All Entries Tagged With: "San Jose Sharks"
Pivotal Summer For Yzerman Regime Begins
With the 2011-12 Tampa Bay Lightning season complete, it’s time to focus on the upcoming campaign as the Bolts brass begins to build the team and solidify the roster as we race towards the official start of the NHL’s Free Agency period on July 1. Tampa Bay will certainly look to improve the goaltending and [...]
Hockey Independent Playoff Roundtable: Conference Quarterfinals Predictions
— With the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin in just over forty-eight hours, four members of the Hockey Independent writing staff have come together to predict each and every first round series of this year’s postseason. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Alex Muscat (Detroit Red [...]
Analyzing And Predicting The Eastern Conference Playoffs
It’s that time of year again, folks. The clocks have been pushed forward, the temperatures are rising and the kids have just enjoyed another wonderful visit from the Easter Bunny. But most importantly, it’s time to kick off the most exciting two month event in all of sports: The NHL Playoffs. With Saturday’s conclusion of [...]
Thomas’ 40-Save Performance Lifts Boston To 4-2 Victory In Los Angeles
On Saturday evening, the Boston Bruins hoped to right the ship after dropping their road-trip opener in San Jose on Thursday. Fortunately for the hoards of B’s fans who stayed up for the late start, the B’s came through with an important 4-2 win at the Staples Center. After a scoreless first period, Patrice Bergeron [...]
GameDay: B’s Visit Kings In Crucial Staples Center Showdown
Teams: Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings Records: Boston 42-28-3 (87 Points) , Los Angeles 37-25-12 (86 Points) