Toronto Maple Leafs. Game Notes. Tuesday, October 13, 2009 NHL Game #75. Team Game: 6 Road Game: 4. David Nonis / Dave Poulin.

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1 Toronto Maple Leafs Game Notes Tuesday, October 13, 2009 NHL Game #75 Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Avalanche Team Game: 6 Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: 6 Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goaltender GP W L OT GAA Sv% 29 Joey MacDonald Vesa Toskala # P Player GP G A P +/- PIMs 2 D Luke Schenn D Garnet Exelby D Jeff Finger D Ian White D Michael Komisarek (A) L Niklas Hagman R Lee Stempniak C Matt Stajan D Tomas Kaberle (A) C Wayne Primeau R Jamal Mayers D Francois Beauchemin (A) L Alexei Ponikarovsky R Colton Orr L Jay Rosehill C John Mitchell L Nikolai Kulemin L Viktor Stalberg C Rickard Wallin L Jason Blake C Mikhail Grabovski # Goaltender GP W L OT GAA Sv% 31 Peter Budaj Craig Anderson # P Player GP G A P +/- PIMs 4 D John-Michael Liles D Brett Clark C TJ Hensick L Wojtek Wolski C Matt Duchene D Kyle Cumiskey C Matt Hendricks R Darcy Tucker D Scott Hannan R Milan Hejduk (A) R Chris Stewart C Paul Stastny (A) D Kyle Quincey L David Koci C Ryan O'Reilly L TJ Galiardi R Marek Svatos D Ryan Wilson D Adam Foote (C) R David Jones L Cody McLeod Toronto Maple Leafs Management President & General Manager Sr. Vice-President / Vice-President of Hockey Operations Assistant GM & Director of Hockey Operations Head Coach Assistant Coaches Brian Burke David Nonis / Dave Poulin Jeff Jackson Ron Wilson Keith Acton, Tim Hunter, Rob Zettler Colorado Avalanche Management President General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Video/Development Coach Pierre Lacroix Greg Sherman Joe Sacco Sylvain Lefebvre, Steve Konowalchuk Adam Deadmarsh Tonight's Officials Referees Greg Kimmerly (18), Eric Furlatt (27) Linesmen Steve Barton (59), Mark Pare (79) Supervisor None Video Goal Judge John Sedgwick National Anthem Singer John McDermott Today's Schedule (start times local) BUF : 7:00 CBJ : 7:00 TOR : 7:30

2 Toronto Maple Leafs: Roster Active (23 Players) SW# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Luke Schenn D 6' 2" 215 Nov 2, 1989 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 3 Garnet Exelby D 6' 1" 215 Aug 16, 1981 Ste. Anne, MB, CAN 4 Jeff Finger D 6' 1" 209 Dec 18, 1979 Houghton, MI, USA 7 Ian White D 5' 10" 191 Jun 4, 1984 Steinbach, MB, CAN 8 Michael Komisarek D 6' 4" 243 Jan 19, 1982 West Islip, NY, USA 9 Niklas Hagman L 6' 0" 209 Dec 5, 1979 Espoo, FIN 12 Lee Stempniak R 6' 0" 195 Feb 4, 1983 West Seneca, NY, USA 14 Matt Stajan C 6' 1" 200 Dec 19, 1983 Mississauga, ON, CAN 15 Tomas Kaberle D 6' 1" 214 Mar 2, 1978 Rakovnik, CZE 18 Wayne Primeau C 6' 4" 225 Jun 4, 1976 Scarborough, ON, CAN 21 Jamal Mayers R 6' 1" 217 Oct 24, 1974 Toronto, ON, CAN 22 Francois Beauchemin D 6' 0" 213 Jun 4, 1980 Sorel, QC, CAN 23 Alexei Ponikarovsky L 6' 4" 229 Apr 9, 1980 Kiev, UKR 28 Colton Orr R 6' 3" 222 Mar 3, 1982 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 29 Joey MacDonald G 6' 0" 197 Feb 7, 1980 Pictou, NS, CAN 35 Vesa Toskala G 5' 10" 198 May 20, 1977 Tampere, FIN 38 Jay Rosehill L 6' 3" 215 Jul 16, 1985 Olds, AB, CAN 39 John Mitchell C 6' 1" 204 Jan 22, 1985 Oakville, ON, CAN 41 Nikolai Kulemin L 6' 1" 225 Jul 14, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS 45 Viktor Stalberg L 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1986 Stockholm, SWE 51 Rickard Wallin C 6' 2" 195 Apr 9, 1980 Stockholm, SWE 55 Jason Blake L 5' 10" 186 Sep 2, 1973 Moorhead, MN, USA 84 Mikhail Grabovski C 5' 11" 183 Jan 31, 1984 Potsdam, DEU 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 209 Age: 28.2 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 26 Mike Van Ryn D 6' 1" 213 May 14, 1979 London, ON, CAN 50 Jonas Gustavsson G 6' 3" 192 Oct 24, 1984 DANDERYD, SWE 81 Phil Kessel C 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1987 Madison, WI, USA Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks Colorado Avalanche: Roster Active (23 Players) SW# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 John-Michael Liles D 5' 10" 185 Nov 25, 1980 Indianapolis, IN, USA 5 Brett Clark D 6' 0" 195 Dec 23, 1976 Wapella, SK, CAN 7 TJ Hensick C 5' 10" 185 Dec 10, 1985 Lansing, MI, USA 8 Wojtek Wolski L 6' 3" 210 Feb 24, 1986 Zabrze, POL 9 Matt Duchene C 5' 11" 200 Jan 16, 1991 Haliburton, ON, CAN 10 Kyle Cumiskey D 5' 10" 185 Dec 2, 1986 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 15 Matt Hendricks C 6' 0" 215 Jun 17, 1981 Blaine, MN, USA 16 Darcy Tucker R 5' 10" 178 Mar 15, 1975 Castor, AB, CAN 22 Scott Hannan D 6' 1" 225 Jan 23, 1979 Richmond, BC, CAN 23 Milan Hejduk R 6' 0" 190 Feb 14, 1976 Usti, CZE 25 Chris Stewart R 6' 2" 228 Oct 30, 1987 Toronto, ON, CAN 26 Paul Stastny C 6' 0" 205 Dec 27, 1985 Quebec City, QC, CAN 27 Kyle Quincey D 6' 2" 207 Aug 12, 1985 Kitchener, ON, CAN 28 David Koci L 6' 6" 238 May 12, 1981 Prague, CZE 31 Peter Budaj G 6' 1" 200 Sep 18, 1982 Banska Bystrica, SVK 37 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 0" 200 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 39 TJ Galiardi L 6' 2" 190 Apr 22, 1988 Calgary, AB, CAN 40 Marek Svatos R 5' 10" 185 Jun 17, 1982 Kosice, SVK 41 Craig Anderson G 6' 2" 180 May 21, 1981 Park Ridge, IL, USA 44 Ryan Wilson D 6' 1" 207 Feb 3, 1987 Windsor, ON, CAN 52 Adam Foote D 6' 2" 220 Jul 10, 1971 Toronto, ON, CAN 54 David Jones R 6' 2" 210 Aug 10, 1984 Guelph, ON, CAN 55 Cody McLeod L 6' 2" 210 Jun 26, 1984 Binscarth, MB, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 202 Age: 26.6 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 24 Ruslan Salei D 6' 1" 212 Nov 2, 1974 Minsk, BLR Goal Streaks MILAN HEJDUK (2 / 2 Games) Assist Streaks KYLE QUINCEY (3 / 2 Games) T.J. GALIARDI (2 / 2 Games) Point Streaks MILAN HEJDUK (2-4-6 / 5 Games) KYLE QUINCEY (1-5-6 / 5 Games) SCOTT HANNAN (1-1-2 / 2 Games) WOJTEK WOLSKI (1-1-2 / 2 Games) T.J. GALIARDI (0-2-2 / 2 Games)

