History Of The Toronto Maple Leafs
The history of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL), begins with the establishment of the NHL itself. Both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL arose from disputes between Eddie Livingstone, owner of the National Hockey Association's Toronto Blueshirts, and the other team owners of the Association. In November 1917, these other team owners founded the NHL, and granted Toronto a temporary franchise in their new league. Playing at Mutual Street Arena, Arena Gardens, this temporary team, the Toronto Arenas, won the 1918 Stanley Cup Finals following the inaugural 1917–18 NHL season. The NHL made the franchise permanent in October 1918. In 1919, the club was sold to the St. Patrick Hockey Club, who renamed the franchise the Toronto St. Patricks. Although the St. Patricks won one Stanley Cup, in 1922 Stanley Cup Finals, 1922, they were again put up for sale due following a series of litigations from Livingstone. The franchise was ...
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