Friday, December 3, 2010

Syl Apps

Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps, Left Wing, 1936-37 to 1947-48
Captain 1945-1948 and 1940-1943
423 Games 201 Goals 231 Assists 432 Points 56 PM 
 Won the Stanley Cup 1942, 1947, 1948 all as Team Captain. Apps is shown with Coach Hap Day in above photo
 Apps was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame 1961,Canada Sports Hall of Fame 1975, Ranks #33 on Hockey News top 100 all-time greatest players
 Apps missed the 1943-45 season to serve in World War 2, he along with Conn Smythe and Turk Broda
 Syl Apps was also a world class Pole Vaulter, he won a Gold Medal in the 1934 British Empire Games, He later went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and placed 6th
Syl Apps was named NHL 1st Team All-star in 1939-42 and 2nd Team in 1941 and 1943

Red Horner

George Reginald "Red" Horner,Defense 1928-29 to 1939-40
Captain 1938-1940
Red was on the 1932 Stanley Cup team, He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame 1965

Charlie Conacher

Charlie Coacher, Right Wing 1929-30 to 1937-38
Captain 1937-38
326 Games 200 Goals 124 Assists 324 Points 411 PM
The Big Bomber as Conacher was known led league in scoring 1932-33 and 19-33-34 seasons.
Inducted to Hockey Hall of Fame 1961, Canada Sports Hall of Fame 1975 and is listed #36 by Hockey News top 100 Players
The Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award, also known as the Charlie Conacher Memorial Trophy, was an award named after Conacher. This award was given out to the NHL player who best exhibited outstanding humanitarian and public services contributions, from 1968 to 1984
The Maple Leafs Famous KID LINE,Syl Apps,Joe Primeau and Harvey Busher Jackson

Bert Corbeau

Bert Corbeau , Defence 1926-1927
Toronto St Pats 1923-24 to 1925-26
Captain 1927 (1st ever Leaf Captain)

Hap Day

Clearance ''Happy'' Day Defense, 1927-28 to 1936-37
Captain 1927-1937
543 Games 86 Goals 113 Assists 199 Points 582 PM
Head Coach 1939-40 to 1949-50

Hap Day was the first leaf to score 3 Goals in a game on Jan 14-1928 Vs New York Rangers in a 6-1 win. He would have 2 in his career.

 Hap Day Coached the 1945-1947-1948 and 1949 Stanley Cup winning teams, Hap also Captained the 1932 team.


George Armstrong

George Edward "Chief" Armstrong, Center 1949-50 to 1970-71
Captain 1957-1969
1888 Games 296 Goals  417 Assists  713 Points  721 PM

George Armstrong accepting the Stanley Cup in 1967, his 4th as Captain. He also captained the 1962-1963-1964 teams. 

George Armstrong coached the Toronto Marboros to a Memorial Cup championship in 1975, the same year he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
The Chief was a 7 time NHL All-Star in 1959-1962-1963-1964-1968
George Armstrong still hold the record for most games by a Maple Leaf of 1188




Dave Keon

David Michael Keon, Center 1960-61 to 1974-75
Captain 1969-1975
1062 Games 365 Goals 493 Assists 858 Points 81 PM
Career: 1296 Games 396 Goals 590 Assists 986 Points 117 PM
WHA: 301 Games 102 Goals 189 Assists 291 Points 20 PM

Dave Keon was inducted into The Hockey Hall of Fame 1986, Dave is #69 on The Hockey News Top 100
 Keon won the Stanley Cup in 1962-63-64 and 1967

Dave was a 2nd Team All-Star 1961-1971, He also participated in 1962-1963-1964-1967-1968-1970-1971 and 1973

Dave Keon won the Calder trophy 1961, Lady Byng 1962 and 1963. He alo won the Conn Smythe as the MVP in 67 Play-offs