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	Toronto Blueshirts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Toronto Blueshirts were a professional National Hockey Association team that played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
		A fifth franchise had been granted to Toronto, to be owned by Eddie McCafferty, but the lack of an arena left the club on hold.
		The management of the Mutual Street Arena leased the Blueshirts franchise from "Livvy" for the 1917-18 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Blueshirts (399 words)

	Toronto
		Toronto is Canada's largest city with a population of around two and a half million.
		Geographically, Toronto is on the north shore of Lake Ontario between the Humber and the Don rivers.
		Toronto was incorporated as a city in 1834 (the named was changed from York because it's namesake, the Duke of York, was not so popular anymore).
	members.bellatlantic.net /~vze2rdt7/Tor/toronto.html (3840 words)

	The Toronto Arenas 1917 to 1918 - leafstats.8m.com
		Toronto lost the game by a score of 3-0 but would go on to lose only two more games that year.
		The city of Toronto had its first taste of the professional game and it would not be long before they would have two new pro teams to cheer for.
		When the Toronto Blueshirts were abruptly dropped from the schedule and their players re-distributed to other teams February 11, 1917, the NHA, at least in name, was living on borrowed time.
	ca.geocities.com /leafstats/190817_history.html (1298 words)

	Toronto Maple Leafs
		The original NHL consisted of Toronto, the Montreal Canadiens, the Ottawa Senators, and the Montreal Wanderers (who folded after 6 games due to a fire in their arena).
		Toronto defenceman Red Horner was able to knock Shore out with a punch, but it was too late and Bailey's career was over.
		The general perception among Canadians outside of Toronto that the city is the "Centre of the Universe" (because it is the largest city in the country, as well as English-speaking Canada's financial and cultural centre) makes the Leafs one of the most hated teams in the NHL.
	www.tmlfever.com /Leafs.html (3292 words)

	New York Rangers Official Web Site :: Game Recap - Rangers end pre-Olympic schedule with a bang
		The Blueshirts beat Toronto on the road by the same score they had beaten them by at home less than 24 hours earlier.
		The Blueshirts caught a break during that penalty kill, when Toronto's Mats Sundin made a brilliant deke move to beat Weekes, but sent his backhand into the left post.
		The Blueshirts calmly weathered the hitting storm and then cashed in when Rucinsky sent a crisp pass from the left side to Sykora in the high slot.
	www.newyorkrangers.com /gametime/recap.asp?id=1942 (1096 words)

	National Hockey League - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The National Hockey League, as it exists today, was formed in November of 1917 after a meeting between representatives of the National Hockey Association in Montreal's Windsor Hotel.
		The owners of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers[?], Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs[?], and Toronto Arenas decided to form a new league in order to exclude Edward J. Livingston, owner of the NHA Toronto Blueshirts[?] franchise from being involved in their future hockey operations.
		The remaining three teams completed the inaugural season, with Toronto winning the league championship, then beating the Vancouver Millionaires of the PHCL in a best of five series to claim the Stanley Cup.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /na/National_Hockey_League.html (360 words)

	Hockey - The Early Days
		The original NHL franchises were the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers, the Toronto Arenas, the Ottawa Senators and the Quebec Bulldogs, although the Bulldogs did not field a team until the 1919-20 season.
		The Toronto Tecumsehs are renamed the Ontarios, but it's the other Toronto franchise, the Blueshirts, who win the league championship.
		Ottawa defeated Toronto 5-0 and 2-0 in the playoffs.
	www.makojo.com /earlyhockey.html (4960 words)

	National Hockey League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the 1916-17 NHA season there six teams that comprised the NHA: the Montreal Canadiens the Montreal Wanderers the Ottawa Senators the Quebec Bulldogs the Toronto Blueshirts and an army from the 228th Battalion stationed in Toronto.
		Livingstone had eventually negotiated a deal with Toronto Arena Gardens to take control of Blueshirts' day-to-day operations and if the NHA to operate (which the other owners desperate kick Livingstone out tried to prevent) Livingstone eventually regain sole control of the team.
		On November 26 1917 in Montreal's Windsor Hotel the National League was formed with the Canadiens the the Senators the Bulldogs and the newly-renamed Toronto Arenas as its founding members.
	www.freeglossary.com /National_Hockey_League (1823 words)

