NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
WINGS FLY PAST LEAFS
Back to back victories over the Toronto Maple Leafs highlighted a 3-0-1 week for the Detroit Red Wings, who overtook the Leafs for top spot in the National Hockey League. The week started with a 6-3 victory in Toronto Monday night followed by a 5-1 victory back at The Olympia on Wednesday. Dylan Turnbull was the hero of the night as the 40 year old goaltender turned aside 30 Toronto shots. Turnbull made 33 saves in a 2-2 tie with Chicago on Saturday and then on Sunday the Wings beat Boston 3-1 as Andy Adell had a goal and a helper.
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NHL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS
Detroit 22 12 4 6 30
Toronto 21 11 5 5 27
NY Rangers 23 9 9 5 23
NY Americans 22 9 11 2 20
Mon Maroons 22 9 11 2 20
Chicago 23 6 9 8 20
Boston 19 7 8 4 18
Mon Canadiens 22 6 12 4 16
SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS
Chris Bishop TOR 21 15 11 26
Darren Vaness TOR 21 9 17 26
Neil Frank NYA 21 13 12 25
Ryan Dirk NYR 23 15 9 24
Anthony Manca DET 22 12 12 24
Chris Maxwell TOR 21 3 19 22
Andy Adell DET 21 9 12 21
Shaun Brennan CHI 23 10 10 20
Chris Montour MM 22 9 11 20
AHL ROUNDUP
The Rochester Americans are starting to pull away from the pack in the AHL. The Amerks, the league's most successful franchise with 6 Calder Cup titles, are being led by 21 year old Jacob Vanderhoek (10-16-26) and 23 year old Preston Surgenor (10-14-24) along with 24 year old defenseman Austin Flanagan (6-15-21). Veteran presence is added in the form of career minor leaguer Joseph Novak, a 34 year old goaltender who has played over 700 minor league games and is the AHL's career leader in both wins (316) and losses (294). Neither Novak nor the young skaters mentioned above have ever suited up for an NHL game. Novak, a 2 time winner of the AHL's top goaltender award, was named the league's goalie of the month for October while teammate Vanderhoek was the player of the month.
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AHL STANDINGS
GP W L T PTS
Rochester 23 13 4 5 31
Springfield 23 11 10 2 24
Providence 22 9 9 4 22
Hershey 22 10 11 1 21
Buffalo 19 9 7 3 21
Pittsburgh 23 8 11 4 20
Quebec 21 8 10 3 19
Cleveland 22 5 11 6 16
SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Angelo Rukkino HER 21 18 15 33
Corey Stewart HER 22 13 18 31
Andre Tanguay PROV 22 16 13 29
Jacob Vanderhoek ROC 21 10 16 26
Simon Bostrom SPR 23 15 10 25
Philippe Morin HER 17 6 19 25
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