torontosun.com - 11/9/2008
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The storied rivalry between the Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens got a black eye last night.
deuceofdavenport.com - 11/10/2008
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deuceofdavenport.com —
We're not gonna lie. It's been a shitty
couple of weeks for the Maple Leafs' Mike Van...
Ryn. First he was helped through some glass on October 23rd. Relive the good times! Van Ryn was probably thinking it couldn't get much worse than that. Wrong. The Habs' Tom Kostopoulous was jealous of ...
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Mike Van Ryn Can't Win For Trying
tsn.ca - 11/10/2008
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tsn.ca —
The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Tom
Kostopoulos three games on Monday for a hit on...
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn on Saturday night. Kostopoulos knocked Van Ryn into the boards from behind in the first period of the ...
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NHL suspends Canadiens' Kostopoulos for hit on Van Ryn
globesports.com - 11/8/2008
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globesports.com —
MONTREAL Surely, there is something wrong with
this picture. The Montreal Canadiens are at practice. The...
drill is like something you would see in atom house league: 5-on-5 at each end of the ice, a goaltender in each net, the players desperate to be ...
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The Flying Canadiens
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NHL Morning Papers- Sunday November 9, 2008 (Luongo records another shutout, Gionta and Van Ryn go down, The Leafs win a game)
IllegalCurve.com —
... The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 Saturday night at Air Canada Centre, but defenseman Mike Van Ryan was injured in the process on a hit from behind courtesy of Tom Kostopoulous. ...
The Morning Skate: Rashomon Rangers, Unruly Habs and Roberto-O
Slap Shot —
... the net at all. For them, it was merely the Caps’ best game of the season, despite Alex Ovechkin’s goalless drought being extended to nine games, the longest of his career (OV still played a rugged, effective game). Rashomon. Time to Be-Leaf: The Rashomon Effect didn’t visit the press box at the Air Canada Centre, however. All agreed the Habs-Leafs contest was a messy one.“The storied rivalry between the Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens got a black eye last night.” That’s how the Toronto Sun’s Terry Koshan described last nights’ Canadiens-Leafs game. He had company. ...
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