Mike Ulmer of TorontoMapleLeafs.com / TorontoMarlies.com was on hand as the Toronto Marlies cleaned out their lockers, having been eliminated from the playoffs by the Manitoba Moose on the weekend. “Our job is to develop guys who when they are called up can play admirably.” said Marlies coach Greg Gilbert. “Obviously, you would like to be still playing and it’s unfortunate that we’re not.”
The Calgary Flames were ousted by the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night, marking the fourth consecutive first-round exit for Jarome Iginla and company since coming within a game of winning the Stanley Cup in 2004.
Meanwhile the San Jose Sharks are once again wearing the perennial “choke” label as the President’s Trophy winners bowed out to the Anaheim Ducks in six games. The Sharks are just the third team since 2000 to finish as the NHL’s top regular season team, only to lose in the first round of the playoffs.
Washington’s MCI Center and New Jersey’s Prudential Center will host the Game Seven matchups tonight in the NHL as the Capitals and Devils try and finish off the Rangers and Hurricanes, respectively.
At the World Hockey Championships, Canada faces Slovakia today.
Here are the hockey headlines in the news this morning:
Leafs-Marlies News
- Looking Back And Thinking Forward… TorontoMarlies.com
NHL and Hockey News
- Offside Tuesday — Brash bash Toronto Sun
- Brodeur left out of Vezina race CP
- Thomas, Backstrom, Mason named Vezina finalists National Post
- Idling Canucks happy to see Salo back on ice CP
- Slow down Faceoff.com
- Cherepanov photos lend credibility to doping reports National Post
- Union, league butt heads over relocation The Globe And Mail
- New battle lines are drawn The Globe And Mail
- Building the right Team Canada CTVOlympics.ca
- Wait-and-see approach CP
- Sweden advances despite losing to Latvia in shootout Toronto Sun
Eastern Conference Playoffs
- Decisive Game 7 is a go, minus Brashear and Betts AP
- N.Y. gives Varlamov a cushy ride Toronto Star
- Antropov’s playoff show a flop on Broadway so far Toronto Star
- Capitals enforcer Brashear suspended 6 games CP
- Tortorella’s words come back to haunt him National Post
- Brodeur focused on showdown AP
- Devils, ‘Canes Game 7 is about the goalies NHL.com
Western Conference Playoffs
- Ducks oust top-seeded Sharks AP
- Sharks season ends early — again NHL.com
- It’s Too Easy To Blame Thornton FAN 590
- Flames snuffed out Calgary Sun
- Blackhawks extinguish Flames’ season Calgary Herald
- Flames fizzle out The Globe And Mail
