All Entries Tagged With: "Matt Cooke"
Bruins & Thornton Shake Hands On Two-Year Extension
The Bruins have signed enforcer Shawn Thornton to a two-year extension, have they committed to yet another over-payment?
History repeats itself: Pens come back from 3-0 down to bounce Sens
Game 6: Pittsburgh 4 @ Ottawa 3 (1 OT) The Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the second round of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, eliminating Ottawa at 9:56 of the first overtime tonight on Pascal Dupuis’ clinching goal in the sixth game of their first round series with the Senators. The game was eerily reminiscent of the first round sixth [...]
Pens finish 4th, will face Sens; Crosby shares Rocket with Stamkos
The 2009-10 NHL regular season is complete. Pittsburgh battled New Jersey to the penultimate game of the schedule before yielding the Atlantic Division title to the Devils and second seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture after the Penguins were blanked 1-0 in Atlanta on Saturday night. Pittsburgh and #5 seed Ottawa Senators will meet in [...]
Crosby: 3 assists, Pens clinch playoff berth for 4th straight year
Bounces and breaks were instrumental in a win for the Penguins this afternoon as they defeated Philadelphia 4-1 to open a six-game homestand at Mellon Arena. These six contests will also be the final ever regular season hockey games played at Mellon Arena. The forty-nine year old building, currently the NHL’s oldest and the only home [...]
Reeling Pens look to get back on track against 1st place Caps
In a five to ten second span on Monday evening during the middle of the second period at Detroit, a sequence by the surging Red Wings in the Penguins’ zone stood out as a microcosm of the problems plaguing Pittsburgh over its past seven games. Henrik Zetterberg took a pass in the far circle from Nicklas Lidstrom, [...]
Bruins Beat Cooke But Get Dominated By Penguins
During tonight’s disgraceful effort put forth by the Boston Bruins, Patrice Bergeron couldn’t find the puck between his skates as the Boston offense was in the midst of their full-on catastrophe when a woman sitting near me, a fan of the B’s for over 40 years said “I can’t believe this”, and all I could [...]
Cooke & Penguins Visit Unwelcoming Boston
Tim McCracken hasn’t been called up, nor has Ogie Oglethorpe, but you can expect the Bruins to let the Penguins know they’re there tonight when the two teams take the Garden ice tonight for the first time since Matt Cooke’s (likely) season-ending hit on B’s top-line forward Marc Savard. By now, we all know the [...]
What Fallout Will We See From “The Headshot Heard Round the World?”
There has been much made about what will go on this evening when the two teams hit the ice, but I am here to tell you that in the end it will end up being just another game.
Simply Put, A Bruins Run At Crosby Makes No Sense
It was the ugliest scene of the decade for the National Hockey League, and everyone remembers it, including Matt Cooke. After a questionable hit on Markus Naslund by Avalanche forward Steve Moore, a hit that forced the Canucks top-line center out of the line-up, went unsuspended, Todd Bertuzzi decided to take things into his own [...]
Rout In Raleigh: Recchi Ties LaFleur & B’s Crush ‘Canes
Before horrifying visions of January’s trip to the RBC Center could get into the heads of Bruins fans and players, Patrice Bergeron scored 23 seconds into the contest, giving the Bruins some much needed comfort in a race for the playoffs that’s proving to come down to the wire for the Bruins, Canadiens, Flyers and [...]
14 games left: approaching the finish line and the starting line
As reported by ESPN, Penguins’ right wing Bill Guerin openly talked about the need for deterrence in the name of safety when it comes to hits to the head. “We’re all playing in the same league. We all want the same safety. We all want to be looked after the same way. I understand he [Cooke] is on my team but, hey, he’s in a tough spot.”
Will the real Boston Bruins please stand up?!?
There they were, on the precipice of disaster, and the excuse was prepared. How do you go on with the struggle when you have lost your best player? The NHL gave the Bruins every reason to quit on the season, ripping the collective heart from the team’s chest by multiplying the miscarriage of justice by [...]
Wednesday Night Rant: Why Am I Not Shocked Campbell & The NHL Did Nothing?
NHL fans know the pain too well. The pain of their sport being consistently mocked by NBA, NFL, MLB, and at this point perhaps even WNBA fans for their consistent failures at being consistent, staged fights, and laundry list of issues with injuries. Adding to the list was the violent cheap-shot from Penguins punk Matt [...]
It’s a Start: NHL GMs Take Stance on Head Shots
It’s certain that a lot of eyes collectively rolled earlier this afternoon when Colin Campbell announced that there would be no suspension for Matt Cooke, who sent Marc Savard to the hospital with a vicious hit to the head in this past weekend’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Savard’s Boston Bruins. Whether Cooke ”intended” to injure [...]
Lack Of Fight In Bruins Reveals Bigger Issue
For most Bruins fans, Sunday’s events in Pittsburgh were shocking, but for others it simply spoke volumes to what this season has been for the black-and-gold: one giant lack of heart from one of last season’s most intimidating units. Striking fear in their opposition was the mission statement of the 2008-09 Boston Bruins. If you [...]
Cooke’s hit on Savard reignites endless firestorm on respect, safety
“He falls; he concusses” seems well on its way to becoming a phrase as synonymous with NHL hockey as “he shoots; he scores”. Yesterday afternoon, late in the Penguins’ 2-1 victory over visiting Boston, Pittsburgh left wing Matt Cooke lifted his left elbow or forearm just enough to deliver a check to Boston forward Marc Savard as [...]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T…
Then and Now… I am so sickened by what I saw today, I am not sure if I should even write this… Last year the Bruins were known for their team toughness, mess with one of them and be prepared to put yourself in the crosshairs of everyone in Black and Gold. Need an example?? [...]
PP, PK rounding into form for steady Penguins
After the last hats were swept from the Mellon Arena ice this past Monday, the Penguins began a well-deserved, season-high four-day break. Since returning from a five-game road trip through Minnesota, Toronto and Western Canada, Pittsburgh has played solid, if unspectacular hockey, posting a 5-2-0 record. Of note, three of the wins were by one [...]
Game 46 review – Oil can’t hold off Pens
The Oilers dropped their sixth straight game last night, a 3-2 decision to the Penguins. It was a game that the Oilers could have won, they had a two goal lead going into the third period, but they just couldn’t hold off the Penguins. The played a good game and still managed to lose. In the drive for a high draft pick last nights outcome was the best case scenario.
Putrid power play perplexing Pens’ partisans
Bill Guerin’s go-ahead goal in the second period Wednesday night was just the third power play goal in the last thirty-two chances for Pittsburgh. The Penguins have the dubious distinction of occupying 29th place – second-last – in the NHL in power play percentage at just 14.4% efficiency. Guerin’s goal, a deflection off a point [...]
