bashin' Bob" Bailey, Right Wing 1953 to 1956
86 Games 6 Goals 9 Assists 15 Points 128 PM

Bob was inducted into the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame 1970

Patrik Augusta

Patrik Augusta,Left Wing 1993-94

Selected by Toronto Maple Leafs round 7 #149 overall 1992 NHL Entry Draft
2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists 0 Points 0 PM

Pete Backor

Peter Backor,Defense 1944-45
36 Games 4 Goals 5 Assists9 Points 6 PM


Pete was a member of the 1945 Stanley Cup team

John Arundel

John O'Gorman Arundel,Defense 1949-50
3 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists o Points 0 PM


Norm Armstrong

Norman Gerrard "Red" Armstrong,Right Wing 1962-63
7 Games 1 Goal 1 Assists 2 Points 2 PM

In 1986 Norm was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame. 

Murray Armstrong

Murray Alexander Armstrong,Center 1937 to 1939 
12 Games 1 Goal 0 Assists 1 Points O PM


Murray was involved in one of the biggest trades of the decade. He,Busher Jackson,Buzz Ball and Doc Rhomes were sent to the New York Americans in exchange for Sweeney Shcriner. Murray later went into coaching and posted 300 career wins with University of Denver 1956 to 1977 winning 5 NCAA Championships  in 1958, 1960, 1961, 1967 and 1968.He was a winner of the Lester Patrick award in 1977


al Arbour

Alger Joseph "Radar" Arbour,Defense 1961 to 1966
66 Games 2 Goals 7 Assits 9 Points 74 PM

Al was a member of the 1962 and 1964 Maple Leaf Stanley Cup teams. He also won the Cup with Detroit in 1954 and Chicago 1961. He would later to go on to Coach the NY Islanders to 4 straight cups in 1980-81-82 and 83. He is the #2 all-time in wins only behind Scotty Bowmen

Nikolai Antropov

Nikolai Antropov,Right Wing 1999 to 2009


Selected by Toronto Maple Leafs round 1 #10 overall 1998 NHL Entry Draft
509 Games 125 Goals 166 Assists 291 Points 477 PM



Greg Andrusak

Greg Andrusak ,Defense 1999-2000
9 Games 0 Goals 1 Assists 1 Point 4 PM


Dave Andreychuk

David John Andreychuk,Left Wing 1992-1996
Leafs:223 Games 120 Goals 99 Assists 219 Points 194 PM
Career: 1639 Games 640 Goals 698 Assits 1338 Points 1125 PM



Dave Andreychuk was the 2nd Leaf All-time to record a 50 Goal season, he had 53 goals with 99 points. It was his best season in the NHL. Dave was later captain of Tampa Bay Lightning and won the Stanley Cup in 2005-06 season