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].
Schenn Update
In a recent e-mail conversation with Cliff Fletcher, the Maple Leafs general manager suggested that he hopes to put pen to paper with 18-year-old...
Pre-Game: Leafs-Pens Rematch
A momentum swing in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins can be largely attributed to a couple of in-game changes orchestrated by bench-boss...
Let the Competition Begin!
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I sat down to watch the first period just before the remote was ripped from my hands by my girlfriend, who basically...
Hope Springs Eternal
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They—re out there. Everywhere you look.
The predictions that place the Leafs anywhere from 10th to 14th in the Eastern conference for the...
Battle of Ontario – Prospect Edition. Also: FLA-PIT Report
The Battle of Ontario's prospects ended in triumph for the Senators in an action-packed, end-to-end tilt featuring 12 goals split 7-5.
The night started brightly...
Rookie Tourney Build-up
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Every professional hockey organization, particularly one in the Leafs' current plight, must exhaust every possible avenue when it comes to importing...
Cliff Notes
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*Sunday Morning Update: Nothing ground-breaking here, but Fletcher told me via e-mail this morning that there were no new developments in...
Recent MLHS articles
Morgan Rielly’s Maple Leafs story isn’t over, but something has to...
Morgan Rielly’s long-awaited bounce-back season never arrived in 2025-26.
After a disappointing 2024-25 campaign, Rielly and then-GM Brad Treliving held what Treliving described as a...
