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s fe tx oh tobexbuosfaninithespring ct j- f rjffc- v byjohncudmore sports editor 5- ftx v f the ottawa senators had any sense whatsoever theyd be i better off packing up their l hockey gearvright now and dusting off jhe golf clubs v c j that is the consensus of hockey fans uvthis area at least as the toronto maple leafs are an over- whelming choice to advance to the second round of the stanley cup v playoffs jt- s v simply its leaf fever and an undying loyalty to a franchise which sincetts last stanley cupwin iri 1967 has caused more -heart- z break than joy to its everfaithful fan base the leafs are going to barely get by ottawain six or seven games- offers timpearsbhia graded stu- dent arid if ought to be rioted a j walkinghockey encyclopedia at glen cedar public school in newmarket j my dad says they have too manyeuropeansand not enough canadians that doesnt prevent the 10- i yearold who counts team captain mats suridina swede among lus favourite leafs from predicting a big effort f from c another local predictmgtheliafswjastmtdthe second round id like tosee them- go all the way but ifall depends on netminder curtis joseph that injury to forwardik antrbpov is scary though paul titanic is coach of the markhahi waxers aaa- major novices arid assistant coach at brother- andre catholic f school ju- a leafs fansincel967tuanic has vivid memories of george armstrong scoring ari erriptynet goal to clinchtiie leafs laststanley cup over the montreal canadiens arid of dave kedn being presented the corin srnythe trophy for being the mvp of foe playoffs j i -f- the leafs amaierite theyre wellcoached teafnpat quinn gets tiie but of the playersthat he has guys like steve thohias and v jonas hoglurid are castoffs from- bther teams and with the leafs theyreori thefirst line theyve sur- 1 prised- me with how well theyve playedthey should have won last nighvmoridaysthirdgame f but titanic js also a realist c even though im a big leafs fan i think theymight lose in the sec- ond round 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time leafs fan but i think the leafs will win the j series i think itll go six of severf games being canadian and all it would be remiss to jieglect the refresh- merit stand er beer store where garrie night means heavier volumes of traffic than normal particularly as faceoff time hears idiiririg the regular season its the baridwagon explains- pat cormier manager of- two newrnarket beeif stores s trieves definitely m6re busi- ness when theres a leafs game on that night r v ri with files from mike hayakawd v v vcjtv -v- r i staff p somervillej s peter evinsvicepresident of icon i digim productions of markharn7shows off his leafssidewalk mat which is beingtlisplayedbnanumberoftorontdsidewalksr taking tft tottrestfeei by patrick casey staff writer- with the onset of the nhl play offs the toronto maple leafs are everywhere- v even beneathour feet a stroll through torontos i downtown core reveals a series of v wanted to put nike and the leafs on every street corner of the city said icon vicepresiderit j peter evans who formed theeom- pariywith juan lau and peter yeungfrjl jr j success has followed the com pany withsales increasing 136 per sidewalk graphic signs depicting 9 m eachof the past fouryear animage ofcurtisjosephs cujo- c you put the maple leafs tkemedjg6alie maskras weuasa v nike swoqshat ground goleafs go banner oh every level you can expect to get a bit of 7 corner of yohge street frorri a reactioneyans s- frorit street north toegliriton- itsatotoffuntodouwiththe avenue v- leafs in theplayoffs andeyeryone instaued to celebrate torontos being so excited aboutjt itsjke a fprayjntotfie postseason against xbig ppstit nqfethatsticks on- g round opponents j -ground- c lc v their opening frorri ottawa the graphics are the printed on removable vinyl the creation of an upstart markham textured fimslf emulatesthe char printingtfinrt that stepped int6a concrete more new medium withithe helpof importantly ats not slidpery a some emerging technology safety feature that 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