{"id":835700,"date":"2026-07-31T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835700\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:30:18","slug":"danfords-day-with-the-calder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835700\/","title":{"rendered":"Danford\u2019s day with the Calder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ben-danford-1.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Danford's day with the Calder Cup\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Danford brings the Calder Cup to Danford Construction (Photo: Toronto Marlies)<\/p>\n<p>It was a week of celebrating for Madoc\u2019s Ben Danford.<\/p>\n<p>This week the Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick got an opportunity to celebrate with the AHL Championship trophy, known as the Calder Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He visited the Belleville fitness facility he utilizes while home, his family construction company, along with spending time with family and friends in Centre Hastings.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Marlies defeated the Chicago Wolves to win the league title for 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1827.cms.socastsrm.com\/?attachment_id=388635\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-388635 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388635\" class=\"size-full wp-image-388635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ben-danford-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1816\" height=\"1816\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-388635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Crowhurst (Momentous Athletics\/World Elite Training), Donovan McCoy (Providence College -NCAA), Ethan Miedema (Bemidji State \u2013 NCAA), Dalton Bancroft (Milwaukee Admirals -AHL), Ben Danford, Nick Cousins (Ottawa Senators), Braedyn Rogers (RIT \u2013 NCAA), Aaron Brown (St Francis Xavier \u2013 CIS), Donovan Sebrango (Florida Panthers), Leah Toffelmire (Kingston Frontenacs Therapist) (Photo: Toronto Marlies)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1827.cms.socastsrm.com\/?attachment_id=388636\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-388636 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388636\" class=\"size-full wp-image-388636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ben-danford-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1816\" height=\"1816\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-388636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Crowhurst (Momentous Athletics\/ World Elite Training) and Ben Danford (Photo: Toronto Marlies)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1827.cms.socastsrm.com\/?attachment_id=388637\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-388637 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-388637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ben-danford-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1816\" height=\"1816\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-388637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends gather with Ben Danford to celebrate an AHL Championship (Photo: Toronto Marlies)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1827.cms.socastsrm.com\/?attachment_id=388634\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-388634 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388634\" class=\"size-full wp-image-388634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ben-danford-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2420\" height=\"2420\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-388634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family and friends gather with Ben Danford and the AHL Championship trophy (Photo: Toronto Marlies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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