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Boston Bruins Finish Off Historical Collapse As Philadelphia Flyers Advance
Posted: 14th May 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
You guys are going to have to give me a minute here. I'm still in utter shock and disbelief at what I just saw. The Boston Bruins have just blown three games to none series lead to the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Bruins now join a very exclusive club becoming just the third team in NHL history to blow a 3-0 series lead and lose in seven games. They join the ...
NHL Playoffs: Five Reasons the Boston Bruins Exceed Expectations
Posted: 6th May 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
The Boston Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers tonight by a score of 4-1 to close to within one game of sweeping the Flyers and advancing to their first Conference Finals since 1992. This is the same Bruins team who at one point during the year had lost 10 straight games and appeared to be heading nowhere. They were able to get it together at the end of the year and sneak ...
The Boston Bruins may have shocked many people when they upset the third seeded Buffalo Sabres and Vezina Trophy Finalist Ryan Miller in the first round of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals but they weren't very surprised.
This is a team that just a year ago finished atop the Eastern Conference until bowing out in the second round to the Carolina Hurricanes. The Bruins struggled through all sorts of injuries this ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: The Eight Players That Will Help Their Team Advance
Posted: 30th April 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
The Second Round of the NHL Playoffs kicks off tonight with the Detroit Red Wings fresh off a Game Seven victory over the Phoenix Coyotes traveling to the Shark Tank to take on the San Jose Sharks.
In the other three semifinals the Chicago Blackhawks will be taking on the Vancouver Canucks in a rematch of last year's semifinals which the Blackhawks won in six games.
Meanwhile in the East ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Marc Savard Set to Return, Mark Stuart Still a Question Mark
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
As has been widely reported, Bruins center Marc Savard is set to make his return to the team as they get ready for their second round playoff matchup. Savard will be playing in his first game since suffering a Grade Two concussion on March 7 in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ironically the Bruins might just end up playing the Penguins if the Washington Capitals are able to beat the ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Why Each Eastern Conference Team Will Win the Cup
Posted: 14th April 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
The 2010 NHL playoffs get underway tonight and like always everyone is dreaming their team will lift the Cup. This year in the East it is the Washington Capitals that find themselves at the top while the Montreal Canadiens round out the top eight.
While it looks like a team like the Canadiens have no shot at winning the cup and the Capitals should be able to do win their ...
2010 NHL Playoff Predictions: The Five Most Dangerous Underdogs in the Playoffs
Posted: 12th April 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
The 2009-10 NHL regular season has officialy ended and what a season it was. From the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Central Division for the first time in 17 years to the Phoenix Coyotes making the playoffs despite all the talk about them possibly moving out of Arizona.
After a long 82 game season that did take all 82 games for certain teams such as the Philadelphia Flyers and New York ...
Bruins Re-Sign Andrew Ference: Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, Chiarelli
Posted: 25th March 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
The Boston Bruins announced yesterday that they have re-signed veteran defensemen Andrew Ference to a new three-year deal. Ference will make an annual salary of $2.25 million per year. For all the good deals Peter Chiarelli has made since joining the Bruins, this is one of his worst ones yet.
Ference, who is in his fourth year playing for the Bruins, has yet to play a full year for the Bruins ...
The NHL announced today that Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has been suspended for two games for his hit on Chicago Blackhawk Brian Campbell. The hit occurred during Sunday's nationally televised game between the Capitals and the Blackhawks. The game, which turned out to be a great comeback by the Capitals, ended up being overshadowed by Ovechkin's ejection.
At first Ovi was given a five minute penalty for his hit ...
Colin Campbell, NHL Fail Yet Again in Not Suspending Penguins’ Matt Cooke
Posted: 10th March 2010 by Ryan Pickard in NHL
The announcement came just a little earlier today.
Colin Campbell, the NHL's senior vice president, announced that the Penguins' Matt Cooke will not be suspended for his hit on Bruins' Marc Savard. The hit, which occurred Sunday, gave Savard a Grade two concussion and will most likely put him out for the rest of the season.
In his ruling, Campbell stated that he was just being consistent since there was no suspension ...