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.
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to you and yours, MLHS. These haven't been the last few months we envisioned at the site, but this...
A Hockey Filled Saturday
The Canadian World Junior team looks to put together a better effort in their final pretournament game against Sweden this morning at 9 a.m....
World Juniors: Nearly Here
They both claim to want to talk but neither is willing to pick up the phone and call the other. A description that probably...
Wednesday Open Thread: Talks resume
The NHLPA has invited U.S federal mediators into today's meetings. They were of little use in late November but do re enter the picture...
Marlies Open Thread
The Marlies ride a three game winning streak into a weekend set of home games against Rochester tonight (7 p.m., Sportsnet) and the league...
Leafs Abroad: Kulemin, Komarov, Grabovski coping well with lockout
Here's a Leafs positive in this lockout - watching Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin and Leo Komarov play (on the same lines) and produce alongside...
Ugh.
There's no anger left to give. Last night's events were just hilariously bizarre.
Four press conferences later, a deal had been all but agreed to...
A dash of cautious optimism
Long since dead and buried is any hockey fan holding their breath after every sign of optimism throughout the last 12 weeks of off-and-on...
Toronto Marlies Weekly Release
Courtesy of the Marlies:
Last Week:
The Toronto Marlies earned six points this past weekend in three games against divisional opponents.
On Friday, Toronto travelled to Rochester...
Marlies Open Thread
The now-surging Marlies finish up their eight-game road trip tonight in Hamilton before returning for the back half of the home and home against...
Marlies Open Thread
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Where it's been positive information overall coming out of the CHL when it comes to Leafs prospects, the same can't be said for the...
A Hopeful Tuesday
There might have been a little somethin' somethin' crowding your Twitter feed last night, forcing you to miss the updates (or lack thereof.. in...
Tyler Bozak sees Raffi Torres Halloween costume outrage, decides “I’ll have some of that.”
This isn't the image you want to tweet during a time of lockout, Tyler Bozak.
Wednesday Morning Links...
Joffrey Lupul is KHL-bound
Lance Hornby confirms the...
Will common sense prevail?
Strapped for a mashup topic this morning, I was reading the latest doomsday talk from last night and thought it might be worthwhile...
Game Night: Bulldogs at Marlies (7 p.m., Sportsnet One)
After a combined 8-1 loss the last two games, the Marlies look to get back on track tonight in the return leg of a...
Is that a light I see at the end of this tunnel?
Did we witness a breakthrough in CBA negotiations yesterday? At the least we finally saw some meaningful movement in the league's proposal of a...
Marlies 3 v. Amerks 1: Highlights and Quick Thoughts
The Marlies got the result they wanted in their home opener tonight at the Ricoh, finding all their goals on the powerplay in a...
GDT: Rochester Amerks at Toronto Marlies (5 p.m., Sportsnet One)
Photo: The Star
The NHL said f*ck you and dumped us, knowing we'll take it back later Who needs the NHL? The Marlies are back...
Marlies shut out Bulldogs 2-0, set to make cuts (Carrick, Crescenzi, Brenner sent to...
Ben Scrivens and Jussi Rynnas split a shutout in the Marlies' second and final matchup of their 2012 preseason last night. Scrivens held the...
Josh Leivo is OHL Player of the Week
We had a shift-by-shift look at Josh Leivo and one of his goals from Saturday up on the site yesterday. On Sunday, Leivo went...
Recent MLHS articles
Sheldon Keefe on who leaves the lineup if William Nylander returns...
After Friday's practice, Sheldon Keefe discussed the status of William Nylander and Auston Matthews, whether he will make a change on the blue line...
