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Edge Red Wings. Kulemin nets winner in debut for Toronto Sports Ticker Published:Â 40 minutes ago Nikolai Kulemin's National Hockey League debut could not have gone any better. Kulemin scored what proved to be the winning goal and goaltender Vesa Toskala made 35 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs opened the season with a 3-2 win over the reigning Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings last night. Defenceman Pavel Kubina and Dominic Moore also struck for the Maple Leafs, who made Ron Wilson's head coaching debut a successful one. "We paid attention to detail, we paid attention to the task at hand," said Wilson, who improved to 5-8-1 in season openers. "They're having a good time, and they should. They beat the Stanley Cup champions." A second-round pick in 2006, the 22-year-old Kulemin gave Toronto a 3-1 lead at 7:25 of the... [read full story]
