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April 30: On this day in 1929, Fleming MacKell was born in Montreal, Quebec. MacKell played 152 games at centre for the Leafs over 5 seasons between 1947 and 1952. He was a member of 2 Stanley Cup winning teams with Toronto. As a 19 year old Leaf rookie in 1949, MacKell became the first Cup-winning player whose father, Jack MacKell, had also played on a championship team. Jack was with Ottawa in 1920 and 1921. Fleming MacKell had 22 goals and 35 assists as a Maple Leaf.
April 30: On this day in 1999, in Game 5 of their Conference Quarter-Finals series against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Leafs got a big, game-winning goal in overtime by a player they had originally drafted and had just re-acquired at the trade deadline, Yanic Perreault. As of 2006, the Leafs and the Flyers have faced each other 6 times in playoff history and 1999 was the only time the Leafs have come out victorious.
