On This Day August 14th.

August 14: On this day in 1996, Brian Wiseman signed as a free agent with the Maple Leafs. The three games he played for the Leafs the following season were the only three of his NHL career. He never made the scoresheet.

August 14: On this day in 2009, PORT COLBORNE, Ont. -- Ted "Teeder" Kennedy, former Toronto Maple Leafs captain and Hockey Hall of Famer, passes away. He was 83. Kennedy died Friday morning of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in his hometown of Port Colborne, Ont. The first video below is his memorial tribute at the ACC.

He won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1955 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. In 1998, he was ranked number 57 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. In 1951 He was Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs greeted the future Queen Elizabeth II when She visited Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. 

Kenedy Interview with Ward Cornell on Feb. 11, 1967


Kennedy is memorialized at the ACC:


Kennedy Tribute:


Ted "Teeder" Kennedy Storybook:
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