Posts Tagged ‘boston bruins’
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
The San Jose Sharks have evened their series with the Los Angeles Kings 2-2 in the Western Conference semi-finals with a 2-1 win Tuesday night, but not without controversy.
On Tuesday evening, with the Sharks leading 2-0 in the second period, the Kings had a shot from the point from defenceman Slava Voynov, that was redirected by rookie Tyler Toffoli and into the net past Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi.
However, the play was inadvertedly whistled dead. Kings veteran Dustin Penner argued the call, but to no avail.
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Tags: boston bruins, bud selig, los angeles kings, new york rangers, San Jose Sharks, tyler toffoli
Posted in NHL |
Sunday, May 19th, 2013
The Ottawa Senators got back into their Eastern Conference semi-final series with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night from the nation’s capital.
Checking-line forward Colin Greening scored at 12:21 of double overtime as the Senators defeated the Penguins 2-1. Pittsburgh still lead the series 2-1. It was the longest game played so far in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs and the first to go to double overtime.
It was also a great comeback game for Senators goaltender Craig Anderson, who made 49 saves in between the Ottawa pipes.
In the other Eastern conference semi-final, the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Rangers 5-2 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Bruins were led offensively by Brad Marchand and Torey Krug, who each notched a goal and an assist, and by David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron who each notched two assists.
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Tags: boston bruins, brad marchand, colin greening, craig anderson, david krejci, new york rangers, Ottawa Senators, patrice bergeron, Pittsburgh Penguins, torey krug
Posted in NHL |
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Sidney Crosby (Michael Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all-time. Heck, he is also the greatest athlete of all-time. But I think it is safe to say that right now Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins is the best hockey player in the world right now.
On Friday night, Crosby showed just why he is so great. In a dominating performance, Crosby had a hat trick by the early portion of the second period in a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators in game two of the Eastern Conference semi-final that put the Penguins up 2-0 in the best-out-of-seven series.
Crosby will now have the opportunity to showcase his skills north of the border this weekend as Pittsburgh travels to Ottawa for game three of the Eastern Conference semi-final (Sunday, CBC, 5:30 p.m.). I know the Penguins are loaded with talent that includes Evgeni Malkin and Jarome Iginla, but the bottom line is when healthy Pittsburgh is Crosby’s team.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching:
Saturday–MLB–New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs–WPIX–11:00 a.m.–Two teams in fourth place in their divisions play today at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are 17-24 in the National League Central, while the Mets are 16-23 in the National League East. First baseman Anthony Rizzo, who represented Italy at the World Baseball Classic, with nine home runs, 29 runs batted in and a .522 slugging percentage. While so far this season, the Mets have been led by third baseman David Wright, who leads the team with a .312 batting average, .418 on base percentage and a .536 slugging percentage.
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Tags: anthony rizzo, boston bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, chicago cubs, david bolland, david west, david wright, departing, detroit red wings, evgeni malkin, frank vogel, george hill, goldencents, henrik lundqvist, indiana pacers, jarome iginla, jhonas enroth, los angeles kings, loui eriksson, mylute, New York Knicks, new york mets, new york rangers, orb, Ottawa Senators, paul george, Pittsburgh Penguins, preakness, roy hibbert, San Jose Sharks, Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, world hockey championship
Posted in Amateur Sports, MLB, More, NBA, NHL |
Friday, May 17th, 2013
The Boston Bruins have taken a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-final with a very close win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
Brad Marchand scored with 4:20 left in the first overtime as the Bruins defeated the Rangers 4-3.
It was a very impressive win for the Bruins mostly because of the amount of injuries on the Boston blueline. On defense the Bruins had rookies Torey Krug, Dougie Hamilton and Matt Bartkowski to replace the injured Dennis Seidenberg, Wade Redden and Andrew Ference.
Krug in fact scored his first NHL career goal to send the game into overtime.
The win was the Bruins third overtime win in a row. Another Bruin that deserves praise is defenceman Zdeno Chara, who played 38:02 in game one. He also had a goal and an assist, was a +2 and had nine shots on goal.
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Tags: boston bruins, brad marchand, dougie hamilton, dustin brown, los angeles kings, matt bartkowski, new york rangers, San Jose Sharks, torey krug, trevor lewis, Zdeno Chara
Posted in NHL |
Monday, May 13th, 2013
With just over ten minutes remaining tonight it looked all but certain that the Toronto Maple Leafs would advance to the Eastern Conference semi-finals.
Then a comeback of the ages started to take place. Down 4-1, the Bruins scored three unanswered third period goals before Patrice Bergeron capped off the remarkable comeback in overtime. The final two regulation goals, one from Milan Lucic, the other from Bergeron, came in the last 1:22 of the contest. The Bruins won the series 4-3 with the 5-4 victory, but in the process stunned hockey fans around the continent.
