It took less than two minutes for Matt Cooke to face the wrath of retaliation and revenge.
It took Bruins fans not much longer to switch from booing Cooke, to booing their own team.
The media hype surrounding Thursday nights contest between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins gave fans around the league the impression that "old time hockey" would make its return, if only for one night.
In fact, pregame "old time hockey" showed up when a Boston fan blocked the Penguins' team bus and proceeded to challenge the entire team to fight him.
However, during the game all fans were entertained to was a hockey game that lasted no more than five minutes.
For Penguins fans, all should walk away feeling great about Marc-Andre Fleury's first shutout win since March 2009, and the fact that every ...
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Boston Bruins More Dejected Than Objective in Shutout Loss
Posted: 18th March 2010 by Chris Miller in NHLComments Off on Boston Bruins More Dejected Than Objective in Shutout Loss