3 Toronto Maple Leafs: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A Pts. +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% D 2 Luke Schenn : D 3 Garnet Exelby : D 4 Jeff Finger : D 7 Ian White : D 8 Michael Komisarek : L 9 Niklas Hagman : R 12 Lee Stempniak : C 14 Matt Stajan : D 15 Tomas Kaberle : C 18 Wayne Primeau : R 21 Jamal Mayers : D 22 Francois Beauchemin : L 23 Alexei Ponikarovsky : D 26 Mike Van Ryn R 28 Colton Orr : L 38 Jay Rosehill : C 39 John Mitchell : L 41 Nikolai Kulemin : L 45 Viktor Stalberg : C 51 Rickard Wallin : L 55 Jason Blake : C 81 Phil Kessel C 84 Mikhail Grabovski : # Player GP Min Avg W L OT SO GA Svs Sv% G A PIM 29 Joey MacDonald Vesa Toskala Jonas Gustavsson Colorado Avalanche: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A Pts. +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% D 4 John-Michael Liles : D 5 Brett Clark : C 7 TJ Hensick : L 8 Wojtek Wolski : C 9 Matt Duchene : D 10 Kyle Cumiskey : C 15 Matt Hendricks : R 16 Darcy Tucker : D 22 Scott Hannan : R 23 Milan Hejduk : D 24 Ruslan Salei : R 25 Chris Stewart : C 26 Paul Stastny : D 27 Kyle Quincey : L 28 David Koci : C 37 Ryan O'Reilly : L 39 TJ Galiardi : R 40 Marek Svatos : D 44 Ryan Wilson D 52 Adam Foote : R 54 David Jones : L 55 Cody McLeod : # Player GP Min Avg W L OT SO GA Svs Sv% G A PIM 31 Peter Budaj Craig Anderson

4 Colorado Toronto Maple Leafs Team Records Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs Last Game: Monday AT BOSTON (4-3 W) Monday AT NY RANGERS (7-2 L) Next Game: Thursday AT MONTREAL Saturday VS NY RANGERS Overall Record/Streak: / Win 1 / Undef / Lost 4 Home Record/Streak: / Win 2 / Undef / Lost 2 Road Record/Streak: / Win 1 / Undef / Lost 2 Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Goal Games: Goal Games: Goal Games: Scoring First: Opponent Scoring First: Leading After 1st Period: Trailing After 1st Period: Tied After 1st Period: Leading After 2nd Period: Trailing After 2nd Period: Tied After 2nd Period: Overtime Record - This Season: Overtime Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshoot Opponent: Outshot By Opponent: Even Shots: vs. Northeast: vs. Atlantic: vs. Southeast: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. Northwest: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month By Month Records Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 Colorado Toronto Maple Leafs Stats Details Goals By Period OT T Avg Colorado Avalanche: ( 3.4 avg.) Opponents: ( 2.2 avg.) Toronto Maple Leafs: ( 2.4 avg.) Opponents: ( 4.8 avg.) Shots By Period OT T Avg Colorado Avalanche: (22.4 avg.) Opponents: (34.0 avg.) Toronto Maple Leafs: (30.6 avg.) Opponents: (29.6 avg.) Power Play Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs G ATT PCT G ATT PCT Overall: (2nd NHL) (8th NHL) Home: (9th NHL) (5th NHL) Road: (2nd NHL) (26th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-19th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL) Penalty Killing Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs G ATT PCT G ATT PCT Overall: (3rd NHL) (29th NHL) Home: (T-5th NHL) (T-27th NHL) Road: (T-7th NHL) (24th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-2nd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-14th NHL) Penalties Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank (12th NHL) (23rd NHL) Goal Situations Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs For Against For Against 5 on 5: on 4: on 3: on 4: on 3: on 3: on 4: on 5: on 5: Empty Net: Penalty Shot: Total:

6 Colorado Toronto Maple Leafs Stats Details Individual Leaders Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs Points: W. WOLSKI (6),M. HEJDUK (6),K. QUINCEY (6) A. PONIKAROVSKY (4),M. GRABOVSKI (4),M. STAJAN (3) Goals: W. WOLSKI (4),D. TUCKER (2),M. HEJDUK (2) A. PONIKAROVSKY (3),M. STAJAN (3),N. HAGMAN (2) Assists: K. QUINCEY (5),M. HEJDUK (4),P. STASTNY (4) T. KABERLE (3),I. WHITE (3),M. GRABOVSKI (3) PP Goals: M. HEJDUK (2),M. SVATOS (2),D. TUCKER (1) M. STAJAN (3),J. BLAKE (1) SH Goals: D. JONES (1) GW Goals: D. JONES (1),W. WOLSKI (1),C. MCLEOD (1) 3+ Goals: PIM: D. TUCKER (11),C. MCLEOD (11),A. FOOTE (6) M. KOMISAREK (21),C. ORR (19),J. ROSEHILL (14) Shots: W. WOLSKI (12),P. STASTNY (12),M. HENDRICKS (11) L. STEMPNIAK (17),J. BLAKE (15),N. HAGMAN (13) Plus/Minus: M. HEJDUK (+3),S. HANNAN (+3),P. STASTNY (+3) A. PONIKAROVSKY (+4),I. WHITE (+3),R. WALLIN (0) Shootout Colorado Avalanche Shooter G/A Pct. GWG Darcy Tucker 1 / Milan Hejduk 1 / Marek Svatos 1 / Matt Hendricks 0 / Wojtek Wolski 0 / Paul Stastny 0 / Chris Stewart 0 / Ryan O'Reilly 0 / Matt Duchene 0 / Goaltender Record G/S % Craig Anderson 0-1 4/9.556 Toronto Maple Leafs Shooter G/A Pct. GWG Goaltender Record G/S %

