When Dakota Joshua puts on a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey for the first time, he'll be wearing a number that many fans are ...

After being traded from Vancouver Canucks to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dakota Joshua will now wear No. 81—the number once made ...

Maple Leafs' Dakota Joshua to Wear Phil Kessel's Number for Personal Reason originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Dakota ...

Dakota Joshua was recently acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Vancouver Canucks. He has chosen to wear No.

Phil Kessel throws shade at media after winning third Stanley Cup Kessel faced ridicule from the media throughout his time in Toronto, as the Maple Leafs’ star scorer from 2009 until 2015.

Phil Kessel as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images) "When you want to win, and everyone on the team wants to win, it’s a different feeling, a different vibe.

Kessel's streak of 990 straight games began on Oct. 31st, 2009, and now he's set to break the record on Tuesday night when Vegas visits the San Jose Sharks.

Kessel knows a thing or two about adversity, too. Some of it he has addressed head on -- in the name of cancer awareness, he might point to 2006 as the best example of when hurdles hit close to home.

Kessel, who has not spoken publicly about his relationship with Sullivan since being sent to the Coyotes, is believed to have requested a trade multiple times, although he has denied that.

Phil Kessel leaves game for child’s birth after extending ironman streak By Ryan Glasspiegel Published March 8, 2022, 9:24 p.m. ET ...

Phil Kessel #81 of the United States handles the puck during the 2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

Phil Kessel plays like a girl. Specifically, he plays like the 5-foot-5 blonde-haired, blue-eyed, right-handed shot at Minnesota, a rising star on the U.S.