Yeah, but he's a leader. The tradition of just making your highest-profile player the captain by default is long past it's expiration date. Look what it did to Lindros.
Yeah, I see that they are a bit fatigued. Thats basically what OT do, hope we can out last them. :frown:
i'm really getting sick of sports. flyers are probably gonna go out in the first round again, sixers are all injured going into the playoffs, the eagles already blew it in the nfc championship.
rooting for philly sports is like one giant cocktease :|
rooting for philly sports is like one giant cocktease :|
Solid effort. Biggest worry is Mogilny.
It looked kinda bad the way the trainer took him off the ice, holding his jaw, but who knows.
Hopefully it's just some stiches or a busted tooth or two. If it's his jaw thats real bad news.
Go Leafs!
It looked kinda bad the way the trainer took him off the ice, holding his jaw, but who knows.
Hopefully it's just some stiches or a busted tooth or two. If it's his jaw thats real bad news.
Go Leafs!
True. I was really worried when they took him off the ice with blood dripping from his chin. Man, we need all the bodies we can get. Just when we get 2 back, 2 gets hurt.
Leafs dump Flyers in 2OT
Canadian Press
4/14/2003
TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto Maple Leafs snatched a 2-1 series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers thanks to a 4-3 win on Tomas Kaberle's second goal of the game, 7:20 into the second overtime period Monday night.
Mats Sundin rushed the puck along the left wing and skated behind the net before backhanding a puck into the slot. Kaberle came in from the point and poked the loose puck over a kneeling Roman Cechmanek.
``I thought Mats would try to bring the puck in front of the net and try to shoot,'' Kaberle told CBC. ``I got the rebound right on my stick and shot it blocker side.''
Robert Reichel, and Alexander Mogilny also scored for the Leafs and Eric Weinrich, Eric Desjardins and Mark Recchi for the Flyers during regulation time.
Game 4 is Wednesday night. Mogilny, wobbling on his skates, left the game in the fifth minute of the second OT when he was struck in the face by Jeremy Roenick's stick blade.
``We played pretty much three lines all night so it was tough on us,'' said Kaberle. ``We just have to look at Game 4 right now.''
The Leafs hadn't pressured the Flyers' defencemen much in splitting the first two games, and they were bent on being more physical this time. Darcy Tucker set the tone by hammering Dmitry Yushkevich into the boards with a clean check in the game's opening minute.
Weinrich opened the scoring at 4:02 by gliding unchecked towards Ed Belfour, taking a pass out of a corner from Tony Amonte, and firing a wrist shot that struck the inside of the goalie's right arm and bounced into the net.
Gary Roberts levelled Roenick with a crushing check as the Leafs continued the heavy hitting. It wasn't bothering the Flyers.
Desjardins made it 2-0 at 8:02 when he was set up by Justin Williams to finish a flurry around Belfour, who had fallen in his crease in stopping the initial shot.
Reichel replied 37 seconds later. Bryan McCabe took a long shot. Reichel was all alone in front of Cechmanek to knock it down, turn, and slid the puck under the goalie.
Recchi slammed Tucker into the side boards a few minutes later and the two yapped at one another from the benches. Things were heating up.
Kaberle tied it 2-2 on a power play at 2:18 of the second period. Reichel had the puck in the circle to the left of Cechmanek and wound up for a slapshot. Cechmanek moved out to cut an angle. Instead of shooting, Reichel smartly sent a cross-ice pass to Kaberle in the other circle, and the puck was into the open side of the net before Cechmanek could get back.
Consecutive penalty kills by Toronto were followed by Mogilny's tie-breaking goal at 16:00. His wrist shot from the circle to the left of Cechmanek found the top short-side corner of the net.
Donald Brashear took Mogilny down with a heavy-duty shoulder check, and Robert Svehla dropped John LeClair along the boards as the bone-crunching continued.
