A stalwart with the Marlies defence has signed a new contract with the Maple Leafs. It was announced on Monday that defenceman Korbinian Holzer has a new one-year contract with the Leafs.

The 24-year-old native of Munich, Germany played 67 regular season games with the Toronto Marlies last season. He recorded 20 points (one goal, 19 assists) along with 68 PIMs and a plus seven rating. Holzer played in all 17 playoff games where he had five points and a plus two rating.

Holzer was recalled a couple of times this past season by ...

Cody Franson was back at school Friday … the Leafs Hockey School that is. The Leafs defenceman was in town to help out on-ice activities for the day at MasterCard Centre.

“It’s fun, that was me back in the day and I haven’t forgotten those days and how much fun they are for kids,” Franson said.

It isn’t the only time this summer that Franson will be working with youngsters as they learn the game of hockey. He and Shea Weber help out at the Sicamous hockey school every August in British ...

The Maple Leafs will have six selections at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft beginning with the 5th selection Friday (7pm on TSN).

Here is a full rundown of what picks the Leafs have per round:

 *Toronto acquired a third-round pick in 2010 from Los Angeles in exchange for a third round pick in 2012 (June 26, 2010). Nashville later acquired Toronto’s third-round pick in 2012 and a sixth-round pick in 2011 from Los Angeles in exchange for a third-round pick in 2011. (June 25, 2011)

**Toronto acquired David Steckel from New Jersey in ...

This year’s Kraft Hockeyville winner was Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario and in addition to hosting a 2012-13 NHL preseason game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets on October 3, the community also receives the $100,000 prize for arena upgrades from Kraft. 

The Krafty Hockeyvill celebration will not only be a big day for the community but the week leading up will have plenty of events in the Stirling-Rawdon area. For all the latest check out Kraft Hockeyville on Facebook.

Celebrating Kraft Canada’s cheque presentation to the Stirling-Rawdon Kraft Hockeyville Committee in ...

The London Knights have guaranteed themselves at least a berth in the Memorial Cup semi-finals on Friday following a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings. Check out the highlights

Leafs prospect Greg McKegg finally scored his first goal in the win since April 11th against Saginaw. McKegg had been dealing with a shoulder injury that cost him the conference final against Kitchener.

“It’s been a long time, but I never got down,” McKegg told the Toronto Sun. “Sure, there were some missed chances and rehab on the shoulder was tough, but ...

The 2012 World Hockey Championships came to a close over the weekend with Russia winning the Gold medal over Slovakia 6-2. In the Bronze medal game, the Czech Republic defeated 3-2.

Nikolai Kulemin had one shot on net in the Gold Medal victory playing just over 12 minutes. He finished the tournament with four points in 10 games with a +4 rating while averaging 14:21 per game.

Prospect Leo Komarov had one goal in the tournament with a minus 1 rating as he saw over 13 minutes a game. Komarov earlier in ...

The quarter-finals at the 2012 World Hockey Championships began Thursday with Canada being eliminated after suffering a 4-3 loss to Slovakia. It was the third straight season that Canada has been bounced during the quarter-final.

Canada led 3-2 with just over seven minutes to play when Milan Bartovic tied the game at 13:25. As Canada was killing off a penalty to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan Getzlaf was given a kneeing major with 17:28 gone in the period. It took Slovakia four seconds to score the winning goal.

Leafs defenceman Dion Phaneuf ended the tournament with a ...

The 2012 World Hockey Championships are starting to wind down with the quarter-final games all set. Team Canada finished first in the Helsinki group and they will now face Slovakia Thursday.  With Canada finishing first in the group, they can’t face the powerful Russians until the final which is Sunday May 20. The other match ups include: Finland vs. USA, Russia vs. Norway and Sweden vs. Czech Republic.

Four of the five Maple Leafs playing in the tournament have advanced with Mikhail Grabovski and Belarus being the only one to see their ...

There will be one Leafs prospect taking part in the 2012 Memorial Cup as Greg McKegg and the London Knights are OHL Champions. The Knights defeated the Niagara Ice Dogs in five games including winning the final four games of the series. Check out the highlights of the clinching win.

London will now join the Saint John Sea Dogs, Edmonton Oil Kings and the host Shawinigan Cataractes in the tournament which begins May 18. You can watch the entire tournament on Sportsnet. London plays their two round robin games on May ...

This is a big weekend for the CHL playoffs as the final two spots for the Memorial Cup could be determined. Tonight, Leafs prospect Greg McKegg and the London Knights could eliminate the Niagara Ice Dogs in the OHL final. You can watch the game on Sportsnet beginning at 7pm.

In the WHL, the Edmonton Oil Kings defeated Brad Ross and the Portland Winterhawks in Game 5 4-3 Thursday to take a 3-2 series lead. The last three games in the series have all been determined by 4-3 scores. The series ...