Toronto Maple Leafs: Stories from the Toronto Maple Leafs Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box by Lance Hornby

Toronto Maple Leafs: Stories from the Toronto Maple Leafs Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box by Lance Hornby

Author:Lance Hornby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2019-09-07T02:12:38+00:00


10. One-Liners

A collection of Maple Leafs zingers:

“If you can’t beat ’em in the alley, you can’t beat ’em on the ice.”

—Conn Smythe on creating a tough team to beat clubs such as the Montreal Canadiens

“The Leafs are playing as ragged as a hobo’s jacket.”

—Broadcaster Danny Gallivan

“Those Penguins are done like dinner.”

—Tiger Williams when the Leafs went ahead in a 1977 playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins

“Everyone was put on Earth for a purpose. Mine is to sell newspapers.”

—Eric Lindros

“You could tell they were big shooters. They came in through the Carlton St. doors.”

—Jim McKenny, then a Marborough junior and part-time Maple Leaf Gardens worker, when he saw The Beatles arrive for a concert in 1964

“Daddy’s home!”

—Ken Baumgartner’s favourite line when jumping into a fight

“Playing the Leafs is like eating Chinese food. An hour later, you want to play them again.”

—Coach-turned-commentator Roger Neilson on the sad state of his old team in the early ’80s

“I think he’s from Afghanistan, Tajikastan…one of the Stans.”

—Coach Pat Quinn, trying to recall the Khazikstan ­homeland of winger Nik Antropov



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