Posts Tagged ‘Boston Bruins’
Fantasy in Five: Hockey sleepers
Pardon me for a long hiatus, but “Fantasy in Five” is back and rolling stronger than ever. As we know, fantasy football season is over (sheds a tear), but we still have basketball and now hockey! This will be my first article on fantasy hockey, so you’re reading history at the moment. Since the season starts in a week, I’m …
by Giovanni Mio on January 14th, 2013 Leave a comment »
Realignment Rejection: What does the future hold for the NHL?
Bryan Lipiner takes a look at the failed NHL realignment plan.
by Bryan Lipiner on January 9th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Pat Burns Passes Away at 58
Sad news out of the world of hockey, as 2003 Stanley Cup-winning coach Pat Burns has passed away at the age of 58. -Born on April 4, 1952 in Quebec, Burns spent many of his early years working as a police officer. He later made the transition to head coach, heading the QMJHL Hull Olympiques and Sherbrooke Canadians of the …
by Jon Alba on September 17th, 2010 Leave a comment »
Bruins Defeat Flyers 2-1 in Winter Classic
In front of a sellout crowd of 38,112 at Fenway Park, the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers played in the third annual Winter Classic. Unlike the last two games, Ty Conklin was not playing…and the home team won. Down 1-0 late in the third period, former Flyer Mark Recchi tied the game with a power play marker with 2:18 left …
by Derek Johnson on January 1st, 2010 2 Comments »
NHL Playoffs Recap: May 14
Detroit Red Wings 4 Anaheim Ducks 3 – The #8 seeded Anaheim Ducks gave the defending Stanley Cup champions a run for their money. Unfortunately, for the Southern Californian hockey club, they fell victim to Dan Cleary’s late goal with 3 minutes left in regulation that sent Detroit to the Western Conference Finals. Jiri Hudler, Darren Helm, and Mikael Samuelsson …
by Derek Johnson on May 15th, 2009 Leave a comment »
Boston Bruins 4, Carolina Hurricanes 2
The Boston Bruins have just defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, North Carolina, to force a seventh game in their high-scoring series. Game 6 at the RBC Center did not stay scoreless for long tonight. 2:01 into the game, RW Mark Recchi scored his second goal and fourth point of the 2009 playoffs, assisted by Patrice Bergeron and Chuck Kobasew. …
by Carmine Caruso on May 12th, 2009 2 Comments »
NHL Playoffs Recap: May 10
Detroit Red Wings 4 Anaheim Ducks 1 – Johan Franzen opened the scoring in the second period when he netted his 7th goal of the postseason. Franzen now has scored twenty goals during the last two postseasons, which leads the NHL. Jiri Hudler, Darren Helm, and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for Detroit, who are now one victory away from making …
by Derek Johnson on May 11th, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: May 8
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Washington Capitals 3 – For the second game in a row, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to avoid a must-win situation against a Washington team that is hungry for the Conference Finals. While the Penguins were able to prevent Alex Ovechkin from scoring a goal, they weren’t able to stop Nicklas Backstrom, Chris Clark, and Milan Jurcina from …
by Derek Johnson on May 9th, 2009 1 Comments »
NHL Playoffs Recap: May 5
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Washington Capitals 2 (OT) – Behind a goal from Kris Letang in overtime, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to avoid a three games to none deficit in the series against the Washington Capitals. The Penguins overcame Alexander Ovechkin’s 8th goal of the postseason, which was scored just 83 seconds into the game. Ruslan Fedotenko scored the equalizer for …
by Derek Johnson on May 7th, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: May 3
Anaheim Ducks 4 Detroit Red Wings 3 (3 OT) – Todd Marchant’s first goal of the postseason came at a perfect time: just 75 seconds into the third overtime period in Game two against the defending Stanley Cup Champions. However, if not for the stellar goaltending of Swiss netminder Jonas Hiller, the Ducks would surely have been down two games …
by Derek Johnson on May 3rd, 2009 Leave a comment »