Published May 03, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 1 minute read
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Alberta’s own Kurtis Stevenson, otherwise known as Kurtis from Alberta, might be the biggest Toronto Maple Leafs fan the team has ever had. At least according to his online reputation.
A self-proclaimed “born and raised small-town Albertan schmuck smashing beers and spreading cheers for the Leafs,” Stevenson is far from the home city of his favourite team. He resides in Redcliff — just west of Medicine Hat — a place of few Leafs fans, including his own family.
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“My son is actually an Oilers fan like most of the other people around me in Redcliff,” said Stevenson. His three daughters “don’t really care,” he said. “They are all in dance and not into hockey.”
He hails his wife as being “a saint” for allowing him to build his “dream man cave” in their basement. This is where he stores his memorabilia, a collection of more than 400 items. It includes 200 game-worn or signed jerseys, 80 game-worn helmets, 120 pairs of game-worn gloves and his prized possession, a beer dispensing Leafs fridge. Stevenson has been collecting memorabilia for 17 years.
Stevenson’s wife adds to and helps maintain the memorabilia-filled man cave by sewing a cape on a jersey, dressing mannequins and making custom Leafs shoes.
Hey everyone, I’m alive! Tough one tonight, showed some fight in the 3rd tho! Next! Been working on something massive! Can’t say anything yet but it’s definitely the coolest thing I’ve done in my life and something small town guys never get to do. I can’t wait to share it with… pic.twitter.com/WT4dKJdsWo
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As an Albertan, the expectation would be to cheer for the Oilers or Flames, but Stevenson says it was out of convenience that he became a Leafs fan. Growing up, he did not have cable so the only hockey he got the chance to watch was the early game every Saturday, which was the Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada on CBC.
Stevenson returned on Friday from watching the Leafs play in Toronto — coming home with a win, a hangover and no voice, a loss he credits to “a little too much passion last night.”
Well
I’m about to hop on a 4 hour flight and when I land in Alberta I have a 3 hour drive ahead of me. I have no voice and a nasty hangover ( I never get hangovers😂) doesn’t matter tho cause LEAAAAFS WON!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSIR! Cheers Leafsnation,to the Buds🍻🍻
IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER THAN BEATING THE LEAFS BUD???? 3-0 with the ol @CoorsBanquet
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM
NOTHER BEER.
GO LEAFS GO You can tear apart the rest of the league but I would appreciate if you could refer to the leafs as “daddy” until the end of the… pic.twitter.com/kdVwPUauF8