The Toronto Maple Leafs announced with heavy hearts today the passing of Phil Samis. Samis was a member of the Stanley Cup winning Toronto Maple Leafs in 1948. He was 94 at the time of his passing, and was the oldest living Leafs Stanley Cup Champion until then.
Toronto Daily Star hockey writer Red Burnett wrote about Samis' playing style in 1948. "He is a quiet, unassuming chappie off the ice. Put a pair of skates on him and he becomes a belligerent warrior who neither asks nor gives a quarter."
