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Friday, 24 October 2008 - 1:53pm
“It was great to just get back at it, play hockey, have fun,” said Bergeron, who missed the last 72 games and the playoffs last season with a severe concussion. “It’s my passion, and obviously scoring goals is a part of it.”
Anton Stralman, who tipped in a Bruins’ goal to give Boston a 2-0 lead in the first, broke a 2-2 tie with 9:14 left in the third period.
Meanwhile, Vesa Toskala stopped 26 shots for Toronto, which had lost twice in regulation and three times in shootouts since opening the season with a victory over the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
Mike Van Ryn and Nik Antropov also scored for the Leafs, who hit the post twice against an empty net in the last minute before Niklas Hagman scored from beyond the blueline to make it 4-2.
It was the second-straight game that Toronto came back to tie it after falling behind 2-0 in the first.
“It’s a young team and they’re not going to give up, and they’re not going to think, ‘Oh, here we go again from last year or the year before,”’ Leafs’ coach Ron Wilson said. “This group seems to really enjoy playing with each other, and tonight was a lot of fun.”
Tim Thomas made 33 saves for the host Bruins.
Blake Wheeler scored 31 seconds after Bergeron to give Boston a 2-0 lead late in the first period, but the Maple Leafs stormed back.
“I guess we kind of took them lightly, like we were going to run them out of the building,” said Milan Lucic, who had the hit of the night when he shattered the plexiglass with a check on Van Ryn.
“But they kept working and working and working.”
Elsewhere in the NHL yesterday, Calgary beat Nashville 5-3, Colorado dumped Edmonton 4-1, Buffalo edged Minnesota 4-3 (OT), Dallas downed the N.Y. Islanders 5-3, Pittsburgh upended Carolina 4-1, and Phoenix nipped Washington 2-1.
By Jimmy Golen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON—Patrice Bergeron waited almost a full season to get back on the ice, and even longer to get back on the board.
The Bruins’ forward scored his first goal of the season—and first in more than a year—to help Boston open an early lead last night, but the Toronto Maple Leafs scored four in a row to win 4-2 and snap a five-game losing streak.
Anton Stralman, who tipped in a Bruins’ goal to give Boston a 2-0 lead in the first, broke a 2-2 tie with 9:14 left in the third period.
Meanwhile, Vesa Toskala stopped 26 shots for Toronto, which had lost twice in regulation and three times in shootouts since opening the season with a victory over the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
Mike Van Ryn and Nik Antropov also scored for the Leafs, who hit the post twice against an empty net in the last minute before Niklas Hagman scored from beyond the blueline to make it 4-2.
It was the second-straight game that Toronto came back to tie it after falling behind 2-0 in the first.
“It’s a young team and they’re not going to give up, and they’re not going to think, ‘Oh, here we go again from last year or the year before,”’ Leafs’ coach Ron Wilson said. “This group seems to really enjoy playing with each other, and tonight was a lot of fun.”
Tim Thomas made 33 saves for the host Bruins.
Blake Wheeler scored 31 seconds after Bergeron to give Boston a 2-0 lead late in the first period, but the Maple Leafs stormed back.
“I guess we kind of took them lightly, like we were going to run them out of the building,” said Milan Lucic, who had the hit of the night when he shattered the plexiglass with a check on Van Ryn.
“But they kept working and working and working.”
Elsewhere in the NHL yesterday, Calgary beat Nashville 5-3, Colorado dumped Edmonton 4-1, Buffalo edged Minnesota 4-3 (OT), Dallas downed the N.Y. Islanders 5-3, Pittsburgh upended Carolina 4-1, and Phoenix nipped Washington 2-1.
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