2 Organization
The National Hockey League Was Formed
In 1917
In Montreal
By Teams Formerly Belonging
To
The National Hockey Association (NHA) That Had
A Dispute With Eddie Livingstone
Owner Of
The Toronto Blueshirts
The Owners Of
The Other Four Clubs �
The Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Wanderers
Quebec Bulldogs And
The Ottawa Senators � Wanted
To Replace Livingstone
But Discovered That
The NHA Constitution Did Not Allow Them
To Simply Vote Him Out Of
The League. Instead
They Opted
To Create
A New League
The NHL
And Did Not Invite Livingstone
To Join Them
They Also Remained Voting Members Of
The NHA
And Thus Had Enough Votes
To Suspend
The Other League's Operations
Effectively Leaving Livingstone's League With One Team
Team Photo Of
The Arenas From
The 1917�18 Season
The Club Won Its First Stanley Cup
In Their Inaugural Season
Part Of
The Series On
The Maple Leafs' mascot
is Carlton
the Bear
an anthropomorphic polar bear whose name
and number (#60) comes from
the location of Maple Leaf Gardens
at 60 Carlton Street
where
the Leafs played throughout much of their history. Carlton made his first public appearance
on July 29
1995
He later made his regular season appearance
on October 10
1995
Minor league affiliates. .
. ; . . The Ontario Line
announced
in April 2019
is
a successor project
to
the long-planned Relief Line that serves Downtown Toronto
Unlike
the Relief Line
the Ontario Line
is planned
to operate from Science Centre station
to Exhibition Place
Statistics. . .
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