The Toronto Maple Leafs organized a moment of silence in memory of NHL legend Börje Salming.
The Toronto Maple Leafs spent the night in the NHL round a moment of silence for the Swedish legend who died last week, Börje Salming’s, in memory. Toronto also honored its legend on the court when it beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1.
Before the start of the match, the media cube of Toronto’s home hall showed pictures of Börje Salming’s career and his last visit in front of the Toronto supporters just a little over two weeks ago.
The announcer told about Salming’s career at the same time. The legend was honored with a 21-second moment of silence. The reading was based on Salming’s game number.
– Only 18 days ago he stepped on our ice for the last time. It was so important to him that he was able to say goodbye to us. And it was just as important for us to be able to say goodbye to him. Thank you for showing Börje how loved he was, the announcer said.
The Swedish players in Toronto’s lineup wore a blue and yellow cloth badge with the words “Börje” on their shirts. They have held this since Börje’s death.
– It is so tragic what happened. He will live here forever. We’ve played a lot of games for him now, the Swedish striker who scored the winning goal for Toronto Pierre Engvall comment according to Expressen (you will switch to another service).
Salming’s death was announced a week ago on Thursday. The last months of the legend, who passed away at the age of 71, were overshadowed by the ALS disease, which he spoke about for the first time in August.
Salming appeared for the last time in public at the Swedish hockey gala. Earlier in November, he was a guest of honor in Toronto at the Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony to testify Henrik and Daniel Sedin’s mixed by Daniel Alfredson nobility to the gallery of honor.
At that time, Salming received huge applause from the Toronto audience.
Salming played 1148 regular season games in the NHL with an output of 150+637=787. He practically always represented the Toronto Maple Leafs, except for his last season with the Detroit Red Wings.
Puljujärvi to taste
Edmonton Oilers in the ice hockey NHL Jesse Puljujärvi got the only Finnish point of the round, when his team defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5–4.
The Oilers had to lose their lead in the final set, as they still led 4–1 in the middle of the third set. The Blackhawks got within a goal of their opponent by two Max Domin with a man-of-the-match goal and MacKenzie Entwistle with the opening goal of the season.
Puljujärvi initially by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins A 2–0 hit before the middle of the second period. Oilers’ first name had collected 2+1 performances Leon Draisaitl. He and the league leader in scoring Connor McDavid worked in the Oilers’ attack each with about 27 minutes of playing time. Puljujärvi was on the ice for just under 12 minutes.
You can watch Puljujärvi’s assist point and the best parts of the NHL night in the video below.
Henri Jokiharjun The Buffalo Sabers took an away win over the Detroit Red Wings in a game that stretched into a shootout. Buffalo won 5–4. Assisted Buffalo’s third goal Jack Quinn settled the game with the only goal of the game.
Finnish guards Ville Husso and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen followed from the substitution of the game.
Kaapo Kako represented by the New York Rangers won the away match against the Ottawa Senators with goals 3–1. The second played a little less than 17 minutes in the match.