Leafs unveil commemorative badge, will host St. Pats Night in 100th season

The Toronto Maple Leafs will turn back the clock in style next season.

The club announced plans to celebrate its 100th NHL campaign in a number of ways Thursday.

The Leafs will bring back the Toronto St. Pats uniforms on March 18, 2017, when they host the Chicago Blackhawks at Air Canada Centre. The franchise was known as the St. Pats from 1919-27 before Conn Smythe renamed them the Maple Leafs.

The St. Pats jerseys will be worn for the first time since 2002.

The centennial celebration will also include the addition of Dave Keon, Tim Horton, and Turk Broda to Legends Row and the NHL Centennial Classic - an outdoor game between the Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings at Toronto's BMO Field.

The 18 player banners hanging in the rafters at the ACC will also be updated, and the original ones will be sent to the players' home towns, according to Postmedia's Lance Hornby.