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Ilya Samsonov, the starting goalkeeper for the Toronto Maple Leafs, abandoned Game 3 of their second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers after slamming into Luke Schenn.
At the beginning of the third quarter, he was declared officially out of the contest.
After making every effort to thwart a scoring opportunity in front of the Toronto net, Schenn bowled into Samsonov. Early in the second period, the Maple Leafs goalie looked to grip his shoulder and laid down on the ice for a while before being helped out of the game by trainers. Before departing the game, Samsonov turned away all eight attempts on goal. For the Maple Leafs in the postseason, the 26-year-old has started each of the nine games.
Here’s how the collision happened:
Less than one minute into the second frame, Joseph Woll took Samsonov's spot. Woll had a shaky start, as he allowed Panthers winger Anthony Duclair to score the game-tying goal on the second shot he faced before appearing to settle down. On the tenth shot Woll faced, Carter Verhaeghe buried his fourth of the playoffs to tie the game once more after Erik Gustafsson had restored Toronto's advantage.
Woll, who spent the most of the season as a strong force for the AHL's Toronto Marlies, appeared in seven games with the Maple Leafs this season, finishing 6-1-0 with a.924 save percentage.
According to Sports Illustrated's David Alter, immediately after Samsonov departed the game, Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas spoke with goalkeeper Matt Murray before Murray changed into a suit to support Woll for the remainder of the game. Murray started the season as Toronto's starter goalie, but as he fought through many ailments, Samsonov and Woll overtook him on the depth chart.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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