Hi everyone! Yes, you read that right. And you thought when the CN Tower was decked out in Montreal Canadiens colours to encourage the Habs in their failed quest to win the Stanley Cup a couple seasons ago was the first time the city of Toronto betrayed its own team. Not true. In fact, all the way back on New Year’s Eve 1975, the Leafs were gearing up to take on the Seals in a titanic battle for third place in the Adams Division. That game was postponed to the following afternoon, because Leafs owner Harold Ballard believed too many fans would choose to stay home to watch the Canadiens take on the touring Soviet Red Army. On TV. A 1975-era TV, which for most people would have had a screen that was something like a foot-and-a-half wide. Can you imagine having tickets to an NHL game today, but instead choosing to watch anything else on your cell phone instead? Who does that?

Of course, that Montreal-Red Army game turned out to be the legendary 3-3 tie between the world’s two most powerful hockey squads, and the Seals-Leafs game that went ahead the following afternoon, well, our Pacific Blue-clad heroes laid a gigantic egg and lost 5-1…

Wait, what? You still don’t believe me? You think all of this is just another one of Steve’s jabs at the ol’ Leafs? Come on, I have a little more class than that. I am a serious researcher, and I only speak the truth… OK, I see you still need more convincing. Well, then I have a little homework for you right over here. It’s the first thing on the page, you literally can’t miss it. Enjoy!

Well, that’s it for this week. I hope you all have yourselves a great weekend and catch a puck drop or two. Until next time, stay gold!