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RSS FeedsBruce Arthur: Maple Leafs“ skills, and more, provide the thrills in Game 3 win over Bruins
(The Star Food)

 
 

16 april 2019 06:55:52

 
Bruce Arthur: Maple Leafs“ skills, and more, provide the thrills in Game 3 win over Bruins
(The Star Food)
 


Mitch Marner isnā€™t big. Heā€™s not physical. Heā€™s a wizard who has spent his whole life eluding and out-thinking and being better than the thugs and limpets and creeping vines in hockey who try, above all else, to pull skill down to a level they can understand.But skill isnā€™t everything in hockey, and so at the end of Torontoā€™s 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series, Marner was staring down David Pastrnak 10 feet away, with the final seconds ticking off the clock. Marner already had a power-play assist, and was given penalty-killing duties this year because his brains allow him to compete there. As teammate Morgan Rielly said the other day, ā€œHeā€™s a great player, he can cause problems, heā€™s very creative, he plays well with his teammates, (and) he plays defence, too. Thatā€™s the best part about him is that he comes back and heā€™s responsible.ā€Pastrnak had to shoot, and Marner turned like he was in a gunfight. The first shot hit him in the shin as he turned into it, knocking him down. The puck bounced back to Pastrnak and he shot again, last chance, closer: Marner stuck out his left leg and blocked it again. Leafs 3, Bruins 2. A 2-1 series lead, and Marnerā€™s teammates mobbed him at the horn.ā€œIt was great,ā€ said Zach Hyman, Marnerā€™s linemate. ā€œIt shows the type of player he is: Heā€™s got all the skill in the world and heā€™s willing to eat one two feet away from Pastrnak. So great a player to have, fun playing with him.ā€ā€œIdeally,ā€ Leafs coach Mike Babcock said, ā€œall those things are contagious.ā€It was a sharp demonstration of what happens when Toronto marries its skill to will and competitive determination, and it was a part of why they lead this series. It was the end of a game that bore almost no resemblance to Game 2, which hardly resembled Game 1. The officials reset the refereeing standard in g ...


 
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