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--Deb --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Richard de Give <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Richard de Give <[email protected]> > Subject: (noise) Old-time hockey, eh? > To: "World News Now Discussion LIst ABC's" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 7:50 PM > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/07/sports/s182750D09.DTL > > Son of `Slap Shot' star scores in Toronto win > > > > > By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports Writer > > Tuesday, April 7, 2009 > > > > (04-07) 18:35 PDT Newark, N.J. (AP) -- > The son of one of the notorious Hanson brothers from the > movie "Slap > Shot" scored his first NHL goal, and Martin Gerber > played a spectacular > game with 47 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the > suddenly > inconsistent New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Tuesday night. > Christian Hanson, the son of former hockey player turned > actor Dave > Hanson, capped a stunning three-goal first period as the > Maple Leafs > prevented New Jersey — at least momentarily — from > wrapping up its > eighth Atlantic Division title, and third in four years. > Mikhail Grabovski, Jeff Hamilton and John Mitchell also > scored for > Toronto, which won for only the second time in six games. > Gerber had > given up 12 goals in his last two starts and the Maple > Leafs' allowed > 14 in the same span. > Against New Jersey, Gerber was a wall in front of his net. > Jamie Langenbrunner scored for New Jersey, which lost for > the > seventh time in nine games, although this loss snapped a > two-game > winning streak. The Devils outshot Toronto 48-18. > Grabovski and Hamilton scored in a 1:19 span midway through > the > first period to stake Toronto to a 2-0 lead, and Hanson > stretched the > margin to 3-0 with 4:04 left in the period. > The goal by the Notre Dame product wasn't a slap shot, > however. The > 23-year-old, who was playing in his third NHL game, calmly > back-handed > the rebound of Jason Blake's shot past Brodeur and then > celebrated with > teammates with a wide grin. > Hanson signed a two-year, entry-level deal with Toronto > last week. > The Venetia, Pa., native had 16 goals and 15 assists in 37 > games with > the Fighting Irish this season before turning pro. > Grabovski got the big period going for Toronto. The rookie > stole > Colin White's pass around the boards, worked a > give-and-go with Alexei > Ponikarovsky and beat Martin Brodeur from between the > circles for his > 20th goal. > Hamilton got his third after a Devils turnover in center > ice. Boyd > Devereaux skated the puck into the Devils' end and > Hamilton got his > third of the season after taking a pass from Jamal Mayers > in the left > circle. > For most of the opening 39 minutes, Gerber stole the show. > He > stopped the Devils' first 34 shots, including > point-blank saves on > Brian Rolston and Travis Zajac late in the period, and one > unbelievable > stop on Brendan Shanahan on the left doorstep of the crease > with New > Jersey holding a 5-on-3 manpower advantage. > Langenbrunner scored with 1:07 left in the second period on > the > Devils' sixth power play. Devereaux tried to skate the > puck out of his > end instead of shooting it out and Paul Martin stole it and > found > Langenbrunner for his 29th goal. > Notes: Blake picked up his 400th career assist on > Hanson's goal. > ...The oops of the night went to Zajac, who skated away > after the > Canadian national anthem, forgetting about the "Star > Spangled Banner." > ... LW Brad May is scheduled to play in his 1,000th game > Wednesday when > the Maple Leafs play his former team, the Sabres, in > Toronto. ... > Toronto won the season series 3-0-1. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