A Kaberle giveaway allowed Philadelphia to draw even at 3-3 at 2:59 of the third period. Kaberle had the puck in a corner of his own zone and attempted to clear it into the neutral zone. The puck slid to Yushkevich at the blue-line. Belfour stopped his shot but Recchi was on the doorstep to flip in the rebound.
Only six penalties were assessed during regulation time so the fast pace was rarely slowed by referees' whistles. It was back and forth, back and forth.
Belfour got his left leg pad down to stop a Roenick shot with two minutes left in the third period that could have won it for the Flyers.
Tucker slammed Recchi to the ice with a shoulder check with a minute left, and Roberts crushed Roenick against the boards in the closing seconds of regulation. Win or lose, the Leafs were giving their all to pull the wheels off the NHL's best road team.
Roberts had the first chance to end it in overtime but couldn't get the puck into an open side of the Flyers net.
Roenick shot into Belfour's chest from 20 feet 10 minutes into overtime and glided away shaking his head.
Roenick, picking himself off the ice two minutes later, had choice words for referee Kevin Pollock when Pollock declined to call Roberts for checking him into the boards from behind.
Philadelphia defenceman Kim Johnsson could have ended it in the 15th extra minute. He was all alone 15 feet in front of Belfour with the puck on his stick. Belfour lunged at the puck when Johnsson shot, it grazed Belfour's shoulder, clanged off the inside of the post and bounced back into play.
Owen Nolan was incredulous when neither Pollock or Paul Devorski penalized Claude Lapointe for high-sticking him. It would go to a fifth period.
Notes: Mike Weir, fresh of his dramatic win at the Masters, dropped the puck in the ceremonial faceoff. ... Disgraced former NHLPA head Alan Eagleson watched the game Flyers GM Bobby Clarke. The two are close friends. ... On power plays, Toronto was 1-for-3 and Philadelphia 0-for-3. Series: Leafs 2-for-11, Flyers 2-for-13. ... Toronto, outshot 67-32 in the first two games, had a 41-39 edge. ... Fourth-line Flyers F Joe Sacco went to the dressing room in the first period and did not return. ... Tucker returned after missing Game 2 with a sore knee, and brother-in-law Shayne Corson was a healthy scratch. ... D Glen Wesley was back in after nursing a foot injury for three weeks. ... F Tom Fitzgerald had a strong game for the Leafs. ... Toronto D Phil Housley played one shift in the first period and was a spectator the rest of the way. ... Belfour's 81st career playoff win broke a tie with Ken Dryden for fourth place on the all-time list.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Canadian Press
4/14/2003
TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto Maple Leafs snatched a 2-1 series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers thanks to a 4-3 win on Tomas Kaberle's second goal of the game, 7:20 into the second overtime period Monday night.
Mats Sundin rushed the puck along the left wing and skated behind the net before backhanding a puck into the slot. Kaberle came in from the point and poked the loose puck over a kneeling Roman Cechmanek.
``I thought Mats would try to bring the puck in front of the net and try to shoot,'' Kaberle told CBC. ``I got the rebound right on my stick and shot it blocker side.''
Robert Reichel, and Alexander Mogilny also scored for the Leafs and Eric Weinrich, Eric Desjardins and Mark Recchi for the Flyers during regulation time.
Game 4 is Wednesday night. Mogilny, wobbling on his skates, left the game in the fifth minute of the second OT when he was struck in the face by Jeremy Roenick's stick blade.
``We played pretty much three lines all night so it was tough on us,'' said Kaberle. ``We just have to look at Game 4 right now.''
The Leafs hadn't pressured the Flyers' defencemen much in splitting the first two games, and they were bent on being more physical this time. Darcy Tucker set the tone by hammering Dmitry Yushkevich into the boards with a clean check in the game's opening minute.
Weinrich opened the scoring at 4:02 by gliding unchecked towards Ed Belfour, taking a pass out of a corner from Tony Amonte, and firing a wrist shot that struck the inside of the goalie's right arm and bounced into the net.
Gary Roberts levelled Roenick with a crushing check as the Leafs continued the heavy hitting. It wasn't bothering the Flyers.
