Posts Tagged ‘andrew ference’
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Mark Recchi (Getty Images)
One of the greatest sporting events of the year will take place on Wednesday.
The seventh game of the Stanley Cup Final.
On Monday night, Mark Recchi recorded three assists as the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 to force a seventh and deciding game.
It will be the first time since May 31, 1987 that a seventh and deciding game is played on Canadian soil. That year, in the greatest hockey game in the National Hockey League that was ever played, Jari Kurri scored the game winning goal for the Edmonton Oilers as they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 3-1.
In game six Monday, the Bruins scored four times in 4:14. Canucks’ goaltender Roberto Luongo, who was pulled after the Bruins made it 3-0, gave up two very soft goals, one to Brad Marchand and the other to Milan Lucic. In the process he gave yup three goals on eight shots.
There were also some other interesting storylines in game six. Prior to the game, Bruins’ forward Shawn Thornton took a slapshot on Luongo from center ice. I’m not sure if it rattled Luongo at all, but CBC’s Don Cherry made an excellent point in the first intermission that Canucks went after Thornton whatsoever.
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Tags: andrew ference, boston bruins, brad marchand, claude julien, david krejci, Edmonton Oilers, henrik sedin, jari kurri, johnny boychuk, mark recchi, maxim lapierre, michael ryder, milan lucic, shawn thornton, stanley cup finals, tomas kaberle, Vancouver Canucks
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
Michael Ryder (Bing Images)
There has been one trend in the Stanley Cup Finals.
When the Vancouver Canucks are bad, they’re just not bad, they have been so awful, no wonder the Edmonton Oilers beat them twice to end the regular season.
On Monday night the Canucks lost 8-1 to a Boston Bruins side that completely capitalized on their chances. Michael Ryder led the way with a goal and two assists and Mark Recchi scored twice for Boston. David Paille, Andrew Ference, David Krejci, and Brad Marchand each scored a goal and an assist, while captain Zdeno Chara added two helpers.
Roberto Luongo was in between the Vancouver pipes for all eight goals.
One area where the Bruins significantly improved was their overall physicality. Dennis Seidenberg fought Ryan Kesler, a trade off the Bruins will tale any day. The Bruins also delivered eight more hits than the Canucks (39 to 31).
If there was one area of concern (and remarkably there was for Boston in an 8-1 score) it was Gregory Campbell in the faceoff circle. He was 0-9.
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Tags: andrew ference, boston bruins, brad marchand, david krejci, david paille, dennis seidenberg, mark recchi, michael ryder, Vancouver Canucks, Zdeno Chara
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Alexandre Burrows (Bing Images)
The Vancouver Canucks are only two wins away from winning the Stanley Cup.
Saturday night Alexandre Burrows scored eleven seconds into overtime as the Canucks defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The fastest overtime goal in history also came in Game Two of the Stanley Cup Final on Canadian soil.
On May 18, 1986, Brian Skrudland of the Montreal Canadiens scored nine seconds into overtime as the Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames 3-2 in Calgary to tie the series at one. The Canadiens would go on to beat the Flames 4-1 to win the Stanley Cup.
It was not a good game for former Flame Andrew Ference who gave the puck away twice that led directly to two Vancouver Canuck goals.
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Tags: alexander edler, alexandre burrows, andrew ference, atlanta thrashers, boston bruins, brian skrudland, calgary flames, daniel sedin, montreal canadiens, patrice bergeron, rick dudley, vancouver cannucks
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
What a start to the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night in Vancouver!
The Canucks opening game win over the visiting Boston Bruins had a little bit of everything – enormous saves at both ends, some big hits, a few nice offensive displays and a lot of nastiness between two clubs that seemed to develop a hate for each other in a hurry. It wasn’t all good though – there was also a bit of controversy that is sure to spill over into today.
The big discussion in hockey circles at the moment revolves around an incident that happened at the end of the first period of game one involving Canucks forward Alex Burrows. He was mixing it up with Boston’s Patrice Bergeron along the boards, with a linesman trying to pry them apart, when Burrows appears to chomp down on the gloved finger of his opponent.
