Archive - February, 2009

Saturday news: Kaberle and Van Ryn in, Hagman out vs. Sens

February 28, 2009 in Daily Round-Up 0

The Leafs will welcome two of their best defencemen, Tomas Kaberle and Mike Van Ryn, back into the lineup when the team takes on the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place this evening (7pm, CBC, AM 640). Niklas Hagman, who suffered a concussion on Thursday after taking an elbow from the Islanders’ Brendan Witt, has returned to Toronto to undergo testing and will not play tonight. Witt, meanwhile, was suspended 5 games for the infraction.

Thoughts and prayers go out to NHL Senior VP of Hockey Operations Jim Gregory, who is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack. Gregory served as Leafs general manager from 1969-79, and brought in Hall of Famers such as Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald and Borje Salming to Toronto, as well as fan favourites Tiger Williams and Mike Palmateer.

Here are the headlines of stories relating to the Leafs and the Marlies in the news this morning:

Leafs Game Day
Marlies News
NHL and Hockey News

Friday news: Stapleton is the OT hero

February 27, 2009 in Daily Round-Up 0

Rookie Tim Stapleton had a memorable NHL debut, scoring the shootout winner in the Leafs 5-4 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday. Stapleton, the Marlies’ leading scorer, was recalled to replace the injured John Mitchell.

Around the NHL, Martin Brodeur showed no signs of rust, posting a shutout against Colorado in his first game in four months. There were two trades in the NHL yesterday in which the Penguins and Ducks swapped Ryan Whitney for Chris Kunitz and prospect Eric Tangradi, while the Habs and Stars exchanged Steve Begin and Doug Janik.

Here are the headlines of stories relating to the Leafs and the Marlies in the news this morning:

Leafs Game Day
Marlies News
NHL and Hockey News

Game Summary – Feb. 26: Toronto 5 at NY Islanders 4 (SO)

February 26, 2009 in Leafs Game Recaps 0

Leafs scorers: White (9), Moore (12), Kubina (10), Antropov (21), shootout winner: Stapleton
Islanders scorers: Mcammond (4), Bergenheim (9), Streit (12), Sim (9)
Links: Game Summary | Stats | Discussion boards

Forward Lines:Ponikarovsky-Stajan-Antropov, Kulemin-Grabovski-Hagman, Stempniak-Moore-Blake, May-Mayers-Stapleton
Defence pairings: Kubina-Sifers, Frogren-White, Stralman-Schenn
Goaltenders: Toskala (Win 65:00 minutes played, 40 saves, 4 GA), Joseph (0:00)

Noteworthy:
-Tim Stapleton scored the shootout winner in his NHL debut. Stapleton (14:33 ice time, 3 shots) leads the AHL in shootout goals with the Toronto Marlies, and was recalled after Wednesday’s game to replace the injured John Mitchell.
-Jason Blake had two assists against his former team, and scored on a ‘spin-o-rama’ move in the shootout.
-Vesa Toskala stopped the Islanders’ Sean Bergenheim on a penalty shot in the second period.
-The Leafs are 11-3-1 against the Atlantic Division this season, and do not have a winning record against any of the other five divisions.

Thursday news: Leafs spoil Tortorella’s debut

February 26, 2009 in Daily Round-Up 0

A change behind the bench of the New York Rangers didn’t stop the Leafs from sweeping a home-and-home series between the two teams as Toronto prevailed 2-1 in a shootout over the Blueshirts at ACC on Wednesday night. John Mitchell and Jeff Finger were lost to injury, and will be replaced by Marlies call-ups Tim Stapleton and Anton Stralman for tonight’s game in Long Island against the Islanders (7pm, SportsNet, AM 640).

Also, Brian Burke has set the price for suitors for defenceman Tomas Kaberle. Meanwhile the Rangers have claimed former Leaf/Marlie Mark Bell off the waiver wire.

In other NHL news, Martin Brodeur is set to make his return to the Devils’ lineup this evening after missing four months with an arm injury.

Here are the headlines of stories relating to the Leafs and the Marlies in the news this morning:

Leafs Game Day
Marlies News
NHL and Hockey News

Game Summary – Feb. 25: NY Rangers 1 at Toronto 2 (SO)

February 26, 2009 in Leafs Game Recaps 0

Leafs scorers: Hagman (19), shootout winner: Kulemin
Rangers scorers: Redden (3)
Links: Game Summary | Stats | Discussion boards

Forward Lines:Ponikarovsky-Stajan-Antropov, Kulemin-Grabovski-Hagman, Stempniak-Moore-Blake, May-Mayers-Mitchell
Defence pairings: Kubina-White, Finger-Schenn, Frogren-Sifers
Goaltenders: Toskala (Win 64:55 minutes played, 31 saves, 1 GA), Joseph (0:00)

Noteworthy:
-John Mitchell left the game during the first period with an upper body injury. Jeff Finger did not return after the second period, also due to an upper body injury.
-After the game, head coach Ron Wilson stated that forward Tim Stapleton and defenceman Anton Stralman were recalled from the Marlies to play tomorrow night in Long Island.
-In four games against the Rangers this year, the Leafs did not score a first or second period goal.
-Mark Bell was claimed off waivers by the Rangers earlier on Wednesday morning, but did not dress for his new team.
-Wade Redden’s goal was his first in 58 games.
-The Leafs last played four consecutive overtime games from Oct. 7-14, 2006 a stretch in which they also went 2-0-2, as they are on this current streak (Feb. 19-25).

Tuesday news: Leafs play role of coach-killers

February 24, 2009 in Daily Round-Up 0

For the second time in as many weeks, a Leafs victory has cost an opposing coach his job as Tom Renney was fired by the New York Rangers one day after Toronto’s 3-2 overtime win on Sunday. The move comes on the heels of Pittsburgh’s firing of Michel Therrien after the Leafs’ thumping of the Penguins on Valentine’s Day.

Trade speculation continues to foster as the March 4 deadline approaches. Meanwhile, in a move that proves that cost is not necessarily related to quality, the Leafs have raised their ticket prices by an average of 3%, a hike that comes in the wake of a season that will see them finish out of the playoffs for a fourth straight year.

Here are the headlines of stories relating to the Leafs and the Marlies in the news this morning:

Leafs News
Marlies News
NHL and Hockey News
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