Legendary Toronto Maple Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen plans to call it a career after the 2025-2026 season. The broadcaster, who famously coined the catchphrase “Holy Mackinaw!” says he will have called more than 3,800 games for the Leafs by then. In a post to social media, the Sudbury native thanked his colleagues and fans for a decades-long career that has spanned both television and radio, more recently. “You are the most loyal and demonstrative fans on the face of the Earth!! I can not THANK YOU enough!! I sincerely hope that this will be the “One Before I Am Done” Season for the Leafs as they chase that elusive Cup,” the 74-year-old wrote. Bowen got the job in 1982 after working as the play-by-play announcer for the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves and the AHL’s Nova Scotia Voyageurs. The Leafs exited the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second round following a Game 7 loss to the reigning champion Florida Panthers. The Leafs haven’t won the Cup since 1967, when Bowen was in his second year of high school.
