Hockey is said to be a game of mistakes. In each game, the team that makes the fewest mistakes usually wins the game. On Thursday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost by a score of 5-2 to the Calgary Flames. Two good teams went at each other, and this time the Maple Leafs came out on the bottom of the scoresheet.
While that hasn’t happened that much this season, it happens to even the best teams in NHL history. Things happen; and, teams make mistakes.
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In fact, it is the nature of the Maple Leafs’ mistakes that is the topic of this post. Clearly, to anyone who watched the game, the Maple Leafs carried much of the play. They fired 48 shots at Flames’ goalie Jacob Markstrom. Markstrom stopped 46 of them.
Maple Leafs Head Coach Sheldon Keefe Liked Lots About the Game, Except the Mistakes
After the game in Calgary, Sheldon Keefe in his post-game comments stated the following:
“I liked a lot about our…
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