I had the opportunity to head down to the Air Canada Centre with Stam to see the Leafs take on the Phoenix Coyotes. The tickets he had were for the 12th row in the golds. It had been awhile since we had gotten together. I haven’t been to a Leaf game since the ACC first opened. Some of the activity you don’t see when you watch the game on television. At every commercial break, three guys come out at each end and shovel the excess ice from around the creases.

The other noticeable difference is how big some of these guys are on the ice.

The Leafs fell behind 2-0 in the first five minutes, but Scrivens played well after that and even though they trailed 2-0 at the start of the third period, they were carrying the play. They eventually tied it up to send it to overtime.

Carlton the Bear (is he still called Carlton, even though they are on Bay now?)

There was some good play during overtime, but it went to a shootout and the Leafs lost it 2-0 in shootouts.