Bruins-Penguins rematch attracts extra league attention following brouhaha over Cooke’s controversial hit on Savard Canwest News Service March 18, 2010 NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell will be at TD Garden in Boston tonight for the Bruins’ game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, but he won’t be there merely as a spectator.
Patrice Bergeron leads the Bruins in scoring. The Devils faced the Boston Bruins Monday night at the Prudential Center.
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The Providence Bruins let a 3-1 lead slip away and lost to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 5-3, Friday night in front of 10,110 fans at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.
Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins lies injured on the ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period at Mellon Arena on March 7, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The NHL, under siege for leaving its players vulnerable to head hits and meting out inconsistent discipline, could have its new, blindside head shot rules in place by the end of the week.
Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder and David Krejci scored third-period goals to help the Boston Bruins maintain eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
Radio - WBZ-FM . THE NUMBERS 5-7: Devils record since they acquired sniper Ilya Kovalchuk.
Any sense of security the Flyers built during their recent 7-1-1 stretch evaporated Thursday night with a shoddy performance against the resilient Boston Bruins.
Zach Parise scored the eventual game-winner late in the first period, as the New Jersey Devils held off the Boston Bruins, 3-2, at Prudential Center.
Question 1: Was the B’s failure to attack Cooke in the immediate aftermath of his assault on Savard damning evidence that this is a team lacking in character and toughness? Question 2: Have the Bruins been a team lacking in character and toughness throughout this season? These are two very, very different questions.
The Devils learned last time out that they can’t take any opponent lightly. New Jersey will keep that in mind tonight when it shoots for a third straight win against Boston, while the Bruins try to avoid losing their grip on the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot at Prudential Center.
Such is the lot of the NHL these days as they stumble through yet another public relations mess over the issue of shots to the head, the latest tempest Matt Cooke’s now much documented blind side hit on the Boston Bruin’s Marc Savard.
The high ankle sprain the Bruins [ team stats ] winger suffered in November still is lingering, as those injuries tend to do, and he’s certainly not yet the feral, rambunctious player he was last season.
If Cody Wild gambled on his future in pro hockey when he asked the Edmonton Oilers to trade him, he hit the jackpot when he was dealt to the Boston Bruins.
Boston Bruins’ goaltender Tuukka Rask makes a save against Montreal Canadiens’ Tomas Plekanec during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, March.
BOCA RATON a ‘ They are gathering in Florida as a matter of course, an annual get together of the National Hockey Leaguea TMs general managers to discuss all things game-related. But to call these GM meetings anything less than a summit on head shots in hockey would be selling it short, as more than […]
Tim Thomas stopped 37 shots as Boston clipped the New York Islanders, 3-2, at Nassau Coliseum.
Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi is nailed by New York Islanders goalie Dwayne Roloson in Uniondale, N.Y., last Saturday.
During the past three seasons, the Bruins have seen Randy Jones get a two-game suspension for his life-threatening hit from behind on Patrice Bergeron and another light two-game ban to Scott Hartnell for a similar hit on Andrew Alberts.
The Montreal Canadiens look to further their playoff chances and defeat Boston for the fifth time in six meetings this year tonight at the Bell Centre, while the Bruins hope to strengthen their hold on the Eastern Conference’s final postseason spot.It was the Bruins who won five of six versus the Canadiens last year en […]
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Injury-bug strikes the Bruins once again. Captain Zdeno Chara is out tonight against the Leafs, and is considered day-to-day. Thrashers vs.
NHL.com’s Phil Coffey spends the majority of his week-in-review column discussing the recommendation put forth by the NHL’s general managers that ” blind side-hits to the head ” be penalized, duly noting that Red Wings GM Ken Holland feels that the proposed rule addresses a sizable concern: March 12, NHL.com : Red Wings GM Ken […]
There is little doubt that the physical attributes of athletes like sprinter Usain Bolt and swimmer Michael Phelps, both of whom are at least 6-foot-5 and relatively slender, give them a competitive advantage.
With Marc Savard most likely out for rest of the season because of a concussion, Patrice Bergeron was a difference-maker for the banged-up Boston Bruins.
On Sunday, Penguins forward Matt Cooke delivered a blindside hit on Bruins forward Marc Savard .
Dan Carcillo #13 of the Philadelphia Flyers shoots the puck past Jean-Sebastien Giguere #35 of the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 7, 2010 at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The sudden talk of Jimmy Howard being a Calder Trophy candidate has a nice ring to it.
Matt Cooke faces a suspension, his fourth. Photograph by: Scott Levy, Getty Images files, News Services Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke will not be suspended following a hit to the head of Boston Bruin centre Marc Savard last weekend.