TORONTO - Despite seeing less than nine minutes of ice time Saturday, Toronto fourth-liner Richard Panik was just an assist short of a Gordie Howe hat trick.
Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping .Panik notched the winner with a second-period highlight-reel goal and then pounded away at Detroit defenceman
Brendan Smith in the dying minutes of the Leafs 4-1 win over the Detroit Red
Wings.Goalie Jonathan Bernier made 27 saves as the Leafs recorded back-to-back
victories over the Wings. Toronto won 2-1 in a shootout Wednesday in Detroit in
a game that saw the Leafs outshot 42-19. On Saturday, Toronto outshot Detroit
41-28.Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said the Leafs showed a far better work ethic
than in Detroit.We were more energetic, he said.That included Panik, whose goal
coming off the bench gave Toronto a 2-1 lead at 17:50 of the second period.
Defenceman Korbinian Holzer found Panik all alone with a long pass after a
Detroit turnover in the Toronto end and the 23-year-old Slovak beat Petr Mrazek
between the legs with a gorgeous breakaway move.Im just trying my best every
shift, said Panik. It doesnt matter if I play five minutes, Im just focusing on
the next shift. Now its going in the net so Im really happy and glad about it.
Hopefully it will just keep going this way.Panik now has a career-high six goals
for the season, one more than he potted in 50 games last season in Tampa.In the
minutes hes played, hes always been unbelievable, said Holzer. You should watch
him in practice, hes got some really, really high skill. Hes got some nice moves
and he showed them on the goal.He can even throw it, added Holzer, referring to
the fight — Paniks first in the NHL.Carlyle said there is a big up-side to
Panik.Thats the great thing about guys like Richard. You know that there is more
there, said Carlyle. Because hes in this (fourth-line) situation right now
doesnt mean hes going to stay there. At any given time in the game you can feel
comfortable, that you can move that player up if things arent going the way you
like higher in our lineup.Hes an interchangeable part and hes a dangerous
player.James van Riemsdyk, Morgan Rielly and Nazem Kadri, with an empty-netter
at 16:46 of the third period, also scored for Toronto before a crowd of 19,063
at the Air Canada Centre.Thats a pretty good team we beat so I think were very
happy with it, said Rielly.Bernier, who made his 10th start in 11 games, called
it the Leafs best game of the season.Niklas Kronwall scored for Detroit, which
lost despite scoring first, dominating the faceoff circle by a 42-17 margin and
getting a fine performance from backup goalie Mrazek.They were a little stronger
than us over 60 minutes, said Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg. There were too
many times when we had the puck under control then they have the puck and its in
our net. Weve got to be more poised and take care of the puck a little bit
better.Toronto has little time to get ready for the next challenge — the Stanley
Cup champion Los Angeles Kings in a rare 5 p.m. ET start Sunday. The Kings
arrived early in Toronto and had the luxury of an advance practice while the
Leafs played a game.Carlyle said the Leafs view of the weekend was they were
playing six periods.Toronto (17-9-3) has now won four straight and is 8-1-1
since a 9-2 home loss to Nashville on Nov. 18. During that time they have
outscored their opposition 41-23.Carlyle points to that Nashville drubbing as a
turning point.Thats changed our group ... They made a conscious effort that they
were going to change things from that point on, he said.Detroit (17-7-7) has
lost three straight, a streak that includes shootout defeats to the Leafs and
the visiting Florida Panthers (3-2 on Friday in Detroit).The Leafs, who had been
off since their victory Wednesday, win the season series with the Wings with a
3-1-1 record.Mrazek made his fourth start of the season — his first career
outing against Toronto — as the Wings rested Jimmy Howard after playing Friday.