Desjardins made it 2-0 at 8:02 when he was set up by Justin Williams to finish a flurry around Belfour, who had fallen in his crease in stopping the initial shot.
Reichel replied 37 seconds later. Bryan McCabe took a long shot. Reichel was all alone in front of Cechmanek to knock it down, turn, and slid the puck under the goalie.
Recchi slammed Tucker into the side boards a few minutes later and the two yapped at one another from the benches. Things were heating up.
Kaberle tied it 2-2 on a power play at 2:18 of the second period. Reichel had the puck in the circle to the left of Cechmanek and wound up for a slapshot. Cechmanek moved out to cut an angle. Instead of shooting, Reichel smartly sent a cross-ice pass to Kaberle in the other circle, and the puck was into the open side of the net before Cechmanek could get back.
Consecutive penalty kills by Toronto were followed by Mogilny's tie-breaking goal at 16:00. His wrist shot from the circle to the left of Cechmanek found the top short-side corner of the net.
Donald Brashear took Mogilny down with a heavy-duty shoulder check, and Robert Svehla dropped John LeClair along the boards as the bone-crunching continued.
A Kaberle giveaway allowed Philadelphia to draw even at 3-3 at 2:59 of the third period. Kaberle had the puck in a corner of his own zone and attempted to clear it into the neutral zone. The puck slid to Yushkevich at the blue-line. Belfour stopped his shot but Recchi was on the doorstep to flip in the rebound.
Only six penalties were assessed during regulation time so the fast pace was rarely slowed by referees' whistles. It was back and forth, back and forth.
Belfour got his left leg pad down to stop a Roenick shot with two minutes left in the third period that could have won it for the Flyers.
Tucker slammed Recchi to the ice with a shoulder check with a minute left, and Roberts crushed Roenick against the boards in the closing seconds of regulation. Win or lose, the Leafs were giving their all to pull the wheels off the NHL's best road team.
Roberts had the first chance to end it in overtime but couldn't get the puck into an open side of the Flyers net.
Roenick shot into Belfour's chest from 20 feet 10 minutes into overtime and glided away shaking his head.
Roenick, picking himself off the ice two minutes later, had choice words for referee Kevin Pollock when Pollock declined to call Roberts for checking him into the boards from behind.
Philadelphia defenceman Kim Johnsson could have ended it in the 15th extra minute. He was all alone 15 feet in front of Belfour with the puck on his stick. Belfour lunged at the puck when Johnsson shot, it grazed Belfour's shoulder, clanged off the inside of the post and bounced back into play.
Owen Nolan was incredulous when neither Pollock or Paul Devorski penalized Claude Lapointe for high-sticking him. It would go to a fifth period.
Notes: Mike Weir, fresh of his dramatic win at the Masters, dropped the puck in the ceremonial faceoff. ... Disgraced former NHLPA head Alan Eagleson watched the game Flyers GM Bobby Clarke. The two are close friends. ... On power plays, Toronto was 1-for-3 and Philadelphia 0-for-3. Series: Leafs 2-for-11, Flyers 2-for-13. ... Toronto, outshot 67-32 in the first two games, had a 41-39 edge. ... Fourth-line Flyers F Joe Sacco went to the dressing room in the first period and did not return. ... Tucker returned after missing Game 2 with a sore knee, and brother-in-law Shayne Corson was a healthy scratch. ... D Glen Wesley was back in after nursing a foot injury for three weeks. ... F Tom Fitzgerald had a strong game for the Leafs. ... Toronto D Phil Housley played one shift in the first period and was a spectator the rest of the way. ... Belfour's 81st career playoff win broke a tie with Ken Dryden for fourth place on the all-time list.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Mogilny, Roberts expected to play
Canadian Press
4/15/2003
TORONTO (CP) - Alexander Mogilny wasn't granting interviews Tuesday but he said with a thumb all that needed to be said.
