TORONTO – Joseph Woll is expected to remain the trusted man in front of the Toronto Maple Leafs net in the absence of Anthony Stolarz, while their second -round series against the Florida panthers is transported to the Bless Bank Arena of Sunrise.
Stolarz has been away from the game since the second period of match No. 1, when he was hit the head by Sam Bennett during a net with a net. He was sick on the bench before being transported to hospital on a stretcher.
The native of the New Jersey was in good shape enough to visit his teammates in Tuesday training, but he still hasn’t walked the ice since the events.
“I doubt (that Stolarz accompanies the team in Florida),” said the head coach of the Maple Leafs, Craig Berube on Thursday. “Not for the moment, at least. »»
-This means that Woll will minimally get the start in the third match of his own on Friday (7 p.m.: Max, Trutv, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC), still with the veteran Matt Murray as assistant. The Maple Leafs currently lead the 2-0 series and the Panthers should therefore put the double bites to disturb Woll, a question of survival.
But for the moment, the young goalkeeper shows that he is ready to face the music.
At the end of the bench since April 17, when I am born into the scrum in Stolarz on Monday, Woll blocked 17 of the 20 shots directed towards him to allow his team to hold on and win 5-4.
He then made 25 stops in a 4-3 victory of his family two days later, in match no 2.
