TORONTO -- It is a date Dakota Joshua will forever cherish.

And never forget.

For the Toronto Maple Leafs forward, it is fitting that November is Hockey Fights Cancer Month. After all, it was last November -- the 14th, to be exact -- when he was able to return to the game he loved after going through his own battle with the heinous disease.

On that special night, the 29-year-old was back on the ice with the Vancouver Canucks after fighting for his life, a journey that started with a diagnosis of testicular cancer in the summer of 2024 and included surgery that September.

Now, Joshua is a member of the Maple Leafs, having been acquired July 17 in a trade from the Canucks for a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.

He will be on the ice Monday, when the Maple Leafs host the Pittsb

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