"How do you feel, Alex?" the Toronto Maple Leafs star was asked as he headed for a dressing room exit following a team meeting. He raised his right forearm from his side and gave the thumbs-up sign. There was a line of stitches across the bottom of his chin where the stick blade of Philadelphia's Jeremy Roenick accidentally clipped him minutes before Tomas Kaberle's second goal of the game at 7:20 of a second overtime gave Toronto a 4-3 victory and a 2-1 edge in the first-round playoff series.
Otherwise, he looked fine.
"Alex is a tough guy," said teammate Tie Domi. "He's himself today so I think he'll be all right.
"If he was acting out of the ordinary, which for him would be acting like a normal person, I'd be worried about him. But he's his usual self."
Gary Roberts looked okay the day after as well. He took a slapshot off the left foot in overtime. X-rays were negative and he, too, expects to be in uniform for Game 4 Wednesday night.
Mogilny had yet to undergo the usual battery of neurological tests, which are mandatory after a bash to the head, but GM-coach Pat Quinn wasn't worried.
"I'm thinking both guys will be available," he said during a scrum outside the dressing room. Most of his players stayed off skates Tuesday.
The Flyers might wish Mogilny would lose his skates. He's burnt them for five goals in the three games.
"Mogilny is an unbelievable player," said right-winger Justin Williams, who was one of a handful of Flyers who skated Tuesday. "He's had a huge impact on this series.
"He's a huge reason why they're up 2-1 right now. We've given him too much space. We really need to limit his ice. If we can limit his ice, we can limit his (scoring) chances."
Mogilny, Kaberle, Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Robert Reichel, Tom Fitzgerald . . . the list of Leafs who stood out in Game 3 goes on and on. A big boost was provided by the return of Tucker, who'd missed Game 2 with a sore knee, and defenceman Glen Wesley, who'd been out three weeks with a damaged foot.
"Our focus is on Game 4 now," said Tucker. "We have to continue to play the same gritty brand of hockey we played (Monday night)."
It appears Tucker's brother-in-law, veteran forward Shayne Corson, won't be continuing anything with the Leafs. Corson, who wasn't used Monday, told GM-coach Pat Quinn after Game 3 that he was through.
"Shayne has resigned from the club," media relations director Pat Park confirmed.
Corson aside, players on both sides feel as if they are in for a tough series.
"Both teams want to win this bad," said Toronto right-winger Mikael Renberg. "If we want to come away as winners, we're going to have to keep playing this way."
With Mogilny leading the way up front, Toronto has managed to score 10 goals against a stingy team that tied New Jersey for fewest goals against during the regular season.
"Hopefully," Flyers left-winger Donald Brashear replied when asked if the Leafs have left their best game of the series behind them. "We didn't play our best game defensively.
"They came pretty hard at us. That's where we have to adjust."
While most critics consider the Leafs to have an edge in goaltending with Ed Belfour in the nets, Brashear and his teammates have no gripes about the play of Roman Cechmanek.
"Roman was unbelievable (Monday night)," he said. "You can't blame the goalie.
"Both goalies were good at different times. We had chances to put them away in the third and Eddie came up with some big saves."
Philadelphia also has scored 10 goals in the series. Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock isn't surprised with that level of output. But he is disconcerted about his team's defensive play.
"We were a much better team defensively during the regular season," he said. "It seems that every little mistake we make is in our net right now.
"We're going to have to eliminate some of those errors. I don't think we can continue to win this series if we're allowing three and four goals (a game). We've got to get our goals against down as low as we can and continue to do the things we're doing offensively."
He promises adjustments but won't drop a clue.
"I can't tell you that," he said. "But we're the team that has to make adjustments.
"They made some. They made some real good ones. Now it's our turn and we have to make some subtle changes to get back the momentum.
"In playoffs, everything is about initiation. Toronto made some adjustments to initiate more and they were full value for making those adjustments. Now we have to do it."
The physical pounding will continue.
