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Crosby gains on Montreal trio in all-star voting (AP)
Pittsburgh Penguins start Sidney Crosby is closing on a trio of Montreal Canadiens in voting for the NHL all-star game. Montreal players lead all six starting spots on the Eastern Conference team as of Tuesday, and Crosby is within 65,000 votes of third-place forward Alex Tanguay (385,297). Alex Kovalev (393,303) and Saku Koivu (390,026) lead the voting for the position. |
Bruins Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
The Bruins just continue to pass all the tests. Saturday night, they passed another one.
"They've got a lot of pieces on their team. They have a chance to be successful," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said after his team was thumped by the B's at TD Banknorth Garden, which was sold out for the second time in as many days.
This was a time when the cracks could have shown for the Bruins if those cracks in fact exist. It was the Bruins' 10th game in 18 nights, the second game of a back-to-back, their No. 1 goalie, Tim Thomas, was sick, and the Stanley Cup champions were in town.
But the cracks didn't show. At least there were virtually none after a slow start, and the team again showed this may well be more than just some sort of early season fluke. The Bruins... |
Hubert "Pit" Martin dies in snowmobile accident (AP)
Hubert "Pit" Martin, a four-time NHL All-Star in the 1960s and '70s, has died after his snowmobile plunged into an icy lake, Quebec provincial police said. He was 64. Const. Marie-Josee Ouellet said Martin was driving the vehicle on Lake Kanasuta in northwestern Quebec on Sunday when the ice cracked and he plunged into the freezing water. |
Wheeler and Krejci have goal and assist for Bruins (AP)
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara believes his team made a major statement against the defending Stanley Cup champions. "We can beat anybody in this league and we can play against anybody, obviously," Chara said after Boston beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Saturday night for its ninth straight home win. "We've got to keep going and we've got to push forward," Chara said.
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Corrective: Obit-Guidolin (AP)
In a Nov. 26 story on the death of Armand "Bep" Guidolin, The Associated Press reported Guidolin coached Colorado. Guidolin coached the NHL franchise before it moved from Kansas City to Colorado.
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Bruins add to strong month, beat Islanders 7-2 (AP)
The Boston Bruins are dispelling the notion that they must rely on defense to win. Blake Wheeler and David Krejci set up each other for scores 10 seconds apart in Boston's five-goal third period to help the Bruins pull away for their 10th win in 12 games, a 7-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday afternoon.
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Oshawa Generals retire Bobby Orr's No. 2 (AP)
The Oshawa Generals retired Bobby Orr's No. 2 jersey on Thursday night before an Ontario Hockey League game against Peterborough. The Hall of Fame defenseman played for the junior team from 1962-66. He had 38 goals and 56 assists in 1965-66 and finished with 116 goals and 205 assists. "I did a lot of growing up in Oshawa from ages 14 to 18 and I'll be forever grateful for those people who helped me... |
Bruins send Lashoff to Providence (AP)
The Bruins reassigned defenseman Matt Lashoff to the team's AHL affiliate in Providence on Thursday. The 22-year-old Lashoff was called up Nov. 19 and was a healthy scratch for the Bruins' last three games. Before rejoining Boston, Lashoff had 3 goals, 10 assists and 21 penalty minutes in 15 games for Providence. |
Roy scores twice, Buffalo beats Boston (AP)
A gritty effort finally produced the results the Buffalo Sabres desperately needed. Derek Roy scored twice and the Sabres beat the Northeast Division-leading Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night to snap a five-game losing streak. After outshooting their previous two opponents -- Philadelphia and the New York Islanders -- by a 77-51 margin, Buffalo still found itself on the losing end.
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Wheeler, Thomas lead Bruins past Habs (AP)
The Boston Bruins caught a big break in the shootout to back up Tim Thomas' strong netminding on a night that the Montreal Canadiens honored one of the greatest goalies to play the game. Blake Wheeler scored on Boston's first shot in the tiebreaker and Thomas stopped all three Montreal attempts to give the Bruins a 3-2 win over the Canadiens, who retired Patrick Roy's No.
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Bruins win again to tie for conference lead (AP)
The Boston Bruins are right on schedule. Marc Savard and Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist each to lead Boston to its eighth victory in nine games, a 4-2 decision over Florida on Friday night that moved the Bruins into a tie for the Eastern Conference lead. "One of the things they preached at the start of the season was positioning," defenseman Aaron Ward said.
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