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Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
Fast Five: Predictions For the NHL’s Second Half
As we hit the all-star break this weekend with the Fantasy Draft kicking things off this evening at 8 P.M., the 2011-’12 NHL season has officially reached it’s mid-point. There have been many surprises — and equally as many disappointments — across the league this season on both an individual and team basis. In anticipation [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 17-20-3 with 37 points through 40 games. After 40 games last season, the Bolts were 21-11-5 with 47 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eleven points. Tampa Bay is in 13th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, nine points out [...]
Red Wings Give One Away in Toronto 4-3
The Toronto Maple Leafs got a belated Christmas present from the visiting Detroit Red Wings—a 4-3 win at the Air Canada Centre. It was another Red Wings road loss where they didn’t play a full 60-minute game and it cost them. The first 12 minutes of the game was ugly for the Red Wings and [...]
Top 10 Bruins Moments Of 2011
First off, as I return from a week long vacation from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year. Here’s to another splendid year in 2012… Now, with the year 2011 coming to a close tomorrow evening when the clock strikes midnight, I figured that now [...]
Thoughts on World U-17 Tournament
As a hockey fan living in Michigan, I have always been accustomed to watching the Detroit Red Wings, but it’s not the only hockey ticket in town. About 30 minutes northwest are the Plymouth Whalers and they are one of the premier teams in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). If you want to cross the [...]
Marchand’s Hat-Trick Leads Red Hot Bruins To 8-0 Route Of Panthers
Widely recognized as the best team in hockey already, the Boston Bruins did everything they possibly could to further that assumption on Friday night. Unbeaten (in regulation) in his last ten starts against the B’s, Panthers’ netminder Jose Theodore entered Friday’s game fresh off a December 8 shutout of the Black and Gold, right here [...]
Divisional Series: The Beasts Of The Northeast
Over the next two weeks, the Boston Bruins will be given the luxury of a considerably light schedule, especially by NHL standards, with only three more games slated for the 2011 calendar year. This coupled with the beginning of winter break at colleges across the country, has left me with some extra time to write. [...]
Boychuk, B’s Ride Monster 3rd Period Past Leafs For 4th Straight Win vs Toronto
In sports, sometimes a team just has your number. Whether it be through coincidence, luck or purely superior talent, sometimes an opponent can just get into your head, whether you are willing to admit that or not. As the Toronto Maple Leaf players went on record as not being mentally affected by yet another loss [...]
Bruins GameDay: Reimer Returns As Leafs Visit Boston
Set to battle for the fourth time already in this young 2011-12 campaign, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs will take to the ice of the TD Garden for a Northeast division showdown on Saturday night. Boston’s unfathomable November run came to a close after the B’s 6-3 win at the Air Canada Centre [...]
Bruins Down Leafs To Complete Historic November
On Wednesday night the Boston Bruins made organizational history. Capping off a 12-0-1 month of November with a 6-3 victory in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, the B’s completed their first month without a loss (in regulation) since January of 1969. Leading the way for the B’s on Wednesday was their much-maligned (this season) top line [...]
Bruins GameDay: Seguin, B’s Set To Battle Leafs For First Place In The Northeast
On tap tonight at the Air Canada Centre is a battle for first place in the NHL’s NorthEast division. This of course between the visiting Boston Bruins (14-7-1 (29 Points)) and the host Toronto Maple Leafs (14-8-2 (30 Points)). Tonight is also the first half of a home-and-home series between these two squads, that will [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 11-9-2 with 24 points through 22 games. After 22 games last season, the Bolts were 13-7-2 with 28 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division four point behind the Florida Panthers and 10th in the Eastern Conference. After 22 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team [...]
Thomas, Kelly Lead Bruins To 4-2 Win Over Jets
On Saturday night the Boston Bruins extended their point streak to twelve games with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the TD Garden. Over that stretch, the B’s have notched wins over five of the NHL’s seven Canadian-based franchises. Sparked by the magnificent play of goaltender Tim Thomas, who recorded his eight straight [...]
Bruins Get Back In Business; Down Sens 5-3 At TD Garden
On Tuesday night, the Boston Bruins absolutely had to have a victory. That’s right, the defending Stanley Cup Champions were in a must-win situation…..on November 1. Coming into Tuesday’s game against Ottawa, the B’s had lost 3 straight and seven of their first ten this season, with a 2-5-0 record at the TD Garden. [...]
Boston Bruins Week In Review; Trade Brewing?
Following a 3-2 shootout victory at Chicago’s United Center, the Boston Bruins returned home to TD Garden to begin a 4-game home-stand. Prior to the start of the home-stand, the B’s record sat at 2-3-0 (4 Points). After three quarters of this stretch of games at the TD Garden, the B’s record is at 3-5-0 [...]
Seguin Stars In B’s 6-2 Trouncing Of Toronto
Regardless of either player’s feelings for one another, 24-year old Maple Leafs’ winger Phil Kessel and 19-year old Bruins’ pivot Tyler Seguin will be linked and compared to one another throughout their entire careers. All of this thanks to a trade in the summer of 2009 that sent 3 top-end draft choices (the first [...]
Bruins GameDay Preview: Leafs & B’s Set To Square Off At The Garden
Tonight at TD Garden, the Boston Bruins (2-4-0 (4 Points)) will play host to the white-hot Toronto Maple Leafs (4-0-1 (9 Points)). The Bruins will look to rebound from an ordinarily ugly loss at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night in the Hub. Tonight also kicks off divisional play for the [...]
Grind Line 2.0 Leads Red Wings To 4-2 Win Over Maple Leafs
When you think of a Red Wing who had a three-point night, the typical names that come to mind would be Pavel Datsyuk or Henrik Zetterberg, but neither were in the lineup tonight at the Air Canada Centre. Members of the current version of the “Grind Line,” Darren Helm and Patrick Eaves were the offensive [...]
Panthers Running Late to the Party
Hello again Panther Fans, today we are going to look at how many teams have already made significant moves leading up to the Trade Deadline, and the Panthers, thus far have been left out in the cold. The market has clearly become one that greatly favours the seller. And while Toronto continues to further better [...]