Toronto Maple Leafs vs St. Louis Blues

I haven't been to the ACC for a Leafs game in about five years, so tonight's game against the St. Louis Blues should be a blast. Five or six years ago I was working for Portfolios.com (now CreativeShake.com) when Dan Tanenbaum owned it, and the gentleman was kind enough to give me a pair of Platinum seats every year at Christmas, for several years. As my dad had often taken me to Leafs games at Maple Leaf Gardens (he had mid-level Greens season tickets, right on the blueline) when I was a child, it was a huge pleasure to return the favour and sit with him in those awesome Tanenbaum seats!

My son David won tonight's seats (3rd row in the balcony) at his company Christmas party, and as he was kind enough to invite moi to join him, so the Father-Son hockey tradition lives on!

Go LEAFS Go!!

Phaneuf leaves PEI, returns to Lion's Den in Calgary

Dion Phaneuf working out on a PEI sand dune, photo by Matt Barnes of top Toronto photography company Westside Studio

Fredrik Sjostrom, Keith Aulie also came to Toronto via Calgary trade

After attending his grandmother Roma's funeral in Prince Edward Island yesterday, Dion Phaneuf tonight faces his former teammates, the Calgary Flames. Though there are many rumours and much innuendo, Leafs GM Brian Burke claims they researched the situation fully before trading for Phaneuf.

In any case, the trade had seemed one sided from the beginning, so maybe watch for Freddie Sjostrom and Keith Aulie to steal a little thunder this evening, as the Flames must have given up on them also.

Should be fun!






Toronto Life cover shot by Matt Barnes of Westside Studio, top Toronto photographers



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