GO LEAFS GO!

My name is Ryan. I am 8 years old and I love hockey.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have won six out of their last seven games.  The only game they lost was against the New York Islanders.  They have beaten Montreal, New Jersey, Ottawa, Edmonton, Tampa Bay and Boston in the last two weeks.  I sure do wish they had been playing this well all season long!

I hope that most of their players return next season since it looks like they're playing really well together.  We've finally got some great goaltending.  JS Giguere has a 2.90 GAA and his backup, Jonas Gustavsson has almost the same with 2.92 GAA.  That's pretty good.

Phil Kessel leads the team with 28 goals, which is great.  Somebody who I really like is Defenceman Carl Gunnarsson.  He's leading the team in plus/minus with a +11 so far this season.  He's kind of a quiet player but he's doing his part to help the team score goals.

My hockey season is almost over.  I have one game left.  I saved up money for months and finally was able to purchase most of my own goalie equipment.  I'm hoping to be able to play in goal for part of the last game.  My parents say I still need to keep working on my regular player skills, though...so I'm not a full time goalie yet. 

Talk to you next time here in the Neutral Zone!


Ryan