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As with most of the media landscape, change has become the norm…and at the end of the Toronto Maple Leafs playoff run, the longtime broadcast crew of Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph signed off and appeared to be sending signals that their run as the club’s play by play and color commentating team may have run it’s course.
According to Thursday’s Toronto Sun, , sources indicate that a new contract with Sportsnet, TSN and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is being worked out for next season, but at this point nothing has been confirmed.
Bowen has doing radio broadcasts for more than 40 years and has partnered with Ralph for more than two decades.
Day 5 of Leafs Devo Camp. Sheldon Keefe taking in the action and some words from new Marlie coach John Gruden later. pic.twitter.com/AM2vfq7q7H
— Lance Hornby 🇺🇦 (@sunhornby) July 7, 2023
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The Toronto Marlies announced on Friday that they have re-signed defensemen Matthew Hellickson, Tommy Miller and Matteo Pietroniro and forwards Zach Solow and Keenan Suthers to one-year AHL contracts.
Hellickson, 25, recorded six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in 30 games with the Marlies this past season and also appeared in five games with the Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL). Miller, 24, split this past season between the Marlies and the Growlers, picking up seven assists in 40 games with Toronto. He had six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 15 games with the Growlers. Pietroniro, 24, played in 51 games this past season with the Marlies, registering one goal and two assists. He also had one goal and one assist in seven playoff games.
Solow, 24, recorded 42 points (14 goals, 28 assists) in 42 games with the Growlers. He also appeared in 23 games with the Marlies, picking up two goals and two assists. Suthers, 25, appeared in 56 games with the Growlers, registering 40 points (18 goals, 22 assists). He also had seven goals and six assists in 16 playoff games.