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 [email protected].
Game in 10: Maple Leafs, Ilya Samsonov earn much-needed victory in Seattle to conclude...
Playing their eighth game in 12 days, the Maple Leafs dug in and earned a split of the West Coast road trip with a...
Game in 10: Slow start, sagging special teams, and an off-night from Martin Jones...
In an entertaining Hockey Day in Canada matchup, the Maple Leafs dug themselves out of an early 3-0 hole but needed better from their...
Game in 10: MVP chants ring out in Calgary as Auston Matthews pulls the...
After blowing a bunch of leads lately, the Maple Leafs mixed it up by falling in an early hole before rattling off four unanswered...
Game in 10: Squandered multi-goal lead costs Maple Leafs (again) but coach and players...
The Maple Leafs relinquished a multi-goal lead for the fifth time in their last seven losses as an opportunity to end the Oilers' 10-game...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs complete the California road sweep in San Jose
Unlike in Anaheim, the Maple Leafs were able to break through in the first period and play with the lead in San Jose.
Against a...
As the contract extension nears, how did we ever get to the (reported) ~$11.5...
As of Saturday night, Elliotte Friedman has reported terms of $11.5 million AAV over an eight-year contract extension for William Nylander, with an announcement...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs refuse to take “goalie’d” for an answer, get late...
On the verge of getting goalie’d by Lukas Dostal, the Maple Leafs kept ramming the door until it burst open on their 50th shot...
Game in 10: Tyler Bertuzzi provides the spark offensively, Maple Leafs dig in defensively...
Facing the best defensive team in the league statistically, the Maple Leafs played a tighter game with fewer mistakes than the Kings and were...
Ilya Samsonov clears waivers as Maple Leafs forge ahead with a Martin Jones –...
Ilya Samsonov has cleared waivers and Dennis Hildeby has been recalled as the Maple Leafs enter 2024 with an NHL goaltending tandem (Martin Jones...
Game in 10: Sheldon Keefe’s pre-game “accountability” message becomes a major talking point as...
One could argue that the healthy scratching of a fourth-line center dominating the storylines in Toronto tonight (and probably the hockey world in general)...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs’ Core Four scores four, Martin Jones steady in the...
Martin Jones provided some much-needed stability in net and the Core Four scored all four Toronto goals across four different game states — one...
Game in 10: Hockey Gods, opportunistic Rangers halt Maple Leafs’ points streak in hard-luck...
Undone by rotten puck luck in a tight-checking hockey game, the Maple Leafs' points streak ended at nine against the New York Rangers on...
Game in 10: No Matthews, no problem as Maple Leafs receive contributions from all...
Some nights, it all comes together.
Your game in 10:
1. Sheldon Keefe started this game with the forward line of Noah Gregor, David Kampf, and...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs dominate Predators with their most complete effort of the...
This was the Maple Leafs' best "team" win of the season, especially given the circumstances (injuries/illness on the blue line, and now the loss...
Game in 10: Matthews comes alive, Maple Leafs fight back to earn a point...
The Maple Leafs erased deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to earn a point in a hard-fought game where they probably deserved a better fate.
Remarkably,...
Game in 10: Joseph Woll produces a first-star performance in ugly shootout win over...
No pictures in the points column.
The Maple Leafs won ugly over the Panthers, leaning on Joseph Woll and the unlikely goal-scoring heroics of...
Game in 10: Miserable second period sinks Maple Leafs in loss to Penguins
In need of a response after coughing up a two-goal lead in an OT loss to Chicago, the Maple Leafs gave up the lead...
Game in 10: Top line underwhelms as the Maple Leafs forfeit 3-1 lead, lose...
Despite three goals from their bottom six, the Maple Leafs coughed up a 3-1 lead and fell in overtime on Black Friday in Chicago.
Your...
Analysis: John Klingberg officially moved onto LTIR, Conor Timmins’ return, and the open question...
John Klingberg has been moved to LTIR due to his chronic hip issue, the Maple Leafs announced on Thursday.
It’s always been there throughout my...
Game in 10: Who else but William Nylander scores the OT winner in storybook...
Couldn't have scripted it any sweeter.
Your game in 10:
1. It was a second consecutive underwhelming start for the Leafs in this game.
From the micro...
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Selling and resetting is fast becoming the only logical path forward...
A few weeks ago, we wrote that the Maple Leafs' two-plus week stretch -- featuring a gruelling four-game road trip, followed by a difficult...
