Maple Leafs Beat The #1Team In The League!!!

Tonight the Leafs beat the Penguins who are holding onto the number 1 spot in the league. Gustavsson played a great game tonight after all the doubts he'd be able to hold up Reimers legacy for Toronto this year. It was a very intense and close game tonight with both teams being neck to neck all night. The Maple Leafs scored the only goal of the first period, with the Penguins scoring their first goal 10 minutes into the second period. This is when the game started to get really tense when Toronto scored the next goal a minute later. Pittsburgh scored their 2nd goal tie'ing the game up at 15 minutes into the second period. In the third period Toronto scored 3 minutes in with the Penguins scoring their second power play goal of the game tie'ing it up 3-3. Kessel scored the winning goal of the game 10 minutes into the third giving the leafs their 7th win of the season. 


Check out this spooky Halloween opening montage of Hockey Night In Canada from tonight's game!

Maple Leafs Depth Analysis

The Maple Leafs system has been stockpiled over the years, and looks like it will start to turn out a handful of solid NHL players in the near future.

The club has a number of players looking for their chance to make an impact, in all positions. At their immediate use are Keith Aulie, Jesse Blacker Joe Colborne, Nazem Kadri, Matt Frattin, Jake Gardiner, andBen Scrivens who have displayed varying degrees of success early in the season. Throughout the amateur leagues, the likes of Sondre Olden, Greg McKegg, Stuart Percy, Tyler Biggs, Josh Nicholls andBrad Ross have given the Maple Leafs a new wave of fresh depth options for the parent and farm club in the near future

  
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/13357/toronto_maple_leafs_depth_analysis_fall2011/

Two Of The Tops Teams Faceoff In Toronto

Big game coming up between the two best teams of the eastern conference Penguins (8-2-2) at Maple Leafs (6-2-1), The Penguins come to the ACC for a matchup between two division leaders, as the Penguins sit in first place in the Atlantic, while the Maple Leafs occupy the top spot in the Northeast. The Penguins skate into Toronto with a five-game winning streak while the Maple Leafs are 4-0-1 on home ice and are back after splitting a four-game trip.


http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597996&cmpid=rss-News

Maple Leafs Beat The Rangers Last Night

The Maple Leafs beat the Rangers last night 4-2. Kessel managed to score another point last night keeping him as the top player in the league. Check out the bottom video for a quick recap of the game if you missed it. The first video is of the fight between Mike Brown and Kris Newbury, it was a quick one but it was a good one with a bunch of hard hits being exchanged between the two of them. Tomorrow night the Toronto Maple Leafs will be playing the top team in the league, lets hope they can beat the number one team that will really bring the Leafs moral up.

Connolly Is Expected To Return In Tomorrow Night's Game

Connolly will be returning against the New York Rangers in tomorrow nights game. Connolly stepped on a stick during a practice before the season started and ended up slamming into the boards injuring himself, Connolly has missed 85 games over the last four years due to his injuries. Connnolly has averaged 1 point a game for the last couple season's even after missing large chunks of the season's, so he has proved himself to be a very worthy player (when hes there). Lombardi will most likely be the player that will be dropped to the third line in order to make room for Connolly, which will create a line of Lupol, Connolly and Kessel. Connolly is expected to be setting up plays and shots for Kessel but is it going to end up the other way around, will Kessel be pulling Conolly up? Lets hope that Toronto knows what they are doing with the lines because so far what they are doing is working well for them. Will Connolly make it the rest of the season or will he be injured once again before the playoffs? Only time will tell and we will have to find out the hard way.



http://bleacherreport.com/articles/911383-toronto-maple-leafs-better-off-without-tim-connolly

Reimer Still Out, In Tonight's Loss Against Philly

The Maple Leafs lost 4-2 against the Fliers tonight. Reimer is still out after his hit to the head in the first period against Montreal on Saturday. Kessel scored the first goal of the game in the first period for the Leafs followed by Jagr scoring the first of a 3 goal streak for Philly. Toronto's Steckel scored the second goal for the Leafs half way through the third period with Jagr scoring the final goal of the game for Philly just a couple minutes later, finishing the game off with a 4-2 loss for the Maple Leafs. 


