What is with the back-ups walking into Air Canada Centre and putting up a brick wall? Scott Clemmensen puts up a 42-save performance as the Florida Panthers walk away with an important two points in a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Yes, I know of Clemmensen's 42 saves, there were maybe a handful of those that were high quality scoring chances. But, regardless he played a very good game having sat out 20+ games in a row.
Phil Kessel had quite a few chances in the opening period, but had troubles hitting the net. His first was his patent wrist shot that just missed the far post and had a clear breakaway and I think had too many options going through his head on whether to shoot, deek, or pass back to Tyler Bozak. It turned out to be attempted deek that was nullified by a Clemmensen poke check.
David Booth scored the first two goals for FLA. The first off a Luke Schenn turnover and beat J.S. Giguere upstairs, his second standing at the top of the blue paint and tipping in a hard Brian McCabe rocket from the point.
Giguere played an ok game. The first goal, you can flip a coin on and the second he had Booth right on top of him. Almost similar to Clemmensen, but did not have the same luck.
The Leafs had a chance to take the lead in the first, but they had trouble hitting the net. Give the Panther defence credit though; they blocked around 20 shots tonight which added to the Buds frustrations offensively tonight.
The lone bright spot was the only goal scored by Freddie Sjstrom, who netted his first goal as a Maple Leaf. It was not the prettiest goal, but they all count no matter how they go in.
Next up for the blue and white, they fly into the ATL Thursday night to battle the Atlanta Thrashers.
Until next time Leafs Nation,
Go Leafs Go!
Chase Hadden
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tiger Back On The Prawel
Tiger Woods gave his first two one-on-one interviews last night (all beit a whole five minutes) to ESPN and Golf Channel.
I feel that the questions that were asked were justified and Woods answered honestly and kept family matters private, which they should be. But, when it came to being asked about the car accident, I felt that he could of given more detail to what happened. He said "it was all in the police report and is public record." We all know there is more to the story that we may never know, but with the world of TMZ and social media like Twitter, anything is possible to surface some day.
Woods will make his return to the PGA Tour in a couple weeks for The Masters at the beautiful and prestigious Agusta National where he won his first major championship and four green jackets in total. Some were saying why not do a sit down with 60 Minutes (as The Masters is carried by CBS and would be a great way to tie the whole week together) and that would not have been a bad idea, so he wouldn't have to deal with a tone of media. But, Agusta is a very tight place when it comes to what media gets to be on the grounds.
If it were anyone else who was making their first tournament of the year at The Masters, I would not give them a chance. But, this is Tiger Woods, the worlds number one golfer.
I don't agree with the things he has done, but that is his personal matters and all I care about is what he does on the golf course. I will be cheering for him when he tees off on April 8.
Chase Hadden
I feel that the questions that were asked were justified and Woods answered honestly and kept family matters private, which they should be. But, when it came to being asked about the car accident, I felt that he could of given more detail to what happened. He said "it was all in the police report and is public record." We all know there is more to the story that we may never know, but with the world of TMZ and social media like Twitter, anything is possible to surface some day.
Woods will make his return to the PGA Tour in a couple weeks for The Masters at the beautiful and prestigious Agusta National where he won his first major championship and four green jackets in total. Some were saying why not do a sit down with 60 Minutes (as The Masters is carried by CBS and would be a great way to tie the whole week together) and that would not have been a bad idea, so he wouldn't have to deal with a tone of media. But, Agusta is a very tight place when it comes to what media gets to be on the grounds.
If it were anyone else who was making their first tournament of the year at The Masters, I would not give them a chance. But, this is Tiger Woods, the worlds number one golfer.
I don't agree with the things he has done, but that is his personal matters and all I care about is what he does on the golf course. I will be cheering for him when he tees off on April 8.
Chase Hadden
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Leafs Continue Winning Ways
What's going on this month? 7-3-1? I believe in culture change and the changing of the guard. That is what we have here; this is the youth movement in front of us. The Toronto Maple Leafs come out on top last night 3-2 over the Montreal Canadiens in yet another shootout.
