Posts Tagged ‘ Hockey history ’

In memoriam : Ted “Teeder” Kennedy, quintessential Toronto hockey hero, 1925—2009

Aug 16th, 2009 | By | Category: In Brief

We were saddened to hear that Ted “Teeder” Kennedy, who played centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club in the 1940s and 1950s – and helped them win five Stanley Cups – passed away in Port Colborne, Ontario on August 14, 2009, at the age of 83. We are pleased, however, that we managed […]



Quintessential Toronto Maple Leaf goes to great ice rink in sky

Aug 16th, 2009 | By | Category: Sporting Life

Present-day fans of the Toronto representatives in the National Hockey League will find it inconceivable. But Ted “Teeder” Kennedy, “perhaps the quintessential Maple Leaf” (or just “quintessential Leaf“), played centre for only 14 seasons in the 1940s and 1950s, and was actually “PART OF FIVE STANLEY CUP VICTORIES.” Alas, the hockey-star Ted Kennedy of the […]