Tag: John Tavares

The radio call of John Tavares’ game-winning goal for the Maple Leafs will give you goosebumps

The radio call for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ seismic series win on Saturday is everything.

The Toronto Maple Leafs made history on Saturday night as the team advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2004.

Leafs forward John Tavares knocked in the series-winning goal in overtime against the Tampa Bay Lightning on the road, which naturally sent the Toronto bench and players into a celebratory frenzy.

It’s just the best thing in the world to see a long-suffering team like the Maple Leafs finally get over the playoff hump after such a drought. The call on Maple Leafs radio exclaimed those extremely joyous feelings as good as anyone.

Like, how can you not love that? The thrill of hard-fought victory is exciting enough in the playoffs of any sport, but this radio call sums up the nearly two decades it’s taken for the Maple Leafs to get back into hockey’s good graces.

While Toronto still has a formidable road ahead of it to advance to the Stanley Cup finals, the Leafs are going to soak in this franchise-altering series win for quite some time.

Maple Leafs John Tavares flashes thumbs up while being stretchered off ice after scary injury

Prayers up for John Tavares.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was injured in a terrifying freak accident on Thursday during the team’s opening game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Montreal Canadiens. After being knocked to the ice in the first period on a seemingly routine play, Canadiens forward Corey Perry accidentally kneed Tavares in the head as the Toronto captain was attempting to get up to resume play.

In the interest of sparing you the visual of the stomach-churning play, here’s a link to a tweet of the moment at full speed. But be warned, it’s a really scary injury so click at your own risk.

In the aftermath of the chilling injury, trainers from both the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens were able to get Tavares onto a stretcher. Thankfully, Tavares flashed his teammates and fans at home a reassuring thumbs up on his way off the ice.

It’s so great to see Tavares giving an indication that he was okay in the moment the trainers stretchered him off the ice. Canadian media reported that after the hit, Tavares was being transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.

The Canadiens themselves tweeted a message of support for Tavares in the moments after his injury.

Let’s continue to hope that Tavares will be okay long-term and recovers swiftly after such a traumatic injury.

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