Michael Langlois
Now retired, Michael was a longtime issues management, life skills, and communications advisor for many years in the business and sports worlds. He is a lifelong Maple Leaf fan who hosted the Vintage Leaf Memories blog site between 2009 and 2019.
Looking back fondly at Ron Ellis: A Maple Leaf with his own brand of...
It’s difficult to accurately describe how important the Maple Leafs were to me when I was growing up in a very small southwestern Ontario...
Bobby Baun: A Maple Leaf through and through
If ever there was a hockey player who was a “Conn Smythe Maple Leaf,” it surely had to be Bobby Baun.
I was a bit...
Maple Leaf legend Borje Salming: forever a warrior
It’s always good to read and hear about former Maple Leafs that we loved, admired, and respected when the news is uplifting. But it’s...
George Armstrong, 1930-2021: A Maple Leaf to the core
People will often ask what you remember most about a particular player from years gone by.
It’s natural to offer a quick response, such as...
Howie Meeker: He led a wonderful Canadian life
While I likely saw Howie Meeker on Hockey Night in Canada before this particular memory, the first time seeing him that stands out in...
Eddie Shack: Much more than a “Clown”
Those of us fortunate enough to have been around when the Maple Leafs were emerging from their mid-1950s swoon in the late 1950s and...
Red Kelly: What a wonderful career — and life
As I have written often before, my love affair with the Maple Leafs began in earnest in the late 1950s. Eddie Chadwick, Tim Horton,...
Johnny Bower: The ultimate Maple Leaf
After hearing about the passing of former Leaf legend Johnny Bower this week, my first thought was this: Bower may have been one of...
Matthews vs. Laine: Evoking memories of the Frank Mahovlich – Bobby Hull rivalry of...
Michael Langlois of Vintage Leaf Memories will stop by Maple Leafs Hot Stove throughout the Maple Leafs’ centennial season to provide his reflections on...
My favourite (and arguably the best) Maple Leaf Team of all-time….
It’s natural for sports fans to have a favourite team or a favourite player. Most individuals who visit this site are naturally Leaf supporters. So...
Bobby Pulford: all-time Maple Leaf, and a power forward before they coined the phrase
Michael Langlois of Vintage Leaf Memories will stop by Maple Leafs Hot Stove throughout the Maple Leafs’ centennial season to provide his reflections on...
Lanny McDonald, Bob Neely and Ian Turnbull: Looking back on one of the best...
Michael Langlois of Vintage Leaf Memories will stop by Maple Leafs Hot Stove throughout the Maple Leafs’ centennial season to provide his reflections on...
The Toronto Maple Leafs Top 100: There will always be room for debate, but...
Michael Langlois will stop by Maple Leafs Hot Stove throughout the Maple Leafs' centennial season to provide his reflections on past Leaf teams and...
Dave Keon: More to the story than meets the eye
Whether David Keon is the greatest Maple Leaf player of all time has been debated off and on for years.
(I would suggest that he...
Leafs/Wings Legends Games: Sharing a few memories of great Maple Leaf names past
Thanks to Vintage Leaf Memories' Michael Langlois for stopping by to share some memories ahead of tomorrow's Alumni games, set to be played in...
Recent MLHS articles
Off night from Joseph Woll, avoidable first-period gaffes sink tired Maple...
The Maple Leafs are in the midst of a brutal stretch of their schedule; it’s hard to remember a season with more back-to-backs in...