Mrazek, a 22-year-old former Ottawa 67 playing his 15th NHL game, is filling in
for the injured Jonas Gustavsson.James Reimer had been expected to start for
Toronto after excelling Wednesday in Detroit but he tweaked his groin in
practice. Detroit went ahead at 15:27 of the first period on a Kronwall
one-timer from the blue-line with van Riemsdyk off for holding. Kronwalls fifth
of the season was helped by traffic in front of Bernier.Toronto answered on the
power play at 16:27 with a Phil Kessel snap shot that went in off van Riemsdyk
in front of the goal for his 12th off the season.Mrazek made a spectacular save
in the second period, flat on his back after stopping a Dion Phaneuf slapshot
midway through the period with the Leafs on the power play. The rebound went to
Cody Franson and somehow Mrazek got a piece of his body or equipment to the shot
to redirect the puck off the post and away.Toronto, who came into the game with
a league-leading 40 goals in the second period, outshot Detroit 20-5 in the
second period.Rielly used his speed to make it 3-1 at 1:42 of the third period,
racing down the wing before beating Mrazek to the glove side for his fourth of
the season.I felt good but they have the two points and we dont have anything,
so thats more important than how many saves and how I played today, Mrazek said.
NOTES: The Maple Leafs have six straight victories over Original Six opponents
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VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Down to his last chance to earn a PGA Tour card, Ashley
Hall opened the Web.com Tour Championship with his second-best score of the year
-- even though he called a penalty on himself when he noticed his ball slightly
move. Hall bounced back from that penalty shot to birdie two of his last three
holes for a 7-under 63 on the Valley Course at the TPC Sawgrass. That gave him a
one-shot lead Thursday over Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Mark Anderson, who
already is assured his PGA Tour card. Karlsson, a former Ryder Cup player, also
needs a big week to get back PGA Tour card back. The Web.com Tour Championship
is the last of four tournaments for 25 players to earn PGA Tour cards for the
2013-14 season. The top 25 are decided by a money list from the four
tournaments. Players who already finished in the top 25 on the Web.com Tour
money list from the regular season are assured a card. Hall was in dire need of
a round like this. The 29-year-old Australian had a chance to earn his card from
the Web.com Tour money list last month until he missed the cut in the final
regular-season event and missed out on the top 25 by $1,922. If that wasnt bad
enough, he missed the cut in the last three events. Because of rain all week and
still some in the forecast, players competed under preferred lies. Hall placed
his ball in the 15th fairway, and after grounding his club, noticed the ball
move slightly downward. He called for an official and gave himself a one-shot
penalty for his only bogey of the round. "I put it on a good a lie and the
Bermuda grass wasnt strong enough," he said. "I could tell as soon as I put my
club on the ground that I moved the ball." Hall has never had a PGA Tour card
and would need a top finish this week at Sawgrass. "Its going to be nice to get
out in the morning," he said. "Hopefully, it is still soft." Karlsson is only
slightly better off. He wass at No.
Wholesale Football Jerseys. 72 on the special money list -- about 22 spots away from getting one of the 25 cards on offer -- was nearly $13,000 away from
at least having a mathematical chance at his card. "A couple of years ago I
didnt want to step foot on a golf course," the Swede said. "But now Im playing
well and had a good run recently." Karlsson opened with five birdies in seven
holes and kept bogeys off his card on a cloudy day at PGA Tour headquarters.
"Its quite a tricky course," Karlsson said. "Its typical Pete Dye, you have to
use all the clubs in your bag. I really like it." Anderson, who earned his card
by finishing No. 8 on the regular-season money list, also opened with a 64. He
aced the 202-yard 14th hole with a 4-iron. "Its all about improving your
position because these finals events are extremely important," Anderson said.
"If you can get that exempt status and get into The Players thats a tremendous
advantage and a nice perk." Shane Bertsch, at No. 97 on the special money list,
joined Chesson Hadley at 65. The group at 66 included Henrik Norlander and Billy
Hurley III, both of whom need a strong finish to get their cards. It was a rough
start for Steve Wheatcroft, who didnt make a single birdie in his round of 74
and was in danger of making the cut. Wheatcroft came into the Web.com Tour
Championship holding down the 25th spot on the money list among players who dont
already have a card. If he fails to make the cut Friday, he is assured of not
getting a tour card for next year. Vaughn Taylor, another former Ryder Cup
player, was 21st on the list of those who dont have a card. He opened with a 71
and was outside the cut line. The top 60 and ties make the cut on the Web.com
Tour. The field over the last month was for the top 75 players from the Web.com
Tour and players who finished No. 126 through 200 in the FedEx Cup on the PGA
Tour.
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