It’s at this point that Bergeron gets heated and even skates over to try and show the referee the bite mark. After the game, Burrows was asked about the incident and said “I think he had his finger in my mouth, but I don’t think I bit him.” (After the jump: VIDEO of the bite, plus ANOTHER dive…why is it happening so much?) (more…)
Tags: alex burrows, andrew ference, andrew peters, boston bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, daniel sedin, dive, Edmonton, henrik sedin, hockey, jarkko ruutu, jerred smithson, Joe Thornton, montreal canadiens, nashville predators, NHL, patrice bergeron, patrick kane, pk subban, San Jose Sharks, stanley cup, suspension, Vancouver Canucks, yeg
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Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Nathan Horton (Bridget Samuels, Wikimedia Commons)
We now know who the Vancouver Canucks’ opponent will be in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.
Friday night in Boston, the Boston Bruins defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 in game seven of the Eastern Conference Final.
Nathan Horton scored the winner for the Bruins at 12:27 of the third period from David Krejci and Andrew Ference.
The goaltending in this hockey game was spectacular. Tim Thomas made 24 saves for the shutout and Dwayne Roloson made 37 saves.
But a remarkable part of this deciding game was how clean it was. According to Garry Galley of Hockey Night in Canada it was the first time in 21 years that there was no penalty called at all for a playoff game. And it is not that the referees just put away their whistles. I didn’t see any particular time when a penalty was even warranted.
The fact that there was no infraction called, definitely benefited the Bruins. The Lightning have shown throughout the playoffs they have an excellent power play. I also feel that the loss of Sean Bergenheim to an undisclosed injury significantly hurt the Lightning in Game 7 because he has shown offensive upside throughout the playoffs when Tampa Bay was at even strength.
Game One of the Stanley Cup Final between the Bruins and Canucks is Wednesday at 6pm from Vancouver on CBC and NBC.
Tags: andrew ference, boston bruins, david krejci, dwayne roloson, garry galley, nathan horton, sean bergenheim, stanley cup finals, tampa bay lightning, tim thomas, Vancouver Canucks
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Tim Thomas (Wikimedia Commons)
Tim Thomas recorded his first shutout of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday night as the Boston Bruins blanked the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0.
The Bruins got goals from David Krejci and former Calgary Flame Andrew Ference in the shutout win to take a 2-1 series lead.
Another area of strength for Boston in game three was in the faceoff circle. Krejci and Patrice Bergeron combined to win 31 of 46 draws.
Bruins’ head coach Claude Julien was highly praised for outcoaching Guy Boucher, but I think the players had more to do with the win in game three.
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Tags: andrew ference, boston bruins, claude julien, david krejci, patrice bergeron, tampa bay lightning, tim thomas
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Andrew Ference (Steve Babineau, Getty Images)
The Boston Bruins have tied their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal at two games apiece.
But it is Andrew Ference’s celebratory reaction that pulled the Bruins within a goal during the second period that is generating the most controversy.
With the score 3-1 Montreal, Ference scored and then fingered the crowd. The major question is why? Even his post game response was weak. In a post game press conference with the Associated Press he stated, ”I think my glove got caught up. I can assure you that’s not part of who I am or what I have ever been. It looks awful, I admit it. I completely apologize how it looks.” So, can you basically say it was hockey’s version of a wardrobe malfunction?
This is the second controversy surrounding Ference this season. Earlier this year he criticized his own teammate (Daniel Paille) for a dirty hit on Raymond Sawada of Dallas.
Give the Bruins credit. They were down 3-1 before tying the score at 3, and down 4-3 before Chris Kelly tied the game at four with 6:18 left in the third period. The Bruins then came all the way back with Michael Ryder’s overtime winner at 1:59 of the extra period. The series now shifts to Boston Saturday with the series all tied up at 2.
Tags: andrew ference, boston bruins, chris kelly, michael ryder, montreal canadiens
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