The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional hockey team that play in the Northeast division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League. Toronto joined the NHL as one of the founding four teams in 1917. They were immediately successful, finishing the season in a tie for first place with the Montreal Canadiens. They went on to defeat the Vancouver Millionaires to win the first Stanley Cup Championship in the history of the league. After a name change to the Toronto St. Patricks, they returned to win the Championship in 1922. On February 14, 1927, the team was sold to Conn Smythe, who changed the name to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs dominated the league in the 1940s, winning the Stanley Cup in five of seven seasons starting in 1945. They repeated this domination in the 1960s, winning four additional championships over six seasons.
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After weeks of speculation, Swedish superstar goalie Jonas Gustavsson signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 7, 2009. Gustavsson had been courted by a number of NHL teams, including the Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks, but settled with Toronto.http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4310709 He was expected to battle with Vesa Toskala for the #1 position in Toronto.
