19 Nov 2010
Pat Burns, who enjoyed instant success wherever he coached and who capped his tumultuous career by guiding the New Jersey Devils to Stanley Cup glory in 2003, has died of cancer. He was 58.
Burns died Friday in Sherbrooke, Que.
The former NHL coach battled cancer of the colon and the liver in 2004 and 2005 and hoped he had beaten the disease, but in January 2009 doctors found it had spread to his lungs.
The third time, he initially op...
Toronto Maple Leafs Events
| 1932 Apr 9 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1932 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto would win the series in three straight to win their first Stanley C...
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| 1942 Apr 18 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1942 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. After losing the first three games, the Maple Leafs won the next four to w...
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| 1945 Apr 22 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1945 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs would win the series 4–3.
For the first time, two rooki...
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| 1947 Apr 19 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1947 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens. The Maple Leafs would win the series four games to two...
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| 1948 Apr 14 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1948 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs would win the series in four-straight g...
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| 1949 Apr 16 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1949 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs, the second straight between Detroit and Toronto. The Ma...
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| 1951 Apr 21 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1951 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens. The Maple Leafs would win the series 4–1. It was the Toronto franch...
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| 1962 Apr 22 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1962 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs who had last appeared in the Final in 1960. The Maple Leafs would win th...
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| 1963 Apr 18 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1963 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. The Maple Leafs would win the best-of-seven series four games to one to w...
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| 1964 Apr 25 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1964 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings for the second straight year. The Maple Leafs would win the best-of-seven ...
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| 1967 May 2 |
Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1967 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series played between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs would win the series four games to two to win thei...
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| 2008 Oct 23 |
Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Boston Bruins, 4-2
WILMINGTON - After Thursday night's lemon at TD Banknorth Garden, a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, it was back to basics for the Bruins yesterday at practice.
For the first time ...
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| 2008 Nov 6 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2
Suddenly, and a bit surprisingly, the scoring looks a little easier. For the second time in as many games, the Bruins last night rattled off five goals, including rookie winger Blake Whee...
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| 2008 Nov 17 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2
TORONTO - His leaguewide reputation may say otherwise, but Tim Thomas has calmed down his game. Thomas, widely known as an unorthodox goalie, has evolved into a more efficient butterfly p...
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| 2008 Dec 18 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 8-5
The bottom line: The Bruins, putting up offensive numbers that belong in an Xbox console, scored an 8-5 blowout over Toronto last night before 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden, stretching th...
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| 2009 Jan 21 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3
TORONTO - Why Michael Ryder? Claude Julien looked across his bench, scanned the names on the backs of those black sweaters, and tried to pick the winning number as if standing in line at ...
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| 2009 Mar 28 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-5
Nearly a week off helped the Bruins recapture their scoring touch, and it also sent them into a slight defensive tailspin, all of which was on display at Air Canada Centre last night as t...
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| 2009 Oct 12 |
New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-2
John Tortorella is reluctant to draw a connection between the grueling skates he put his team through in training camp and the strength they're now showing late in games. His players are ...
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| 2009 Oct 17 |
New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1
Michael Del Zotto knew long ago that games No. 8 and 9 on the Rangers' schedule would be important dates to him.
Game 8 is tonight in Toronto, and it's one for Del Zotto to enjoy. The ...
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| 2009 Nov 10 |
Minnesota Wild defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2
BRANDON, FLA. - Last month, in the heart of the Wild's struggles, there were times it was difficult to ascertain what the team was trying to accomplish.
The players didn't come up the ...
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| 2009 Dec 5 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-2
Phil Kessel returned home last night, unaware that his West End reunion would turn into his personal imperfect storm, one that had the Bruins blow away the Maple Leafs, 7-2, and leave the...
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| 2009 Dec 10 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2
With every save he makes in Black and Gold (63 during his last two victories over Toronto), Tuukka Rask makes the bile in the Maple Leafs’ mouth taste even more acrid. Last night, there w...
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| 2009 Dec 19 |
Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Boston Bruins, 2-0
TORONTO - For virtually his entire rookie season, the Bruins’ Tuukka Rask has been a exercise in fluidity.
The 22-year-old (9-2-2, 1.97 goals-against average, .932 save percentage ente...
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| 2010 Mar 4 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2
For the first time in his NHL career, Tim Thomas had become an afterthought.
Last month, as Tuukka Rask grabbed the starting job, Thomas found a home on the Bruins bench for six straig...
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| 2010 Mar 9 |
Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
Luca Caputi had to share the spotlight during his big homecoming after Nikolai Kulemin stole the show with an overtime goal.
Kulemin scored 4:11 into overtime to give the Toronto Maple...
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| 2010 Mar 27 |
Toronto Maple Leafs defeat New York Rangers, 3-2
TORONTO - This time, it never should have come down to Henrik Lundqvist. But when it did, and the Rangers' goaltender sprang a stunning leak, the rest was just watching the Rangers sink.
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| 2010 Apr 3 |
Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1
TORONTO — The Bruins left here last night dancing on air, a 2-1 overtime win over the Maple Leafs tucked in their equipment bags and their playoff position preserved.
But it was a nigh...
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| 2010 Apr 7 |
New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-1
Bring on the Flyers.
With their chances at the playoffs hanging on whether they can win the rest of their games, the Rangers took care of Step1 Wednesday night with a dominating 5-1 Ga...
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| 2010 Oct 15 |
Toronto Maple Leafs defeat New York Rangers, 4-3
The Rangers dropped their home opener, 4-3, to the Toronto Maple Leafs Friday night, but before Phil Kessel's second goal of the night beat them, the Blueshirts' biggest loss came in the ...
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| 2010 Oct 21 |
New York Rangers defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1
TORONTO - The conventional wisdom on the Rangers is that they'll go as far as Henrik Lundqvist carries them. Thursday night, Martin Biron showed what he can do to help keep Lundqvist from...
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| 2010 Nov 19 |
Pat Burns Dies
Pat Burns, who enjoyed instant success wherever he coached and who capped his tumultuous career by guiding the New Jersey Devils to Stanley Cup glory in 2003, has died of cancer. He was 5...
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