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The Toronto Maple Leafs

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October 2018

This Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque can be found in the interior north entry hall to Scotiabank Arena at 40 Bay Street. Here's what it tells us:

Coordinates: 43.64387 -79.37958

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The Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club traces its origins to one of the first teams to compete in the National Hockey League, formed in 1917. Known by 1918 as the Arenas, it became the St. Patrick's Hockey Club, which co-owner and manager Conn Smythe renamed the Maple Leafs in 1927. During the Great Depression, he commissioned the building of Maple Leaf Gardens, where announcer Foster Hewitt continued play-by-play broadcasts, bringing the Leafs national attention. One of the most storied major-league sports clubs in North America, Toronto's NHL team won 13 Stanley Cup championships between 1918 and 1967.

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> Posted October 21, 2018
This posting is the one thousandth historical plaque on torontoplaques.ca. Congratulations on this milestone to Alan Brown and all those who support his great efforts. Along with ontarioplaques.ca (which, itself is closing in on 1500 plaques), it provides an invaluable resource for those who seek to visit historic places, armchair travellers, and historians interested in historiology and the public interpretation of history.
-Wayne

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