With the win, the Bruins will face the New York Rangers in round 2. The Rangers got a dominating performance by their entire franchise in a game 7 victory over the Washington Capitals. Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves, while Steve Eminger and Derick Brassard has two assists each in a 5-0 Rangers win and a 4-3 series victory.
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Tags: boston bruins, derick brassard, henrik lundqvist, milan lucic, new york rangers, patrice bergeron, steve eminger, toronto maple leafs, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Henrik Lundqvist (Robert Kowal, Wikimedia Commons)
Two original six teams forced a game seven on Monday night.
At the Madison Square Garden in New York Sunday afternoon, Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves as the New York Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals 1-0 in game six of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal. This series is now tied up at three games apiece heading into the American national capital city this evening.
The lone Rangers goal came in the second period on a goal from Derick Brassard from John Moore and Mats Zuccarello of Oslo, Norway.
It was a bit of a tough game for Capitals rookie Tom Wilson.
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Tags: boston bruins, derick brassard, dion phaneuf, henrik lundqvist, james reimer, james van riemsdyk, john moore, mats zuccarello, new york rangers, phil kessel, tom wilson, toronto maple leafs, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Henrik Zetterberg (Dan Nicholas, Wikimedia Commons)
One of the most exciting times in the world of sports is simply game seven. That’s what we’ll have Sunday night in southern California as the Anaheim Ducks host the Detroit Red Wings.
Last night, Red Wings’ captain Henrik Zetterberg scored at 1:04 of overtime to give the Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Ducks to tie their Western Conference quarterfinal series at three games apiece.
The Red Wings might have a strong core of veterans, but after all these years are still getting it done. Goaltender Jimmy Howard is playing at an elite level as Detroit will look to move on during their last year in the Western Conference. How dangerous will Detrot be next year in the East? The answer is very. The game will be seen Sunday night on TSN at 8:00 p.m.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
Saturday & Sunday– PGA–Players Championship–NBC–12 p.m.– Spain’s Sergio Garcia, probably one of the best golfers in the world to have never won a major, currently leads Tiger Woods by a stroke after shooting a -11 at Sawgrass over the first two days of competition. Garcia and Woods have won the Players Championship once before– Woods in 2001 and Garcia in 2008. As for the first round leader, American Roberto Castro, he went from -9 to -3 and 1st to 30th after shooting a 78 on Friday.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, boston bruins, detroit red wings, dylan wruck, Edmonton Oil Kings, evgeni malkin, henrik zetterberg, jakub voracek, james reimer, jarome iginla, jimmy howard, jiri hudler, jiri tlusty, laurent brossoit, martin gernat, martin hanzal, Michael St. Croix, mike ribeiro, new york islanders, new york rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, players' championship, portland winterhawks, radim vrbata, sergio garcia, tiger woods, tomas fleischmann, tomas vokoun, toronto maple leafs, tyler bozak, washington capitals, world hockey championships
Posted in More, NHL, PGA, Western Hockey League |
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
David Krejci (Dan Nicholas, Wikimedia Commons)
The Boston Bruins are in the driver’s seat in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal. On Wednesday evening in Toronto, David Krejci recorded a hat trick, including the overtime winner as Boston beat Toronto 4-3 to take a 3-1 series lead.
The biggest story however has come the Leafs’ significant others, where actress Elisha Cuthbert (fiancee of captain Dion Phaneuf) gave an uncomfortable glance toward April Reimer (wife of James Reimer). It was Phaneuf who gave the puck up to Krejci on his own blueline.
In other action, two other games went to overtime. Slava Voynov scored in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 win and a 3-2 series lead in their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the St. Louis Blues. While in Anaheim, the Ducks got an overtime winner from Nick Bonino in a 3-2 win to take a 3-2 series lead over the Detroit Red Wings.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, april reimer, boston bruins, carey price, carl hagelin, david krejci, detroit red wings, elisha cuthbert, los angeles kings, montreal canadiens, new york rangers, nick bonino, peter budaj, slava voynov, st. louis blues, toronto maple leafs, washington capitals
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Just when you seem to think the Detroit Red Wings were showing their age and looked vulnerable on defense, they got right back into their Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Anaheim Ducks on Monday.
Damien Brunner scored at 15:10 of overtime last night to give Detroit a 3-2 win over Anaheim to tie their best out of seven series at 2-2.
Brunner scored on the rebound after Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller made a huge save on Gustav Nyquist.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, boston bruins, damien brunner, daniel paille, derick brassard, detroit red wings, gustav nyquist, los angeles kings, mike richards, new york rangers, saint louis blues, toronto maple leafs, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Monday, May 6th, 2013
There will be great excitement at the Air Canada Centre this evening as the Toronto Maple Leafs are heading home for game three of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Series against the Boston Bruins.
