Erik Burgdoerfer had a rare breakaway goal by a defenceman to help the Ottawa Senators complete the back-to-back sweep of the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 5-2 score on Tuesday night in preseason action.
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Senators edge Leafs as Marleau scores in exhibition debut
TORONTO – Erik Burgdoerfer scored the game winning goal at 10:31 of the third period as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday night. Burgdoerfer was sent in alone out of the penalty box with his initial shot turned aside by Frederik Andersen. However, Toronto’s Andreas […]
Rookie defencemen may provide an in-house answer to defensive improvements
Rookies Timothy Liljegren and Andrew Nielsen represent a promising future for the Toronto Maple Leafs back end.
2011-12 NHL Preview: Pacific Division
Only 10 points separated the San Jose Sharks at the top of the division from the Dallas Stars at the bottom last season.
Sharks bite back, eliminate Wings in Game 7
San Jose’s Patrick Marleau lead the Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings with his first goal of the series at 12:13 in the third period eliminating Detroit in Game 7 on Thursday night.
Dream on: Canadian men’s hockey team advances to gold medal game with win over Slovakia
Team Canada’s gold medal dream got one step closer to fruition after a 3-2 semi-final win over Slovakia on Friday at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Ryan Getzlaf scored the game-winning goal and Robert Luongo came up with a spectacular glove save in the final seconds to preserve the win for Canada. Getzlaf scored a […]
Crosby comes through, leads Canada to victory over the Swiss
Sidney Crosby may not have put up any points during regulation, but he scored the most important goal in the shootout to lead Canada to a 3-2 win against Switzerland. After being denied on his first shootout attempt Crosby was given a second opportunity. In international rules after the initial three shooters have shot, both […]