Montreal Maroons

•Another cool colorizing & restoration job I was contracted to do.  The Montreal Maroons!  They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935. They were the last non-Original Six team to win the Stanley Cup until the expansion Philadelphia Flyers won in 1974.  Founded as a team for the English community in Montreal, they shared their home city with the Canadiens, who eventually came under the same ownership as the Maroons but were intended to appeal to the French Canadian population. This was the first time since 1918, when the Montreal Wanderers folded, that Montreal would have a second hockey team. In order to accommodate the Maroons, a new arena was built for them in 1924, the Montreal Forum. The Maroons were a highly competitive team, winning the Stanley Cup twice and finishing first in their division twice more. Some of the best players of the era played for the Maroons; eleven players would be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, while five of the six head coaches of the Maroons were also honoured.  Financial difficulties resulting from the Great Depression led to the Maroons suspending play after 1938. Despite efforts to revive the team, the franchise was cancelled in 1947, leaving the Canadiens as the sole team in Montreal. Since the Maroons' demise, no NHL team that has won a Stanley Cup at any point in its history has subsequently folded or relocated.

 

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Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial

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• With the Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial coming up I've been busy working with a few groups in Toronto restoring and colourizing 75+ year old photographs of Maple Leafs greats that have long since past.  It's been a humbling experience being a part of a project like this.  Honestly I've never been a Maple Leafs fan but I know how rich and great their history is and how import this up coming season is to the organization.  Here are a few example of some of the images in the process of being colourized.

Home is where the heart is

• I can't express in words how great it feel to be back home on the West coast.  Even though my address on my drivers license said Toronto, ON the past 6 years I always referred to the West coast as home.  However I wouldn't give up nor do I regret my time spent in the Big Smoke.  My one regret is that it took me moving away to realize how much this part of country meant to me, how special and rare loyal friendship is and how import family is.  I happy and content with all of my accomplishments in Toronto and to the people there that help reach those heights I thank you from the bottom of my heart.