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| Maple Leafs re-sign Alex Steen to $3.4-million, 2-year extension |
NHL Hockey |
02/23/2008 |
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TORONTO (AP) -The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Alex Steen to a $3.4-million, two-year contract extension. Steen, who turns 24 next week, had 10 goals and 16 assists entering Saturday night's game against Atlanta. He was Toronto's first choice, 24th overall, in the 2002 entry draft. He will earn $1.7 million in each of the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons after coming out of his entry-level contract.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News rep |
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| Leafs continue homestand against Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Toronto Maple Leafs resume what has been a good homestand so far when the Buffalo Sabres invade the Air Canada Centre tonight for a battle between Northeast Division rivals. After beginning its current five-game residency with a one-goal loss to the New York Islanders on February 13, Toronto has rebounded with back-to-back home wins over Boston and Columbus. In their most recent time out, the Maple Leafs scored three times in the first period en route to a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jackets |
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| Leafs jump on Columbus early for victory |
NHL Hockey |
02/20/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Best E Casino) - Nik Antropov's goal in the first period turned out to be the game winner, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-1, at the Air Canada Centre. Carlo Colaiacovo and Chad Kilger both lit the lamp and Vesa Toskala saved 26- of-27 shots for the Maple Leafs, who have won two straight overall and moved to 4-1-1 in the last six meetings against Columbus. "We were playing strong defensively, after we scored our first goal we let down a bit, then we tightened it up d |
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| Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs square off in Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The struggling Columbus Blue Jackets will try for just their second win in six games tonight, when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for an interconference matchup at Air Canada Centre. The Blue Jackets have just two wins in their last 10 games (2-5-3) and are falling out of the Western Conference playoff race. Columbus has 63 points and is three points behind Vancouver, Calgary and Phoenix for the West's final postseason spots. Columbus was last in action Sunday in St. Louis and was handed a |
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| Hurricanes aim to rebound versus Bruins |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2008 |
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| canes are 15-11-2 as the host this season and have won four straight and five of their last six at RBC. Boston is off to an awful start in February as it has a 2-4-1 record this month. The Bruins were handed a loss in their most recent outing as the Toronto Maple Leafs posted a home win over Boston on Saturday. Darcy Tucker's second goal of the game, with 1:21 left in OT, sent Toronto to a 4-3 decision over the Bruins. On the game-winner, Alex Steen accepted a pass from Tomas Kaberle in the left circle, took a cou |
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| Islanders visit Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
02/14/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Islanders will try to put their recent seven- game slide even further behind them tonight, when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for a battle at Air Canada Centre. The Islanders ended their seven-game skid with a home victory Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Trent Hunter had a goal and two assists, as New York notched the 4-3 decision over the Flyers at Nassau Coliseum. Ruslan Fedotenko added a goal and a helper against his former team and Rick DiPietro made 26 stops for |
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| Gaustad scores, Miller perfect as Sabres clip Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
02/14/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (Best E Casino) - Ryan Miller stopped 35 shots to record his third shutout of the season and seventh of his career, as the surging Buffalo Sabres blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs, 1-0, at HSBC Arena. Paul Gaustad tallied the lone goal for the Sabres, who have won three straight and are 8-0-2 in their last 10 games overall. Vesa Toskala stopped 19-of-20 shots for the Maple Leafs, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Gaustad broke a scoreless tie at the 8:56 mark of the third period. Daniel Paille |
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| Sen. Charles Schumer, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to meet with Bills owner about future |
NFL Football |
02/13/2008 |
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| h for one game per season through 2012. They will also play three preseason games in Toronto during that period. The Toronto partners are Blue Jays owner Ted Rogers and Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors. ``Hey, I can't speculate what's going to happen in the future,'' Wilson said last week when asked about the Bills moving north. ``But don't worry. Don't worry right now.'' Rep. Brian Higgins, from Buffalo, also met with Good |
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| Maple Leafs, Sabres square off in Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
02/13/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of clubs coming off victories over two of the top teams in the NHL will square off tonight, as the Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Sabres at Buffalo's HSBC Arena. The Maple Leafs have won three of their last four and knocked off the NHL's best club, Detroit, last time out. Nik Antropov's goal 1:02 into overtime on Saturday helped Toronto stun the Red Wings, 3-2. The scoring chance came after a Red Wings turnover led to an odd-man rush for Toronto. Then, with Detroit goaltender Dominik Ha |
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| Antropov's OT score lifts Maple Leafs over Red Wings |
NHL Hockey |
02/09/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Best E Casino) - Nik Antropov's goal 1:02 into overtime helped the Toronto Maple Leafs stun the Detroit Red Wings, 3-2, at Air Canada Centre. The scoring chance came after a Red Wings turnover led to an odd-man rush for Toronto. Then, with Detroit goaltender Dominik Hasek scrambling to get back into position, Antropov took advantage of some crisp passing and knocked a feed from Anton Stralman into the net. It marked a career high in goals for Antropov, who recorded his 19th of the season. "Kabe (Tom |
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