Revealing the Toronto Maple Leafs Most Famous Celebrity Fans

The Barenaked Ladies

One of Canada’s favourite bands is comprised of Toronto Maple Leafs fans, well half of them. There are currently four members of Barenaked ladies. Lead singer and guitarist, Ed Robertson, along with drummer and back-up vocalist, Tyler Stewart, love the Maple Leafs.

The Barenaked Ladies are Grammy-nominated and Juno-winning artists. Originally, the band was made up just two members, Robertson and Steven Page. They were eventually joined by Jim Creeggan (an Edmonton Oilers fan) and his brother Andy Creeggan. Andy was replaced twice, once on percussion by Stewart and then on keys by Kevin Hearn (a Canadiens fan).

The band has enjoyed a great deal of international success. Its first album, “Gordon”, which dropped in 1992 was certified platinum in Canada. It featured hit songs, “If I had $1,000,000”, “Enid”, “Be My Yoko Ono”, and “Brian Wilson“. By 1998 with the release of the album “Stunt“, their success reached the United States of America. They have since had seven songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100, including the song “One Week“, which peaked at number one.

All the members of the band are big hockey fans. Stewart, who coaches his three daughters’ hockey teams, also happens to be friends with a former Toronto Maple Leafs player. He and Curtis Joseph have been friends since their time in school together.

Stewart and Robertson are such big Leafs fans that they have done whatever’s needed in order to watch their games. On an appearance on the NHL Network, the duo explained how they managed to watch playoffs games while on their UK tour. They were “using VPN blockers and staying up till three in the morning watching the Leafs”.

The Barenaked Ladies have performed at several NHL games. Stewart has also appeared both on his own and with bandmates to talk puck on Hockey Night in Canada and on several radio programs.