Showing posts with label maple leafs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maple leafs. Show all posts

Sunday, February 10, 2013

A Night To Remember

The Montreal Canadiens faced the Toronto Maple Leafs last night at the Bell Centre. These 2 teams had opened the NHL 48 game season, where the Leafs would win by a slight 2-1 victory. The Canadiens who have lost 2 in a row looked to win against the team they lost their home opener to. On the other hand, the Leafs were coming into this game with 2 straight wins on hand.

  • First Period
    • The Canadiens started off the period by letting Kuleman outracing Andrei Markov as he passes it to Leo Komarov who wrisdt one past Price with only 59 seconds into the start of the first period. 6 minutes later,Tyler Bozak picked up the rebound in front of the net making it 2-0 Leafs heading into the second.
      • Montreal: 8 Shots On Goal
      • Toronto: 12 Shots On Goal
  • Second Period
    • As the Canadiens lost all momentum, the Leafs would capitalize. With 4 minutes gone, Phil Kessel from the side of the net passes it to James Van Riemsdyk in front of the net and scores for the Leafs. The Canadiens would spend the next 15 minutes of the period trying to score atleast one goal, they pressed and pushed but could not beat James Reimer. To take the momentum away, Phil Kessel who only has a goal this season, scores for the Leafs on the powerplay making it 4-0 heading into the third.
      • Montreal: 20 Shots On Goal
      • Toronto: 8 Shots On Goal
  • Third Period
    • With only 4 minutes into the third, McClement backhands one at net, Carey Price kicks out the rebound right to Leafs forward Holzer who was coming in on the rush, this made it 5-0 Leafs. As the Habs lost all hope, several fights would break. A total of 18 penalties were taken just in the third, 3 Canadiens players got 10 minute game misconducts. As the Canadiens taking too many penalties, they would be short handed. Dion Phaneuf would slap one past Price for his first of the season. The game would end, as the Habs get completely destroyed by the Leafs.
      • Montreal: 9 Shots On Goal
      • Toronto: 8 Shots On Goal
The Canadiens move down in the rankings, as Toronto moves ahead leading by one point. The Canadiens play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, the Lightning have lost 3 straight games just like the Canadiens.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

An Upset At Home Ice



An upset on behalf of last night's game. The Montreal Canadiens just could not capitilze on their power play opportunities against the Leafs. Start up goaltender, Scrivens for Toronto made 22 saves allowing only a single goal. The Toronto defense played exceptionally well last night as they did not let the Montreal forwards produce a single goal on any of their power play opportunities. Carey Price, the Montreal goalie, made a total of 24 saves on the night. Also, allowing the first shot to go in, Carey Price quoted "It's tough to get into it when you're chasing the puck around." The Canadiens taking 2 penalties in the first six minutes of game play brought down the crowds momentum, as Toronto would take over and score the first 2 goals of the game and end off with a win at the Bell Centre.

A good game though indeed, all you Leaf fans planning celebration parties, we shall soon meet again on February 9th! Here's more of yesterday's game recap:


http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2012020005&cmpid=ggl1bx

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Season Game Opener!



The Montreal Canadians open the long awaited NHL 48 game season against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. After a long wait, fans from both cities will be watching this one! Will you be watching or listening? If you’re not a hockey fan, this is your chance to join the trend! Not a fan of trends? Just enjoy the game for what it is, the passion, the integrity of the crowd, the roaring and the soaring, the “Boo’s” and the “Woo’s!” Tonight, whether the Canadiens take the win or the Maple Leafs, hockey is a way of life, to bring people together and just simply have an amazing time with those around us. So pick up your remote or radio, turn it on at 7 pm and get ready to be entertained tonight!

1)  To watch the game tune into CBC at 7:00 pm to watch the full game
2)  To listen to the game on your mobiles/radio http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2012020005

Puck drops at 7 EST. GO HABS GO!