With the Toronto Maple Leafs set to face the Boston Bruins in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we go back to 1978.......

Leafs owner Harold Ballard tried to get a second CFL team in Toronto in the early 70s, but his bid was blocked. He tried to buy the Argos in ’74, but his former Leafs ownership partner John Bassett wouldn’t sell. Eventually, Ballard bought the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in early 1978.

As disrespectful as it may seem, he had the Ticats logo painted at centre ice for Maple Leaf games. Thus showing a disregard to the football team that represented Toronto, the Argonauts. One evening Don Cherry’s Boston Bruins were in town and decided to show up the Leafs owner by draping two Argos flags on the boards in front of their bench during the anthem.

With the Double Blue now a part of the Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment family there is no need for the team that sports the same colours as their QEW rivalry to show support for Toronto’s football team. For one night in the late 70’s the boys from Boston had the Argos back and will be remembered for doing so.


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