"These are two veteran hockey clubs that have built their teams to try to win in the playoffs," said Hitchcock. "Both teams know how much is at stake and they're putting it all out there.
"That's what playoffs are about. I'll feel bad at the end of the series for one of these teams because one good team is going to go out. But right now it's going to be desperation every game and I don't think either team is going to give an inch."
Quinn has the same measuring stick.
"I expect our guys to continue to play hard, have good pursuit of the puck, and try not to give an inch," he said.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Canadian Press
4/15/2003
TORONTO (CP) - Alexander Mogilny wasn't granting interviews Tuesday but he said with a thumb all that needed to be said.
"How do you feel, Alex?" the Toronto Maple Leafs star was asked as he headed for a dressing room exit following a team meeting. He raised his right forearm from his side and gave the thumbs-up sign. There was a line of stitches across the bottom of his chin where the stick blade of Philadelphia's Jeremy Roenick accidentally clipped him minutes before Tomas Kaberle's second goal of the game at 7:20 of a second overtime gave Toronto a 4-3 victory and a 2-1 edge in the first-round playoff series.
Otherwise, he looked fine.
"Alex is a tough guy," said teammate Tie Domi. "He's himself today so I think he'll be all right.
"If he was acting out of the ordinary, which for him would be acting like a normal person, I'd be worried about him. But he's his usual self."
Gary Roberts looked okay the day after as well. He took a slapshot off the left foot in overtime. X-rays were negative and he, too, expects to be in uniform for Game 4 Wednesday night.
Mogilny had yet to undergo the usual battery of neurological tests, which are mandatory after a bash to the head, but GM-coach Pat Quinn wasn't worried.
"I'm thinking both guys will be available," he said during a scrum outside the dressing room. Most of his players stayed off skates Tuesday.
The Flyers might wish Mogilny would lose his skates. He's burnt them for five goals in the three games.
"Mogilny is an unbelievable player," said right-winger Justin Williams, who was one of a handful of Flyers who skated Tuesday. "He's had a huge impact on this series.
"He's a huge reason why they're up 2-1 right now. We've given him too much space. We really need to limit his ice. If we can limit his ice, we can limit his (scoring) chances."
Mogilny, Kaberle, Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Robert Reichel, Tom Fitzgerald . . . the list of Leafs who stood out in Game 3 goes on and on. A big boost was provided by the return of Tucker, who'd missed Game 2 with a sore knee, and defenceman Glen Wesley, who'd been out three weeks with a damaged foot.
"Our focus is on Game 4 now," said Tucker. "We have to continue to play the same gritty brand of hockey we played (Monday night)."
It appears Tucker's brother-in-law, veteran forward Shayne Corson, won't be continuing anything with the Leafs. Corson, who wasn't used Monday, told GM-coach Pat Quinn after Game 3 that he was through.
"Shayne has resigned from the club," media relations director Pat Park confirmed.
Corson aside, players on both sides feel as if they are in for a tough series.
"Both teams want to win this bad," said Toronto right-winger Mikael Renberg. "If we want to come away as winners, we're going to have to keep playing this way."
With Mogilny leading the way up front, Toronto has managed to score 10 goals against a stingy team that tied New Jersey for fewest goals against during the regular season.
"Hopefully," Flyers left-winger Donald Brashear replied when asked if the Leafs have left their best game of the series behind them. "We didn't play our best game defensively.
"They came pretty hard at us. That's where we have to adjust."
While most critics consider the Leafs to have an edge in goaltending with Ed Belfour in the nets, Brashear and his teammates have no gripes about the play of Roman Cechmanek.
"Roman was unbelievable (Monday night)," he said. "You can't blame the goalie.
"Both goalies were good at different times. We had chances to put them away in the third and Eddie came up with some big saves."
Philadelphia also has scored 10 goals in the series. Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock isn't surprised with that level of output. But he is disconcerted about his team's defensive play.
"We were a much better team defensively during the regular season," he said. "It seems that every little mistake we make is in our net right now.
