The Toronto Maple Leafs

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
1.Buff*	82	53	22	7	113
2.NJ*	82	49	24	9	107
3.Atl*	82	43	28	11	97
4.Ott	82	48	25	9	105
5.Pitts	82	47	24	11	105
6.NYR	82	42	30	10	94
7.TB	82	44	33	5	93
8. NYI	82	40	30	12	92
9. Tor	82	40	31	11	91
10.Mon	82	42	34	6	90
11.Car	82	40	34	8	88
12.Flor	82	35	31	16	86
13.Bos	82	35	41	6	76
14.Wash	82	28	40	14	70
15.Phi	82	22	48	12	56

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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Game 40 - Leafs 2 Senators 3

1st Period Summary
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Alexander Steen (4), from Jeff O`Neill and Tomas Kaberle at 18:54.

Penalties
7:37 Ottawa Antoine Vermette - 2 minutes for holding
11:16 Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for interference
16:26 Ottawa Antoine Vermette - 4 minutes for high-sticking

2nd Period Summary
Ottawa Short-Handed Goal - Dean McAmmond (5), from Chris Kelly and Anton Volchenkov at 5:37.

Penalties
5:03 Ottawa Brian McGrattan - 2 minutes for tripping
11:45 Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for high-sticking
17:50 Toronto Matt Stajan - 2 minutes for holding the stick

3rd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Boyd Devereaux (1), from Bates Battaglia at 13:40.
Ottawa Goal - Chris Kelly (6), from Wade Redden and Brian McGrattan at 17:54.

Penalties
8:53 Ottawa Chris Kelly - 2 minutes for hooking
11:40 Toronto Brendan Bell - 2 minutes for holding the stick

Overtime Summary
Ottawa Goal - Chris Phillips (4), from Dany Heatley and Chris Kelly at 2:39.

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 OT Total
Ottawa 9 10 12 3 34
Toronto 20 13 11 1 45

Team Power Play
Ottawa 0 of 4
Toronto 1 of 5

Ottawa Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Ray Emery 45 2 43 .956 62:39

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 34 3 31 .912 62:33

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Game 39 - Leafs 1 Penguins 4

1st Period Summary
Pittsburgh Power-Play Goal - Erik Christensen (7), from Sidney Crosby and Michel Ouellet at 19:24.

Penalties
Toronto Kris Newbury - 2 minutes for tripping
Toronto Matt Stajan - 2 minutes for hooking
Toronto Alexander Steen - 2 minutes for hooking
Pittsburgh Sidney Crosby - 2 minutes for cross-checking
Pittsburgh Bench - 2 minutes served by Ouellet too many men
Toronto Carlo Colaiacovo - 2 minutes for slashing

2nd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Mats Sundin (16), from Boyd Devereaux and Bates Battaglia at 10:40.

Penalties
Pittsburgh Evgeni Malkin - 2 minutes for high-sticking
Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for holding
Pittsburgh Michel Ouellet - 2 minutes for high-sticking
Toronto Ben Ondrus - 5 minutes for fighting
Pittsburgh Jarkko Ruutu - 5 minutes for fighting
Toronto John Pohl - 2 minutes for holding
Pittsburgh Bench - 2 minutes served by Ruutu too many men
Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for tripping

3rd Period Summary
Pittsburgh Power-Play Goal - Sergei Gonchar (6), from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin at 0:53.
Pittsburgh Power-Play Goal - Evgeni Malkin (18), from Sergei Gonchar and Sidney Crosby at 6:54.
Pittsburgh Goal - Jordan Staal (11), unassisted at 12:57.

Penalties
Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for hooking
Toronto Pavel Kubina - 2 minutes for throwing stick
Toronto Chad Kilger - 2 minutes for roughing
Pittsburgh Ryan Malone - 2 minutes for roughing
Pittsburgh Alain Nasreddine - 2 minutes for tripping
Pittsburgh Evgeni Malkin - 2 minutes for hooking
Toronto Matt Stajan - 2 minutes for holding
Toronto Boyd Devereaux - 2 minutes for hooking

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Toronto 7 16 8 31
Pittsburgh 5 11 14 30

Team Power Play
Toronto 0 of 6
Pittsburgh 3 of 10

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Jean-Sebastien Aubin 30 4 26 .867 60:00

Pittsburgh Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury 31 1 30 .968 59:58

Friday, December 29, 2006

Maple Leaf Roster Notes

It's been a few days since I've written anything, and a there have been several developments over the past couple days involving the Toronto Marlies roster...errr, I mean the Toronto Maple Leafs roster.