7 Toronto Maple Leafs: Media Notes LAST GAME: OCTOBER 13 TORONTO 2 at NY RANGERS 7 Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored twice to lead the New York Rangers to a 7-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Madison Square Garden. Wade Redden added a goal and two assists for the Rangers, Marian Gaborik had a goal and a helper, and Ryan Callahan also lit the lamp. Henrik Lundqvist turned away 27-of-29 shots in the win. Alexei Ponikarovsky and Jason Blake scored for Toronto. Vesa Toskala made 26 saves on the 33 shots he faced. INJURIES: Player Injury Date of Injury Games Missed Phil Kessel Shoulder n/a 4 Offseason surgery. Mike Van Ryn Knee n/a 4 Offseason surgery MAN GAMES LOST DUE TO INJURY: 15 Notes Wayne Primeau Undisclosed Oct. 3 at WSH 3 None. Jonas Gustavsson Groin Oct. 6 vs. OTT 2 Placed on IR Oct. 8. Viktor Stalberg Head Oct. 6 vs. OTT 2 None. RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Oct. 1 Recalled Nikolai Kulemin from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). Oct. 8 Recalled Joey MacDonald from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). TEAM NOTES: TORONTO VERSUS COLORADO: HEAD TO HEAD SERIES: (0-0-0 at home) ALL-TIME RECORD: ( at home) LAST GAME: January 29, 2009 at Colorado (Maple Leafs 7, Avalanche 4) NEXT MEETING: n/a CURRENT STREAKS: Toronto (one win) TORONTO VERSUS COLORADO: NOTABLES Lee Stempniak and Jamal Mayers lead all Toronto players with 8 career points (2 goals, 6 assists) in 12 and 29 games respectively against Colorado. Jason Blake led Toronto with 3 points (1 goal, 2 assists) in 1 game against Colorado last season. Toronto defenceman Jeff Finger played 94 games with Colorado over 2 seasons ( to ) registering 24 points (9 goals, 15 assists) with 51 penalty minutes. Colorado forward Darcy Tucker played 531 games with Toronto over 8 seasons ( to ) registering 319 points (148 goals, 171 assists) with 756 penalty minutes. STEMPNIAK CLOSES IN ON 300 NHL GAMES Lee Stempniak's next game will be the 300th of his NHL career. Stempniak played 233 games with the St. Louis Blues before being acquired by the Maple Leafs on November 24, WALLIN REGISTERS FIRST NHL POINT SINCE 2004 Rickard Wallin collected 2 assists on October 10 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The points were Wallin's first in the NHL since April 2, 2004 as a member of the Minnesota Wild when he tallied 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist) against the Dallas Stars. Wallin hadn't played an NHL game since the campaign until suting up for the Maple Leafs this season. He signed with Toronto as an unrestricted free agent July 10, 2009 after playing the season with Farjestads BK of the SEL.

8 GUSTAVSSON BECOMES FIFTH EUROPEAN-BORN GOALTENDER TO SUIT UP FOR MAPLE LEAFS Jonas Gustavsson made his NHL debut on October 3 at Washington and became just the fifth European-born goaltender to play for the Maple Leafs. The following is an all-time list of European-born goaltenders to wear the blue and white: *Vesa Toskala (Finland) games Jiri Crha (Czech Republic) - 69 games Mikael Tellqvist (Sweden) - 40 games Martin Gerber (Switzerland) - 12 games *Jonas Gustavsson (Sweden) - 2 games *Active NINE PLAYERS MAKE DEBUT IN BLUE AND WHITE On October 1 against the Montreal Canadiens, 8 players made their Maple Leafs debut. Forwards Colton Orr, Wayne Primeau, Jay Rosehill, Viktor Stalberg and Rickard Wallin, and defencemen Francois Beauchemin, Garnet Exelby and Mike Komisarek all suited up in their first game as a Maple Leaf. Rosehill and Stalberg were also playing in their first NHL games. Rookie goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, who made his NHL debut on October 3 at Washington against the Capitals, became the 9th player to suit up in his first game as a Maple Leaf this season. Gustavsson took over for starting goaltender Vesa Toskala at the begining of the second period and finished the game for the Maple Leafs. Recently acquired forward Phil Kessel, who is currenty an injured non roster player, and goaltender Joey MacDonald will also look to make their Maple Leafs debut this season. STALBERG SHINES IN NHL DEBUT AFTER STRONG PRE-SEASON Viktor Stalberg made his NHL debut on October 1 versus the Montreal Canadiens. He collected his first NHL point with an assist on Matt Stajan s third-period goal, and registered 2 hits and 2 shots in 19:01 of ice time. Stalberg led Toronto in pre-season scoring, registering 9 points (6 goals, 3 assists) and 4 penalty minutes with a +1 rating in 8 games. The native of Gothenburg, Sweden also led the NHL in pre-season goals (6), was tied for the lead in shots (25), and was second in points (9). The 6-3, 210-pound forward was Toronto s fifth choice, 161st overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft. KABERLE CURRENTLY THIRD IN ALL-TIME SCORING AMONG LEAFS DEFENCEMEN Tomas Kaberle needs 22 points to tie and 23 points to surpass Tim Horton for second place on the Maple Leafs all-time scoring list among defencemen. Rk. Player GP G A PTS T-10 T-10 Borje Salming Tim Horton Tomas Kaberle Ian Turnbull Jim McKenny Bryan McCabe Todd Gill Al Iafrate Allan Stanley Dave Ellett Jim Thomson

