The Toronto Maple Leafs are an NHL team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team, which was one of the “Original Six” teams, is officially called the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club; they’re owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Their home games are played at the Air Canada Centre. The Leafs are famous for their long, bitter rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens and their more recent rivalry with the Ottawa Senators. They won 13 Stanley Cups; eleven of them were won as Leafs, 1 as the Toronto St. Patricks and 1 as the Toronto Arenas. The Leafs were established as the Toronto Arenas in November 1917; they were replacing the Quebec Bulldogs as one of 4 teams in the then-brand new NHL
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Even though they won the Stanley Cup in the league’s 1st year, they struggled and became the St. Patricks in 1919. They became the Maple Leafs on February 14, 1927. Their more notable players include George Armstrong, Borje Salming, Reginald Red Horner and Clarence “Hap” Day. Even with new players, like Pavel Kubina and Michael Peca, and a coaching change, the Leafs didn’t make the playoffs again in 2006/07 and 2007/08. Their general manager, John Ferguson, Jr. was fired on January 22, 2008 and replaced by Cliff Fletcher on an interim basis.