Book description
False hope, hollow promises, and a mind-numbing lack of success - these
words describe the Toronto Maple Leafs and the hockey club's
inexplicable mediocrity over much of the past decade.
Author Peter Robinson has attended some 100 games over the past six
seasons and has little to show for it except an unquenched thirst that
keeps him coming back. Why does a team that hasn't won a Stanley Cup
since 1967, long before many of its followers were even born, have such
a hold on its fans? Robinson tries to answer that question and more
while detailing what it's like to love one of the most unlovable teams
in all of professional sports.
Being a Leafs fan requires a leap of faith every year, girding against
inevitable disappointment. This book tells what that's like, how it got
to be that way, and what the future holds for all who worship the Blue
and White. Peter Robinson is the editor of Prospects Hockey
, the official magazine of the Canadian Hockey League, and the golf
columnist for CBC. ca. Somehow he manages to balance his work, his
family, and his obsession with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He lives in
Barrie, Ontario.
