Sunday, April 11, 2004
The dark side prevails tonight
The Leafs beat the Sens 2-0 tonight to even their series at one game a piece.
Aside from a dominating opening ten minutes to the game by the Leafs, the Sens deserved better. They just were unable to capitalize on their chances and had no puck luck. Radek Bonk missed two chances while standing on the open side of the net because the puck bounced over his stick.
The Leafs were able to capitalize on their chances while the Sens couldn't and that was the difference in the game.
Some points about the game:
According to Rule 48 Checking from Behind, "A check from behind is a check delivered on a player who is not aware of the impending hit", since Tie Domi clearly hit Marian Hossa squarely in the numbers and Hossa was unaware of Domi's presence why was Domi not penalized?
After the Leafs' first goal, the shot total was 26-15 for Ottawa. Averaged out over a full game the totals would have been 31-18 which is pretty close to Thursday's totals of 30-17 in favour of Ottawa.
Why wasn't Alexander Mogilny given an unsportsmanlike penalty after his temper tantrum? Even though it was strange to see the normally mild-mannered Mogilny make Darcy Tucker look calm, he still should have been given a penalty for his outburst.
Why did Vaclav Varada receive four minutes in penalties for his "altercation" with Mats Sundin? From what CBC showed, Sundin took Varada down by the neck and then Sundin pushed Varada to the ice. Varada never even laid a hand on Sundin! Sundin basically did to Varada what Varada did to McCabe in the final regular season game when he pushed him to the ice.
Aside from a dominating opening ten minutes to the game by the Leafs, the Sens deserved better. They just were unable to capitalize on their chances and had no puck luck. Radek Bonk missed two chances while standing on the open side of the net because the puck bounced over his stick.
The Leafs were able to capitalize on their chances while the Sens couldn't and that was the difference in the game.
Some points about the game:
According to Rule 48 Checking from Behind, "A check from behind is a check delivered on a player who is not aware of the impending hit", since Tie Domi clearly hit Marian Hossa squarely in the numbers and Hossa was unaware of Domi's presence why was Domi not penalized?
After the Leafs' first goal, the shot total was 26-15 for Ottawa. Averaged out over a full game the totals would have been 31-18 which is pretty close to Thursday's totals of 30-17 in favour of Ottawa.
Why wasn't Alexander Mogilny given an unsportsmanlike penalty after his temper tantrum? Even though it was strange to see the normally mild-mannered Mogilny make Darcy Tucker look calm, he still should have been given a penalty for his outburst.
Why did Vaclav Varada receive four minutes in penalties for his "altercation" with Mats Sundin? From what CBC showed, Sundin took Varada down by the neck and then Sundin pushed Varada to the ice. Varada never even laid a hand on Sundin! Sundin basically did to Varada what Varada did to McCabe in the final regular season game when he pushed him to the ice.