	Toronto Blueshirts (1912-1917)
		Now owned by M.J. Quinn the Blue Shirts were 1 of 2 teams in Toronto to join the NHA playing at the Arena Gardens, which was the first arena to use artificial ice.
		The other owners decided to avoid the headaches of court and form a whole new league the next season to be called the NHL leaving Livingstone and his franchise in now a one team league.
		However in one of sports greatest injustices the Arena officially owned the team, and even though most of their team was the players from Livingstone's Blue Shirts, it was considered a separate team, prompting several lawsuits which threatened the future of professional hockey.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nhl/tornha/blueshirts.html (806 words)

	The Beginning of the Leafs
		This is the first of a series of articles on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens as we begin Maple Leafs Month here at Suite101.
		He was ordered to sell the Shamrocks, while most of the Blueshirts roster headed to the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA.
		He rebuilt the Blueshirts with members of the Shamrocks before he was supposed to sell them, and then folded the team.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ice_hockey/15313 (362 words)

	Blue and White
		Toronto was granted a new NHL team, the Arenas (run by the Arena Gardens), but Livingstone would still get to lease his players to the team.
		Barilko's glory was short-lived: he died in a plane crash three months after that historical moment.
		Toronto had their highest point total in team history to that date, with 99.
	infanity.org /mapleleafs/extras.php?history (1326 words)

	Toronto Maple Leafs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Everybody said that Edward J. Livingstone, owner of charter member Toronto Blueshirts, created "unfair advantages" for himself and his team, and thus when the National Hockey League replaced the National Hockey Association, Livingstone was ousted.
		Toronto was unable to match up with their Cup-winning teams of the 40s and 1951 for a long time, and stronger teams like Detroit and Montreal won the cup year after year.
		Paul Maurice, the coach of the Marlies and a former NHL head coach who led the Carolina Hurricanes to victory over the Leafs in the 2002 Eastern Conference Final, was announced as Pat Quinn's replacement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs (3968 words)

	Proud To Be A Torontonian \| The Place Where We Call Home
		Toronto is home to several professional sports franchises and annual sporting events.
		Toronto had been mentioned as a major league city several times in the previous century and had been home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League from 1930 to 1967.
		During their first two seasons in Toronto, they played at Maple Leaf Gardens, the historic former home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, before moving to the Air Canada Centre for the 2001 season, which they currently share with both the Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.
	www.freewebs.com /sixes/sports.htm (890 words)

	Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Alf Skinner
		Born and raised in Toronto, Alfred Skinner was only 16 when he entered the ranks of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1912 with the Parkdale Canoe Club.
		He played on two Toronto teams, the Shamrocks and the Blueshirts, and made the trip east one season to play for the Montreal Wanderers for one season.
		Skinner played one more season in Toronto and was then enticed to join the Vancouver team he'd helped defeat the previous year.
	www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14337 (556 words)

	The Ultimate National Hockey League Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		During the 1916-17 NHA season, six teams comprised the NHA: the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers, the Ottawa Senators, the Quebec Bulldogs, the Toronto Blueshirts, and an army team from the Toronto-based 228th Battalion.
		Owners met in Montreal to consider the league's future on February 11, 1917, a day after members of the 228th Battalion, the most popular NHA team, were called into World War I action.
		The Toronto Arenas became the first NHL winner of the Stanley Cup, the annual trophy awarded since 1894 to the Canadian hockey champion.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/NHL (2086 words)

	Hockey Hall of Fame Features - SIHR - St. Michael's College
		He later became a coach and led the Toronto Granites to a Gold Medal at the 1924 Olympics in Chamonix, France.
		Another significant milestone in the NHL-St. Michael's relationship was in 1926 when Conn Smythe bought the Toronto St. Pats NHL franchise.
		That was when the Leafs created the Metro Toronto Junior Hockey League for the express purpose of keeping St. Michael's in junior hockey.
	www.hhof.com /html/newsmike.htm (1007 words)

	Montreal Canadiens (1909-Present)
		The Canadiens uniform begins to take on a familiar look with their red jerseys featuring a red C on a blue stripe makes it debut the only difference is an A is in the center of the C. However, the Canadiens struggle on the ice finishing with an awful 6-14 record.
		Stemming partly from hatred of Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone, the owners of the NHA's teams decide to form a new league known as the National Hockey League leaving LIvingstone behind.
		Due to problems with the ice at the Mount Royal Arena the Canadiens are forced to open their season in the rival Maroons new home known as the Montreal Forum.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nhl/montreal/canadiens.html (8463 words)

