“In his 1500th game, Assistant Equipment Manager Tom Blatchford got the belt ” Behind The Scenes Work Gets Some Love
April 13, 2025
“In his 1500th game, Assistant Equipment Manager Tom Blatchford got the belt ” Behind The Scenes Work Gets Some Love
26 comments
TOM BLATCHFORD UPVOTE PARTY!!!!!
Didn’t even know congrats to him, well deserved
Nice to see the support staff getting some love (I still wish the Video team would win once)
There better be a hand on Tom’s thigh here.
Hell yeah
Benny’s posing like his parents are gonna stick this photo on the kitchen fridge and I love it
Thumbs up from Laughton
Nylander and Matthews both shirtless, as is our custom.
What an awful looking dressing room! House league hockey, Carolina.
It’s always great seeing the back of house crew getting recognised. Especially the equipment guys, always great fun to watch the really good ones working behind the bench (Leafs or otherwise). They’re so dialed in you can see them watching the game and constantly moving their hand between backup sticks depending on who is making the play. Or someone comes off the ice and in a couple of seconds they’ve got fresh blades on their skates.
I love this so very much!! Thanks for your service Tom!!
Classy
OP, any chance you can sneak the high-resolution image out of twitter? (I don’t know how twitter works, disregard if it’s a stupid question)
fantastic!
lol its kinda funny, Holmberg actually got robbed of a belt TWICE against Carolina,
he scored in the last Carolina game but the belt went to Steeves for scoring his first NHL Goal
and this time they gave it to the equipment manager (not that 1500 games isnt a major milestone)
Carlo must have been taking a dump. Don’t see him
This is hilarious
This is so heartwarming
Also did the math, this man has been equipment managing for almost two decades?
Holy fuck boys. this is the best Pic ever. end of the season and they’re glazing the Equipment guy! this is the stuff of legends
nah give it to woll. blatchford was invisible on the ice tonight
Sammy put it on his instagram story. Classy
Who is the guy with the backwards hat above Tanev? Is that Mermis?
Real question, do playoff games count?
Classy move fellas. This has been fun to watch us turn into this style of team.
Willie with the tarps off, as per usual! Haha
Nice. Is this the same guy who quickly summoned a stick for Marner that one time in OT when he lost his on the play and rushed past the bench to grab the new one and used it to score and win the game?
Edit: I looked it up for nostalgia (wow 6 years???). I got two things wrong. He used the stick to assist the goal, and it was in the dying seconds to send the game to OT. https://youtu.be/nCiUxG7e0RA?si=BArnoreTcou4padx
” Behind The Scenes Work Gets Some Love
26 comments
TOM BLATCHFORD UPVOTE PARTY!!!!!
Didn’t even know congrats to him, well deserved
Nice to see the support staff getting some love (I still wish the Video team would win once)
There better be a hand on Tom’s thigh here.
Hell yeah
Benny’s posing like his parents are gonna stick this photo on the kitchen fridge and I love it
Thumbs up from Laughton
Nylander and Matthews both shirtless, as is our custom.
What an awful looking dressing room! House league hockey, Carolina.
It’s always great seeing the back of house crew getting recognised. Especially the equipment guys, always great fun to watch the really good ones working behind the bench (Leafs or otherwise). They’re so dialed in you can see them watching the game and constantly moving their hand between backup sticks depending on who is making the play. Or someone comes off the ice and in a couple of seconds they’ve got fresh blades on their skates.
I love this so very much!! Thanks for your service Tom!!
Classy
OP, any chance you can sneak the high-resolution image out of twitter? (I don’t know how twitter works, disregard if it’s a stupid question)
fantastic!
lol its kinda funny, Holmberg actually got robbed of a belt TWICE against Carolina,
he scored in the last Carolina game but the belt went to Steeves for scoring his first NHL Goal
and this time they gave it to the equipment manager (not that 1500 games isnt a major milestone)
Carlo must have been taking a dump. Don’t see him
This is hilarious
This is so heartwarming
Also did the math, this man has been equipment managing for almost two decades?
Holy fuck boys. this is the best Pic ever. end of the season and they’re glazing the Equipment guy!
this is the stuff of legends
nah give it to woll. blatchford was invisible on the ice tonight
Sammy put it on his instagram story. Classy
Who is the guy with the backwards hat above Tanev? Is that Mermis?
Real question, do playoff games count?
Classy move fellas. This has been fun to watch us turn into this style of team.
Willie with the tarps off, as per usual! Haha
Nice. Is this the same guy who quickly summoned a stick for Marner that one time in OT when he lost his on the play and rushed past the bench to grab the new one and used it to score and win the game?
Edit: I looked it up for nostalgia (wow 6 years???). I got two things wrong. He used the stick to assist the goal, and it was in the dying seconds to send the game to OT.
https://youtu.be/nCiUxG7e0RA?si=BArnoreTcou4padx