The Maple Leafs recalled Ben Scrivens from the Marlies for tonight's game, and he will be on stand by until the return of James Reimer which is expected to be on Thursday against the New York Rangers.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2011/10/23/leafs_reimer/

James Reimer Injured In Montreal Game

James Reimer took a nasty hit to the head just a minute into the first period of tonight's game against Montreal. Phaneuf seemed to make contact with Gionta who ran into Reimer hitting him in the head, the impact knocked his mask off his head. Reimer continued to play throughout the first period but was replaced by Gustavsson in the second period. 


To catch the full story and to watch the video of the hit click on the link below.


http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Leafs-8217-James-Reimer-injured-on-coll?urn=nhl-wp15527

Maple Leafs Win In A Showdown Of The Original Six!

The Maple Leafs played another tense game tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. Toronto won 5-4 scoring in overtime. It was a close game all the way through with both teams scoring early in the first period. Montreal scored right into the second period bringing the intensity of the game up a few notches. Not to long after Kessel scored the second goal of the game for the Leafs, Phaneuf scored a power play goal leaving the score 3-2 for the Toronto Maple Leafs. During the third period Montreal scored the next two with the Leafs scoring shortly after which tied the game up 4-4, taking this game into overtime. Grabovski finished up for Toronto scoring a minute into overtime.

Maple Leafs Played A Terrible Game Against Kessel's former team, the Boston Bruins.

Toronto lost 6-2 on Thursday night against Boston. The Maple Leafs terrible loss was the first regulation loss this season for the team. Kessel seemed as if he did not play as hard against his former team, he did not score any points throughout the game. Lets hope that the Leafs kick it up in their next game against the Habs on Saturday, October 22.

For Those Of You Who Missed The Leafs vs Jets Game

If you missed the game check these videos out. The first video was when Lupul scored the first goal of the game, he smoked the camera in the net and broke it causing at least $400 damage to the camera hardware. 

The second video is a recap of the game in 6 minutes.

Toronto Wins An Intense Game Against Winnipeg

The leafs won with a great comeback which lead a shootout in tonight's game. It was a close game tonight, by the end of the first period it was tied 1-1. It looked like the leafs were done for in the second period after Winnipeg scored two goals leaving the score at 3-1 going into the third period. The leafs came back in the 3rd period scoring two goals 30 seconds apart half way through the third period taking the two teams into overtime. Nothing happened in overtime leading both teams to an intense shootout. The Leafs won in the shootout scoring two goals while the Jets struggled and did not get a single shot in the net, leaving the Leafs with a 4-3 win. Toronto plays Boston tomorrow night at 7.00 pm, DON'T MISS IT!

We Gonna Run This Town...

This one is for all the maple leaf fans .go leafs go.

Maple Leafs lose first game of season

The Toronto Maple Leafs winning ways were squelched by the Colorado Avalanche, who rode the fine goaltending of former Leaf Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who made 27 saves in a 3-2 overtime victory at the Air Canada Center.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/article/1071523--maple-leafs-lose-first-game-of-season

Toronto Looses To Colorado In A Close Game

Leafs lose first game of the season in a close game with the Avalanche. After a long first period Kessel scored the first goal of the game just 19 seconds into the second period. Colorado scored two goals basically 10 minutes apart in the second period. Kulemin tied the game up with his first goal of the season just a few minutes into the third, leading the two teams into overtime. Jones scored in a rebound for Colorado in overtime and left Toronto with their first loss of the season 3-2.

Phill Kessel Named Star Of The Week

Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Phil Kessel has been named NHL first star of the week, scoring 5 goals and 8 points in three games. Kessel has also contributed defensively and sporting a plus-7 rating after three games. He put him and his team to the top spot.

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/sports/article/161479--leafs-kessel-named-nhl-s-first-star-of-the-week

Toronto Maple Leafs 360 Dressing Room Tour

The Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team is launching a virtual tour of its locker room on its Web site. In addition to seeing this Air Canada Center room as if you were actually there, you may click on any jersey and get that player's career profile.

http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=42343

Leafs Off To A Solid Start In The Season

Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a great start, 3-0 start to the NHL season. Leafs are headed in the right direction. Right now it's all working for the Maple Leafs Kessel is at the top of his game, he has already got 5 goals this season, consistency is all they need to make it to the Stanley Cup finals.

Leafs Beat Calgary In Game 3

The game seemed like it was going to be over for the Leafs when the Flames scored their second goal leaving the score at 2-0 in the first period. The leafs started the comeback early in the second period when Lupul scored the first goal for the Leafs. Kessel helped lead the leafs to victory last night as he tied the game up 2-2 in the second period. Kessel then turned the game around when he scored the winning goal 41 seconds into the 3rd period. The Leafs have now won the first 3 games in a row placing them in 3rd place right behind the Penguins in the eastern conference.

