Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sabres beat Leafs 5-3


Curtis Joseph followed up his incredible performance on Tuesday with an average one last night. Allowing four goals on just nine shots.

Ryan Miller made his return to the line up after being out with a high ankle sprain and stopped 33 shots to help the Sabres to a 5-3 win over the Leafs

The Leafs penalty kill was a perfect 2 for two, but they on converted once out of five.

Their come back was stopped when while down 4-3, Ian White banked a clearing attempt off of Paul Gaustad of the Sabres and past Justin Pogge, who was otherwise perfect in relief of Cujo.



The Leafs next action comes tonight at home against the Bruins and as always, you can hear all of the action live right here on Bench Brawl!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Leafs Win!! Again!!!


Even though Ovechkin scored his 12th goal in 11 career games against the Leafs, they managed to beat the Caps for the second consecutive time tonight, this one by way of a 3-2 shoot out win. Which is an aspect of the Leafs game that has improved tremendously under new coach Ron Wilson.

Martin Gerber, who has been a welcome addition to the team showed a bit of a temper tonight, going after referee Mike Leggo for what he saw as a non-call. Brooks Liach scored the tying goal for Washington by pushing Gerber with the puck under him, across the goal line.

He may have had a point. He was however ejected from the game, receiving a 10 min unsportsmanlike, and a game misconduct with only 56 seconds left to be played.

Cujo came on in relief to stop all 9 shots he faced in overtime, then kept the door closed in the shoot-out, while Jeff Hamilton for the Leafs was the only scorer on either side.



Cujo was astounding tonight coming on in relief, he will likely get the start Friday when the Buds shuffle off to Buffalo put a dagger in the hearts of all those Sabres fans. As always, you can hear all of the action live right here on, Bench Brawl!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Leafs hand Habs un-timely loss!


I love the Leafs, mostly because the beat Montreal, over and over again! They have beaten them 3 out of five times so far this season, this time by a score of 5-2

The line of Mikeal Grabovski, Alexi Ponikarovsky, and Nikolia Kulemin combined for 11 points last night while Jason Blake scored his 25th of the season, and leads the team in both goals and points.

Toronto is 11th in the Eastern Conference with 73 points, eight behind eighth-place Montreal, and is likely to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season.

The Canadiens, who remain one point ahead of ninth-place Florida, are 1-3-2 since Gainey stepped behind the bench after firing Guy Carbonneau on March 9.

Toronto is 11th in the Eastern Conference with 73 points, eight behind eighth-place Montreal, and is likely to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season.

The Canadiens, who remain one point ahead of ninth-place Florida, are 1-3-2 since Gainey stepped behind the bench after firing Guy Carbonneau on March 9.



The Leafs next action comes Tuesday at home to the Capitals, as always, you can hear all the action live right here on Bench Brawl!!