Had legendary Toronto Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe been able to design the perfect man to personify his franchise in the 1930s and '40s, he could not have improved on Syl Apps. "Apps had more to ...

Syl Apps got nine stitches to his face after absorbing an elbow by a Richmond player in Trenton’s 1-0 win on Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum, but refused to come out of the match. Yesterday ...

Apps, of the affluent Toronto suburb of Unionville, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Dartmouth psychology grad and cookbook collector. Her father, Syl Jr., played 10 NHL seasons in the 1970s. Her ...

This week features the popular "Then and Now" segment comparing Syl Apps, the iconic captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs from yesteryear, with current captain Auston Matthews. At first look ...

To top it off, Apps comes from a long line of hockey royalty; her grandfather was Canadian hockey player and Hockey Hall of Famer Syl Apps, and her father, Syl Apps Jr., played for the New York ...

Syl Apps was one of a number of Pittsburgh Penguins who showed firepower in the 1970s. “We were definitely more of an offensive hockey team,” said Apps, 61, a center with the Penguins for ...

Apps is a third-generation hockey player. Her grandfather was Hockey Hall of Famer Syl Apps, a longtime center for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Her father was NHL player Syl Apps Jr., who played for ...

Not so, according to Syl Apps Jr. “There was never really a hockey presence in my house,” he says. “The emphasis was on education. I didn’t even know my dad played in the NHL until I was ...

The other two are Toronto Maple Leafs legend Syl Apps in 1945 and Detroit Red Wings icon Sid Abel in 1946. Both Apps and Abel missed over 1,000 games not for injury, but to fight in World War II.