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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

For Boston, it’s clear that they miss Kessel’s offensive ability more than anything. Patrice Bergeron is the team’s leading scorer with 50 points, meanwhile Kessel is the Leafs top man with 55 points ...

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 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.