PHIL KESSEL RUMORS & GOSSIP

What went well for the Toronto Maple Leafs this Season?

What did go well with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the season of 2011/12, even though there were some major disappointments and flaws in the Toronto Maple Leafs team? The aspect of what I think went well during this last season for the Toronto Maple Leafs is the dynamic duo of Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul. This season Kessel set careers high is goals (37), assists (45) and points...
Via Rant Sports  |  15 days ago

Jared Knight Gets Best of Dougie Hamilton in OHL Final, Both Prospects Have Bright Futures with Bruins

Phil Kessel is the gift that keeps on giving. Well, Kessel and Brian Burke to be more accurate. Burke, the Maple Leafs general manager, was generous enough to give the Bruins two first-round picks and a second rounder for Kessel back in 2009. The first of those picks brought Tyler Seguin to Boston and as the second overall selection of the 2010 draft. After helping the Bruins win...
Via NESN.com  |  21 days ago

Mike Augello: Leafs Exam Week - Forwards (Part II); Dudley, Marlies on Hold

Continuing the review of the 2011-2012 Toronto Maple Leafs, we take a look today at the team’s franchise player, who reached career highs in goals and points and a top six forward who had a solid season but did not match his offensive totals from a successful debut in 2010-11. Phil Kessel – Winger: Kessel achieved his highest level of success in his third year in Toronto...
Via HockeyBuzz  |  21 days ago

Phil Kessel Won’t Play for Team USA

After a magnificent start by Phil Kessel this season, Kessel’s goal production dropped off significantly ever since the Toronto Maple Leafs lost 4-3 to the Philadelphia Flyers on February 9th. Since that time, Kessel has collected seven goals in 28 games. Many reasons may come to mind of why Kessel’s production dropped off so dramatically. But now there is a great why...
Via Rant Sports  |  April 10, 2012

What Do You Think Of Phil Kessel?

from Michael Traikos of the National Post, If Phil Kessel were to reach the 40-goal mark in a year in which the Toronto Maple Leafs missed the playoffs, what would be the reaction? Would you cheer? Would you boo? Would you even care? It might be a tree-falls-in-the-forest type of question. Kessel, who set a career high by scoring his 37th goal in a 4-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  April 02, 2012

This Sens-Leafs Fan Fight Includes Kessel Chick Throwing Haymakers

While much of the attention from Saturday’s Sens-Maple Leafs game was paid to two lesbians getting engaged, there was action off the ice that stole our hearts. It’s been a pretty quiet year when it comes to NHL fan fights so this 100-level action got our attention. As an added bonus, we get a couple broads throwing bombs. Special attention should be paid to Phil Kessel...
Via Busted Coverage  |  March 20, 2012

Woman Proposes to Phil Kessel Jersey-Wearing Girlfriend at Senators-Maple Leafs Game (Video)

Senators fans and Maple Leafs fans get along about as well as Bruins and Canadiens fans do. That being said, consider how wild the scene must have been at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa this weekend when Sens fan Christina proposed on the ice to longtime girlfriend (and Leafs fan) Alicia, who was rocking a Phil Kessel jersey. Check out the great on-ice proposal below.
Via NESN.com  |  March 19, 2012

Kessel lifts Gophers over Cornell in semifinals

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) Amanda Kessel had a goal and two assists to lead Minnesota to a 3-1 victory over Cornell on Friday night in the NCAA women's hockey semifinals. Kessel is the sister of Toronto Maple Leafs star Phil Kessel, a former Minnesota player. Megan Bozek and Emily West also scored for the Gophers (33-5-2), who will play WCHA rival Wisconsin for the championship Sunday...
Via Fox Sports North  |  March 17, 2012

Maple Leafs F Kessel is 'easiest player to intimidate' in the NHL

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel is the easiest All-Star caliber player to intimidate in the NHL, according to an anonymous poll conducted by Sports Illustrated.The poll revealed that 15 percent of Kessel's peers think he's the easiest to intimidate in the league.Henrik and Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks share eight percent of the vote to finish a distant second...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  February 14, 2012

All-Star draft offers plenty of excitement

NASHVILLE -- Toronto's Phil Kessel, sitting alone, grim-faced and unsmiling, as the final player selected at last year's NHL All-Star Fantasy Player Draft became perhaps the enduring image of the inaugural event. If Charles Schultz could have drawn Kessel a zig-zag line for a mouth, it would have been appropriate.Taking players with the pride of NHL All-Stars and having them...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  January 24, 2012
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