Nik Antropov is expected back sooner than originally thought...errr, who knows when he'll be back.

Kyle Wellwood went from day-to-day to week-to-week with his groin injury. He is one player the Leafs definitely miss as he is one of the few who has an offensive upside. John Pohl has seen his ice time and production increase since taking a more offensive role in Wellwood's absence. Pohl is proving me wrong on my original assessment of giving him more ice time.

Darcy Tucker injured his foot and is questionable for tonight's game. Boyd Devereaux was called up in-case Tucker can't go. Yes, that would be the first round bust, journeyman forward Boyd Devereaux. Get well soon Darcy. I think if Tucker can put a skate on, he'll be playing. It would take a lot for Tucker to miss a game.

Mike Peca is out for a 3-4 months, although he stated yesterday he's looking at it as weeks and not months. Okay, we'll switch it to weeks then, he'll be out for 12-16 weeks. A cast will be on his leg for 6 weeks, there will be a ton of rehab for both his broken leg and knee injury.

Alexei Ponikarovsky is still out as well. So the Marlies Maple Leafs starting forwards for tonight's game could be; Sundin, Suglobov, O'Neill, Belak, Steen, Stajan, Kilger, Battaglia, Ondrus, Devereaux, Newbury, and Pohl. Yikes! J.S. Aubin will be making the start tonight.

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Leafs - Wild Highlights

Game 39 - Leafs 4 Wild 3

1st Period Summary
Minnesota Goal - Kurtis Foster (2), from Joel Ward at 2:53.
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Mats Sundin (15), from John Pohl and Tomas Kaberle at 18:58.

Penalties
12:32 Minnesota Brian Rolston - 2 minutes for tripping
18:46 Minnesota Mikko Koivu - 2 minutes for holding stick
19:21 Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for tripping

2nd Period Summary
Minnesota Goal - Wes Walz (4), from Branko Radivojevic and Pascal Dupuis at 11:47.
Toronto Penalty-Shot Goal - John Pohl (5) at 12:44.

Penalties
8:08 Toronto Jeff O`Neill - 2 minutes for goaltender interference
10:10 Minnesota Derek Boogaard - 10 minutes for misconduct

3rd Period Summary
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Alexander Steen (3), from Ian White and Pavel Kubina at 3:49.
Minnesota Power-Play Goal - Brian Rolston (17), from Todd White and Kim Johnsson at 9:32.
Toronto Goal - Jeff O`Neill (12), from Bryan McCabe and Mats Sundin at 17:42.

Penalties
2:12 Minnesota Brent Burns - 2 minutes for cross-checking
4:23 Toronto Bates Battaglia - 2 minutes for holding
7:45 Toronto Carlo Colaiacovo - 2 minutes for interference
13:50 Minnesota Kim Johnsson - 2 minutes for holding stick

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Minnesota 9 6 6 21
Toronto 13 8 15 36

Team Power Play
Minnesota 1 of 4
Toronto 2 of 4

Minnesota Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Manny Fernandez 36 4 32 .889 59:09

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 21 3 18 .857 59:45

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Peca Suffers Serious Injuries

The 3-1 loss to the Blackhawks last night is just a minor issue compared to the injury sustained by Mike Peca. Peca torn is MCL ligament in his right knee and fractured his tibia. Peca collided knee-on-knee with Jim Vandermeer, who was given a 5-minute major and a game misconduct. Leaf Jeff O'Neill was obviously not impressed with Vandermeer,

"It's tough when you see a guy [Vandermeer] who can barely play in this league take out one of the best players in this league,"

Game 36 - Leafs 1 Blackhawks 3

First Period Scoring
1, Toronto Power-Play Goal - John Pohl (4), from Tomas Kaberle and Mats Sundin at 15:59.

Penalties
Jim Vandermeer, Chicago (kneeing, game misconduct), 14:43
James Wisniewski, Chicago (roughing), 19:30.

Second Period Scoring
2, Chicago Short-Handed Goal - Bryan Smolinski (8), from Denis Arkhipov and Duncan Keith at 11:03.

Penalties
Duncan Keith, Chicago (hooking), 3:40
Matt Stajan, Toronto (hooking), 7:09
Michael Holmqvist, Chicago (holding), 10:13
Martin Havlat, Chicago (hooking), 12:56
Tuomo Ruutu, Chicago (hooking), 19:47.

Third Period Scoring
3, Chicago Goal - Peter Bondra (2), from Jassen Cullimore and Michael Holmqvist at 5:37. NOTE: Peter Bondra scores his 500th career goal.
4, Chicago Goal - Brent Seabrook (2), unassisted at 17:16.

