I’ll have to admit, looking at the schedule this weekend and the loss of Milan Lucic…again, I predicted the Bruins to lose to a rested Ottawa team. Hoping I was wrong, it appeared at the end of the first period there was some truth in my theory. The Sens scored 2 goals on 5 shots in the first period as Tim Thomas returned to action and The sold out Garden was thinking it was going to be a lonngggg night. Continue reading »
The first month of the 2009-2010 season is in the books, another week has gone by in the NHL and of course I will get you caught up of the important things in case you missed anything.
One of my favorite stories of the week has to be from the City of Anaheim where according to Duck fans, the officials gave Toronto their first win with phantom calls. I wrote a whole piece on that earlier this week and you can read the article here. The irony is the day after I posted that article, I had one less follower on Twitter…coincidence? Nah….poor sport. Just for the record, I think the site is cute, the Rally was stupid. Continue reading »
With two minutes left in tonight’s Bruins/Ottawa game, I thought the pattern was finally over as the B’s trailed by two goals and then it happened….life after death for the good guys.
Coach Julien calls a time out and pulls goaltender Tim Thomas with just under 2 mins left in regulation and Mark Recci playing in his 1500th career NHL game, pops one in at the 18:32 mark of the third. Just over a minute later, Krejic finally scores his first of the season as he tips in the game tying goal. After a scoreless overtime frame, Bergeron scores the only goal in the shootout.
Tim Thomas was nothing short of spectacular tonight, coming up huge with a highlight reel save in the third and shut down Kovalev, Alfredsson and Spezza in the shootout to solidify what looked to be a loss that turned into a win for the Bruins. Three games in four nights and the B’s come out of it with 5 out of a possible 6 points. Not bad for a team that is missing the entire number one line from a year ago. The Bruins get a much deserved rest as their next game is not until Thursday night.
It’s not too late to buy a few extra TV’s for tonight as the NHL puts everybody to work with all 30 teams in action tonight. This is the second time this season the NHL has gone full boat and surprisingly only the fourth time in history.
Sports fans have their work cut out for them tonight to try to keep track of all the action across the nation. Put the NHL aside, you have a loaded schedule of college football, and there is that little baseball game happening tonight as well (put a whammy on those damn Yankees).
Highlighting tonight’s match ups would be the Penguins going for their 8th straight victory after Crosby scores all 3 goals to lead to their dramatic come from behind win in shoot out last night against the Florida Panthers.
The walking wounded Boston Bruins have literally had a up and down season alternating wins and losses every other game and hope that pattern continues at least for tonight as they lost in Philly Thursday night in a shootout. Look for Shawn Thorton in the lineup tonight …well at least that’s what his V-Blog says. If you ask coach Julien, he says it will be a game time decision. As you know , he was supposed to return the other night and was a last minute scratch. The Bruins are stating Thorton has an undisclosed injury. What is this the playoffs? Although Tuukka Rask played exceptionally good Thursday night, look for Thomas in net. Timmy has been a thorn in Ottawa’s side as he has won 7 in a row against the Sens with a 1.27 gaa in those games.
The Toronto Maple Leafs still the only team without a victory this year visit Vancouver where the last time they have posted a win at GM Place was 6 years ago. At this point, you may want to keep all sharp objects away from Kessel.
The slumping Carolina Hurricanes losers of 5 straight will lose Tuomo Ruutu as he was handed a three game suspension for a boarding infraction on Colorado’s Darcy Tucker in Friday nights game. Tucker was injured on the play with a concussion and also received 40 stitches.
