[Gotham Dark Knight]

Well...finally the game got around to the 2005-06 rosters, but the outcome was more of the same...

Site: Toronto

Score: Leafs 8 Blue Jackets 4

GOALS
Toronto: Alexei Ponikarovsky (2), Ken Klee, Darcy Tucker (2), Alexander Steen, Jeff O'Neill, Matthew Stajan
Columbus: Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla, Manny Malhotra

ASSISTS
Toronto: Tomas Kaberle (4), Aki Berg, Bryan McCabe (2), Mats Sundin (2), Nik Antropov, Jeff O'Neill (2), Ben Ondrus
Columbus: Rick Nash, Trevor Letowski, Sergei Fedorov, Mark Hartigan, Michael Rupp, Bryan Berard

PENALTIES
Toronto: Bryan McCabe (1 for 2 mins), Darcy Tucker (1 for 2 mins), Wade Belak (1 for 2 mins), Tie Domi (1 for 2 mins)
Columbus: Trevor Letowski (1 for 2 mins), Michael Rupp (1 for 2 mins)


INJURIES
None.

EJECTIONS
None.

STARS OF THE GAME
1. Tomas Kaberle (Toronto)
2. Darcy Tucker (Toronto)
3. Jeff O'Neill (Toronto)

DATE OF GAME
May 8, 2006 PM





7:3205-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Alexei Ponikarovsky assisted by Tomas Kaberle and Jeff O'Neill05-06 Maple Leafs 1-012:1505-06 Maple Leafs2 minute penalty on Bryan McCabe for roughing05-06 Maple Leafs 1-017:0105-06 Blue JacketsManny Malhotra shoots and scores on the rebound assisted by Trevor LetowskiGame tied 1-117:2705-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Alexander Steen assisted by Bryan McCabe and Nik Antropov05-06 Maple Leafs 2-1 Period 26:1005-06 Blue Jackets2 minute penalty on Trevor Letowski for roughing
2 minute coincidental penalty on Wade Belak (05-06 Maple Leafs) for roughing05-06 Blue Jackets 1-27:1905-06 Maple Leafs2 minute penalty on Tie Domi for holding05-06 Maple Leafs 2-17:4105-06 Blue JacketsPowerplay - Goal scored by Rick Nash assisted by Bryan BerardGame tied 2-29:4005-06 Maple Leafs2 minute penalty on Darcy Tucker for interference with goaltenderGame tied 2-214:2105-06 Blue JacketsGoal scored by Nikolai Zherdev assisted by Sergei Fedorov and Rick Nash05-06 Blue Jackets 3-215:5705-06 Blue JacketsGoal scored by Rostislav Klesla assisted by Michael Rupp and Mark Hartigan05-06 Blue Jackets 4-216:3205-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Alexei Ponikarovsky assisted by Bryan McCabe and Jeff O'Neill05-06 Maple Leafs 3-4 Period 30:3305-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Darcy Tucker assisted by Tomas Kaberle and Mats SundinGame tied 4-41:0605-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Jeff O'Neill assisted by Tomas Kaberle and Ben Ondrus05-06 Maple Leafs 5-46:2305-06 Blue Jackets2 minute penalty on Michael Rupp for elbowing05-06 Blue Jackets 4-58:4605-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Darcy Tucker assisted by Mats Sundin and Tomas Kaberle
Pascal Leclaire is replaced by Marc Denis in the net.05-06 Maple Leafs 6-411:0105-06 Maple LeafsGoal scored by Ken Klee05-06 Maple Leafs 7-415:1005-06 Maple LeafsMatthew Stajan shoots and scores on the rebound assisted by Aki Berg05-06 Maple Leafs 8-4


Columbus was up 4 to 3 at the end of two periods ...and then 5 unanswered goals from Toronto...five freakin Goals!...once again, we had to yank our goalie...Darcy Tucker lead the rally in the 3rd quarter....

For the Blue Jackets...this is as close as they have come in the series...They got goals from Nash, Zherdev and Klesla...three of their first round draft picks since 2000...showing us that we are indeed building through the draft...

(Personal notes: I did not like the fans in Toronto throwing out brooms onto center ice after the Leafs took a 6-4 lead...I really thought they would be a little classier than that...but hey, there is some bad blood brewing....and Darcy Tucker should have gotten a game misconduct for flattening the goalie...the Ref gave him 2 minutes!...I have seen people get 5-10 years for smaller crimes!)

[blueandwhite]

Those goaltender interference penalties are for sissies. And maybe your goalies need to stop drinking so much water - forced to leave the game before they've completed three periods.
Pony scores two - someone's getting better with age - and 4 assists for Kaberle? Man oh man.
Snow day - schmo day - that last postponement did nothing to cool the Leafs off.
But congrats on 4. Some of your guys decided to show. That thing behind the guy with the mask? that's the net.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by blueandwhite

Those goaltender interference penalties are for sissies. And maybe your goalies need to stop drinking so much water - forced to leave the game before they've completed three periods.
Pony scores two - someone's getting better with age - and 4 assists for Kaberle? Man oh man.
Snow day - schmo day - that last postponement did nothing to cool the Leafs off.
But congrats on 4. Some of your guys decided to show. That thing behind the guy with the mask? that's the net.

Look!...My goalies are fighting a hydration problem...it was in the papers...you know that!...but yes, the going to the bathroom in the mist of the 3rd period is getting on my nerves...

maybe its those new rosters, but I thought I saw the tides turning on this one...

And if you look in the rule book missy...upending the goal tender with your hockey stick while in the crease and then skating over his glove hand calls for more than a freakin 2 minutes...

...And in case you did not see me, I was sitting behind our keeper tonight... I know what our net looks like, I also know what the stupid red light that kept coming was...

Remember that nect game we are at home!...don't go playing it in Toronto my accident now...

[blueandwhite]

excuse the brooms - we tend to get overconfident here in TO. It happens when you tend to lose when it counts.
send Leclaire some flowers on Darcy. we'll stop telling that nasty joke that goes "how many bluejackets does it take to lose a game?". And I'll ask Sundin to stop doing his 'I'm a big winner and you guys aren't' dance at the end of each period.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by blueandwhite

excuse the brooms - we tend to get overconfident here in TO. It happens when you tend to lose when it counts.
send Leclaire some flowers on Darcy. we'll stop telling that nasty joke that goes "how many bluejackets does it take to lose a game?". And I'll ask Sundin to stop doing his 'I'm a big winner and you guys aren't' dance at the end of each period.

Sticks and stones babe...sticks and stones...we will rebound from this debacle...you are sooo overconfiendent you sound like the 1980 Soviet Union before they were humbled by a team with the same colors as my Blue Jackets.

And according to your last post, it only takes one Blue Jacket to lose a game...A goalie with a quessy bladder at that...

So take back those brooms, and save them for a night time ride during Halloween...we will be back, you hear me...