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SPORTS Wednesday 6 March 2019

Ennis records 1st hat trick,

Toronto beats Calgary 6-2

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — ton in the Atlantic Division. around the crease and
Tyler Ennis made a return to Frederik Andersen made crossed the line.
his home province a night 35 saves and won his fifth “They got a lucky bounce
to remember. straight, improving to 32-13- on the second one and
Ennis recorded his first ca- 3. Rittich had 26 stops and chasing the game against
reer hat trick to lead the To- slipped to 22-6-5. It was Rit- them is tough, man. They
ronto Maple Leafs to a 6-2 tich’s second regulation have a lot of skill over there
victory over the Calgary loss since mid-December. and they make you pay
Flames on Monday night. He entered the game 11-1- for little mistakes,” said Cal- Toronto Maple Leafs’ Tyler Ennis, centre, scores on Calgary
“I played a lot of games 4 in his last 16 games. gary captain Mark Giorda- Flames goalie David Rittich, left, of the Czech Republic, as Mark
Giordano looks on during first period NHL hockey action in
here,” said Ennis, who Andersen was excellent in no. But there’s no panic in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, March 4, 2019.
played four years of junior the second period, draw- the Flames room yet. q Associated Press
hockey in Medicine Hat. ing chants of “Freddy,
“Had some rivalries with Freddy” from the crowd.
the (Calgary) Hitmen over “It was pretty special. An-
the years. I’m familiar with other example of how
this rink. To get a hat trick in great fans of Toronto are,”
it with my parents watch- Andersen said. “They travel
ing playing for the Leafs is well and come with us on
a real special night for me.” the road, too. It’s pretty
Zach Hyman had two goals cool. It’s always special to
for Toronto. Mitch Marner have that.”
had a goal and two assists, Early in the second, he
giving him 10 points (three snapped Mikael Backlund’s
goals, seven assists) in the shot from close range. Late
last four games. in the period, he stopped a
Matthew Tkachuk and Der- shot off the stick of Johnny
ek Ryan scored for Calgary, Gaudreau.
which has dropped two in Andersen’s blocker save off
a row after a seven-game Austin Czarnik on a break-
winning streak. The Flames’ away preserved the Leafs’
lead atop the Pacific Divi- 1-0 lead. Toronto struck
sion remained three points twice immediately after.
over San Jose. Ennis’ second, making it 2-0
Ennis, who was scratched at 17:15, was a fluke as his
in Toronto’s previous game, shot hit the skate of Rasmus
opened the scoring 9:50 Andersson in the slot and
into the first on a power tumbled high in the air,
play. He got the puck skat- eventually going over Rit-
ing through the low slot tich’s shoulder and landing
and sent a backhand shot in the net.
into the top corner. At 18:51, Backlund’s give-
After scoring again late in away in the offensive zone
the first on a carom, Ennis enabled Marner to race
completed his big night away on a breakaway. Rit-
by sending a shot from the tich stopped the initial shot,
side boards that slipped but the rebound went in off
past David Rittich for his Hyman’s skate.
12th goal. The fans littered Toronto made it 4-0 at 4:11
the ice with over 100 hats. of the second when Marn-
“We’re so lucky to have er neatly set up Hyman’s
this fan base. To have that second goal of the game.
many hats on the ice in an Calgary got on the score-
away arena is very special. board late in the second,
It was just a great night,” needing just 10 seconds to
Ennis said. convert their first power play
The Leafs moved within one of the night. Gaudreau’s
point of second-place Bos- wraparound bounced