TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs are Peter Horacheks team for the remainder of the season. Wilbert Montgomery Youth Jersey . Club president Brendan Shanahan said Friday the club wont hire a full-time head coach until after the season, meaning Horachek will remain behind the bench until that time. Horachek was promoted to interim head coach Wednesday, a day after Randy Carlyle was fired. Were going to wait until the off-season now, he said. Ive been pleased with just the early reports from Peter. Peter will be one of the people that we will consider at the end of the year but were going to wait until the end of the year. Shanahan wouldn’t get into the types of moves he anticipates making in the future, saying simply, “If we have an opportunity to make this team better, we will.” “We in management prepare for each and every game but you’re also constantly looking down the horizon. We certainly have a good feel for what we’ve seen so far, we don’t always share our plan because our plan can change.” “We (management) are watching and we wont be afraid to act if things dont get better.” Toronto dropped a 6-2 home decision to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night, just hours after Horachek was promoted. The club resumes action Friday night, hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. Shanahan spoke following Torontos pre-game skate, his first availability since Carlyles dismissal. The first-year president said he was his intention to meet with reporters at the halfway point of the season to discuss the teams fortunes to that point. Heading into Fridays action, Toronto (21-17-3, 45 points) is tied with the Florida Panthers for ninth in the Eastern Conference standings, three points behind eighth-place Boston (21-15-6), which faces Philadelphia later in the evening. But Toronto has dropped five of its last six games and is 2-8-0 in its last 10 contests. The Leafs havent won at home since Dec. 16 and their last victory in regulation came Dec. 28. I think our assessment has been fair to say that it hasnt been good enough, Shanahan said. Weve seen our team and this group play the kind of hockey we want to play, some very good hockey. But the fact of the matter is to have success in this league you have to be more consistent . . . we have not been consistent enough. We felt there was a change that needed to be made (and) going forward with this group as we now get into the second half were going to learn a lot more about the entire team. Shanahan said general manager Dave Nonis decided to make the coaching change following a discussion with the Leafs hierarchy. Shanahan added such conclusions are usually made by committee following a discussion involving himself, Nonis, assistant GM Kyle Dubas, player-personnel director Mark Hunter and Brandon Pridham, Noniss assistant. Its not any one person, he said. Generally speaking when we have a big decision to make or direction we want to go, we discuss it as a group. I think Dave felt it was his job to make that call. I agree with him, hes the general manager. He made that call, he made that announcement but we make all these decisions as a group, we dont hide behind any one person. Shanahan said with the coaching change, the onus is squarely on Leafs players to perform. Shanahan met with them following Fridays skate and made it clear management is watching with a clear mandate to make whatever changes are necessary to improve the clubs sagging fortunes. Once you get around this time of year and obviously with the changes we made to the coaching staff i felt it was a good time to remind them of what their expectations are and try to galvanize the group, he said. Were not at the end of the season, were at the midpoint of the season and theyre still in the hunt. How theyre going to be defined is really up to them at this point. I also wanted to make it very clear to them that were watching and that were on it. Whether weve seen some good things or bad things theyre not getting by us, theyre not escaping us. Were not going to be a group that is afraid to act if we feel were going to be able to make ourselves better. And Shanahan made it clear there are no untouchables on the Leafs roster. I dont know how many teams ever proclaim that players are untouchable, he said. If we have an opportunity to make this club better, we will. Following Friday nights home game, the Leafs will embark on a four-game road trip with contests against Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Jose and St. Louis before returning home to face Carolina on Jan. 19. Shanahan said he plans to make the trip to L.A. Its a tough trip, he said. We know that this is a difficult part of the schedule. I think its an important time for our guys so, yeah, I will be there. Clayton Thorson Jersey . The Wild, playing their first game since leading scorer Mikko Koivu broke his ankle Saturday at Washington, have won