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Vengeance is sweet for hockey coach Punch Imlach - fired as general manager and coach of Toronto Maple Leafs - as he is hoisted triumphantly into the (...)
Vengeance is sweet for hockey coach Punch Imlach - fired as general manager and coach of Toronto Maple Leafs - as he is hoisted triumphantly into the (...)

Vengeance is sweet for hockey coach Punch Imlach - fired as general manager and coach of Toronto Maple Leafs - as he is hoisted triumphantly into the (...)

Date11/18/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Vengeance is sweet for hockey coach Punch Imlach - fired as general manager and coach of Toronto Maple Leafs - as he is hoisted triumphantly into the air by trainer Don Uren and gets ovation from 16:000 fans after his expansion team: the Buffalo Sabres: completed 7-2 slaughter of the Leafs.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0056512F
      It's official. Maple Leaf coach and general manager Punch Imlach making announcement of year's biggest hockey swap today at the Maple Leaf Gardens
      It's official. Maple Leaf coach and general manager Punch Imlach making announcement of year's biggest hockey swap today at the Maple Leaf Gardens
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      3/4/1968
      Rebuilding project: Punch Imlach: the Maple Leafs' embattled general manager: says the team has to be rebuilt from the bottom up
      Rebuilding project: Punch Imlach: the Maple Leafs' embattled general manager: says the team has to be rebuilt from the bottom up
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      11/18/1970
      Stricken Toronto Maple Leaf's genergal manager Punch Imlach
      Stricken Toronto Maple Leaf's genergal manager Punch Imlach
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      9/9/1981
      Punch Imlach: His book is extremely critical of Leafs and coach
      Punch Imlach: His book is extremely critical of Leafs and coach
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      1/5/1982
      What a shower and shampoo for coach as Leafs whoop it up: Uninhibited victors drown Punch Imlach in soap and water in dressing room shower
      What a shower and shampoo for coach as Leafs whoop it up: Uninhibited victors drown Punch Imlach in soap and water in dressing room shower
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      n.d.
      Getting down to work, Jim Gregory, new general manager of Maple Leafs, consults list of hockey prospects for team he inherits with firing of Punch Iml(...)
      Getting down to work, Jim Gregory, new general manager of Maple Leafs, consults list of hockey prospects for team he inherits with firing of Punch Iml(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      4/7/1969
      Punch would flip. Punch Imlach, the former coaching terror of the hockey Leafs, was an ardent foe of long hair and other mod attire. He would go into (...)
      Punch would flip. Punch Imlach, the former coaching terror of the hockey Leafs, was an ardent foe of long hair and other mod attire. He would go into (...)
      Eben, Mike, 1946-
      6/11/1969
      Grinning Punch Imlach savors the failure of the Maple Leaf team-and just adds to the frustration: Iaments a Toronto hockey fan
      Grinning Punch Imlach savors the failure of the Maple Leaf team-and just adds to the frustration: Iaments a Toronto hockey fan
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      4/11/1967
      Leaf coaches: Four men who have known the agony (John Brophy: Doug Carpenter: far right) and the ecstasy (Punch Imlach: left: Hap Day: second from left) that goes with coaching the Maple Leafs
      Leaf coaches: Four men who have known the agony (John Brophy: Doug Carpenter: far right) and the ecstasy (Punch Imlach: left: Hap Day: second from left) that goes with coaching the Maple Leafs
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      2/6/1980
      You're my man: Would that have been what Harold Ballard (right) was saying to Punch Imlach that day a couple of summers ago when Punch was reinstated to the position as Leaf general manager?
      You're my man: Would that have been what Harold Ballard (right) was saying to Punch Imlach that day a couple of summers ago when Punch was reinstated to the position as Leaf general manager?
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      7/24/1979
      End of an Era for Maple Leafs comes with firing of Punch Imlach by Stafford Smythe
      End of an Era for Maple Leafs comes with firing of Punch Imlach by Stafford Smythe
      Buffalo Sabres (Hockey team)
      11/5/1969
      New Maple Leafs coach is captain of hockey 'ship'
      New Maple Leafs coach is captain of hockey 'ship'
      Burns, Pat, 1952-2010
      5/29/1992