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Playoff night in Toronto.
Hard to believe, but this is something the city hasn’t seen since Toronto’s basketball team, the Raptors, were eliminated in five games by the Orlando Magic over two years ago on Apr. 28, 2008. The last time a Toronto team won a game was four days earlier on Apr. 24.
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For the Toronto Rock the math was overtly simple: win and you’re in.
Clearly taking this to heart, the Rock displayed past championship form in a 15-7 demolition of the Rochester Knighthawks, in front of 9,959 raucous supporters at the Air Canada Centre Friday.
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Recently, Toronto has made life difficult for teams on the playoff bubble but not on Wednesday night.
The New York Rangers, in a must-win scenario, dismantled the lacklustre Leafs 5-1 at Madison Square Garden.
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Talk about having your work cut out for you.
In the next few days, Raptor fans will be treated to the painful delights of Lebron James, Paul Pierce and Josh Smith
Wow! Bring on the ‘Beasts of the East!’
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The futility against the Buffalo Sabres, stretching back nearly two seasons, is finally over for Toronto.
Luke Schenn scored the winner at 8:30 of the third period as the Maple Leafs ended a 10 game-losing streak against the Sabres with a 4-2 win at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night.
Schenn let a shot go from the right point that deflected off the stick of Raffi Torres and found the top corner over the shoulder of Ryan Miller.
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A former Maple Leaf was the difference on Tuesday night.
Nik Antropov scored his first goal against his former team and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 29 stopped shots as the Atlanta Thrashers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 at the Air Canada Centre.
Antropov tipped a point shot from Ron Hainsey that got between the arm and body of Jonas Gustavsson, just 4:44 into the third period.
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The Raptors have a pulse after all.
A day after losing their second straight in heartbreaking fashion, the Raptors gutted out an unlikely 103-101 victory over the Charlotte Bobcat at Time Warner Cable arena Monday night.
With new majority owner Michael Jordan looking on from the floor seats, his Airness witnessed the Bobcats blow a six-point fourth-quarter lead to the reeling Raptors.
Raps head coach Jay Triano also continues to tinker with his starting lineup, using his eighth different formula since Feb. 1.
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Another huge Toronto lead, another collapse down the stretch.
For the second game in-a-row the Raptors grasp defeat from the jaws of victory, throwing away a 17-point third quarter advantage and losing to the Miami Heat 97-94 in South Beach on Sunday night.
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“I don’t wanna go home! The mountains! The ocean! The memories from the Olympics! I don’t want to leave!!!”
It’s amazing how you can grow an attachment to a city like Vancouver for almost the same reasons you do with a person: great compatibility, both chilled out, never fight and find each other attractive.
For those of you who have kept up, or read any of the blog, you’ll know I’ve had the good fortune of living through the craziness (the good kind) and chaos (also the good kind) that happened during the month of February in Vancouver.
I don’t want to sound biased but this was the BEST trip and experience of my life.
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Another Western Conference contender in the Air Canada Centre, another blow out loss for the Raptors.
Coming off two straight road victories, albeit against the two worst teams in the NBA, the Raps crash-landed back to earth in a 113-87 beating at the hands of the Utah Jazz.
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The Raptors latest victory in Minnesota proved that an ugly win is still a win.
Waiting until the waning moments to put the game on ice, the dinos prevailed 106-100 on Monday night to make it a dozen straight wins over the Timberwolves.
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The Leafs broke two streaks on Saturday night.
They ended Montreal’s pursuit of seven consecutive wins and ended Jaroslav Halak’s run of six-straight victories in a narrow 3-2 shootout win at the Air Canada Centre.
John Mitchell beat Halak with a tidy backhand in round three and Jonas Gustavsson turned away Brian Gionta to secure the win.
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There is a solution to the Leafs’ woes this year; play the Senators more often.
Goals by John Mitchell and Mikhail Grabovski, 19 seconds apart in the second period, paced the Leafs to a 4-1 win on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Place.
Toronto won four of six meetings against Ottawa this season, outscoring them 18-7 in that span.
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In their recent tour around the bottom half of the NHL, the Leafs have managed to win a season-high three straight but that came to an end against the New York Islanders on Sunday night.
Richard Park scored the game winner at 8:55 of the first period and Martin Biron turned aside 26 shots as the Islander beat the Leafs 4-1 at the Nassau Coliseum.
Park’s eighth goal of the season came while the Islanders were short handed. He collected a turnover near the Toronto blue-line and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere from the slot with a quick wrister to the blocker side.
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Two teams with the worst plus minus in the league met up for a goal fest on Saturday night as the Leafs beat the Oilers 6-4 in a high-speed affair at the Air Canada Centre.
Mikhail Grabovski got the winner at 6:50 of the second period on the power play when Viktor Stalberg blew around Tom Gilbert and centred the puck into the low slot for the easy tap in.