NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LEAFS LOSE GOALIE BARIBEAU FOR A MONTH
Despite losing their starting goalie for a month midway through the week the Toronto Maple Leafs have 3 wins and a tie since dropping back to back games to Detroit two weeks ago. Toronto blanked the New York Rangers 2-0 last Monday thanks to a 23 save shutout from Marc-Andre Baribeau and followed that up with a 6-5 victory over Boston on Wednesday. Baribeau left that game with the Leafs leading 5-2 early in the third period after he suffered a neck injury. 34 year old backup Evan Tilley was pressed into action for the first time this season and struggled, allowing 3 goals on 7 shots but did escape with the victory.
Tilley settled down two nights later and earned the tie in a 3-3 draw with the New York Americans. The Leafs finished off the week with a 4-1 victory over Montreal to move back into first place. Shayne Sandwith, a 23 year old winger in his second season with the Leafs, scored twice in the victory. The Leafs enjoyed success despite the fact their two talented center: Chris Maxwell and Chris Bishop were pretty quiet offensively as secondary players like Sandwith picked up the slack.
Ryan Dirk of the New York Rangers has taken over the scoring lead. Dirk had 5 points in 4 games last week as the Rangers posted a 1-1-2 record. Dirk is a 32 year old left winger from Ottawa who has played 766 career NHL games, all with the Rangers, and has 603 career points.
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NHL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS
Toronto 25 14 5 6 34
Detroit 24 13 4 7 33
NY Rangers 27 10 10 7 27
Boston 23 9 9 5 23
NY Americans 25 9 13 3 21
Mon Maroons 25 9 13 3 21
Mon Canadiens 26 8 13 5 21
Chicago 25 6 11 8 20
SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS
Ryan Dirk NYR 27 19 10 29
Neil Frank NYA 24 14 15 29
Darren Vaness TOR 25 10 18 28
Chris Bishop TOR 25 16 11 27
Anthony Manca DET 24 15 12 27
Chris Maxwell TOR 25 6 20 26
Andy Adell DET 23 10 14 24
Tyler Wing NYA 25 11 12 23
Chris Montour MM 25 10 13 23
CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUND-UP
REGINA SENDS SCORING LEADER TO REMPARTS
The Regina Pats seem to be subscribing to the old adage that defense wins championships as they dealt their scoring leader to the Quebec Remparts for one of the best blueliners in the game. Regina parts with Nathan Pare, who was leading the CJHL in scoring with 36 points in 21 games at the time of the deal. Pare is a gifted offensive talent, scoring 68 points in 68 games last season before being drafted by Montreal with the 54th pick in the NHL rookie draft. He is on his fourth CJHL team having played for Niagara Falls and Peterborough in addition to the Pats.
In return the Pats get one of the league's best defenseman in Gord Bachman. Bachman, like Pare, is 18 years old and was taken with the 24th pick by the Detroit Red Wings in last June's NHL draft. He had 46 points last season and has 22 points in 21 games so far this year. He will team with captain George Papastavrou, 17 year old Tom Misek and 16 year old rookie Chuck Artynski to give the Pats the best defense in the Western Conference if not the league. The expectation is 17 year old Antoine Desmarais, who already has 40 points this season, will pick up the offensive slack along with rookie Oscar Anderson (9-12-21).
Pare's addition makes the Remparts probably the most feared offense in the league and the top line of Pare (18-22-40) with Justin Kamachi (17-15-32) and center Davis Rose (7-15-22) will be extremely difficult to stop. In the three games they have played together the linemates have combined for 19 points as the Remparts had wins of 7-2 over Sherbrooke, 4-1 over Montreal and 5-3 over Oshawa.
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CJHL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
LOWER CANADA DIV W L T PTS
Quebec 12 9 3 27
Ottawa 10 8 4 24
Montreal 10 7 3 23
Sherbrooke 9 11 2 20
Cornwall 3 16 5 11
UPPER CANADA DIV W L T PTS
Toronto 12 3 8 32
Peterborough 10 8 5 25
Oshawa 9 9 4 22
St Catharines 6 9 9 21
Niagara Falls 6 13 3 15
WESTERN CONFERENCE
ONTARIO DIV W L T PTS
London 15 6 1 31
Guelph 10 8 4 24
Sudbury 10 10 4 24
Sault Ste Marie 7 12 3 17
Windsor 6 15 2 14
PRAIRIE DIV W L T PTS
Regina 16 5 1 33
Edmonton 13 6 3 29
Brandon 10 8 6 26
Medicine Hat 8 11 3 19
Flin Flon 5 13 3 13
SCORING LEADERS TM G A PTS NHL RIGHTS
Nathan Pare QUE 18 22 40 MON
Antoine Desmarias REG 14 26 40 1941 draft eligible
Guy Richard BRN 15 22 37 1941 draft eligible
Eli Gunderson EDM 11 26 37 1941 draft eligible
Brandon Moir GUE 11 26 37 BOS
Ryan Barczai BRN 20 16 36 Maroons
Matt Garbowsky LON 15 21 36 NYA
Rob Ouellet CORN 20 15 25 1941 draft eligible
Mykola Melnyk TOR 14 21 35 DET
Chris Seftel StC 17 17 34 BOS
Eric Rufenach CORN 13 21 34 1941 draft eligible
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