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Anthony Stolarz has toiled in relative obscurity in the NHL – but that could all change with the Toronto Maple Leafs as he gets his first shot at being the No. 1 guy

BY KEN CAMPBELL

IN A CITY WHERE you’re only as good – or as bad – as your latest performance, everything was simpatico in The Center of the Hockey Universe™ for one night. The local heroes/bums earned full marks for a dominating victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 21 in the only game on the NHL schedule that night. That group included the man in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ net. The callers into the post-game show were happy, in large part due to a 5-on-3 penalty kill when Anthony Stolarz started by saving a laser from Brandon Hagel, then reached back and snatched the puck off the goal line on the Jake Guentzel rebound. Stolarz termed it “desperation mode.” Stolarz was talking about one of the almost 3,000 saves he has made during…

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The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, World Juniors Special 2025

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