10 Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Toronto Maple Leafs. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/tor http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ur27c35/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/mikhail-grabovski-disappointing-leafs-postseason-losing-game-7-145116459.html As impressive as the Toronto Maple Leafs were in their playoff series against the Boston Bruins, Mikhail Grabovski had a different experience. The forward had just two assists and was a minus-10 for the Leafs – a performance that came after a 9-goal, 7-assist one in 48 games this season. I spoke with Grabovski about the Leafs’ playoff run; whether Game 7 was his worst loss of his career; his season under coach Randy Carlyle; his Datsyukian goal attempt; his incident with Max Pacioretty; and what the future holds. Q. Let’s start with a couple of thoughts about the season. GRABOVSKI: “The season turned to be positive overall. I wouldn’t say it was the best one for me or very successful, but it was certainly interesting, I gained a lot of experience.” Yet it ended in a big disappointment. If you were asked to describe what happened in a few words, what would you say? “I would say… You know, it is so difficult to describe it, very difficult to talk about it. It left a very bad feeling. But it was still an experience. It showed that as a team we are not yet ready to compete for the Stanley Cup. At the same time, we are almost there.” Mon, 20 May 2013 07:51:16 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5396cb21-decd-3acd-bc2b-c13f4fbf0654-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ppp7mea/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-complaining-nhl-officiating-time-fine-sore-losers-115517840.html Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. No one is ever going to be totally happy with the ways in which the NHL's referees or officials make their decisions. We can all agree on that. If there's a game in which neither team is whistled for a penalty, both will likely complain that the refs missed calls on the other. If there's a game in which both teams receive 10 power plays, both will complain that the referees were overly harsh in doling out discipline. No one is ever especially happy with calls that go in between those two extremes, either, because unless you win, you aren't happy. And sometimes, even when you do win, you aren't happy. It's tough to know what, exactly, brought all this to a head in these playoffs. Alex Ovechkin complaining about a league-wide conspiracy in Game 6 after the end of Game 7; Jonathan Toews stamping his feet when his team got clobbered on home ice by its archrival; Sidney Crosby saying the league needs to institute video review for puck-over-the-glass calls; Jonathan Quick abusing officials because the Kings gave the Sharks a two-man advantage in overtime. Doesn't it strike anyone as being a bit much? No one likes to lose in October, let alone in the second round of the playoffs, and you might even say that the refs have made a bit of a spectacle of themselves in the last few games. The best thing a ref can do, the old saying goes, is not be noticeable, and things have admittedly gotten a bit out of hand in some instances. But nonetheless, can you imagine the eye-rolling or outright mockery in Chicago if Henrik Zetterberg had said the same things Toews did after they got creamed in Game 1? Or the uproar if Ryan Callahan of the lionized New York Rangers had complained about a conspiracy to push the series longer? Or the furor if Joe Thornton had done what Quick did after the Sharks gave up a similar late-game 5-on-3 advantage that allowed the Kings to tie Game 1? What it boils down to is being a sore loser. Mon, 20 May 2013 04:55:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6510d192-05ac-3d9e-a5cf-4e4d8e0c4d27-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12bipm8lf/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bruins-top-rangers-5-2-072403798--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- The Bruins know a huge deficit can disappear quickly. They overcame one to reach the second round of the playoffs. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:24:03 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6deb9ccc-dcb6-37f4-b15e-b0faac9af61b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13nra0kul/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/pittsburgh-gulf-tower-turns-goal-light-penguins-playoff-151830228.html Via Penguins WhoSay Besides being able to have their team advance out of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the city of Pittsburgh has also made it possible to turn one of its buildings into a goal light. A Toronto Maple Leafs fan petition to turn CN Tower into a goal light for each playoff game didn't succeed. In Pittsburgh, however, it took a round, but the top of Gulf Tower will light up red every time the Penguins score in for the rest of the playoffs. Ian Walsh, an executive with Rugby Realty, who control Gulf Tower, met with the Penguins on Wednesday to discuss another idea when the goal light conversation came up. After figuring out a way to control the lights remotely, the plan was put into place for Game 2 on Friday. Here's a view from inside CONSOL Energy Center after Brenden Morrow's goal in Game 2: From the Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review : There was no test run, and Crosby's goal early in the first period on Friday night turned the Gulf Tower into a rotating red light for the first time. However, because there was still daylight when Crosby scored around 7:50 p.m., few people noticed. That was not the case about 30 minutes later when Crosby scored his second goal. A darker sky provided the perfect backdrop for the Gulf Tower to stand out. During the game, Wareham received word from Penguins employees that fans were posting photos of the rooftop goal-light on Twitter, but even he was surprised how quickly the idea became a success. The Penguins’ director of event presentation controls the lights via an iPhone and beginning with Sunday night’s Game 3, there will be 20 rotations of the lights for each goal scored, up from 15 used during Game 2. Follow Sean Leahy on Twitter at @Sean_Leahy Sun, 19 May 2013 08:18:30 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,3b3cdcd3-8b4c-358a-9d7b-3f5ef6ce957c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12bume24o/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-bruins-preview-003600208--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- - The Boston Bruins have three rookie defensemen in the lineup for the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers. Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,4bba406a-bb1a-375f-ae8b-71f6df16bbc7-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12kmvupm6/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/redden-closer-playing-bruins-vs-173407328--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- In the corner of the Boston Bruins' locker room, hanging from the hooks in Andrew Ference's stall, is a yellow running singlet with the team's ''Spoked B'' logo on the front. Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,b6147613-c1a8-3bfe-884c-d8bbf06221aa-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13a51ol8n/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/leafs-fan-loses-bet-bruins-fan-wears-shame-145220236.html Sports editor Josh Lewis of the Estevan Mercury in Saskatchewan is a big Toronto Maple Leafs fan. The kinds that had his hopes and dreams crushed by a three-goal rally by the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Alas, Lewis is also the kind of Leafs fan who was willing to make a bet with a coworker at the weekly paper: Chad Saxon, an editor and a massive Boston Bruins fan. So after seeing the Leafs lose Game 7 in embarrassing fashion, Lewis suffered another embarrassment, as per the wager: Ouch. From Saxon, via email: We bet on the series and the punishment was the loser had to wear a sandwich board and stand on the boulevard of our busiest street for half an hour at noon. The winner got to choose what went on the sign. Obviously it was looking like I was pretty much screwed up until the comeback. Josh, who we had under suicide watch for a couple of days was a good sport and paid off his debt on Friday. But wait, there’s more: Writes Saxon: “We are big supporters of humiliating Leafs fans so we were hoping you could throw this on the blog.” Well, Josh Lewis – oh, by the way, you can tweet at him here – you boldly accepted your defeat after a valiant effort, much like the Leafs did. And like the Leafs, we hope you learned lesson from this defeat. Like, for example, never betting on the Leafs. Ever. Sat, 18 May 2013 07:52:20 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7dc773dc-cd55-373c-be71-9f2e5683043b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12kkh0fee/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bruins-back-line-boosted-rookie-200211096--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Bruins have three rookie defensemen in the lineup for the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:13 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,d4ef4356-2034-3d0e-94d5-eaf03b5d640e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13eblbk5j/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eulogy-remembering-2012-13-toronto-maple-leafs-181609020.html (Ed. Note: Well, here it is. The long gestating Toronto Maple Leafs Eulogy. Usually, we have the fans that hate eliminated teams the most be the ones to remember them fondly. But since the Leafs making the playoffs was such a monumental deal, we decided to go in another direction: Allowing the caustic Leas fans from Pension Plan Puppets to eulogize their own team. Here’s what happens when year of cynicism collides with sudden adoration for a Leafs team that lost in seven to the Bruins.) By Pension Plan Puppets Today we say goodbye to the 2012-13 Toronto Maple Leafs. We come not to mourn their passing, but to celebrate how the 2012-13 Toronto Maple Leafs lived, loved and were led by a great man known as Randolph Robert Carlyle. The world will long remember these Leafs for their ability to generate quality shots and for limiting their opponents’ quality chances . Hockey fans, no matter their allegiance, will recall this team for the terror they struck in the hearts of the opposition by playing not one, but two enforcers for a few short minutes each night. The 2012-13 Leafs will be remembered for changing their culture. They will be, and should be, remembered by the Jack Adams-worthy work of Coach Randy Carlyle. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:16:09 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7528a66b-cd7b-3a38-be51-3ad85a789a1e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12i0nr7k2/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/thn-yahoo-nhl-awards-toughest-161500585--spt.html THN and Yahoo! continue to roll out our joint awards by announcing Zdeno Chara, Jay McClement and Colton Orr as winners. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,ba992515-ca94-3467-a5ab-f047ca598526-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ne1iqr6/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/marchand-delivers-lift-bruins-over-075307952--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- Brad Marchand left the morning skate early. The Bruins were thrilled he was on the ice at the end of the game Thursday night. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:53:07 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,31a6a4d3-da7b-3402-a7e3-dcf0a7fbbe40-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12eiqif3d/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/marchand-lives-bruins-3-2-025757666--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- Good things happen for the Bruins in overtime. Even for Brad Marchand. Thu, 16 May 2013 21:36:47 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5909a36c-6bfc-341d-bb97-d6a0e556a9c8-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12a2p442g/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bruins-3-rangers-2-ot-032036855--nhl.html BOSTON - Brad Marchand scored his first goal of the playoffs 15:40 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in the first playoff game between the two old rivals in 40 years Thursday night. Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,406ab9e2-02d0-3716-a85e-07e30d53ed0d-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12cvkog9k/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-playoff-game-day-17-031800690--spt.html The Bruins continued to find a way to win in their opener against the Rangers, but how many more D-men can they lose before it falls apart?; and the Sharks outplayed the Kings, but lost in crushing fashion to fall behind 2-0 in the series Thu, 16 May 2013 20:18:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,8845b720-6cab-35e8-8401-3222daf2ca4b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ojblu8j/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bruins-face-lundqvist-shot-blocking-202349223--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- Putting the puck past Henrik Lundqvist is a huge challenge for the Boston Bruins. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:49:43 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,dcca3969-3e33-3c6f-b9db-6409ab295377-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=121s4t11u/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/fearing-jinx-133700036--nhl.html This week's Dose is all about the facts (and a superstition or two) when it comes to the first-round results. Thu, 16 May 2013 06:37:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,995c348b-bfa8-342e-a0d7-b7c7c6a2f84a-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12vi438qn/*http%3A//csnne.nbcsports.acquia-ps.com/blog/bruins-talk/haggerty-5-keys-bruins-rangers-series The Bruins managed to clear the first hurdle with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but things will get grittier and heavier in the second round of the playoffs with the New York Rangers coming to Boston. Wed, 15 May 2013 22:40:59 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,1bb6e55f-2044-3727-9f83-0546873c4590-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12nklvdgl/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-roundup-sekle-trophy-finalists-230037842--nhl.html Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks are the three finalists for the 2012-13 Frank J. Selke Trophy. Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:37 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,17d50763-a29d-3471-9cbf-126b9c24c9be-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=132vbe45b/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-play-two-outdoor-games-yankee-stadium-2014-184633732.html (Reuters) - The New York Rangers will play two outdoor games at Yankee Stadium early next year as part of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stadium Series, the league said on Wednesday. The Rangers will face off against the New Jersey Devils on January 26 and then battle the New York Islanders on January 29 in the first hockey games to be played at the Major League Baseball stadium which seats over 50,000 people. ... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:46:33 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,badab05f-6cc4-3bba-a3fd-f45998da54aa-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=131vlfofg/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-rangers-play-two-outdoor-games-yankee-stadium-183604860.html May 15 (Reuters) - The New York Rangers will play two outdoor games at Yankee Stadium early next year as part of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stadium Series, the league said on Wednesday. The Rangers will face off against the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 26 and then battle the New York Islanders on Jan. 29 in the first hockey games to be played at the Major League Baseball stadium which seats over 50,000 people. ... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:36:04 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,b45e6eca-cd12-3902-9f1a-e8470da77ff8-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12j4e6lvu/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-schedules-two-games-yankee-182036623--nhl.html Let's play two in Yankee Stadium. Two hockey games, that is, and not baseball. Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,1da00d81-e81d-3549-ad72-d10503938325-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13og01pg1/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/selke-trophy-finalists-patrice-bergeron-vs-pavel-datsyuk-152408262.html Wed, 15 May 2013 08:24:08 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,96106ee8-56e4-359a-ab3e-ba853b48d1dd-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12lr16fj7/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bruins-rangers-carry-boston-york-071925981--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- After the marathon bombings, the cities of Boston and New York put aside their bitter rivalries and joined in their mutual love of sports and country. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:24:38 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7b70f013-6eb3-3d80-8f1d-2d3675d6a7d4-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ntrsi38/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-bruins-both-bring-momentum-225449478--nhl.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly everything about the New York Rangers' Game 7 victory over the Washington Capitals was improbable, and yet the 5-0 drubbing they authored wasn't even the most surprising result of the night. Tue, 14 May 2013 15:54:49 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,0279969d-cda1-352a-98d4-95f612ce56ea-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12m0ekelg/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bruins-gm-expected-worst-comeback-210430714--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- From his perch on the ninth floor, Peter Chiarelli looked down on the ice at what he feared were the last few minutes of the Bruins' season. Tue, 14 May 2013 15:25:24 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,160c6444-ee54-3da6-b91b-196d7c12170d-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13u98lfda/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--round-2-nhl-playoff-power-rankings--blackhawks--kings-emerge-as-favorites-202825873.html Tue, 14 May 2013 13:28:25 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,2fe6cb96-e75f-32e3-bc21-951b20a3b0c0-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13budi4vb/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/game-7-loss-haunt-lupul-ovechkin-joins-team-185309044.html Tue, 14 May 2013 11:53:09 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,f4922552-abca-386b-88c4-ebed72614afe-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=1289i7ddk/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/eastern-semi-finals-142100643--nhl.html Corey Abbott looks at the two Eastern Conference semi-final playoff series. Tue, 14 May 2013 07:21:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,54ddfd82-5725-3768-b4e1-f4f1d27ecbb6-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13eq8dv7d/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eulogy-remembering-2012-13-washington-capitals-131535740.html Tue, 14 May 2013 06:15:35 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,161de245-a6f9-3f3d-880b-efd49fa046bf-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12e14gn9m/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bergeron-leads-bruins-5-4-071112848--nhl.html BOSTON (AP) -- Patrice Bergeron put the winning touch on an extraordinary comeback, then raced into the arms of smiling teammate Zdeno Chara. Tue, 14 May 2013 04:03:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,181f5c3b-2ed9-31ab-8df7-05a58ffe3784-l:1 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:51:16 PDT