9 HOW THE MAPLE LEAFS WERE BUILT FREE AGENTS: Beauchemin, Blake, Finger, Gustavsson, Hagman, Komisarek, MacDonald, Orr, Rosehill, Wallin TRADE: Exelby, Grabovski, Kessel, Mayers, Primeau, Stempniak, Toskala, Van Ryn DRAFT: Kaberle, Kulemin, Mitchell, Ponikarovsky, Schenn, Stajan, Stalberg, White WAIVERS: None RECORD BY DAYS OF THE WEEK MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MAPLE LEAFS PLAYERS SHOOTOUT RESULTS n/a BACK-TO-BACK GAMES The Maple Leafs will play on consecutive nights 18 times this season. Last season, Toronto played 13 back-to-back games, posting a record of in the first contest and in the second game BACK-TO-BACK GAMES FIRST GAME OPPONENT RESULT SECOND GAME OPPONENT RESULT October 12 at NY Rangers (Last night) 2-7 L October 13 vs. Colorado (Tonight) October 30 at Buffalo October 31 at Montreal November 6 at Carolina November 7 vs. Detroit November 13 at Chicago November 14 vs. Calgary November 30 vs. Buffalo December 1 at Montreal December 9 vs. NY Islanders December 10 at Boston December 18 at Buffalo December 19 vs. Boston December 26 vs. Montreal December 27 at Pittsburgh January 5 vs. Florida January 6 at Philadelphia January 8 at Buffalo January 9 vs. Pittsburgh January 14 vs. Philadelphia January 15 at Washington January 18 at Nashville January 19 at Atlanta January 29 at New Jersey January 30 vs. Vancouver February 5 at New Jersey February 6 vs. Ottawa March 6 at Ottawa March 7 at Philadelphia March 13 vs. Edmonton March 14 at NY Islanders March 27 vs. NY Rangers March 28 at Pittsburgh April 6 vs. Philadelphia April 7 at NY Rangers MOLSON CUP STANDINGS PLAYER - POINTS Matt Stajan - 6

10 Toronto Maple Leafs: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W/L/OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF - SA W-L Gltdr Attend. 1 10/01/2009 Montreal Canadiens O* ,14p,14p / Washington Capitals L ,23,84, / /06/2009 Ottawa Senators L p / /10/2009 Pittsburgh Penguins L , / New York Rangers L ,55p /

11 Toronto Maple Leafs: Player Game By Game Summary Date Opp. BRENT # SCHENN # 2 EXELBY # 3 FINGER # 4 WHITE # 7 KOMISAREK # 8 HAGMAN # 9 Oct 1 Vs MTL INJ 0-0 3/-2 18: /0 9:46 DND 0-0 4/0 24: /1 22: /1 19:21 Oct WSH INJ 0-1 1/0 17:31 DND 0-1 1/0 16: /3 20: /-1 23: /1 17:09 Oct 6 Vs OTT INJ 0-0 0/0 15: /-1 9:45 DND 0-0 2/-1 20: /0 22: /0 18:30 Oct 10 Vs PIT INJ 0-1 0/2 19:24 DND 0-0 1/-1 15: /2 19: /-1 20: /1 18:03 Oct NYR INJ 0-0 0/-2 17:15 DND 0-0 1/-2 16: /-1 21: /-1 21: /-3 14:39 Date Opp. STEMPNIAK # 12 STAJAN # 14 KABERLE # 15 PRIMEAU # 18 MAYERS # 21 BEAUCHEMIN # 22 PONIKAROVSKY # 23 Oct 1 Vs MTL 0-0 5/0 19: /0 19: /1 27: /-1 4:22 DND 0-1 7/-2 27: /1 18:16 Oct WSH 1-0 3/-1 18: /-2 16: /-2 21: /0 10: /0 9: /-2 20: /2 14:47 Oct 6 Vs OTT 0-0 5/-1 19: /0 19: /0 25:42 DND DND 0-1 1/0 26: /0 16:04 Oct 10 Vs PIT 0-0 0/1 20: /0 17: /-1 22:09 DND 0-1 0/0 11: /-1 22: /0 15:27 Oct NYR 0-0 4/1 16: /-1 14: /-2 20:39 DND 0-0 3/-1 13: /0 23: /1 13:07 Date Opp. ORR # 28 ROSEHILL # 38 MITCHELL # 39 KULEMIN # 41 STALBERG # 45 Oct 1 Vs MTL 0-0 0/-1 1: /-1 2: /-1 21:08 DND 0-1 2/0 19: /0 17: /-1 20:17 Oct WSH 0-0 0/0 9:47 DND 0-1 3/-2 17:59 DND 0-0 3/-1 14: /-1 16: /-1 13:44 Oct 6 Vs OTT 0-0 1/0 6: /-1 4: /0 18: /0 16: /0 5: /-1 15: /0 18:08 Oct 10 Vs PIT 0-0 0/0 9: /1 7: /-2 13: /-1 12:42 DND 0-2 2/2 15: /-2 14:46 Oct NYR 0-0 3/-1 9: /-1 8: /0 15: /-2 15:07 DND 0-0 1/0 15: /-2 16:33 WALLIN # 51 BLAKE # 55 Date Opp. GRABOVSKI # 84 MACDONALD # 29 TOSKALA # 35 GUSTAVSSON # 50 Oct 1 Vs MTL 0-1 2/1 20:14 MIN 4/27O 65 DNP Oct WSH 1-1 4/2 15:46 MIN 3/8 20 3/19L 38 Oct 6 Vs OTT 0-0 1/0 17:47 MIN DNP 2/28L 59 Oct 10 Vs PIT 0-0 1/0 15:16 DNP 5/33L 60 INJ Oct NYR 0-1 2/-3 15:58 DNP 7/33L 60 INJ

12 Toronto Maple Leafs: Head Coach and Goalie Bios Head Coach: Ron Wilson #29: Joey MacDonald 6' 0", 197 Feb 7, th NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Win: MAR 27, DETROIT (4) Last SO: MAR 27, DETROIT (4) - Recalled from the Toronto Marlies (AHL) Oct. 8. GP W-L-OT GAA Sv% Season Career #35: Vesa Toskala 5' 10", 198 May 20, None. 8th NHL / 3rd TOR Season Last Win: FEB 26, NY ISLANDERS (5) Last SO: OCT 17, NY RANGERS (53) GP W-L-OT GAA Sv% Season Career

13 Toronto Maple Leafs: Skater Bios #2: Luke Schenn 6' 2", 215 Nov 2, None. 2nd NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: APR 3, PHILADELPHIA (8) Last Assist: OCT 10, 2009 vs PITTSBURGH Season Career #3: Garnet Exelby 6' 1", 215 Aug 16, None. 7th NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: DEC 18, 2007 vs TAMPA BAY (109) Last Assist: APR 11, 2009 vs TAMPA BAY (2) Season Career MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First Maple Leafs game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). #4: Jeff Finger 6' 1", 209 Dec 18, None. 4th NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: APR 8, 2009 vs BUFFALO (4) Last Assist: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (2) Season Career #7: Ian White WIGHT, EE-uhn 5' 10", 191 Jun 4, th NHL / 5th TOR Season Last Goal: APR 1, 2009 vs PHILADELPHIA (9) Last Assist: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (2) - Tied for the lead on the Maple Leafs in assists (3). Season Career #8: Michael Komisarek 6' 4", 243 Jan 19, th NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: APR 2, NY ISLANDERS (10) Last Assist: APR 11, 2009 vs PITTSBURGH (5) - Leads the Maple Leafs in penalty minutes (21), hits (17) and blocked shots (11). Season Career MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First Maple Leafs game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL) th career penalty minute (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). #9: Niklas Hagman 6' 0", 209 Dec 5, None. 8th NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 10, 2009 vs PITTSBURGH (1) Last Assist: OCT 1, 2009 vs MONTREAL (4) Season Career #12: Lee Stempniak 6' 0", 195 Feb 4, Leads the Maple Leafs in shots (17). 5th NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (2) Last Assist: APR 11, 2009 vs OTTAWA (4) Season Career UPCOMING MILESTONES

