Thursday, February 01, 2007
Leafs - Rangers Highlights
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Game 52 - Leafs 2 Rangers 1
1st Period Summary No Scoring
Penalties
3:14 NY Rangers Karel Rachunek - 2 minutes for tripping
5:01 Toronto Bench - 2 minutes served by Ponikarovsky (too many men
10:57 NY Rangers Petr Prucha - 2 minutes for hooking
15:59 NY Rangers Petr Prucha - 2 minutes for delay of game
2nd Period Summary
New York Rangers Power-Play Goal - Brendan Shanahan (26), from Jaromir Jagr and Karel Rachunek at 12:07.
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Alexei Ponikarovsky (13), from Mats Sundin and Tomas Kaberle at 13:34.
Penalties
11:55 Toronto Hal Gill - 2 minutes for cross-checking
13:10 NY Rangers Karel Rachunek - 2 minutes for boarding
15:51 Toronto Nik Antropov - 2 minutes for high-sticking
15:51 NY Rangers Petr Prucha - 2 minutes for roughing
17:01 NY Rangers Bench - 2 minutes served by Orr (too many men
3rd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Mats Sundin (20), from Ian White at 6:32.
Penalties
18:35 NY Rangers Matt Cullen - 2 minutes for holding
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Toronto 7 13 8 28
NY Rangers 13 13 12 38
Team Power Play
Toronto 1 of 6
NY Rangers 1 of 2
Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 38 1 37 .974 59:39
NY Rangers Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Henrik Lundqvist 28 2 26 .929 59:42
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Razor to Run the Gauntlet?
It's official now, Andrew Raycroft is the number one goalie and he better be ready to play a lot. From the Toronto Sun; according to Maurice: "I'm going to run Razor as hard as I possibly can," Maurice said when questioned about playing Jean-Sebastien Aubin tonight against the New York Rangers, the only back-to-back games situation this month. "I think his game is coming along. He won us a game, in my mind, in Tampa and he was solid the other night against Montreal.
This says 2 things; that Maurice has faith in his starting goaltender and secondly, that Ferguson messed up in trading Mikael Tellqvist and not J.S. Aubin. Tellqvist has played in 16 games for the Coyotes, winning 9 games. Tellqvist has a 3.18 GAA, .897 SV% and 1 shutout, on a team with questionable defense. Aubin on the other hand has a 2-4 record, 3.63 GAA, .874 SV% and no shutouts. All the Leafs got out of trading Tellqvist was a minor leaguer and 4th round pick. Maurice obviously doesn't trust his backup goaltender enough to play him in meaningful games. Teams need 2 capable goaltenders, especially down the stretch where some rest can be really important.
Leafs Take it to the ‘Canes
The Leafs 4-1 victory over the Hurricanes was one of their best all-round games of the season. They were hitting, received solid goaltending from Raycroft, pressured on the fore-check creating turnovers and got timely goals from the big Nik Antropov. Alexei Ponikarovsky even got into a little tilt with David Tanabe after Ponikarovsky collided knee-on-knee with Rob Brind'Amour. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed watching an entire Leaf game as much as I did last night. Of course the game was aired on LeafsTV and not regional/national, so for those that do not subscribe, missed a great game. Antropov played a solid game, netting 2 goals in the 3rd period to put the Leafs in the lead for good. On his second goal, he made a really nice move on a Hurricane defenseman behind the goal line, and then banked a weak goal past Cam Ward, who otherwise kept the game close. It was one of those games that gets us fans and Leaf management excited about what this kid can do when he puts his mind to it. He was fore-checking well, showed the touch that he can put the puck in the net, was throwing his body around; using his body to his advantage. But as we've been seeing for years, Antropov cannot play consistently like this.
The Maple Leafs got a scare early in the game when Carlo Colaiacovo was hit from behind and hobbled off to the dressing room with an apparent leg injury. But unlike the Colaiacovo of the past, he returned to the game, playing pretty well. He laid out Brind'Amour with a hit along the Leafs blue line. Before Carlo was temporarily injured, he 'apparently' interfered with Ken Belanger enough that he was warranted a penalty shot for Carolina. My TV was thankful that I did not have anything in hand to throw at it. It was such a ridiculous call. This is the part of 'the New NHL' that drives me crazy. There is no way a penalty shot should have been called, or even a penalty at all. He was not hooked or tripped, and was not in the clear. When Carlo was hit from behind, only a 2 minute minor for boarding was called. The league has come out and said that they are taking a no nonsense stance on hitting from behind, and then they completely blow this one. Once again my TV was thankful I had nothing to throw at it.
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