Kevin McGran
Sports Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
Posting to Facebook and LinkedIn as well … The world's only hockey reporter without a podcast. ... Covid-free since September . .... Gluten-free since 2018
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4 days ago |
thespec.com | Kevin McGran
It’s the number Pacioretty has worn since he joined the NHL in 2008 with Montreal. He wore it in Vegas, Carolina and Washington and when he got to Toronto in September, well, the number was available. Asked in training camp why he went with 67, he was ready with an answer. “I hope to bring the team luck with that number,” he said. As the regular season went on, No. 67 didn’t have much luck.
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5 days ago |
thespec.com | Kevin McGran
It’s fair to say that veteran forward Ryan Reaves felt a little bit blindsided, and maybe even a tad humiliated, after being sent to the AHL Marlies to finish out the regular season. After all, the 37-year-old Maple Leafs tough guy last saw the minors in 2012-13, to stay active during a lockout. But he handled the assignment with grace. “It was (pause) ... well, I got to play, which is what I really wanted to do,” Reaves said recently. “A great group of guys down there.
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5 days ago |
thespec.com | Kevin McGran
History will say, and prognosticators could have predicted, that Brad Marchand got the Florida Panthers back in the series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The ex-Boston Bruin shot towards the slot, and got a favourable deflection off the body of Morgan Rielly, and the Panthers now hope they’ve turned around their second-round series with a 5-4 overtime win.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Kevin McGran
As Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube put it, good things are happening in Mitch Marner’s life. He’s a different player since returning as one of the clutch heroes at the 4 Nations Face-off, setting up as he did Connor McDavid in overtime in the Canadian win over the United States. He’s just become a dad, now with the initial M — for baby Miles — on his stick, along with the ever-present Z for his dog Zeus.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Kevin McGran
Goalie Joseph Woll will get his first start of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs tonight in Game 2 against the Florida Panthers while Anthony Stolarz continues to recover from multiple hits to the head. “We’ve got a lot of confidence in him,” captain Auston Matthews said of Woll. “He’s extremely focused. He does all the right things.
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