Alec Brownscombe
Alec Brownscombe is the founder and editor of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, where he has written daily about the Leafs since September of 2008. He's published five magazines on the team entitled "The Maple Leafs Annual" with distribution in Chapters and newsstands across the country. He also co-hosted "The Battle of the Atlantic," a weekly show on TSN1200 that covered the Leafs and the NHL in-depth. Alec is a graduate of Trent University and Algonquin College with his diploma in Journalism. In 2014, he was awarded Canada's Best Hockey Blogger honours by Molson Canadian. You can contact him at alec.brownscombe@mapleleafshotstove.com.
Game in 10: All four lines contribute offensively, Maple Leafs clean it up defensively...
The Maple Leafs got the response they needed after a leaky home loss to New Jersey as a no-stress 5-1 win over the Capitals...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs hang around but fall just short in schedule-loss situation...
Facing a 2-0 deficit in a tired situation on the road against a top opponent, the Maple Leafs didn't go away, hanging around long...
Game in 10: Late push falls short for the Maple Leafs in Philadelphia
A 3-0 deficit proved too much to fully overcome for a Maple Leafs team that couldn't buy a goal for the first 40 minutes...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs lose the special teams and goaltending battles, suffer season-series...
A special-teams deficit, a gift to the Bruins courtesy of William Nylander, and a bad goal on Joseph Woll sunk a tired Maple Leafs...
Game in 10: Tavares line and Ilya Samsonov lead the way, Rempe injures Lyubushkin...
The Maple Leafs erased two one-goal deficits and overcame a late tying goal against to defeat the Rangers by a score of 4-3 in...
Game in 10: On the Ilya Lyubushkin acquisition and the Maple Leafs’ ugly win...
The Ilya Lyubushkin acquisition quickly overshadowed a mostly forgettable and not particularly well-played 4-2 victory by the Maple Leafs over the Arizona Coyotes.
Let's jump...
Game in 10: Samsonov, Bertuzzi, and the power play come up trumps as the...
Entering the toughest building in the NHL at the end of their road trip, the Maple Leafs found a way to extend their winning...
Game in 10: Matthews, Knies & McMann remain hot as all-situations offense powers Maple...
The Maple Leafs extended their winning streak to four with a 4-2 win over St. Louis powered by one power-play goal courtesy of Auston...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs’ depth steps up, Bobby McMann tallies first career hat...
Anticipating a healthy scratch when he arrived at the rink in the morning, Bobby McMann was putting the finishing touches on his first career...
Sheldon Keefe’s post-game comments following the Leafs’ loss to the Islanders showed a lack...
After Monday night’s loss to the Islanders, a frustrated Sheldon Keefe remarked on the matchup game against the Mathew Barzal line, mentioning that the...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs, Ilya Samsonov earn much-needed victory in Seattle to conclude...
Playing their eighth game in 12 days, the Maple Leafs dug in and earned a split of the West Coast road trip with a...
Game in 10: Slow start, sagging special teams, and an off-night from Martin Jones...
In an entertaining Hockey Day in Canada matchup, the Maple Leafs dug themselves out of an early 3-0 hole but needed better from their...
Game in 10: MVP chants ring out in Calgary as Auston Matthews pulls the...
After blowing a bunch of leads lately, the Maple Leafs mixed it up by falling in an early hole before rattling off four unanswered...
Game in 10: Squandered multi-goal lead costs Maple Leafs (again) but coach and players...
The Maple Leafs relinquished a multi-goal lead for the fifth time in their last seven losses as an opportunity to end the Oilers' 10-game...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs complete the California road sweep in San Jose
Unlike in Anaheim, the Maple Leafs were able to break through in the first period and play with the lead in San Jose.
Against a...
As the contract extension nears, how did we ever get to the (reported) ~$11.5...
As of Saturday night, Elliotte Friedman has reported terms of $11.5 million AAV over an eight-year contract extension for William Nylander, with an announcement...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs refuse to take “goalie’d” for an answer, get late...
On the verge of getting goalie’d by Lukas Dostal, the Maple Leafs kept ramming the door until it burst open on their 50th shot...
Game in 10: Tyler Bertuzzi provides the spark offensively, Maple Leafs dig in defensively...
Facing the best defensive team in the league statistically, the Maple Leafs played a tighter game with fewer mistakes than the Kings and were...
Ilya Samsonov clears waivers as Maple Leafs forge ahead with a Martin Jones –...
Ilya Samsonov has cleared waivers and Dennis Hildeby has been recalled as the Maple Leafs enter 2024 with an NHL goaltending tandem (Martin Jones...
Game in 10: Sheldon Keefe’s pre-game “accountability” message becomes a major talking point as...
One could argue that the healthy scratching of a fourth-line center dominating the storylines in Toronto tonight (and probably the hockey world in general)...
Recent MLHS articles
Special teams crisis + adjustments, the heat on Marner, Nylander’s absence,...
In the latest episode of the MLHS Podcast, Nick Ashbourne, Anthony Petrielli, and Alec Brownscombe discuss the first three games of the Boston-Toronto series,...
