what sport do the toronto maple leafs play?
Ice Hockey
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 The most popular sport is ice hockey . The professional hockey team , the Montreal Canadiens , is one of the Original Six teams of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) , and has won an NHL @-@ record 24 Stanley Cup championships . The Canadiens ' most recent Stanley Cup victory came in 1993 . They have major rivalries with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins both of which are also Original Six hockey teams . The Canadiens have played at the Bell Centre since 1996 . Prior to that they played at the Montreal Forum . 

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 Toronto Maple Leafs ( National Hockey League ) – Valued at $ 1 @.@ 15 billion USD in 2015 , 3rd in the NHL 

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 Internationally , Canada had long been protesting the Soviet Union 's use of " professional amateurs " at the World Championships and the Olympic Games , which were amateur events . Canada withdrew from international competition in 1969 and boycotted the 1972 Olympic hockey tournament . As an alternative , NHL Players ' Association executive director Alan Eagleson negotiated a deal with Soviet authorities to hold an eight @-@ game series between the Soviet national team and Canada 's top professionals . 

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 Toronto FC games are exclusively broadcast by either the TSN or Sportsnet families of channels . Games that are not covered under national broadcast contracts with MLS or other competition organizers are divided evenly between the two broadcasters , pursuant to agreements between their parent companies ( Bell Canada and Rogers Communications respectively ) in connection to their joint 2011 purchase of MLSE . 

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 The Canadian Football League ( CFL ) , the sole major professional sports league in the United States and Canada to feature only teams from Canada , has made efforts to gain further audience in the United States , most directly through expansion into the country from 1993 to 1995 . The CFL plays Canadian football , which is somewhat different from the American football usual in the United States . 
