Maggie was born and hand-raised at the
Bowmanville Zoo in
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. At the zoo, she was trained to spin a wheel. In 2003, several executives and expert panelists from the Canadian sports broadcaster
TSN decided they would "do something random" with their show, and they ended up bringing Maggie onto their broadcasts to make predictions. While the expert panelists all overwhelmingly favored the reigning Stanley Cup champion and number-two seed
Detroit Red Wings to defeat the seventh-seeded
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round of the
2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Maggie spun a wheel and selected the Ducks. Maggie's best year was 2006. While she incorrectly selected the
Edmonton Oilers to defeat the
Carolina Hurricanes for the championship, she still finished first out of a panel made up of
Bob McKenzie,
Pierre McGuire, and
Bill Berg. In 2008, she made eight correct predictions out of 15. In the first round of the
2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Maggie went a disappointing 2–6. She continued to disappoint during the rest of the playoffs, but for her first time, she selected the
Stanley Cup winner correctly. ==Method==