Toronto Maple Leafs in popular culture

The National Hockey League (NHL)'s Toronto Maple Leafs has been the point of subject for a number of media in Canadian popular culture, including artworks, books, novels, and songs.

[1] The rivalry between the Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens was also featured in the National Film Board of Canada's adaptation of The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier.

In Austin Powers in Goldmember, the ticker below the news item on a television reads, "Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup".

In 1971, Young and George Robertson co-wrote an adult hockey-romance novel, Face-off, about the experiences of a star rookie player, Billy Duke, with the Leafs.

Foster Hewitt provided the play-by-play of the game, with real player names used for the Leafs and Wayne and Shuster voiced the entire Mimico team.

[16] In the video for the hit Leo Sayer song “When I Need You” (1976), he walks on the beach in Brighton, U.K. wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater under his half done-up jacket.

On October 17, 2017, several days after the death of The Tragically Hip's lead singer Gord Downie, the Maple Leafs held a moment of silence prior to their game, as well as lower the banner of Barilko's retired number.

[19] In a rare French-language example, Québecois singer Bob Bissonnette praises the club, and the tradition of Hockey Night in Canada in his song 'Maple Leafs.'

Canadian musician Joni Mitchell also mentions the Leafs in the song “Raised on Robbery” which is featured on her 1974 album Court and Spark.

Comedian Mike Myers has often included references to the Toronto Maple Leafs in his films.
Roch Carrier , author of The Hockey Sweater , as a child in a Maple Leafs sweater.