Toronto Maple Leafs Franchise Profile
Founded: 1917
Formerly known as: Toronto Arenas (1917-1919), Toronto St. Patricks (1919-1926)
Arena: Air Canada Centre
Stanley Cups: 13
1918, 1922, 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
Colors: Blue and white.
A pre-NHL version of the team, known as the Blueshirts, won the 1914 Stanley Cup. Toronto also won the Cup in 1918, the inaugural NHL season, as a team informally known as the Arenas. By 1919 they were called the St. Patrick's. The final name change came in 1927, when Conn Smythe bought the team, christened it the Maple Leafs, and adopted the blue-and-white uniform colors.
The Leafs grew to become the most popular team in the NHL and Canada, thanks to continued success, Foster Hewitt's famous radio broadcasts from Maple Leaf Gardens, and the city's status as the media and business center of English Canada.
The popularity continues, despite the Maple Leafs now-famous Stanley Cup drought. The team last won the Stanley Cup in 1967, and most of the years since have been characterized by incompetence at every level.
See also: Toronto Maple Leafs in the Hockey Hall of Fame
Toronto Maple Leafs retired and honored numbers
