Thursday, January 24, 2008

win! 3-2

With 29 seconds left of the game he scores!! Yey! I tell ya' that is the reason I love the captain of the Leafs.

From Globe and Mail:
"Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin made history with some late-game heroics and in the process produced a welcome-back win for the new interim general manager, Cliff Fletcher.
With the Washington Capitals applying pressure and poised to score another come-from-behind victory, Sundin and his linemates, Alex Steen and Nik Antropov, were able to turn the tide and skate in the other direction on what appeared to be a harmless 3-on-2 rush.


When veteran Capitals goalie Olaf Kolzig was unable to control a rebound, Sundin banged in the loose puck for the game-winning goal with 29.2 seconds remaining and a 3-2 victory before an Air Canada Centre crowd of 19,479 last night.

It was not only Sundin's 93rd career game-winner, third among active players behind Jaromir Jagr (111) and Brendan Shanahan (108), the goal was the 544th in the Swede's career, tying him with the legendary Rocket Richard for 24th on the NHL's regular-season career goals list."

We'll see about that play offs in the Stanley Cup. I know, it is a slim (close to impossible) but hey, at least I have hope when it comes to hockey :) and to think, Sundin played with Lafleur in Quebec back in 1990.... Lafleur's last season...

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