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Simon Gagne and Daniel Briere scored 1:16 apart, late in the second period, and Michael Leighton stopped 27 shots as the Flyers won a hard fought 3-1 decision over the Leafs at the Wachovia Center on Sunday night.
Gagne scored at 17:09 on a quick wrist shot and Briere converted a cross-ice pass from Braydon Coburn at 18:25.
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The main man returned after a seven-game hiatus but it made no difference to the 18, 736 in attendance.
Chris Bosh’s dramatic return to the court had little positive effect as the Toronto Raptors dropped a 114-101 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday afternoon.
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It doesn’t seem to matter what the standings say, the Leafs always play the Senators tight and Saturday night was no different.
Phil Kessel scored in regulation and had the shootout winner as Toronto brushed by Ottawa 2-1 in a chippy affair at Scotiabank Place.
Kessel scored in the first round when he came from the right boards and skated to the middle of the ice, cut back and beat Pascal Leclaire with a backhand. Nikolai Kulemin scored the other shootout goal for the Leafs.
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It was an uninspiring game between two teams looking for a win.
Miroslav Satan scored in regulation and got the shootout winner, as the Boston Bruins squeezed by the Leafs 3-2 at the TD Banknorth Garden on Thursday night.
Satan faked Jean-Sebastien Giguere to his knees, skated around him and threw the puck into the empty net before Giguere could get his skate to the left post.
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Only 2:53:55 to go and I am counting the digital minutes.
The 3 p.m. (EST) deadline is closing and I am live blogging.
I have too much time on my hands in Canada.
Today is NHL trade deadline day and it is an unofficial national holiday in the land of toques and Timbits.
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With the trade deadline less than 16 hours away, and trade rumours swirling around the Leafs, they looked like a team waiting for the hammer to fall.
It showed in a distracted and dispirited effort as Toronto lost 5-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre.
Jussi Jokinen got the winner just 46 seconds into the second period when Ray Whitney feathered a saucer pass to Jokinen streaking down the slot, the winger let a quick wrist shot go that beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere to the glove side for his 24th goal.
Brandon Sutter, Tuomo Ruutu, Sergei Samsonov and Chad Larose also scored for Carolina (25-30-7) as they extend their winning streak to six games. Justin Peters (3-0-0) stopped 32 shots in his third NHL start.
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Kevin Durant dropped 29 points and Nenad Krstic added 16 as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Toronto Raptors 119- 99 at the Ford Center on Sunday evening.
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It was a virtuoso performance by Matt Vinc on Saturday night.
Vinc stole the spotlight and the game, turning aside 52 shots as the Orlando Titans defeated the Toronto Rock 16-12 in front of 10, 984 at Air Canada Centre.
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VideoOver a week between posts during the Olympic Games can only mean one thing: They don’t let me bring my laptop into the Vancouver bars or clubs.
But seriously, I began this post with the angle that Canadian athletes performing in Vancouver may ultimately be at a disadvantage because of the enormous pressure that comes with performing in front of the home crowd.
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Even as I write this article at a local Starbucks, I still never tire of looking out the window to see the constant stream of people, mostly Canadians, flocking to get a glimpse and a photo of the Olympic cauldron down at Coal Harbour, just adjacent to the west side of the International Broadcast Centre. You can literally stare at the flame for hours.
Yesterday, I happened to also be in the right place at the right time to watch Montreal’s Alex Bilodeau beat out rival and Vancouver-born Dale Begg-Smith, the defending Olympic champion who races for Australia, to win Canada’s first-ever gold medal on home soil. That was definitely the cherry/icing on top of the cake.
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The best way to endear yourself to new teammates is to do your job and do it well.
Entering the net against the league’s best offence with your new team trailing by four isn’t the ideal redemption script but it’s certainly an opportunity.
Mike Poulin made the most of it as he turned aside 28 of 31 shots in relief as the Calgary Roughnecks corralled the Toronto Rock 10-8 at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Sunday night.
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With the Winter Games comes a little culture. I don’t have a lot of time to write a long post here, but I do have some vids and pics for your viewing pleasure!
I’ll fill in the blanks…
As you can read for the posted link, LunarFest is part of the Cultural Olympiad taking place at several locations in downtown Vancouver. I walked around this one on Granville Street.
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Lost in the recent hoopla of Colin Doyle’s pursuit of 1,000 National Lacrosse League (NLL) points was the performance of Blaine Manning.
The Rock forward has quietly gone about the business of scoring goals and this year business is good.
Manning scored five goals and added five assists as the Toronto Rock defeated the Edmonton Rush 16-7 in front of 10,052 at the Air Canada Centre on Friday night.
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Look on the brights side of things Leafs’ fans: you don’t have to watch them for the next couple of weeks.
In their last game before the Olympic break, Toronto looked less than interested in a 4-0 loss to the St Louis Blues on Friday night.
Andy McDonald netted the winner at 14:22 of the first period on a 3-on-1 break. Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped Erik Johnson on the initial shot but the rebound went to Patrik Berglund, who fed McDonald at the right post for the tap in.
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A memo to the opponent: when you play the Raptors, you’re never out of a game.
Toronto blew a 15-point, fourth quarter lead, but rallied to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-93 at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday night.
Sixers guard Lou Williams held the Midas touch, dropping 14 points in the final frame to help turn an 80-65 deficit into a 93-93 tie with 2:06 to play.