14 - Needs 1 games for 300 career NHL games played. - Needs 7 assists for 100 career NHL assists. #14: Matt Stajan STAY-juhn, MAHT 6' 1", 200 Dec 19, th NHL / 7th TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 6, 2009 vs OTTAWA (2) Last Assist: APR 11, 2009 vs OTTAWA (5) - Leads the Maple Leafs in power-play goals (3), and is tied for the lead in goals (3). UPCOMING MILESTONES - Needs 5 games for 400 career NHL games played. - Needs 15 points for 200 career NHL points. Season Career #15: Tomas Kaberle ka-buhr-lay, TAW-mas 6' 1", 214 Mar 2, th NHL / 11th TOR Season Last Goal: JAN 15, CAROLINA (18) Last Assist: OCT 6, 2009 vs OTTAWA (2) Season Career Tied for the lead on the Maple Leafs in assists (3). - Registered an assist in three-straight games to start the season (Oct. 1 vs. MTL, Oct. 3 at WSH, Oct. 6 vs. OTT). #18: Wayne Primeau 6' 4", 225 Jun 4, th NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: MAR 13, ATLANTA (37) Last Assist: NOV 1, LOS ANGELES (16) - Missed last three games (Oct. 6-12) due to undisclosed injury. - Leads Maple Leafs in faceoff percentage (80%). Season Career MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First Maple Leafs game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). UPCOMING MILESTONES - Needs 14 points for 200 career NHL points. #21: Jamal Mayers 6' 1", 217 Oct 24, None. 12th NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: APR 3, PHILADELPHIA (7) Last Assist: OCT 10, 2009 vs PITTSBURGH (1) Season Career UPCOMING MILESTONES - Needs 3 assists for 100 career NHL assists. #22: Francois Beauchemin 6' 0", 213 Jun 4, th NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 29, 2008 vs DETROIT (14) Last Assist: OCT 6, 2009 vs OTTAWA (2) - Leads the Maple Leafs in average ice-time per game (24:06). Season Career MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First Maple Leafs game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). - First Maple Leafs point (Oct. 1 vs. MTL, assist). UPCOMING MILESTONES

15 - Needs 8 points for 100 career NHL points. #23: Alexei Ponikarovsky poh-nih-kahr-ohv-skee, al- EHX-ay 6' 4", 229 Apr 9, Leads the Maple Leafs in plus/minus (+4), and is tied for the lead in goals (3) and points (4). - Scored a goal in back-to-back games to start the season (Oct. 1 vs. MTL, Oct. 3 at WSH). UPCOMING MILESTONES - Needs 2 goals for 100 career NHL goals. 9th NHL / 9th TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 12, NY RANGERS Last Assist: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (3) Season Career #28: Colton Orr 6' 3", 222 Mar 3, None. 6th NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: DEC 10, ATLANTA (56) Last Assist: FEB 13, FLORIDA (31) Season Career MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First Maple Leafs game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). #38: Jay Rosehill 6' 3", 215 Jul 16, st NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 10, 2009 vs PITTSBURGH Last Assist: - Scored first-career NHL goal Oct. 10 vs. PIT (Marc-Andre Fleury). Season Career MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First NHL game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). - First NHL goal/point [Oct. 10 vs. PIT (Marc-Andre Fleury)] #39: John Mitchell MIH-chuhl, JAWN 6' 1", 204 Jan 22, None. 2nd NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: APR 7, NEW JERSEY (6) Last Assist: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (2) Season Career #41: Nikolai Kulemin 6' 1", 225 Jul 14, nd NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: APR 3, PHILADELPHIA (5) Last Assist: APR 3, PHILADELPHIA (5) - Recalled from the Toronto Marlies (AHL) Oct. 1. Season Career #45: Viktor Stalberg 6' 3", 210 Jan 17, st NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: Last Assist: OCT 1, 2009 vs MONTREAL (2) - Missed last two games (Oct. 10 vs. PIT, Oct. 12 at NYR) due to head injury. Season Career PRE-SEASON - Registered 6 goals and 3 assists for 9 points with 4 penalty minutes and a +1 rating in 8 games.

16 - Led the NHL in goals, was tied for the lead in shots (25), and was second in points. MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First NHL game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). - First NHL point (Oct. 1 vs. MTL, assist). #51: Rickard Wallin 6' 2", 195 Apr 9, rd NHL / 1st TOR Season Last Goal: APR 2, 2004 vs DALLAS (6) Last Assist: OCT 10, 2009 vs PITTSBURGH (1) - Registered 2 assists Oct. 10 vs. PIT. [First points in the NHL since April 2, 2004 as a member of the Minnesota Wild when he tallied 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist) against the Dallas Stars.] MILESTONES REACHED THIS SEASON - First Maple Leafs game (Oct. 1 vs. MTL). - First Maple Leafs point (Oct. 10 vs. PIT, assist). Season Career #55: Jason Blake 5' 10", 186 Sep 2, None. 10th NHL / 3rd TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 12, NY RANGERS Last Assist: OCT 1, 2009 vs MONTREAL (4) Season Career #84: Mikhail Grabovski 5' 11", 183 Jan 31, th NHL / 2nd TOR Season Last Goal: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (2) Last Assist: OCT 3, WASHINGTON (2) - Tied for the lead on the Maple Leafs in assists (3) and points (4). Season Career