three straight for the first time since Nov. 1-5. Koivu underwent surgery on Monday and is expected to miss at least four weeks. DeSean Jackson Youth Jersey . Costa injured his right thigh muscle against Barcelona last Saturday and had sought treatment in Belgrade from a doctor specializing in using fluid derived from horse placenta to repair damaged cells.BOSTON - David Ortizs career with the Boston Red Sox has moved into elite territory. Ortiz hit a pair of two-run homers, including his 400th shot in a Red Sox uniform, and drove in a career high-tying six runs to power Boston past the Houston Astros 10-7 on Saturday night. Big Papi joined Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to hit 400 homers while playing with the Red Sox. Ortiz did it with his drive into the first row of the centre-field seats in the third inning. "Its an honour to be mentioned with those legends that were with the Red Sox," he said. "When you come to this organization to play, youre not expecting to be mentioned with those guys." The left-handed slugger has joined a class that features two of the greatest players to wear a Boston uniform. "Hes in rare company with those two other guys hes linked to," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. After his 400th, Ortiz hooked his other homer around the Pesky Pole in right field in the fifth. He has 459 home runs in his career, which started with Minnesota. He then lined a two-run double into the gap in front of the Green Monster in the eighth. He left to a standing ovation for a pinch-runner, tipping his helmet as the crowd gave him a curtain call. "David Ortiz is a Hall of Famer. Hes about as good as it gets in this game," Astros manager Bo Porter said. Williams hit 521 homers, and Yaz had 452. Both spent their entire careers with the Red Sox. Chris Carter hit a solo homer and added a sacrifice fly for the Astros, who lost for the fifth time in seven games. A day earlier, Houston earned the franchises first win in Fenway Park after going 0-8. The Red Sox trailed 6-3 before scoring four in the sixth. Ortizs second homer off starter Brad Peacock sliced it to 6-5, and Daniel Navas sacrifice fly tied it. Jackie Bradley Jr. had a sacrifice fly off Josh Fields (2-6) to push Boston ahead. Alex Wilson (1-0) earned the victory with 2 1-3 hitless innings. Koji Uehara gave up a solo homer to Jason Castro and worked the ninth in a non-save situation. The Astros built a 5-1 lead against Rubby De La Rosa by scoring two in the first, one in the second and two in the third. Leading 3-1, Gregorio Petit had a two-run double. After Ortizs first homer cut Houstons leaad to 5-3, Carter homered over the Monster in the fourth. Shareef Miller Jersey. "One of the best players in baseball," Peacock said of Ortiz. "The first homer, it was a hanging changeup, bad 0-2 pitch, and he just did what hes supposed to do with it." STEADY PAPI Ortiz has 91 RBIs, giving him at least 90 for the 10th time in 12 seasons with the Red Sox. One other he finished with 89, and in 2012 he had 60 while played just a little over half of an injury-plagued season. It was his 45th career multihomer game and fourth this season. FENWAY SUCCESS RUNS OUT De La Rosa had allowed three or fewer runs in each of his Fenway starts this season — and one or none three times. He gave up six on nine hits in just four innings. TRAINERS ROOM Astros: Porter said OF Alex Presley (strained right oblique) will be shut down for "seven to 10 days" after feeling discomfort during his minor league rehabilitation assignment at Tri-City of the New York-Penn League. Porter also said LHP Darin Downs, dealing with oblique soreness but still on the active roster, will "need a couple of more days." Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia was back in the lineup after leaving Fridays game after fouling a ball off his right foot. OF-1B Allen Craig, on the DL with a sprained left foot, is expected to start a rehab assignment, beginning Monday with Triple-A Pawtucket. He did some running during batting practice with a member of the teams medical staff watching. C David Ross (plantar fasciitis) is expected to be activated early next week. UP NEXT RHP Collin McHugh (5-9, 3.08 ERA) is scheduled for Houston on Sunday. RHP Joe Kelly (0-0, 2.08) is slated to make his Fenway debut with the Red Sox. He was acquired at the trade deadline from St. Louis along with Craig for RHP John Lackey. Honoured The Red Sox had a moment to honour Maj. Gen. Harold "Harry" J. Greene, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month. He was born in Boston and was a big Red Sox rooter. His family wore Red Sox jerseys and stood on top of the dugout when his picture was shown on the centre-field scoreboard after the fifth inning. They received a standing ovation. Greene, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War, was buried with full honours Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery. ' ' '