	New York Rangers Official Web Site :: Game Preview - Rangers look to take off at Air Canada Centre
		In fact, it was Shanahan's admiration for the Leafs franchise that sparked his wider interest in the great tradition of the Original Six teams, which was one reason why he signed with the Rangers last July.
		Dental problems prevented Malik from making the trip to Toronto, opening the door for the Rangers to activate Ozolinsh and give the high-scoring blueliner and power-play specialist his first action since last spring's playoffs.
		Defenseman Bryan McCabe, who single-handedly beat the Blueshirts in Toronto with two goals in a 2-1 win 11 months ago, also scored his first goal on Friday.
	www.newyorkrangers.com /gametime/preview.asp?id=2353 (955 words)

	Corb Denneny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Denneny brothers broke into the National Hockey Association (forerunner of the NHL) together with the Toronto Shamrocks in 1914-15 and moved to the Toronto Blueshirts in the following year.
		Both went to Ottawa in 1916-17 but while Cy remained with the Senators, Corb was back in Toronto before the year was out.
		He was with the Torontos, or the Arenas as they are more commonly known, when they entered the NHL in 1917-18 and won the Stanley Cup.
	www.hockeyresearch.com /jwood/bios/corb_denneny.htm (261 words)

	A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - To
		Hugh Aird and Conn Smythe introduced the Maple Leafs name when their company purchased the Toronto St Patricks NHL franchise.
		The home ice for Toronto between 1931 and 1999 was the famous Maple Leaf Gardens.
		The team was formerly known as the Toronto Arenas.
	www.azhockey.com /To.htm (2974 words)

	Toronto Maple Leafs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The National Hockey League was formed in 1917 for one reason - to kick out Edward_J._Livingston.
		The General perception among Canadians outside of Toronto that the city is the "Centre of the Universe" (because Toronto is the financial and cultural centre of Canada) makes the Maple Leafs one of the most hated teams in the NHL.
		Games are usually quite heated whenever the Maple Leafs play in other Canadian cities, due to the fact that all the Canadian NHL cities have a large contingent of Maple Leafs fans of their own.
	toronto-maple-leafs.iqnaut.net (1637 words)

	Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - National Hockey League
		Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, irked his fellow owners when he purchased the Toronto Tecumsehs and changed the team name to the Shamrocks.
		The team who had won Cups from 1906 to 1908 and 1910 was gone, leaving the League without a key connection to the early days of the game.
		Even though the loss of the Wanderers hurt the League’s credibility, the power of the League champion Toronto Arenas could not be doubted—and the Torontonians won the Stanley Cup thanks to a 2-1 win over the PCHA champion Vancouver Millionaires in a tense sudden-death fifth and deciding game.
	www.oilersheritage.com /history/early_leagues_NHL.html (530 words)

	Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets - Find Maple Leafs Tickets at the #1 Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets Resource
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	Buy Cheap Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets - NHL Hockey Northeast Division Tickets - Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Tickets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Background: The Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League team based in Toronto, Ontario.
		When you find Toronto Maple Leafs tickets that you would like to purchase, they can be purchased online via our encrypted safe and secure server.
		Your Toronto Maple Leafs ticket's order will be fulfilled within 6-24 hours.
	www.nhlticketsnow.com /toronto-maple-leafs-tickets.asp (588 words)

	Legends of Hockey -- Silverware -- 1913-14 Stanley Cup Winner -- Toronto Blueshirts
		The Stanley Cup series was decided by a two game total goal showdown between the Canadiens and the Toronto Blueshirts (later renamed the Maple Leafs).
		Albeit unofficial, this series was a best of five competition, pitting the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA against the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
		The Blueshirts won three consecutive games against the Cougars?5-2, 6-5 in overtime and 2-1 to successfully defend their Stanley Cup.
	www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1913-14 (231 words)

	NHL Playoffs 2001 - Past Stanley Cup winners
		Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 3
		Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1
		Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 0
	espn.go.com /nhl/playoffs2001/history.html (148 words)

	Hockey Tickets - NHL Hockey - NHL Tickets
		The primary conflict involved Toronto Blueshirts owner Edward J. Livingstone.
		In its final season (1916-17), the National Hockey Association was comprised of six teams: The Montreal Canadians, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto Blueshirts, and an army team from the Toronto based 228th Battalion.
		Though Livingstone had been shut out, one of his NHA ideas — a proposal for a split regular season — was adopted by the new league and integrated into its playoff system.
	www.barrystickets.com /hockey-tickets/index.php (1714 words)

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