"We're going to have to eliminate some of those errors. I don't think we can continue to win this series if we're allowing three and four goals (a game). We've got to get our goals against down as low as we can and continue to do the things we're doing offensively."
He promises adjustments but won't drop a clue.
"I can't tell you that," he said. "But we're the team that has to make adjustments.
"They made some. They made some real good ones. Now it's our turn and we have to make some subtle changes to get back the momentum.
"In playoffs, everything is about initiation. Toronto made some adjustments to initiate more and they were full value for making those adjustments. Now we have to do it."
The physical pounding will continue.
"These are two veteran hockey clubs that have built their teams to try to win in the playoffs," said Hitchcock. "Both teams know how much is at stake and they're putting it all out there.
"That's what playoffs are about. I'll feel bad at the end of the series for one of these teams because one good team is going to go out. But right now it's going to be desperation every game and I don't think either team is going to give an inch."
Quinn has the same measuring stick.
"I expect our guys to continue to play hard, have good pursuit of the puck, and try not to give an inch," he said.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Corson's days with Leafs over?
TSN.ca Staff
4/15/2003
It looks as though Shayne Corson's days as a Toronto Maple Leaf may be over.
Sources told TSN that Corson, who was a healthy scratch last night for Game 3 against Philadelphia, met with Head Coach and General Manager Pat Quinn yesterday and a decision was reached during that meeting that Corson would no longer play or practice with the club. Corson was not at Leaf practice today.
"Shayne has resigned from the club," media relations director Pat Park confirmed Tuesday.
Whether that decision remains final remains to be seen. Corson is clearly unhappy with his diminished role on the Maple Leafs this season.
"He'd gone from being someone who was happy-go-lucky and effervescent to someone who shows his emotions," Rick Curran, Corson's agent, told The Fan, an all-sports radio station in Toronto. "What it came down to was the game wasn't any fun for him.
"He just felt that he couldn't keep going this way. He knew what it was doing to him. As of (Monday night), he made the decision he wasn't going to be able to continue."
Added Curran: "I think it was the right thing for Shayne to do. Talking to him (Tuesday), he sounds a lot more relieved than he has for quite a while."
Corson's contract expires at the end of this season, but there is a club option.
It's believed, howewver, that the Maple Leafs are not interested in exercising that option.
Corson was in the final year of a three-year contract that paid him $2.45 million US this season.
He appeared in only 46 games and had 15 points including a career-low seven goals, and 49 penalty minutes. Injuries twice took him out of the lineup, and he missed the final five games due to illness. He was also a healthy scratch for seven straight games in February. Corson said at the time he had never been a healthy scratch in his NHL career.
In 1,139 regular-season games in 18 seasons with Montreal, Edmonton, St. Louis, Montreal again, and Toronto, the six-foot-one native of Barrie, Ont., has 268 goals, 415 assists and 2,328 penalty minutes. In 133 playoff games, he had 38 goals, 48 assists and 277 penalty minutes.
He played in NHL all-star games in 1990, 1994 and 1998.
Cheers,
Aquaman
TSN.ca Staff
4/15/2003
It looks as though Shayne Corson's days as a Toronto Maple Leaf may be over.
Sources told TSN that Corson, who was a healthy scratch last night for Game 3 against Philadelphia, met with Head Coach and General Manager Pat Quinn yesterday and a decision was reached during that meeting that Corson would no longer play or practice with the club. Corson was not at Leaf practice today.
"Shayne has resigned from the club," media relations director Pat Park confirmed Tuesday.
Whether that decision remains final remains to be seen. Corson is clearly unhappy with his diminished role on the Maple Leafs this season.
"He'd gone from being someone who was happy-go-lucky and effervescent to someone who shows his emotions," Rick Curran, Corson's agent, told The Fan, an all-sports radio station in Toronto. "What it came down to was the game wasn't any fun for him.
"He just felt that he couldn't keep going this way. He knew what it was doing to him. As of (Monday night), he made the decision he wasn't going to be able to continue."
