Leafs Beat Canes 6-2

Well, the Cardiac Kids strike again. In what appeared to have the makings of a blowout with the Leafs leading 4-1 going into the third. Carolina scored three un-answered goals in the third to tie it up. Thanks to a couple of of timely saves and the "Jason Blake show", the Buds managed to hold on and win by a final of 6-4


With 11 seconds to go, Jason Blake cemented his bit for a hat-trick with an empty netter. White, Hagman and Kaberle also had goals, that while timely, where eclipsed by the five point night of Blake who also got the first star of the game. “We got lazy and we took some penalties,” Blake said. “They’ve got a lot of offensive skill over there and they took advantage of it. We just obviously wanted … to put the foot on the pedal and keep doing what we were doing.”



I don’t know if there is any bittersweetness for us,” coach Ron Wilson said, “but yeah, we found a way to win. We never should have put ourselves in that position, but we did.”

As a bit of a side note, it was Coach Paul Maurices first game behind the bench against his former team. When asked what he told his team between the second and third period that led to the comeback, Maurice responded, “Nothing that you can print.”


The Leafs are in Atlanta tonight and as always, you can hear the game live, right hear on Bench Brawl