Alec Brownscombe
Alec Brownscombe is the founder and editor of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, where he has written daily about the Leafs since September of 2008. He's published five magazines on the team entitled "The Maple Leafs Annual" with distribution in Chapters and newsstands across the country. He also co-hosted "The Battle of the Atlantic," a weekly show on TSN1200 that covered the Leafs and the NHL in-depth. Alec is a graduate of Trent University and Algonquin College with his diploma in Journalism. In 2014, he was awarded Canada's Best Hockey Blogger honours by Molson Canadian. You can contact him at alec.brownscombe@mapleleafshotstove.com.
Game Recap: Game #52, Maple Leafs 5 at Avalanche 2
These Leafs are rolling.
Their first six game winning streak since 2006 comes thanks to another offensive explosion and a commendable effort in a back-to-back...
Game Recap: Game #50, Leafs 5 vs. Habs 3
The first four game winning streak of the season has quickly erased memories of the lowest point of the Leafs' season, a four-game losing...
Game Recap: Game #49, Leafs 4 vs. Sabres 3 (SO)
For the life of them, the Leafs can’t put together a pair of ROWs for their burning boat. They still don't have two ...
Game Day Notes: Game #49, Sabres @ Leafs
The Leafs look to hold onto their reclaimed playoff spot by turning a pair of wins into a winning streak against the League's worst...
Game Day Notes: Leafs @ Bruins
The Leafs go seeking out an ever-elusive regular season victory at TD Garden tonight.
- Randy Carlyle has apparently had an epiphany:
Randy Carlyle says he's...
Game Recap: Game 46, Capitals 3 vs. Leafs 2
The Leafs lost a hard-fought, 50/50 game in Washington by a score of 3-2. There's positives to be gleaned, as Toronto was more combative...
Game Recap: Game #45, Canes – Many vs. Leafs – Very Few
I gave up after the 1st, which featured some of the softest defensive play and fundamentally poor defensive coverage we’ve seen from the Leafs...
GDT: Maple Leafs at Hurricanes (7 p.m., Sportsnet)
According to Jonas Siegel, Mark Fraser is going to enter the lineup in the place of Jake Gardiner.
All you can do is laugh.
TML LINEUP
JvR – Bozak – Kessel
Raymond...
Game Recap: Game #44, Islanders 5 at Leafs 3
This was the first loss of the season that can be definitively attributed to poor Maple Leafs' goaltending. Not that the Leafs were totally...
Game Preview: Gleason debuts as Leafs seek home-ice rebound
Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ first blowout loss of the season came at home to the Columbus Blue...
Rangers at Leafs Game Preview: A return to normalcy
With the HBO 24/7 sideshow and the 2014 Winter Classic spectacle now behind them, the Toronto Maple Leafs look to continue a three-game winning...
Tim Gleason’s first media scrum as a Leaf
New Leaf Tim Gleason speaks with the media after his first practice on Friday.
New Year, New Beginnings
Amid the memorable, record-setting event in Ann Arbor, Dave Nonis snuck in a trade with Carolina: The long-rumoured swap of bad contracts involving John...
Marlies take a 4-3 shootout decision in Outdoor Game
As those who could tolerate the Fox Sports commentators and the poor camera angles can attest to, the Marlies staged a late comeback effort...
Game in 10: Game #40, Leafs 4 vs. Sabres 3 (SO)
Better than one point or zero, but all we can do is exhale and move on after this one. This was way too much...
Preview and GDT: Sabres at Maple Leafs (7:30 p.m., TSN)
Pregame coles notes:
- 3 regulation wins in the last 25 games for the Leafs. That has to change tonight.
- Jonathan Bernier starts for the...
Friday Mashup: Leafs back at it, Herzog & Johnson score on Day 1 of...
Back to work for the Leafs tonight, as they will hit the half way point of the season against Buffalo and Carolina this weekend...
Game Recap: Game #39, Rangers 2 vs. Leafs 1 (SO)
The Leafs are doing their best Mighty Ducks impersonation for the HBO cameras, taking three straight games to shootout. Except these shootouts don’t have...
The Leafs and lost leads
While the Leafs did well to battle back and take a 4-3 lead in their eventual shootout loss to Detroit on Saturday, once again...
HBO 24/7: Leafs / Red Wings Episode #2 Best Clips
In a far more entertaining second episode of 24/7, both clubs are mired in the frustration of losing too many games, with the respective...
Recent MLHS articles
New head coach Craig Berube represents a style and attitude shift...
Craig Berube has been named the 32nd head coach in Maple Leafs history.
https://twitter.com/mapleleafs/status/1791574496282907024
According to Darren Dreger, Berube's new contract in Toronto is four years...