17 Colorado Avalanche: Media Notes LAST GAME (Oct. 12: Colorado 4 at Boston 3) David Jones had a goal and an assist in his season debut to help the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday afternoon at the TD Garden. Jones, who missed the first four games due to injury, assisted on Scott Hannan s tally in the first period and scored a short-handed goal on a breakaway late in the second. Milan Hejduk and Marek Svatos also scored for Colorado, while Mark Recchi, Blake Wheeler and Michael Ryder had the goals for Boston. Hejduk extended his point streak to five games, as did Kyle Quincey with an assist. Quincey is the first Avalanche defenseman to open a season with a point in five straight games since Sandis Ozolinsh in Craig Anderson stopped 29-of-32 shots for the victory. CURRENT INJURIES Tom Preissing (knee). Out 4-6 weeks. Ruslan Salei (back). Placed on IR, Oct. 11 (retroactive to Oct. 8) TRANSACTIONS Sept Josh Aspenlind, Patrick Bordeleau, David Marshall reassigned to AHL camp. Sept Patrick Cusak (Quebec - QMJHL), Samuel Finn (Lewiston - QMJHL), Tom Fritsche (Lake Erie - AHL), Peter Delmas (Quebec - QMJHL), Brandon Maxwell (Kitchener - OHL), Cedric McNicoll (Lake Erie) reassigned... Shawn Bates released from PTO. Sept Codey Burki, Matt Clarke, Ray Macias, Billy Sauer reassigned to AHL camp. Tyson Barrie (Kelowna - WHL), Joel Chouinard (Victoriaville - QMJHL), Stefan Elliott (Saskatoon - WHL), Kelsey Tessier (Quebec - QMJHL) reassigned to junior teams. Sept Trevor Cann reassigned to AHL camp... Cameron Gaunce reassigned to Mississauga (OHL). Sept Philippe Dupuis, Brian Fahey, Darren Haydar, Justin Mercier, Kevin Montgomery, Wes O'Neill, Marty Sertich, Brett Skinner, Brian Willsie, Brandon Yip reassigned to AHL camp. Sept Ryan Stoa, Ryan Wilson reassigned to AHL camp. Sept Chris Durno, Derek Peltier, Tyler Weiman reassigned to Lake Erie (AHL). Oct Ruslan Salei placed on IR (retroactive to Oct. 8). Oct Ryan Wilson recalled from Lake Erie (AHL). AVS CONTINUE ROAD TRIP NORTH OF THE BORDER; OFF TO BEST START SINCE The Avalanche continues its seven-game road trip tonight in Toronto against the Maple Leafs. Colorado is so far on this sevengame trip, which is the Avalanche's longest road trip since moving to Denver in It's the third-longest journey in franchise history, as the Quebec Nordiques had a nine-game (Oct. 9-26, 1980) and eight-gamer (Feb. 8-22, 1981) back in their first few seasons in the league. The Avs are coming off a 4-3 victory over the Bruins on Monday afternoon, improving to The last time Colorado had seven or more points through its first five games of a season was in , when they had eight ( ). In fact, this marks the Avalanche s third-best record after five games since moving to Denver, trailing only the team ( ) and club (4-0-1). The Avalanche s seven-game road trip features stops in Nashville, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Detroit and Minnesota. The Avs will return home for a few days after visiting Detroit before concluding the trip in Minnesota. Colorado will face five of the NHL s Original Six (all but Rangers) and three of the seven opponents on this trip will be celebrating their home openers: Nashville, Chicago and Montreal. The Avs are in the midst of a stretch that finds them playing 11 of 13 away from home. LONGEST ROAD TRIPS, AVALANCHE HISTORY (since ) 7 games Oct. 8-21, games Feb March 2, games Oct Nov. 10, 1998 BACK-TO-BACK The Avalanche is playing back-to-back games for the first time this season, as they face Toronto tonight after defeating the Bruins yesterday afternoon in Boston. The Avs will play 16 back-to-back games this year, their most in a single season since moving to Denver in The previous high was 13 in , and SOMETHING SPECIAL The Avs have scored a power-play goal in each of their first five games, their best season-opening stretch since (nine straight). Colorado is 8-for-21 with the man advantage in , scoring at a 38.1% clip (second best in NHL). Meanwhile, the Avalanche's PK unit has allowed just two goals in 21 short-handed situations, killing 90.5% (third best in NHL). Colorado is the only NHL team to rank among the top three in both categories.

18 QUINCE-ESSENTIAL Kyle Quincey has collected points in each of his first five games, the first Avalanche defenseman to open a season with points in five straight games since Sandis Ozolinsh in Ozolinsh had points in his first six games that year, which is the franchise record for longest scoring streak by defenseman to open a season. Quincey would equal that mark with a point tonight. The Kitchener, Ontario native leads the club in ice time (24:56) and assists (5), and is tied for first in points (6). HOT START FOR HEJDUK Milan Hejduk has recorded a point in each of his first five games, his longest point streak to start a season. Hejduk shares the team scoring lead with six points (2g/4a), and is also tied for first in plus/minus rating (+3). AVALANCHE & LEAFS The Avalanche is making its first trip to Toronto in three years, since a 4-1 victory here at the Air Canada Centre on Oct. 18, In fact, this marks only Colorado s second visit to Toronto since These two teams met once last season, with the Leafs winning 7-4 on Jan. 29 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche/Nordiques are all-time against the Maple Leafs, which includes an mark since moving to Denver. Avalanche captain Adam Foote is from Toronto, as is Chris Stewart. Matt Duchene (Haliburton, ON), David Jones (Guelph, ON), Ryan O Reilly (Clinton, ON), Kyle Quincey (Kitchener, ON) and Ryan Wilson (Windsor, ON) all hail from Ontario. Darcy Tucker spent parts of eight seasons with the Maple Leafs. Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco was drafted by the Leafs and began his NHL career with Toronto. YOUNG GUNS The Avalanche is the fifth-youngest team in the NHL with an average age of 27 years, 43 days (as of Oct. 10). Chicago Blackhawks Los Angeles Kings Columbus Blue Jackets Florida Panthers Colorado Avalanche League average ANDY DANDY Avalanche goaltender Craig Anderson ranks among the league's top 10 in wins (3), save percentage (.935) and shutouts (1). He has faced 170 shots, third most in the league, and stopped 159 of them, ranking him second in saves. Anderson, who has started all five games this year, was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for the opening week of the season. He stopped 73 of 75 shots in posting a record with a 1.00 goals-against average,.973 save percentage and one shutout as the Avalanche opened with a pair of home victories. Anderson signed with Colorado as a free agent July 1 after three years with the Florida Panthers. He finished third among NHL goaltenders last season with a.924 save percentage and posted a record in 31 appearances. Anderson now owns a.929 combined save percentage over the last three seasons (since ), best in the NHL. BEST SAVE PERCENTAGES SINCE Craig Anderson.929 (1682 SA, 1562 SV) 2. Tim Thomas.925 (3516 SA, 3254 SV) 3. Jonas Hiller.922 (1901 SA, 1753 SV) 4. Tomas Vokoun.921 (4254 SA, 3918 SV) 5. Niklas Backstrom.921 (3775 SA, 3476 SV) 18-YEAR-OLDS 18-year-olds Matt Duchene and Ryan O Reilly each made their NHL debut on Opening Night, making the Avalanche the first NHL team to have two 18-year-olds play in a season opener since the Winnipeg Jets in (Shane Doan, Jason Doig). At 18 years, 236 days, O Reilly became the youngest player in Avalanche history, and the second youngest in franchise history. The youngest was Owen Nolan, who beat O'Reilly by two days when he made his debut with the Nordiques at the age of 18 years, 234 days in O'Reilly and Duchene (18 years, 258 days) are the first 18-year-olds to ever play with the Colorado Avalanche. The youngest Avalanche player had been goaltender Marc Denis (19 years, 128 days). Both 18-year-old centers recorded their first NHL assist/point in the victory over the Sharks. ON THE ROSTER The Avalanche's 23-man active roster includes 14 Colorado/Quebec draft selections, including first rounders Matt Duchene (3rd overall ), Chris Stewart (18th overall ) and Wojtek Wolski (21st overall ), as well as second-rounders Peter Budaj (63rd overall ), Adam Foote (22nd overall ), T.J. Galiardi (55th overall ), Ryan O'Reilly (33rd overall ) and Paul Stastny (44th overall ).

