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Damien Cox is a long-time columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's biggest newspaper. He has covered the Toronto Maple Leafs for over 15 years, as well as the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, and many other international hockey events. He won a National Newspaper Award for a series on hockey development in 1998. Cox has also worked extensively in radio and television in the past decade and has been a frequent contributor to The Hockey News and ESPN.com, among other publications and media outlets. For three years, he was co-host of Prime Time Sports, heard daily on The Fan 590 in Toronto, and on the Rogers radio network across Canada. Cox has been named three times to The Hockey News' "100 People of Power and Influence in Hockey."

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A clearly Canadian affair

There won't just be a massive, hangover-filled celebration of Canadian football in Calgary this weekend. The 97th Grey Cup, you see, will to a very large and wonderful extent also be a celebration of the Canadians who play the Canadian three-down game. ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jason Clermont,  Anaheim Ducks,  Ryan Getzlaf,  Kerry Joseph

Determined Leafs burn Caps

The plan was to suffocate Alex Ovechkin. With Francois Beauchemin requesting a chance to play against the Washington star as often as possible, and with Ovechkin struggling to catch his breath in the heavy air of the ACC, the Maple Leafs were able to ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Francois Beauchemin,  Ron Wilson,  Don Cherry,  Brooks Laich,  Mike Green

Cox: Clock ticking on Leaf coach Wilson

It is honourable and right for Brian Burke to stand by his coach, even more because he didn't hire Ron Wilson to guide the Maple Leafs. Too many times coaches get dumped for no particular reason other than because it's an easy thing to do and the ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brian Burke,  Phil Kessel,  John Mitchell,  Criss Angel,  Randy Carlyle

Cox: Phil Kessel shines amid Leaf gloom

One of the silver linings to an otherwise gloomy Maple Leaf season has been the remarkable health of the club so far. While other teams have been losing players by the bushel, the Leaf have only Mike Van Ryn gone indefinitely and Mike Komisarek ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Phil Kessel,  Mike Van Ryn,  Mike Komisarek,  Marc Savard,  John Mitchell

Cox: A tale of two NHL youngsters, Filatov and Schenn

Nikita Filatov, once viewed as exceptional, is now the exception. Precedent, of course, is always worth a headline, and in this case, the unusual decision Tuesday of the Columbus Blue Jackets to loan the 19-year-old Filatov to CSKA Moscow of the ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nikita Filatov,  Columbus Blue Jackets,  Jiri Hudler,  Luke Schenn,  Zach Bogosian

Leafs take another step back

Two superb individual efforts almost helped the Maple Leafs catch one of the NHL's top teams napping. But what Vesa Toskala and Phil Kessel were able to achieve – Toskala played his finest game of the season, Kessel scored two more goals to continue to ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chicago Blackhawks,  Ron Wilson,  Vesa Toskala,  Phil Kessel,  Minnesota Wild

Leafs subdued by impressive Blackhawks

Apparently, it was a blip. Yes, just a blip folks. Nothing to pay attention to. Victories and urgent efforts by the Maple Leafs last weekend against Carolina and then Detroit weren't, as it turns out, concrete indications that the club was finally ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chicago Blackhawks,  Ron Wilson,  John Mitchell,  Phil Kessel,  Jason Blake

Leafs face tough battle in hockey madhouse

CHICAGO – It's not as crazy and intimidating as it was in the old days of the Chicago Stadium. Not yet, anyway. But the new Madhouse on Madison St. — the United Center — will be noisy and unfriendly tonight for the Maple Leafs as they try to bounce ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Minnesota Wild,  Garnet Exelby,  Mike Komisarek,  Vesa Toskala,  Western Conference

Cox: Cause for cheer in Chicago

See, while the Maple Leafs, even in a losing season, are at the centre of many or most sporting debates in the GTA these days that don't involve the court-worthiness of Quincy Douby, they can come to the City of Broad Shoulders and in a heartbeat be ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chicago Blackhawks,  Quincy Douby,  Nike,  Tomas Kaberle,  Phil Kessel

Cox: Mike and the Monster: The inside story

After 20 knee surgeries, including one knee replacement, Mike Palmateer can't ever think about strapping on the pads again. "I'm actually walking pretty good these days, but I have to be careful," he said Wednesday from his car phone. "I'm pretty sure ...

From DAMIEN COX, Toronto Star,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brian Burke,  General Motors,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Texas Rangers,  George W. Bush

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