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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Year End Awards 2013-14

Posted on February 18, 2014 at 06:25 PM.

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The St. Louis Blues took out the Ottawa Senators in 7 games to win the Stanley Cup.

Here's the rest of the hardware for 2013-2014.

NHL Awards 2013-14
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Art Ross Trophy	John Tavares	C	Toronto Maple Leafs
Hart Memorial Trophy	John Tavares	C	Toronto Maple Leafs
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Dion Phaneuf	D	Los Angeles Kings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Martin St. Louis	W	Tampa Bay Lightning
Calder Memorial Trophy	Braden Holtby	G	Washington Capitals
Conn Smythe Trophy	Jaroslav Halak	G	St. Louis Blues
Vezina Trophy	Peka Rinne	G	Nashville Predators
William M Jennings Trophy	Cory Schneider	G	New Jersey Devils
Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy	Robyn Regehr	D	Los Angeles Kings
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Pavel Datsyuk	W	Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay Award	John Tavares	C	Toronto Maple Leafs
Rocket Richard Trophy	John Tavares	C	Toronto Maple Leafs

Monday, February 17, 2014

Season 1: Road to the Cup: Round 1

Posted on February 17, 2014 at 05:26 PM.

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Unfortunately, Morgan Rielly fell out with a concussion and is suffering from the aftermath and it may sideline him the entirety of these play-offs. Rookie Jesse Blacker has been called up and slotted in at the 3rd pairing alongside Mark Fraser to fill in.

(1) TORONTO VS. (8) OTTAWA
Round 1: Game 1: Vs. Ottawa Senators
Final Score: 6-1 Toronto

Not an overly exciting game as things got ugly towards the end of the 2nd period. Toronto walks all over Ottawa in a 6-1 win. Goals came from all the usual suspects with Kadri leading the charge with a pair. Others came from Tavares, Van Riemsdyk, Kulemin and Lupul. Drew Doughty chipped in with 3 helpers on the night. Colby Armstrong replied for Ottawa. Toronto takes a 1-0 series lead.

Game 2: Vs. Ottawa Senatora
Final Score: 7-3 Ottawa

The Ottawa Senators rolled into Toronto and rolled over the Leafs to tie up the series at one apiece. The final score showed 7-4 in what was really an even more dominating performance than the score showed. Scoring for the Senators was the top line of Michale-Spezza-Ryan who all had two goals apiece with the 7th coming from young gun Conacher. Replying for the Leafs were Ekman-Larsson, Kulemin, McClement and Van Riemsdyk. The series will now shift to Ottawa for the next two games.

Game 3: @ Ottawa Senators

Final Score: 3-2 Ottawa

A hard-nosed affair ended in glee for the home fans. With the score tied 2-2 with just 22.7 seconds left, Senators winger Cory Conacher managed to grab a rebound and slide it in under a sprawling Jonathan Bernier. The rest of the Senators offense came from their big line with Spezza and Michalek both finding the back of the net. Okposo and Lupul scored for the Leafs in a losing effort.

Game 4: @ Ottawa Senators
Final Score: 7-5 Toronto

In another weirdly high scoring game the Leafs were able to tie the series up 2-2 before heading back home to Toronto. Kulemin led the way with 2 goals while Bobby Ryan was able to keep the scoring touch of the Senators top line alive as he netted a hattrick. Hopefully the goalies can take control of a game soon and grab some confidence between the pipes.

Game 5: Vs. Ottawa Senators
Final Score: 6-3 Toronto

Coming off a big road win and tying the series the Leafs carried that momentum into Game 5 where they took a 3-2 series lead with a 6-3 victory. Joffrey Lupul led the way with a pair of goals for the Leafs who look to take the series down in Game 6 on the road in Ottawa.

Game 6: @ Ottawa Senators
Final Score: 4-1 Ottawa

The Senators didn't plan on ending their season early and especially on home ice. Everything went to plan and they carried a 2-1 lead into the 3rd period before icing it with two 3rd period goals. Colin Greening led the offensive charge for the Sens with a pair of goals. Game 7 is necessary as the teams are dead locked 3-3.

Game 7: Vs. Ottawa Senators
Final Score: 5-2 Ottawa

After coming into the play offs as the Stanley Cup favorites, Toronto has been dispatched in 7 games by the Ottawa Senators in a 5-2 loss. The offense was simply snake bitten for the final two games and the goaltending was simply not up to snuff. The off-season will bring some change no doubt to this franchise as they move forward wondering what went wrong.

OTTAWA DEFEATS TORONTO IN 7 GAMES 4-3

Play-Off Offensive Stats

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2013-14
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	7	4	6	10
John Tavares	7	3	5	8
Drew Doughty	7	1	7	8
Joffrey Lupul	7	5	2	7
Nikolai Kulemin	7	5	2	7
James Van Riemsdyk	7	4	2	6
Nazem Kadri	7	3	3	6
Jake Gardiner	7	0	5	5
Kyle Okposo	7	1	2	3
Jay McClement	7	2	0	2
Tyler Bozak	7	0	2	2
Carl Gunnarsson	7	0	1	1
Joel Ward	7	0	1	1

2013-14 Year End League Standings and Team Statistics

Posted on February 17, 2014 at 04:48 PM.

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Interesting play off matches going on here. Surprising play off bids coming from the likes of Edmonton and Buffalo as well and surprisingly bad seasons from teams such as Detroit and the Rangers.