19 SEASON INJURY LIST PLAYER GAMES MISSED NATURE &DATES OF INJURY David Jones 4 chest (10/1-10/10) Tom Preissing 5 knee (10/1-10/12) Ruslan Salei 2 back (10/10 - present) Total 11

20 Colorado Avalanche: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W/L/OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF - SA W-L Gltdr Attend. 1 10/01/2009 San Jose Sharks W ,8,55,8,4p / /03/2009 Vancouver Canucks W ,26p,16p / Nashville Predators L p,40p / Chicago Blackhawks O** ,8,23p / Boston Bruins W p,22,40p,54s /

21 Colorado Avalanche: Player Game By Game Summary Date Opp. YIP # WILSON # LILES # 4 CLARK # 5 HENSICK # 7 WOLSKI # 8 DUCHENE # 9 Oct 1 Vs S.J INJ MIN 1-1 2/1 20: /0 16:45 DND 2-0 2/2 19: /-1 14:51 Oct 3 Vs VAN INJ MIN 0-0 1/0 21: /1 20:09 DND 1-1 (W) 6/1 15: /0 15:29 Oct NSH INJ MIN 0-1 0/-1 20:36 DND 0-1 3/-2 17: /0 10: /-1 19:45 Oct CHI INJ MIN 0-0 1/-1 24: /-1 14:40 DND 1-0 1/0 23: /-1 19:16 Oct BOS INJ DND 0-0 1/-2 20: /1 17:36 DND 0-1 3/-1 15: /-1 15:08 Date Opp. CUMISKEY # 10 HENDRICKS # 15 TUCKER # 16 HANNAN # 22 HEJDUK # 23 SALEI # 24 STEWART # 25 Oct 1 Vs S.J 0-0 0/-1 12: /0 9: /1 16: /3 21: /2 20:58 DND 0-1 2/2 12:36 Oct 3 Vs VAN 0-0 0/1 16: /0 10: /0 15: /0 18: /1 20:53 DND 0-0 0/0 17:24 Oct NSH 0-0 1/-1 15: /0 8: /-1 15: /-1 21: /-1 18: /-1 19: /0 8:54 Oct CHI 0-0 1/0 13: /1 8: /-1 13: /1 25: /1 24:18 DND 0-0 0/0 9:57 Oct BOS 0-0 0/1 12: /-1 8: /0 14: /0 23: /0 19:05 INJ DND Date Opp. STASTNY # 26 QUINCEY # 27 KOCI # 28 O'REILLY # 37 GALIARDI # 39 Oct 1 Vs S.J 0-2 3/2 21: /2 27: /0 2: /1 10: /1 16: /-1 12: /1 22:29 Oct 3 Vs VAN 1-1 1/1 18: /0 23: /0 1: /0 13: /0 16: /0 11: /0 20:10 Oct NSH 0-0 4/-1 18: /-1 25:19 DND 0-0 0/-1 15: /0 12: /-1 14: /-1 17:21 Oct CHI 0-1 1/1 23: /1 26: /1 3: /0 14: /1 16: /-2 12: /0 25:07 Oct BOS 0-0 3/0 19: /-1 22: /-1 3: /0 15: /0 16: /-1 12: /-1 23:14 SVATOS # 40 FOOTE # 52 Date Opp. JONES # 54 MCLEOD # 55 BUDAJ # 31 ANDERSON # 41 Oct 1 Vs S.J DND 1-0 (W) 2/0 12:05 DNP 2/40W 60 Oct 3 Vs VAN DND 0-0 2/0 15:15 DNP 0/35W 60 Oct NSH DND 0-0 2/-1 17:13 DNP 3/37L 59 Oct CHI DND 0-0 1/-1 14:21 DNP 3/26O 65 Oct BOS 1-1 (W) 4/1 17: /0 14:30 DNP 3/32W 60

22 Colorado Avalanche: Head Coach and Goalie Bios Head Coach: Joe Sacco Joe Sacco begins his first season as an NHL head coach after being named the fifth head coach in Avalanche history, and the 13th in franchise history on June 4, Sacco won his NHL head coaching debut on Oct. 1 vs. San Jose. Sacco, 40, spent the last two seasons as head coach of Colorado s American Hockey League affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. The campaign marks his fifth season overall with the organization, as he also spent two years as an assistant coach in the AHL. The Monsters finished with a record (76 pts) in , posting eight more wins and 11 more points than they did in their inaugural season. Sacco also served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2009 IIHF World Championship. A fourth-round pick (71st overall) by Toronto in the 1987 Entry Draft, Sacco appeared in 738 games over his 13-year career in the NHL. Born in Medford, Mass., Joe attended Boston University and played for the United States at the 1992 Olympics. #31: Peter Budaj BOO-digh 6' 1", 200 Sep 18, th NHL / 5th COL Season Last Win: APR 5, VANCOUVER (3) Last SO: APR 7, SAN JOSE (2) GP W-L-OT GAA Sv% Season Career Ranks third in franchise history in shutouts (7) and is fifth in both appearances (182) and wins (81). - Needs three wins and six games to tie Stephane Fiset for fourth place in both categories. - Made his fifth straight appearance on Colorado's Opening Night roster. - Participated in Slovakia's Olympic Camp over the summer. - Appeared in 56 games (55 starts) a year ago, posting a record with a 2.86 goals-against average and two shutouts. - Led the club with 20 victories, reaching the 20-win plateau for the second time in his career (31 in ). - Posted a 7-4 record in shootouts, allowing only 13 goals on 35 attempts (.629 Sv%). #41: Craig Anderson 6' 2", 180 May 21, th NHL / 1st COL Season Last Win: OCT 12, BOSTON Last SO: OCT 3, 2009 vs VANCOUVER (3) GP W-L-OT GAA Sv% Season Career Has started all five games this season. - Was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for the opening week of the season. - Went 2-0 with a 1.00 GAA and.973 Sv% in two starts during the week, stopping 73 of 75 shots. - Made his first career Opening Night start on Oct. 1 vs. San Jose, stopping 38 shots in a 5-2 victory. - Signed a two-year contract with the Avalanche on July 1. - Owns a.929 combined save percentage since , best in the NHL. - Finished third among NHL goaltenders with a.924 save percentage in 31 appearances with Florida in

