BlogsJan 21, 2009Take a (Blue) Pill
Most nights at the Air Canada Centre, the atmosphere doesn’t exactly scream “home-ice advantage” for the Maple Leafs.
The atmosphere can be church quiet at the best of times with the sleepy, quiet crowds, the nearly bare platinum session at the start of the second and third periods and the need for the scoreboard big screen to urge fans to cheer. Of course lately the paying customers haven’t been given much to get excited about. Heading into tonight’s game against the Boston Bruins, the Leafs have been shutout in their past two home games. In fact, the Leafs haven’t scored a goal on the home pond in 127 minutes and 51 seconds as their home record has slipped to 8-10-4. Why such an impotent run? “Performance anxiety,” Leafs coach Ron Wilson said after this morning’s gameday skate. “I think if there’s anything, we show anxiety playing at home. “I think we get tight and nervous and we’ve go to find a way not to do that.” Comments:No comments for this post yet... Leave a comment:
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 Rob Longley has been at the Toronto Sun for 20 years, but this is the first season he's faced off with the Leafs full time. In the past he has covered NFL and CFL football, the Olympic Games, soccer's World Cup and major horse racing events for Sun Media. A journalist graduate from Ottawa's Carleton University, Longley grew up as a Philadelphia Flyers fan but grew out of that not long after puberty.Full bio  Toronto Sun hockey columnist Mike Zeisberger has been on the Maple Leafs / NHL beat for more than a decade, a span that includes Stanley Cup finals, all-star games, hockey's Canada Cup and World Cup, and even a trip to picturesque Sweden for Maple Leafs training camp in 2003. In his 20 years with Sun Media, Mike has also covered baseball, the NFL, CFL, auto racing, golf, basketball, skiing and tennis, among other things, allowing him to attend events like the Super Bowl, Grey Cup, World Series, Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and Canadian Grand Prix. Although he was in the press box for Joe Carter's dramatic championship home run for the Blue Jays in 1993, he still insists Paul Henderson's series-winning goal in the 1972 Canada-Russia Summit Series is the greatest Canadian sporting moment ever! Case closed.Full Bio Last 10 postsLast 10 commentsSections
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