Penalties
Ben Ondrus, Toronto (slashing), 3:08
Bryan McCabe, Toronto (tripping), 10:44
Adrian Aucoin, Chicago (holding), 13:34.

Power Play Conversion
Toronto 1-8.Chicago 0-3.

Goaltenders
Toronto, Jean-Sebastien Aubin 3-25-.880.
Chicago, Nikolai Khabibulin 1-26-.962.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Two Recalled

With the possibility of Kyle Wellwood and Alexei Ponikarovsky not being able to play tonight against the Blackhawks, forwards Ben Ondrus and Alex Suglobov were recalled from the Toronto Marlies. If both Wellwood and Ponikarovsky are unable to go, I don't see both Ondrus and Suglobov being inserted into the lineup. Wade Belak would most likely get the nod ahead of one of the two.

No Holiday Cheer at Leaf Practices

Tuesday's loss to the Florida Panthers was pretty painful, but not as bad as Maple Leaf practices have become. On Wednesday, Kyle Wellwood strained his groin muscle and is questionable for tonight's game. Yesterday it was Alexei Ponikarovsky's turn to injure himself. The big 225 pounder caught a rut in the ice and crashed heavily into the boards, injuring his left shoulder/upper arm. He immediately went to get x-rays, no word yet on the extent of the injury.

So, Leaf practices have knocked 3 players out in the last couple of weeks. Nik Antropov has been out with an ankle injury after catching a rut in the ice. Maybe this is a sign to do something about the ice at their practice facility.

Not Leaf Related…But Funny

This is a pretty funny video clip from last year about Jamie McLennan, then of the Florida Panthers, on being the backup for Roberto Luongo.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Not the Net thing Again?

Why are they getting into this 'larger net' talk again? Will increasing the goal total by a couple goals a game make it more bearable to watch? Probably not. There would still be no hitting, way too many power plays and some teams would still play the same boring, defensive style. Sure, goalies are larger than they were years ago, but they are not the problem with the game. Their equipment was getting out-of-hand, so the NHL put restrictions on it. The style of game is the problem, there are only a handful of teams that are exciting to watch. Would larger nets make a Columbus-New Jersey better? Not a chance. Both teams try to lull their opponents to sleep and hope they catch a break.

Increasing the size of the ice would be a better option, as it would give players more room to maneuver. Problem with this is that owners would have to take out a few rows of the expensive seats, so this won't happen. I'm not saying to make it the Olympic size, but a bit larger would help open up the game.

Wellwood Injures Groin

Kyle Wellwood left yesterday's practice earlier than expected with a suspected groin injury. Maurice doesn't think that it is too serious and he should be able to go Friday against Chicago.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Game 35 - Leafs 3 Panthers 7

1st Period Summary
17:09 Toronto Goal - Jeff O`Neill (11), from John Pohl and Ian White at 2:51.
4:00 Florida Goal - Rostislav Olesz (3), from Ville Peltonen and Jozef Stumpel at 16:00.
0:57 Florida Goal - Gary Roberts (10), from Mike Van Ryn and Olli Jokinen at 19:03.
0:07 Florida Goal - Ville Peltonen (4), unassisted at 19:53.

Penalties
0:50 Florida Rostislav Olesz - 2 minutes for high-sticking
4:56 Florida Joel Kwiatkowski - 2 minutes for hooking
11:45 Florida Branislav Mezei - 2 minutes for hooking

2nd Period Summary
19:32 Florida Goal - Gary Roberts 2 (11), unassisted at 0:28.
13:39 Florida Power-Play Goal - Martin Gelinas (3), from Joel Kwiatkowski and Jozef Stumpel at 6:21.
3:04 Florida Power-Play Goal - Joel Kwiatkowski (4), from Jozef Stumpel and Mike Van Ryn at 16:56.

Penalties
6:15 Toronto Alexei Ponikarovsky - 2 minutes for hooking
10:51 Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for hooking
16:12 Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for hooking

3rd Period Summary
13:24 Florida Goal - Nathan Horton (10), from Jozef Stumpel and Olli Jokinen at 6:36.
8:18 Toronto Goal - Tomas Kaberle (8), from Matt Stajan at 11:42.
1:43 Toronto Goal - Carlo Colaiacovo (2), from John Pohl and Bates Battaglia at 18:17.

