In all-time games on the Maple Leafs, DeRozan would rank 16th overall. The captain of the 1960s dynasty team, George Armstrong, is in his first place with 1,188 games played some 513 games more than DeRozan managed as a Raptor.
Date: Feb 23, 2019
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Andersen keeps Leafs in the game as they beat Blue Jackets
eaf to have played 1,000 in blue and white behind George Armstrong and Tim Horton, eventually joined by Ron Ellis and Borje Salming Before Mondays match, Nazem Kadri was just inside the NHLs top 20 for overall faceoff winning percentage of those with at least 100 draws, at 55.3%.
Date: Nov 19, 2018
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Maple Leafs won Stanley Cup again in 1962-63 behind Bower
oard chairman John Bassett produced the 1971 film "Face-Off," a cult classic starring Canadian actor Art Hindle as Toronto rookie Billy Duke. It featured performances by NHL players George Armstrong, the Maple Leafs captain, and Derek Sanderson, as well as cameos by many others who were uncredited.NHL President Clarence Campbell presented the Stanley Cup to captain George Armstrong, but it was "Edward" Shack who carried it joyfully to the dressing room for a wild celebration of the Maple Leafs' second straight championship.
Date: Sep 30, 2018
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Current, former Maple Leafs honor Bower at memorial service
In the stands were school-age kids and men who long ago had reached pension age. On the arena floor, current Maple Leafs like defenseman Morgan Rielly sat in a row adjacent to one that featured former Bower teammates like Dave Keon, George Armstrong and Frank Mahovlich.
He had very strong arms and his fingers were big, like a bunch of farmers sausages, said Bowers longtime road roommate and main needler, team captain George Armstrong. Many times, when he swept out that stick, he not only knocked the puck away but took the shooters feet out from under him, too
Date: Dec 26, 2017
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Leafs bringing reconciliation to Air Canada Centre
One of the Leafs greatest players, four-time Cup champion and team captain George Armstrong was part indigenous. In 2007, Czech-born defenceman Tomas Kaberle brought young hockey players from the White Dog Reserve in Northern Ontario to the ACC for a game.
Date: Oct 28, 2016
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Leafs retire 16 numbers, add Keon to rafters in elaborate pre-game ceremony
Johnny Bower, Turk Broda (1), Hap Day, Red Kelly (4), King Clancy, Tim Horton (7), Ted Kennedy, Charlie Conacher (9), Syl Apps, George Armstrong (10), Frank Mahovlich and Darryl Sittler (27) had banners raised alongside Mats Sundin (13), Keon (14), Wendel Clark (17), Borje Salming (21) and Doug Gil
Date: Oct 15, 2016
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Leafs finally get it right in honouring — no, retiring — their greats: Feschuk
Doug Gilmour and Borje Salming and George Armstrong and Wendel Clark were among the Saturday gathering, as were nearly all of the greatest living Leafs. And unbeknownst to all of them, Shanahan was about to uncap a well-kept secret. The franchise, he told the group, was ending its oft-maligned polic