Added Curran: "I think it was the right thing for Shayne to do. Talking to him (Tuesday), he sounds a lot more relieved than he has for quite a while."
Corson's contract expires at the end of this season, but there is a club option.
It's believed, howewver, that the Maple Leafs are not interested in exercising that option.
Corson was in the final year of a three-year contract that paid him $2.45 million US this season.
He appeared in only 46 games and had 15 points including a career-low seven goals, and 49 penalty minutes. Injuries twice took him out of the lineup, and he missed the final five games due to illness. He was also a healthy scratch for seven straight games in February. Corson said at the time he had never been a healthy scratch in his NHL career.
In 1,139 regular-season games in 18 seasons with Montreal, Edmonton, St. Louis, Montreal again, and Toronto, the six-foot-one native of Barrie, Ont., has 268 goals, 415 assists and 2,328 penalty minutes. In 133 playoff games, he had 38 goals, 48 assists and 277 penalty minutes.
He played in NHL all-star games in 1990, 1994 and 1998.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Mogilny ruled out of Game 4
Sports Network-CP
4/16/2003
(Sports Network) - The Toronto Maple Leafs, struggling with injuries and off-ice drama, try to put it all behind them tonight when they host the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
The Leafs be playing without Shayne Corson, who left the team Tuesday, and Alexander Mogilny, who was ruled out Wednesday morning.
Mogilny, who scored his fifth goal of the series Monday, was inadvertently struck under the chin by the stick of Jeremy Roenick. A gash was opened, and the Russian star appeared dazed as he was helped off the ice. He was expected to play tonight, but the Leafs opted on Wednesday to hold him back at least one game.
"He had a downturn yesterday," Leafs coach Pat Quinn said. "There were enough symptoms to say he should not play tonight. They are taking a precaution."
It's not known when Mogilny will be ready to return to the lineup.
"The plan is to re-test on Thursday and we'll make the decisions at that time," said Quinn.
After the teams split the first two games in Philly, the Leafs posted a 4-3 double-overtime victory on Monday. Tomas Kaberle scored two goals, including the game-winner 7:20 into the second OT. Robert Reichel and Mogilny each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who bounced back after getting thoroughly outplayed in the second game.
"Philadelphia dominated us in the first and second games both with shots and the physical game, but [Monday] we did a better job," said Toronto captain Mats Sundin, whose wraparound attempt helped lead to Kaberle's deciding tally.
Ed Belfour made 36 saves for Toronto, which ended a three-game overtime losing streak in the playoffs. The Leafs lost three games in OT versus the Carolina Hurricanes in last season's conference finals.
Eric Weinrich, Mark Recchi and Eric Desjardins all scored for the Flyers, with Recchi forcing OT early in the third period. Roman Cechmanek was able to turn away 37 of the 41 shots he faced, including several stellar stops in the OTs.
The Flyers had a golden opportunity to win the contest in the first overtime, but defenseman Kim Johnsson fired a shot off the left post.
Toronto established itself with a dominating second period that saw the Leafs outshoot the Flyers by an 11-6 margin and scored twice. Philadelphia was supposed to be the quicker team entering the series, but for the middle frame on Monday, Toronto was the faster of the two.
Philadelphia coach Ken Hitchcock said that Game 3 was a different animal than the first two that saw the Flyers carry much of the play.
"The first two games, we were the team that was initiating all over the ice,"Hitchcock said. "[In Game 3], we drew even. They initiated on us as much as we initiated on them."
Gary Roberts, who left Game 3 after taking a shot off the foot in overtime, is expected to play after X-Rays were negative.
The return of Roberts and Mogilny is obviously key, as they have helped the Leafs score four or more goals on the Flyers twice already in this series. Philadelphia, utilizing the stingy ways of Hitchcock, finished tied with New Jersey for the fewest goals-against during the regular season.
One player who won't be on the ice tonight is Corson, who left the Maple Leafs Tuesday after being a healthy scratch in Game 3. Corson insisted in Toronto papers, however, that his resigning from the club had more to do with his health rather than a diminishing role on the team.