23 Colorado Avalanche: Skater Bios #4: John-Michael Liles LYE-lz 5' 10", 185 Nov 25, th NHL / 6th COL Season Last Goal: OCT 1, 2009 vs SAN JOSE (4) Last Assist: OCT 8, NASHVILLE (2) Season Career Had a goal and an assist in the season opener against San Jose, giving him 200 points for his NHL career. - Became just the fifth defenseman in franchise history to reach 200 points, joining Sandis Ozolinsh (253), Adam Foote (242), Rob Blake (208) and Mario Marois (200). - Has led all Colorado defensemen in scoring during each of the last three seasons. #5: Brett Clark 6' 0", 195 Dec 23, th NHL / 6th COL Season Last Goal: DEC 23, 2008 vs PHOENIX (46) Last Assist: OCT 12, BOSTON Season Career Has an assist in three of his first four games. - Set an Avalanche record with 238 blocked shots last season, second most in the NHL (Zbynek Michalek - 271). - Finished second on the club in ice time last year after leading the team in that category in each of the previous two seasons. #7: TJ Hensick 5' 10", 185 Dec 10, rd NHL / 3rd COL Season Last Goal: JAN 21, 2009 vs LOS ANGELES (28) Last Assist: OCT 8, NASHVILLE - Had an assist in his season debut on Oct. 8 at Nashville. - Needs seven games to reach 100 for his NHL career. - Opened the season with Lake Erie (AHL) but spent most of the year with the Avalanche,. Season Career #8: Wojtek Wolski VOY-teck VOHL-skee 6' 3", 210 Feb 24, th NHL / 5th COL Season Last Goal: OCT 10, CHICAGO (1) Last Assist: OCT 12, BOSTON - Leads the Avalanche in goals (4) and is tied for first in points (6). - Scored two goals in the season opener against San Jose on Oct Is 17-for-27 in career shootout attempts (63%), the highest percentage in league history. - Led all NHL players last year in both shootout goals (10-of-12) and percentage (83.3%). Season Career #9: Matt Duchene 5' 11", 200 Jan 16, st NHL / 1st COL Season Last Goal: Last Assist: OCT 12, BOSTON Season Career Made his NHL debut in the season opener on Oct. 1 vs. San Jose, recording an assist for his first NHL point. - Colorado's first-round pick (third overall) in the 2009 Entry Draft. - Is the Avalanche's highest draft pick since the team moved to Denver and the franchise's highest pick since 1991 (Eric Lindros - first overall). - He and Ryan O'Reilly are the first 18-year-olds to ever play for the Colorado Avalanche. - Shared the team scoring lead this preseason with four points (1g/3a) in six games. - Has spent the last two seasons with the Brampton Battalion (OHL). #10: Kyle Cumiskey 5' 10", 185 Dec 2, th NHL / 4th COL Season Last Goal: JAN 6, MINNESOTA (55) Last Assist: JAN 2, 2008 vs PHOENIX (20) Season Career

24 - Made his first appearance on an Opening Night roster and has dressed in each of the first five games. - Missed the final 33 games of the season after suffering a shoulder injury on Jan. 29 vs. Toronto. - Tallied a goal, assist and was +6 for the Canadian All-Stars at the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic on Jan. 26 in Worcester, Mass. #15: Matt Hendricks 6' 0", 215 Jun 17, nd NHL / 2nd COL Season Last Goal: OCT 10, CHICAGO (1) Last Assist: - Scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 10 at Chicago. - Made his first appearance on an Opening Night roster and has dressed in each of the first five games. - Spent most of the season with Lake Erie (AHL) but also skated in four games with the Avalanche. Season Career #16: Darcy Tucker 5' 10", 178 Mar 15, th NHL / 2nd COL Season Last Goal: OCT 3, 2009 vs VANCOUVER (3) Last Assist: OCT 8, NASHVILLE (2) Season Career Is tied for second on the club with two goals. - Collected points in each of his first three games, his longest point streak to start a season. - Is one of six active players with at least 200 goals and 1300 PIM (R. Blake, Guerin, Nolan, Shanahan, Tkachuk). #22: Scott Hannan 6' 1", 225 Jan 23, th NHL / 3rd COL Season Last Goal: OCT 12, BOSTON Last Assist: OCT 10, CHICAGO (1) - Is tied for first on the club in plus/minus rating (+3). - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 12 at Boston. - Has appeared in 168 of 169 games since joining the Avalanche. - Was +3 in the season opener on Oct. 1 vs. San Jose. - Led the Avalanche in ice time last season at 22:22 per game. Season Career #23: Milan Hejduk HAY-dook 6' 0", 190 Feb 14, th NHL / 11th COL Season Last Goal: OCT 12, BOSTON Last Assist: OCT 8, NASHVILLE (2) Season Career Has points in each of his first five games, his longest point streak to start a season. - On Sept. 24, agreed to a one-year contract extension through Has appeared in 158 consecutive games. Was the only Colorado player to dress in all 82 games last year. - Has scored 300 goals since the start of the season, the fifth highest total in the NHL behind Jarome Iginla (349), Marian Hossa (324), Ilya Kovalchuk (302), Jaromir Jagr (301). - Ranks fourth in franchise history in both games played and goals, and sits fifth in points. - Is the franchise s all-time leader in regular season overtime goals with nine and his 52 career game-winning tallies rank second. - Led the Avalanche with 27 goals in , the second straight year and fifth time in his career that he's paced the club in goals. - Also shared the team scoring lead with 59 points and was selected to his third All-Star Game. #25: Chris Stewart 6' 2", 228 Oct 30, nd NHL / 2nd COL Season Last Goal: APR 9, 2009 vs DALLAS (6) Last Assist: OCT 1, 2009 vs SAN JOSE (3) Season Career Made his first appearance on an Opening Night roster and had an assist in the season opener against San Jose on Oct Was recalled from Lake Erie (AHL) on Dec. 5 of last year and played in 53 games for the Avalanche in his first NHL season. - Was Colorado's top rookie scorer with 11 goals and 19 points.