Leafs were born 80 years ago today

The Mutual Street Arena, above, in downtown Toronto, the site of the first Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game 80 years ago last night. Above right, the final resting place of Eddie Livingstone in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. It was his unpopularity with the owners of the old NHA that resulted in today's NHL, and, indirectly, a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Right, George "Paddy" Patterson during his stint with the NHL's New York Americans (1929-34). As a member of the first Leafs team, Patterson scored its first-ever goal in a 4-1 win over the Americans, Feb. 17, 1927.

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