10 Incredible Things You Didn’t Know About the Toronto Maple Leafs

3. Turk Broda was mis-characterized as being a former Leafs captain.

In the Hockey Hall of Fame, there is a misleading photo of goaltender and former Vezina Trophy winner Turk Broda. He played his entire NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, from 1936-52. The picture in the Hall of Fame captured Broda clad in a Leafs captain’s jersey. The ‘C’ that was on Broda’s chest didn’t belong to him. He happened to be wearing the team’s captain Syl Apps’ jersey at the time.

4. The Maple Leafs did have a goaltender as their captain.

In the long history of the Maple Leafs organization, there has been just one goaltender who was actually the team’s captain. That was John Ross Roach. He wore the ‘C’ for the 1924-25 season. That year, the Toronto St. Pats made it to the Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

5. The Maple Leafs had one of their players become an NHL referee.

In 1999, Kevin Maguire was the first and only Maple Leafs player to become an NHL referee. He played parts of three seasons for the Leafs and was an NHL official for three seasons. After retiring as an official, he became the president of the Maple Leafs Alumni Association.