Today in History

This Saturday past (April 20) we celebrated a momentous day in history. No, it’s not what you think, get over yourself. No matter how far you march or how many posters you hang no one is going to “legalize it”, just get a real job and move on.

No, this was a day for all true Canadians to mark on their calendars. It’s finally safe to dig up that jersey you buried in the back yard so long ago because after nine years the Toronto Maple Leafs have finally made the play-offs!

For the less sports savvy of the world there are 30 teams in the National Hockey League between the Eastern and Western conferences and of those thirty, eight will advance from each conference. So as you can see over 50% of all the teams earn a spot in the play-offs, not all that hard right? It shouldn’t be unless your colours are blue and white.

But that’s all in the past now because this time they’ve done it.

Fair warning though, don’t get too excited. The Leafs haven’t won a Stanley Cup since before we landed on the moon (1967 to be exact). But let’s all hope for the best because the city of Toronto allegedly has big plans for this once in a lifetime opportunity: converting the CN tower into a giant goal light to celebrate their team. Opinions differ on how big of a waste of money that is considering they’ll never get a chance to use it, but it’s good fun all the same.