"The most important thing is my teammates. I love those guys. I think they're good enough to win and I want them to win the Cup," Corson told the Toronto Star. "But I have to start taking care of myself."
Game 5 will be played Saturday afternoon at the First Union Center in Philadelphia.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Sports Network-CP
4/16/2003
(Sports Network) - The Toronto Maple Leafs, struggling with injuries and off-ice drama, try to put it all behind them tonight when they host the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
The Leafs be playing without Shayne Corson, who left the team Tuesday, and Alexander Mogilny, who was ruled out Wednesday morning.
Mogilny, who scored his fifth goal of the series Monday, was inadvertently struck under the chin by the stick of Jeremy Roenick. A gash was opened, and the Russian star appeared dazed as he was helped off the ice. He was expected to play tonight, but the Leafs opted on Wednesday to hold him back at least one game.
"He had a downturn yesterday," Leafs coach Pat Quinn said. "There were enough symptoms to say he should not play tonight. They are taking a precaution."
It's not known when Mogilny will be ready to return to the lineup.
"The plan is to re-test on Thursday and we'll make the decisions at that time," said Quinn.
After the teams split the first two games in Philly, the Leafs posted a 4-3 double-overtime victory on Monday. Tomas Kaberle scored two goals, including the game-winner 7:20 into the second OT. Robert Reichel and Mogilny each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who bounced back after getting thoroughly outplayed in the second game.
"Philadelphia dominated us in the first and second games both with shots and the physical game, but [Monday] we did a better job," said Toronto captain Mats Sundin, whose wraparound attempt helped lead to Kaberle's deciding tally.
Ed Belfour made 36 saves for Toronto, which ended a three-game overtime losing streak in the playoffs. The Leafs lost three games in OT versus the Carolina Hurricanes in last season's conference finals.
Eric Weinrich, Mark Recchi and Eric Desjardins all scored for the Flyers, with Recchi forcing OT early in the third period. Roman Cechmanek was able to turn away 37 of the 41 shots he faced, including several stellar stops in the OTs.
The Flyers had a golden opportunity to win the contest in the first overtime, but defenseman Kim Johnsson fired a shot off the left post.
Toronto established itself with a dominating second period that saw the Leafs outshoot the Flyers by an 11-6 margin and scored twice. Philadelphia was supposed to be the quicker team entering the series, but for the middle frame on Monday, Toronto was the faster of the two.
Philadelphia coach Ken Hitchcock said that Game 3 was a different animal than the first two that saw the Flyers carry much of the play.
"The first two games, we were the team that was initiating all over the ice,"Hitchcock said. "[In Game 3], we drew even. They initiated on us as much as we initiated on them."
Gary Roberts, who left Game 3 after taking a shot off the foot in overtime, is expected to play after X-Rays were negative.
The return of Roberts and Mogilny is obviously key, as they have helped the Leafs score four or more goals on the Flyers twice already in this series. Philadelphia, utilizing the stingy ways of Hitchcock, finished tied with New Jersey for the fewest goals-against during the regular season.
One player who won't be on the ice tonight is Corson, who left the Maple Leafs Tuesday after being a healthy scratch in Game 3. Corson insisted in Toronto papers, however, that his resigning from the club had more to do with his health rather than a diminishing role on the team.
"The most important thing is my teammates. I love those guys. I think they're good enough to win and I want them to win the Cup," Corson told the Toronto Star. "But I have to start taking care of myself."
Game 5 will be played Saturday afternoon at the First Union Center in Philadelphia.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Ahh, so many things have happened since the last game. I hope Corson will eventually get his health back, he didn't play like his usual self this whole season.
Finally, Green is back, and housley is out. This is going to be a hard game to win.
Finally, Green is back, and housley is out. This is going to be a hard game to win.
I know that, I didnt mean get healthy and get back to the leafs, I just meant get healthy. It would be a suck if he hated the game because it.
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