 Formed in 1891, the storied Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team has left many legacies on the national, professional and international hockey scenes.Conn Smythe played for the Blues as a centre during his undergraduate years, and was a Blues coach from 1923 to 1926.When Smythe took over the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1927, his new team adopted the Varsity Blues' familiar blue-and-white sweater design.