Monday, February 6, 2012

N.Y. Giants 21 - N.E. Patriots 17 - Superbowl XLVI


It was an exciting game, though at times the two teams looked like they forgot how to play professional football. The patriots were dominating and leading 17-15 half-way through the fourth quarter, when Eli got the ball with five minutes left in the fourth and did what he did best. Marched his team down the field and scored a touchdown, leaving Brady only 57 seconds to respond with a touchdown to claim victory. After almost getting sacked resulting in a victory for the N.Y. Giants, Tom Brady lobbed a last second hail mary to the end zone, which Gronkowski  almost caught.

Yet, much to the relief of the N.Y. Giants he didn't, and the N.Y. Giants won Superbowl XLVI. 

Leafs 5 - Senators 0 - Game #52

It was an exciting game from beginning to end, but only if you are a Leafs fan. Kessel was on fire and with Optimus Reim back in net, the Leafs worked their way to an easy victory, over what many pundits predicted was the real Senators team.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Leafs 1 - Penguins 0 - Game #51


Another tight game between these two teams. Yet, with the return of Optimus Reim, Colby Armstrong and JM-Liles the Leafs got a needed shot in the arm, which put them over the top. Optimus Reim gained his confidence back as he looked solid in net and made his return in style with a shutout. Colby Armstrong definetly helped in nursing the lead home, a skill set that was desperatly missed in Tuesday's game against Pittsburgh.The Leafs next game is against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, an important game in the Battle of Ontario with the Leafs only 2pts behind Ottawa for 6th place. Go Leafs Go!!!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Penguins 5 - Leafs 4 (SO) - Game #50

What can you really say about this one? The Leafs dominated the entire game, until about five minutes left in the third, which began to see Toronto try and nurse a 4-2 lead to periods end. Yet, some sloppy play and some bad goaltending and the Leafs with 6.6 seconds left in the third were headed to OT with the score tied up at 4-4. To make matters worse Kessel misses a wide open net in OT as the puck bounces off his stick and into Fluery, and then Kadri in the shootout pulls the lamest move ever, by Kadri's standards.

A couple of side notes: Kadri's hit on Paul Martin was amazing, absolutly nailed the guy. As for Grabovski, how can you trade this guy, 19 points in his last 18 games and 2 goals and an assist last night, not to mention that he was the fastest player out there. The Leafs would need to get a huge offer to even contemplate moving this guy.

Let's hope Toronto can pick it up tonight at the ACC against the Penguins.