Penalties
1:16 Toronto Pavel Kubina - 2 minutes for holding
2:49 Florida Nathan Horton - 2 minutes for roughing
2:49 Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for roughing
4:29 Toronto Michael Peca - 22 minutes for minor-misconduct-game misconduct-unsports
4:29 Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for unsportsmanlike counduct
6:55 Florida Bryan Allen - 2 minutes for tripping
9:42 Florida Steve Montador - 2 minutes for roughing
9:42 Toronto Hal Gill - 2 minutes for roughing
12:08 Florida Chris Gratton - 2 minutes for hooking
13:17 Florida Branislav Mezei - 2 minutes for holding

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Florida 12 14 10 36
Toronto 13 5 18 36

Team Power Play
Florida 2 of 6
Toronto 0 of 6

Florida Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Ed Belfour 36 3 33 .917 60:00

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Jean-Sebastien Aubin 10 1 9 .900 20:00
Andrew Raycroft 26 6 20 .769 40:00

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

4 in a Row? And that Would be Wins

The Leafs are looking to build upon they're decent play of late and win their fourth game in a row. Yes, a four game 'winning' streak. With the Florida Panthers coming to town, their odds of winning their fourth in a row are a bit easier. The Leafs may get the opportunity to tee it up against former Leaf netminder, Eddie Belfour. There shouldn't be any hostility towards Eddie, as it was Leaf management's decision to buy him out. Eddie will definitely be pumped if he's given the opportunity to face his former team in Toronto, wanting to prove to them that they made a mistake.

This will be the 3rd meeting between the two teams this season. The Leafs took the opener in Toronto back on October 9th in a 2-1 shootout victory. Alex Auld stood on his head that night, making 47 saves. Belfour earned a 4-2 victory against the Leafs on November 2nd in Florida. He was named the games 3rd star, stopping 24 shots.

The Leafs dodged a bullet with Darcy Tucker, as his hand appears to be fine after blocking a shot on Saturday. Tucker left the game Saturday, and there were fears that he might have broken a bone or two in his hand, but x-rays came back negative.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Game 34 - Leafs 9 Rangers 2

1st Period Summary
14:27 Toronto Goal - Carlo Colaiacovo (1), from Jeff O`Neill and Bates Battaglia at 5:33.
14:00 Toronto Goal - Alexei Ponikarovsky (10), from Mats Sundin and Kyle Wellwood at 6:00.
8:44 NY Rangers Goal - Darius Kasparaitis (1), from Jaromir Jagr and Michael Nylander at 11:16.
5:41 Toronto Goal - Kyle Wellwood (7), from Alexei Ponikarovsky and Pavel Kubina at 14:19.
3:22 Toronto Power-Play Goal - Kyle Wellwood 2 (8), from Darcy Tucker and Tomas Kaberle at 16:38.
3:07 Toronto Power-Play Goal - John Pohl (3), from Alexei Ponikarovsky and Ian White at 16:53.

Penalties
7:42 NY Rangers Colton Orr - 5 minutes for fighting
7:42 Toronto Wade Belak - 5 minutes for fighting
15:07 NY Rangers Colton Orr - 2 minutes for cross-checking
16:08 NY Rangers Marek Malik - 2 minutes for holding stick
18:52 Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for hooking

2nd Period Summary
14:41 Toronto Goal - Kyle Wellwood 3 (9), from Mats Sundin and Hal Gill at 5:19.
10:09 Toronto Goal - Darcy Tucker (19), from Bryan McCabe and Tomas Kaberle at 9:51.
6:33 Toronto Goal - Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 (11), from Kyle Wellwood and Ian White at 13:27.

Penalties
10:24 Toronto Wade Belak - 2 minutes for hooking
16:05 Toronto Matt Stajan - 2 minutes for slashing
20:00 NY Rangers Jarkko Immonen - 2 minutes for roughing

3rd Period Summary
16:08 NY Rangers Goal - Martin Straka (7), from Jaromir Jagr and Darius Kasparaitis at 3:52.
0:08 Toronto Power-Play Goal - Jeff O`Neill (10), from Alexei Ponikarovsky and Mats Sundin at 19:52.

Penalties
10:45 Toronto Michael Peca - 2 minutes for hooking
15:08 NY Rangers Ryan Hollweg - 2 minutes for elbowing
17:06 Toronto Jeff O`Neill - 2 minutes for slashing
18:13 NY Rangers Michal Rozsival - 2 minutes for slashing
19:35 NY Rangers Fedor Tyutin - 2 minutes for boarding

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
NY Rangers 5 5 3 13
Toronto 14 10 8 32

Team Power Play
NY Rangers 0 of 5
Toronto 3 of 6

NY Rangers Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Kevin Weekes 8 1 7 .875 20:00
Henrik Lundqvist 24 8 16 .667 39:56

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 13 2 11 .846 59:26