On the weekend the Maple Leafs shocked the hockey world with a convincing 4-2 win over Boston. Former Edmonton Oiler Joffrey Lupul of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta notched two goals in Toronto’s victory.
However even though the Maple Leafs are the underdogs. I don’t hear many Canadians cheering for them unless they have strong familial connections to southern Ontario, or they took a gamble by loading up with Maple Leafs in their hockey pool.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, boston bruins, Braden Holtby, detroit red wings, joffrey lupul, jonathan quick, los angeles kings, new york rangers, st. louis blues, toronto maple leafs, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Pascal Dupuis (Michael Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
After night one was so strong with two overtime games, night two of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs were mostly yawners.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders are going to get their butt kicked over the next week. If they were in the West, they would have had a worse record than the Edmonton Oilers this season. Literally, the Bruins and Penguins are going to win their respective Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with complete ease.
The Penguins were dominant without Sidney Crosby and James Neal. When you’re getting outstanding offensive production from Pascal Dupuis (two goals), you know things are going really well. The Penguins won 5-0 last night, and the way they’re playing right now, they don’t need to rush Crosby back.
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Tags: boston bruins, pascal dupuis, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks
Posted in NHL |
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
About a week ago while watching Sportscentre, TSN’s Darren Dutchyshen disagreed with the NHL’s plan to have the Boston Bruins play the Ottawa Senators this evening. He recommended that the game be cancelled rather than rescheduled because of the traumatic events in Boston this month.
In the NBA, a game between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers was cancelled, and the game would have had seeding implications if played. However the NBA thought it was in their best interest, just to cancel the game.
However, I am very pleased to see that the game between Ottawa and Boston is played tonight. The Bruins will win the Northeast Division with a win, and the Senators will move from eighth to seventh with a victory. Not to mention, but the game has huge implications for thousands of hockey pools across the globe.
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Tags: boston bruins, boston celtics, Edmonton Oilers, indiana pacers, nail yakupov, ottawa sentors, Vancouver Canucks
Posted in NBA, NHL |
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Marian Gaborik (Wikimedia Commons)
So far there have been 15 NHL trades on trade deadline day, but none more were bigger than the trade between the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers.
On Wednesday, the Jackets acquired Marian Gaborik from the Rangers for forwards Derek Dorsett (an enforcer with offensive upside who is hurt right now but might be ready in time for the playoffs), Derrick Brassard, defenceman John Moore and a sixth round pick.
This trade is interesting primarily because the Blue Jackets and Rangers made a blockbuster deal that involved Rick Nash in the summer of 2012.
In other moves, the Penguins acquired shootout specialist Jussi Jokinen from the Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks reacquired defenceman Scott Hannan from the Nashville Predators and Raffi Torres from the Phoenix Coyotes, the Minnesota Wild acquired Jason Pominville from the Mnnesota Wild, the Phoenix Coyotes also sent forward Steve Sullivan to the New Jersey Devils and Matthew Lombardi to the Anaheim Ducks, the St. Louis Blues sent Wade Redden to the Boston Bruins, and the Colorado Avalanche sent Ryan O’Byrne to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, ben bishop, boston bruins, columbus blue jackets, cory conacher, derek dorsett, derrick brassard, filip forsberg, jason pominville, john moore, jussi jokinen, marion gaborik, martin erat, matthew lombardi, michael leighton, minnesota wild, nashville predators, new jersey devils, new york rangers, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, raffi torres, rick nash, ryan o'byrne, San Jose Sharks, scott hannan, steve mason, steve sullivan, tampa bay lightning, toronto maple leafs, Wade Redden, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Jaromir Jagr (Michael Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
It appears the Dallas Stars have decided this may not be their year. On Tuesday, the day before the National Hockey League trade deadline day, the Stars shipped Jaromir Jagr off to Boston and Derek Roy off to Vancouver.
The Bruins were in need of improving their offense after controversially losing out on the Jarome Iginla sweepstakes a week ago, while the Canucks were in search of improving their center ice depth after Ryan Kesler broke his foot and Manny Malhotra was declared out for the season with an eye injury.
Jagr and Roy are also unrestricted free agents at the end of the season.
Jagr was leading the Stars in scoring with 14 goals and 26 points, while Roy was fourth on the team with 22 points.
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Tags: adam hall, boston bruins, carolina hurricanes, dallas stars, derek roy, jaromir jagr, marc-andre bergeron, tampa bay lightning, Vancouver Canucks
Posted in NHL |
The San Jose Sharks have evened their series with the Los Angeles Kings 2-2 in the Western Conference semi-finals with a 2-1 win Tuesday night, but not without controversy.
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