Medium Level Answers
1. Which of the following players was never a Toronto Maple Leafs captain?
A: a) Tim Horton
Sid Smith and Charlie Conacher were captains of the team for a single season each. Rob Ramage held the role for two years just before it was taken over by Wendel Clark. Even though Tim Horton had an incredible career, he was never a Leafs captain.
2. Who had the most shutouts as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs?
A: b) Turk Broda
Each of the four goalies listed were excellent for the Leafs. Mike Palmateer ranks ninth on the Leafs all-time shutout list with 15. Johnny Bower had 32, good enough for third. Harry Lumley was second with 34 and Turk Broda had far more than anyone else with 61 shutouts.
3. What was the first team name of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization?
A: a) Toronto Blueshirts
The Toronto Blueshirts were founded in 1911 and began to play in 1912. It began as the first Toronto team in the National Hockey Association (NHA). It won its only Stanley Cup in 1914. It ran until 1917 when the team’s name was changed to the Toronto Arenas or Torontos. The name was changed once again in 1919 to the Toronto St Pats. In 1927 the team became the Maple Leafs, a name that clearly has stuck.
The Blueshirts weren’t the first professional hockey team to play in Toronto. That distinction belongs to the Toronto Professional Hockey Club. They played in the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL) from 1906-09.
4. Who has played the most games with the Toronto Maple Leafs?
A: c) George Armstrong
George Armstrong had more games played by a wide margin than any other players in the multiple-choice. However, he didn’t play many more games than the runner-up in this statistical category.
5. What’s true about Harold Ballard, the Leafs’ majority owner from 1972-1990?
A: d) He spent three years in prison
Ballard wasn’t the most honest person to ever be associated with the team. In fact, he was convicted on 47 fraud charges. This resulted in him serving three years in prison.
6. Which Leafs GM traded Tuukka Rask to Boston for Andrew Raycroft?
A: a) John Ferguson Jr.
In what has widely been considered the worst trade in franchise history, JFJ chose to ship one of their two top goaltending prospects to the Bruins. The Leafs gambled on a declining Andrew Raycroft and that Justin Pogge would develop into a stud.
7. Who was Phil Kessel’s roommate in Toronto?
A: c) Tyler Bozak
Phil Kessel was known to be a reticent person but stories of him sharing an apartment with Tyler Bozak flooded the media. The duo even gave a tour to the camera for a Road to the Winter Classic special.