Rick Vaive, Toronto Maple Leafs

Former Toronto Maple Leafs Captain Rick Vaive talks about being the first Maple Leaf in franchise history to score 50 goals in a season [and doing it 3 seasons in a row], playing his first pro season in the WHA with the Birmingham [Alabama!] Bulls for John Brophy, those horrific Vancouver Canucks 'halloween' uniforms, how he found out he got traded from Vancouver to Toronto, his love for the souvlaki at John Anderson Hamburgers, how he was informed he was now the Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs [at age 22!], his respect for Borje Salming [and his gameday ski outings], grabbing the 'team suit' before he could visit Harold Ballard in his 'home office,' stylin' on the ice with a Cooper 'knucklebuster' helmet & a football collar, writing his memoir with Scott Morrison, visiting with Auston Matthews after AM34 broke his 40 year old single-season goals record, and how he originally got the nickname SQUID!

Rick’s memoir CATCH 22: MY BATTLES IN HOCKEY AND LIFE [co-authored with Scott Morrison] is available wherever you get your books!

Rick’s podcast with Mike Wilson SQUID & THE ULTIMATE LEAFS FAN is available wherever you get your podcasts!

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com

All episodes available at www.podpage.com/toronto-legends/episodes/

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