3 h. ago «Ils étaient gros et ils étaient toughs»: un nouveau chapitre pour la «Bataille de l’Ontario»

Patrick Lalime se souvient très bien des différentes séries ayant opposé les Sénateurs aux Maple Leafs au début du siècle.

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7 h. ago The villains who could define this generation’s Battle of Ontario

Darcy Tucker. Chris Neil. Tie Domi. Zdeno Chara. Ed Belfour. Patrick Lalime. Even two Swedish legends — Daniel Alfredsson and Mats Sundin — were booed mercilessly by opposing fans. As Senators coach Travis Green put it, “the Battle of Ontario is real.” He would know. Green was once one of those villains himself — on […]

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9 h. ago Stolarz, Maple Leafs embark on what they hope is long playoff run

Anthony Stolarz is ready for his close-up. It arrives on Sunday night a Scotiabank Arena in Game 1 against the Ottawa Senators, when Stolarz will make his first start in a Stanley Cup playoff game. “I’m extremely blessed and grateful to be able to play this game (for a living),” Stolarz said after practice on […]

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9 h. ago Maple Leafs wary of Ottawa Senators’ ability to draw penalties

The Maple Leafs went directly to the drawing board in discussing the Ottawa Senators’ ability to get calls in their favour. The Sens led the National Hockey League during the 2024-25 regular season with 349 penalties drawn. The Leafs, whose penalty kill was 31st in the NHL after Jan. 15, will have no choice but […]

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9 h. ago Former Maple Leafs Gary Roberts, Alyn McCauley fondly recall Battle of Ontario

Fitting, the way it has worked out for Gary Roberts. The former Maple Leafs forward shares season tickets with three friends, and as such, each gets the first Leafs home game of the Stanley Cup playoffs every four years. It’s Roberts’ turn on Sunday. An instrumental performer for the Leafs in the Battle of Ontario […]

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10 h. ago The Ottawa Senators are ready for the Battle of Ontario's big stage

The last Battle of Ontario ended exactly 21 years ago today

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12 h. ago Maple Leafs scratches trying to stay positive amid team playoff hype

It had to be one of the hardest practices of the season for Max Pacioretty, David Kampf and Ryan Reaves to get through. No one likes to be an understudy when the curtain is raised on opening night of the playoffs and there’s a buzz in the city. The veteran trio have to suck it […]

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12 h. ago Injured Leafs return, coach rewards strong push in setting lineup for Senators

The band is back together for what they hope will be a long spring tour. Having survived the past couple of weeks with two injured defencemen, both the blueline and four forward lines were optimally set during the Maple Leafs’ final practice before the Battle of Ontario commences Sunday night at Scotiabank Arena. Jake McCabe […]

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33 h. ago Ottawa Senators ready to write a new chapter against Toronto Maple Leafs

"We've got some demons to conquer there, so hopefully the guys can get it done," says Sens legend Chris Neil

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33 h. ago MAPLE LEAFS NOTES: Treliving shrugs off Stolarz’s lack of playoff experience

Anthony Stolarz has just one Stanley Cup playoff game on his resume. The man who signed Stolarz to a two-year contract last summer in free agency, Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving, could not care less. “I know everybody talks about lack of playoff experience and what’s the old line, ‘Experience is really important, unless […]

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36 h. ago Why does Apple TV like to annoy Blue Jays fans on Friday nights?

Pumped for a big weekend of Toronto sports viewing? The Battle of Ontario on Sunday will be the highlight, of course, as the Maple Leafs get their long-anticipated playoffs under way. And then there are the pleasantly surprising 11-8 Blue Jays, who start a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night at the […]

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37 h. ago Maple Leafs ‘ready to write a new chapter’ GM Brad Treliving says

Brad Treliving wasn’t about to throw any fuel onto the playoff fire. The Maple Leafs general manager held court on Good Friday, the only member of the organization who talked to media after the club had an optional skate at the Ford Performance Centre. The Leafs will get down to serious business on Saturday with […]

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37 h. ago Brady Tkachuk ready to lead Ottawa Senators into Battle of Ontario

Brady Tkachuk will finally get to satisfy a seven-year itch. The Ottawa Senators captain started the club’s 7-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, but don’t be concerned that he didn’t finish. Tkachuk, who returned after missing eight games with an upper-body injury he suffered on March 30, confirmed […]

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39 h. ago Spirits of ’67 shadow playoffs, but these Maple Leafs in the here and now

Mention 1967 around Toronto’s older sports populace and few would associate the date with Canada’s centennial or the Beatles’- inspired Summer of Love. More likely they’ll equate it to the start of nuclear winter where the absence of the Stanley Cup is now an NHL record 57 years and counting for the Maple Leafs. When the Panthers paraded it […]

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42 h. ago «Un peu comme une guerre»: les Maple Leafs auront une autre raison de craindre les Sénateurs

Les Sénateurs pourront miser sur la présence de leur capitaine dimanche.

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52 h. ago Ottawa termine la saison régulière avec un gain contre les Hurricanes

Au premier tour des séries, les Sénateurs vont affronter les Maple Leafs à compter de dimanche soir, à Toronto.

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53 h. ago Auston Matthews: ‘A lot of confidence’ among Maple Leafs going into playoffs

'It has taken all 20 guys in the room some nights, other guys leading the way ... That's what you need to win in big games and big moments.'

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54 h. ago Regular season ends with overtime win, Maple Leafs pumped for playoffs

The Maple Leafs are about to realize the stark difference between first place and the first round of playoffs. And hope there won’t be a disconnect between the two when the ‘real season’ begins Sunday against the Ottawa Senators. It’s fine to take a day and celebrate the end of a fruitful 82-game schedule, their […]

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58 h. ago MAPLE LEAFS NOTES: Tanev eagerly anticipates another provincial battle

Chris Tanev will be have some battle-tested experience when the first-round series between the Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators gets underway The rugged Toronto defenceman has had a taste of a provincial playoff rivalry, having been part of the Calgary Flames’ defence corps in 2022 when the Flames met the Edmonton Oilers in the second […]

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62 h. ago Craig Berube cautious on injured Leafs trio, won’t use them until playoffs

It’s no surprise that Craig Berube’s “day-to-day” designation for his injured Maple Leafs dragged through the final two weeks of the schedule, right up to Game 1 of the playoffs. As a coach who closely guards injury details, recovery progress and on top of that sees no reason for risk in a meaningless game, he is keeping Jake […]

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