21.   The trophy bears the maple leaf, which also adorns the Canadian flag.

22.   The wind is kicking the maple leaves wrong side out.

23.   There is scarcely a child in Canada unfamiliar with the image of a scarlet-coated Mountie on a black horse with a maple leaf stenciled on its rump.

24.   Very good players get a brand-new sweater decorated with a huge Canadian maple leaf, while a bunch of not-so-bad players do not.

25.   While Ekati diamonds sold at Birks are etched with a polar bear, the Ikuma and Aurias stones feature a tiny maple leaf.

26.   With the maple leaves already fluttering to the ground, and the snow spreading down the mountainsides, there will be no more fighting before April.

27.   Rhodes is still wearing the black-and-red mask -- complete with a Canadian maple leaf -- he used last season with the Senators.