Both clubs traded chances early in the game, but Tyler Bozak gave the Leafs a 1-0 lead on his seventh goal of the year on the power play from a rebound off a Dion Phaneuf rocket from the point.
Under a minute left in the opening frame, off a brilliant pass by Scot Gomez, Brian Gionta kicks the puck up to his stick and flutters a backhand just inside the circle beating Jonas Gustavsson on a goal he would liked to of had back and it was 1-1 after one.
Toronto got into some penalty trouble in the second, but the penalty kill (PK) did another great job last night by keeping the puck to the outside, getting bodies and sticks into the shooting lanes and killed off a double minor late in the second and early in the third not giving up a shot on goal.
Phil Kessel on the fly, snaps one over the blocking arm of Jaroslav Halak for his 28th of the year and gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes. Kessel has found his scoring touch having scored six goals in his last six games.
In the third, on the power play (PP), the Habs tied it up off a Gionta tip from the point for his second of the game and 23rd goal of the season. Both teams had chances late in the third, but we would need extra time to solve the contest.
Both clubs had a few chances in overtime, but for the third game this year, a shootout was needed. Kessel led it off for the blue and white by firing a wrist shot off the crossbar. AK47 had a nifty little move on Gustavsson to put Montreal up 1-0. Nik Kulemin tied it with yet another beautiful wrist shot blocker side on his attempt. Gomez could not beat Gustavsson on his shootout attempt. The third shooter for the Buds, John Mitchell, does a carbon-copy move on Halak like he did Thursday night against New Jersey's Yan Danis and puts the Leafs 2-1. Gionta tries a backhand move on the Monster, but he wouldn't have anything to do with it and gives the Maple Leafs the victory.
Gustavsson looked a little shaky and scrambled around his crease early, but he settled down and had yet another solid game, winning his fifth in a row and six of his last seven.
Up next for the blue and white, the Florida Panthers roll into the ACC Tuesday night for their fourth and final meeting of the season.
Until next time Leafs Nation,
Go Leafs Go!
Chase Hadden
Both clubs traded chances early in the game, but Tyler Bozak gave the Leafs a 1-0 lead on his seventh goal of the year on the power play from a rebound off a Dion Phaneuf rocket from the point.
Under a minute left in the opening frame, off a brilliant pass by Scot Gomez, Brian Gionta kicks the puck up to his stick and flutters a backhand just inside the circle beating Jonas Gustavsson on a goal he would liked to of had back and it was 1-1 after one.
Toronto got into some penalty trouble in the second, but the penalty kill (PK) did another great job last night by keeping the puck to the outside, getting bodies and sticks into the shooting lanes and killed off a double minor late in the second and early in the third not giving up a shot on goal.
Phil Kessel on the fly, snaps one over the blocking arm of Jaroslav Halak for his 28th of the year and gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes. Kessel has found his scoring touch having scored six goals in his last six games.
In the third, on the power play (PP), the Habs tied it up off a Gionta tip from the point for his second of the game and 23rd goal of the season. Both teams had chances late in the third, but we would need extra time to solve the contest.
Both clubs had a few chances in overtime, but for the third game this year, a shootout was needed. Kessel led it off for the blue and white by firing a wrist shot off the crossbar. AK47 had a nifty little move on Gustavsson to put Montreal up 1-0. Nik Kulemin tied it with yet another beautiful wrist shot blocker side on his attempt. Gomez could not beat Gustavsson on his shootout attempt. The third shooter for the Buds, John Mitchell, does a carbon-copy move on Halak like he did Thursday night against New Jersey's Yan Danis and puts the Leafs 2-1. Gionta tries a backhand move on the Monster, but he wouldn't have anything to do with it and gives the Maple Leafs the victory.
Gustavsson looked a little shaky and scrambled around his crease early, but he settled down and had yet another solid game, winning his fifth in a row and six of his last seven.
Up next for the blue and white, the Florida Panthers roll into the ACC Tuesday night for their fourth and final meeting of the season.
Until next time Leafs Nation,
Go Leafs Go!
Chase Hadden
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