All Entries Tagged With: "Michael Ryder"
Boston Bruins’ Postseason Report Cards: Part II: The Bottom Six
Throughout the month of May, I will be providing you all with a six-part Boston Bruins’ postseason review, grading the performances of each and every player that donned the eight-spoked “B” during the 2011-’12 campaign. The schedule looks like this: Part I –> Top Six Forwards Part II –> Bottom Six Forwards Part III –> [...]
Why The Boston Bruins Will Beat The Capitals In Six Games
It’s that time of year again. No more five-minute, four-on-four overtimes. No more shootouts. No more three-point games. No more sleeping. Prepare for long nights of thrilling hockey, folks, as sixteen teams prepare to compete for the most coveted prize in sports: the Stanley Cup. After raising the franchise’s sixth championship banner to the rafters [...]
Slumping Bruins Left To Ponder: What Is Going Wrong?
On Sunday afternoon, the Boston Bruins once again failed to get things going in the right direction again, as they fell 2-0 to the Minnesota Wild on a Hockey Day In America marquee matinee contest. The loss continues what has been an exceedingly tough month of hockey for the defending champs, as their February record [...]
Predators Shoot Down the Stars 3-2
The Nashville Predators faced the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center looking to get back to their winning ways after dropping a disappointing game on Friday to the Detroit Red Wings. The Predators would be without Mike Fisher, absent because of an illness. Pekka Rinne got the start in net for the Predators, while [...]
Red Wings Make It 4 Straight, Beat Stars 3-2 In a Shootout
Jiri Hudler scored the game-tying goal and also clinched the only goal in the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 at the American Airlines Center for their fourth straight win. With the win, the Red Wings have sole possession of first place in the Western Conference (for now) with 61 [...]
Red Wings Squeak by Stars 5-4
The Detroit Red Wings (25-13-1) finished 2011 on a winning note and started 2012 the same way with a nail-biting 5-4 road win over the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center. In a first stop of a four-game road trip, the win gives the Red Wings a record of 10-11-0 away from the Joe [...]
Predators Early Deficit Leads to Defeat at Dallas
The Nashville Predators, fresh off their amazing come from behind victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, ventured to the American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Stars in their second game in two nights. Once again, Pekka Rinne got the start for the Nashville Predators, while the surprisingly feel good story in the form [...]
GameDay: Lucic Suspended As Bruins Host Hated Habs
Tonight the Boston Bruins (21-9-1) will play host to their most hated rivals, the Montreal Canadiens (13-13-7). The Habs, losers of two straight, will look to get things back in order on Monday night when they kick off a six-game road trip that will keep them away from Montreal until the year 2012. Tonight will [...]
Five Predictions For The Bruins In 2011
News & Notes – On Saturday evening, the Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 in their final exhibition game of the year, in Bridgeport, CT at the home of the Islanders’ AHL affiliate. It was the Islanders who got on the board first, and would build a 2-0 lead, thanks to goals from [...]
Bolts Battle Back to Even Series
Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins learned that not even a three goal lead is safe against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bolts forward Simon Gagne netted the game winner as his wrist shot scooted past Bruins defenseman Tomas Kaberle and goalie Tim Thomas at 6:54 of the third period. Martin St. Louis added an empty net [...]
Seguin Stars as Bruins Beat Bolts 6-5
Vincent Lecavalier scored a goal and had three assists, but it wasn’t enough as the Tampa Bay Lightning were defeated 6-5 by the Boston Bruins last night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The series is tied at a game apiece and shifts to Tampa on Thursday night. Tampa Bay’s stars all played [...]
Flyers Get The Wrong End Of The Broom
The Bruins closed strong and finished off my Flyers for the season 5-1, looking dominant for most of the series and still better than the Flyers even when Philly played its’ best hockey of the series in Game 2. The Flyers showed some signs of life off a Kris Versteeg goal in the 2nd period [...]
Flyers Lose Game 3 In First Minute
Well, 63 seconds to be precise. Pucks keep going in for Boston, as Zdeno Chara and David Krejci, picking up where he left off in OT in Game 2, put two quick ones past Brian Boucher and the Bruins never looked back. They now take a 3-0 lead into Game 4, after winning tonight 5-1 [...]
Bruins Put Flyers In 2-0 Hole With OT Win
My Flyers played a better game, jumped out to a two goal lead in the 1st but quickly gave it up and couldn’t get anything else past Boston goalie Tim Thomas and lost Game 2 3-2 in OT. James vanRiemsdyk, who was the best skater on the ice throughout, popped the first two in during [...]
Bruins Bury Flyers 7-3
Making shots and getting bounces often make the difference in close playoff games, and the Bruins got a flurry of bounces to put my Flyers as deep as four goals down and effectively closed out Game 1 taking it 7-3. Boston did just about everything right, especially taking full advantage on just about every chance [...]
A Sense of Urgency, A Glimpse of Promise
The Garden was rocking from pre-game skate, throughout the post-game celebration. The Boston Bruins played with a sense of urgency, and a clear mission. With mounting playoff expectations, the team provided the Bruins’ faithful with a glimpse at the promise which fans have been begging to see, in a marquee game, AT HOME! Loud and [...]
Daily Rumors: Picking Apart Potential “Blockbuster” Deals This Season
The NHL’s annual trade deadline is still three months away (February 28th, 2011) but the lack of significant player movement early in the season has more than a few pundits and bloggers musing over potential deals as the deadline nears. Thomas Copain of The Bleacher Report recently looked at ten potential “Blockbuster deals that could [...]
Logically Looking at the Blues & Bruins as Trading Partners
The Boston Bruins need to create cap space to bring back Marc Savard. With key injuries the St. Louis Blues may need help in their forward ranks. Is there a deal to be made?
Breakout Or Bust: Will Wheeler Prove His Worth For B’s?
In the summer of 2008 when forward Blake Wheeler couldn’t/wouldn’t agree to terms with the Phoenix Coyotes, the 6’5″ forward hit the open market as an unrestricted free-agent and instantaneously became a marquee name among second-tier pool of free agents. Drawing interest from the Canadiens and Rangers along with the B’s, the Hub had every [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Players Most Likely To Be Dealt & Not Dealt
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