NHL Standings - Updated: Apr 13, 2014
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	OTL	PTS
Z-Toronto	58	20	4	120
X-Boston	48	29	5	101
Y-New Jersey	47	29	6	100
X-Buffalo	46	28	8	100
X-Tampa Bay	44	28	10	98
X-Pittsburgh	42	27	13	97
X-NY Islanders	44	30	8	96
X-Ottawa	45	33	4	94
Washington	42	32	8	92
Montreal	38	29	15	91
Carolina	42	34	6	90
Columbus	42	34	6	90
Detroit	41	34	7	89
NY Rangers	39	33	10	88
Philadelphia	37	38	7	81
WEST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	OTL	PTS
Z-San Jose	50	25	7	107
Y-Chicago	46	28	8	100
X-Edmonton	44	30	8	96
X-Anaheim	40	27	15	95
X-St. Louis	42	30	10	94
X-Winnipeg	44	33	5	93
X-Nashville	41	34	7	89
X-Minnesota	38	32	12	88
Phoenix	38	35	9	85
Vancouver	32	39	11	75
Colorado	33	41	8	74
Los Angeles	33	43	6	72
Calgary	30	42	10	70
Dallas	28	43	11	67
Florida (Last Place Eastern)	36	44	2	74

The top guys all did their jobs with extremely impressive seasons from the likes of Tavares who fell just one goal shy of the 40 mark. Kadri, Van Riemsdyk and Lupul all joined him in the 30 goal club however.

Gunnarsson also impressed with a 40 point campaign from the backend.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2013-14
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
John Tavares	82	39	66	105	+56	6	59	242	16.12
Joffrey Lupul	80	33	37	70	+45	10	44	236	13.98
James Van Riemsdyk	82	36	33	69	+48	7	41	239	15.06
Nazem Kadri	76	35	31	66	+36	7	14	178	19.66
Kyle Okposo	82	27	32	59	+14	5	72	223	12.11
Nikolai Kulemin	82	23	33	56	+33	3	14	163	14.11
Carl Gunnarsson	81	7	33	40	+45	3	35	70	10.00
Jake Gardiner	82	12	25	37	+37	2	33	112	10.71
Drew Doughty	67	9	25	34	+16	1	48	119	7.56
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	65	4	26	30	-15	1	27	111	3.60
Tyler Bozak	82	8	17	25	0	1	14	120	6.67
Jay McClement	79	9	9	18	+14	0	26	87	10.34
Jerry D'Amigo	56	9	7	16	+4	1	16	49	18.37
Mark Fraser	82	4	11	15	+13	2	146	34	11.76
Joe Colborne	82	4	8	12	-8	2	10	50	8.00
Joel Ward	61	4	8	12	+11	0	23	58	6.90
Carter Ashton	82	5	7	12	-4	1	21	48	10.42
Morgan Rielly	76	2	8	10	-1	0	6	58	3.45
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
James Reimer	53	38	11		2.18		2,972	.914	4
Jonathan Bernier	36	20	9		2.43		1,996	.911	2

With the play offs just around the corner things are looking exciting and we hope to bring home a cup.

Updates to follow!

A New Era in Toronto

Posted on February 17, 2014 at 02:37 PM.

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The play-offs are just a few weeks out and the Toronto fans haven't been so excited in decades.

With new ownership in town big changes have taken place over the stretch of the 2013-2014.

Kessel is gone, in his place as the top offensive producer is John Tavares, flanking him on the top line are Joffrey Lupul (who is sporting the C) a long with the big fast James Van Riemsdyk.

The former captian Dion Phaneuf also saw his way out of town as did Cody Franson, Leo Komarov and David Clarkson.

Stepping in for them were the likes of Drew Doughty, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Joel Ward and Kyle Okposo.

Leading the conference in points by a solid margin with just 8 games to go, the Leafs have clinched top spot and although not over looking their opponents before season's end, are very excited for the promise of some thrilling playoff action in Toronto this year.

Here's the full current roster, as we are post trade deadline, this is the way things will look come playoff time:

Maple Leafs Roster
#	CENTERS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
42	Tyler Bozak	28	6'1''	195	Right	Canada
91	John Tavares	23	6'0''	202	Left	Canada
22	Joe Colborne	24	6'5''	213	Left	Canada
13	Nazem Kadri	23	6'0''	185	Left	Canada
11	Jay McClement	31	6'1''	205	Left	Canada
#	LEFT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
21	James Van Riemsdyk	24	6'3''	200	Left	United States
81	Jerry D'Amigo	23	5'11''	208	Left	United States
16	Nikola Kulemin	27	6'1''	225	Left	Russia
19	Joffrey Lupul	30	6'1''	206	Right	Canada
#	RIGHT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
9	Joel Ward	33	6'1''	226	Right	Canada
14	Kyle Okposo	25	6'0''	210	Right	United States
18	Carter Ashton	22	6'3''	200	Left	Canada
#	DEFENSE	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
2	Mark Fraser	27	6'3''	220	Left	Canada
4	TJ Brennan	24	6'0''	205	Left	United States
8	Drew Doughty	24	6'0''	212	Right	Canada
24	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	22	6'2''	190	Left	Sweden
51	Jake Gardiner	23	6'1''	184	Left	United States
55	Carl Gunnarsson	27	6'2''	196	Left	Sweden
7	Morgan Rielly	20	6'0''	197	Left	Canada
#	GOALIES	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
45	Jonanthan Bernier	25	5'11''	186	Left	Canada
34	James Reimer	26	6'2''	207	Left	Canada