Maple Leafs In Trenton

The maple leafs were practicing in Trenton on Wednesday, before a golf outing. The Leafs took on many activities while they were staying in Trenton from fire and rescue demonstrations to taking a flight on a C-17 military transport aircraft (below is a picture of the leafs boarding the aircraft). To view more photos from their trip check out the link below.




http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=24300&navid=DL|TOR|home
http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=595628

MacArthur is suspended

MacArthur was suspended for his actions in Friday's preseason game against Detroit. He is the ninth suspended player in the preseason. He will miss the first two games of the regular season because of his hit on Justin Abdelkader. A member of the Leafs most productive line, Macarthur wont be eligible to return untill October 15 when the leafs host the Calgary Flames.

http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=590799&navid=DL|TOR|home

Lombardi Makes a Crazy Return to the Leafs

Matthew Lombardi an impressive comeback. Lombardi  has had a goal and assist in two games, and he is doing it with nominal ice time. While he is on the ice he has been among the consistent players on the little things. He is hitting and taking passes well, he is finding and creating free space, and he moves the puck through the center. With all this he has been playing about 10 or 11 minutes a game. But his ice time is sure to increase if he keeps playing this way.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/885107-toronto-maple-leafs-wild-and-crazy-guys-kessel-reimer-orr-lombardi-schenn/page/6

Kessel's Hat Trick Leads Leafs to a Huge Victory Over Senators

Phil Kessel's hatrick led his team to a huge win over the Ottawa Senator's. Kessel finished adding an assist, while Lupul had two of his own 

http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=595173

Leafs Win Second Game Of The Season Against The Senators!

After a very intense game last night the Leafs managed to pull off a 6-5 victory over the Senators. Phil Kessel amazingly had a hat trick throughout the game last night which helped score another win for the Maple Leafs. Ottawa put up one hell of a fight in the third period going into it with 0 goals against Toronto who already had 4 goals. Overall it was one very intense game it seemed like Ottawa was going to tie the game with Toronto but thankfully they didn't!



http://sportschatplace.com/nhl/kyle/2011/october/8/toronto/ottawa/

Leafs Beat Habs In The First Game Of The Season!

Tonight the Leafs beat the Canadiens 2-0 in the first game of the season. Phaneuf scored the winning goal of the game in the beginning of the third period. Lets hope the Leafs can keep this good start up for the rest of the season and make to the playoffs!

Maple Leafs Make Trade For David Steckel.

The Leafs made the trade earlier today for New Jersey Devils player David Steckel. The leafs traded a fourth-round pick in next years draft. Steckel has been made famous from his infamous hit to the head of Sidney Crosby, who was hit again 4 days later and has not played since... Lets hope the leafs made a good call on this one!





http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/10/04/sp-steckel-leafs.html

RECAP! The Leafs Preseason Outcome! 4 Wins and 4 Loses.

The Maple Leafs have finished their 8 game preseason with 4 wins and 4 loses. The Leafs did OK this preseason winning their first game against Ottawa 4-2. The next two games against Philadelphia, the leafs started out with an awful loss of 4-0 and came back with a 4-2 win in the second game against Philadelphia. The leafs continued on to lose 2 games in a row to Buffalo 2-1 then 3-2. The Leafs seemed to start trying a little harder at this point and went on to beat Ottawa in the 6th game of the preseason 5-3, then defeating Detroit 4-3. The final game of the preseason against Detroit the Leafs lost 4-2. Overall I am thinking the Leafs will be off to a better start this season than they have been in the last few. Lets hope the Leafs start off strong this Thursday in the first game of the season against Montreal.

Lombardi, Dupuis Ready To Face Canadiens

That’s what two Montrealers, Matt Lombardi and Phillipe Dupuis are ready to kick out their home team , Leafs are hosting the Montreal Canadiens in the opener for both teams Thursday at Air Canada Centre.

http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=594406

Kadri a growing concern for Leafs

Nazem Kadri will not be able to start the regular season for the leafs for the third consecutive year ,due to a torn ligament in his knee in the game against the ottawa senator's,which left the coach ron wilson in dilemma of what to do with underperforming forward .

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/09/30/maple-leafs-kadri-a-growing-concern/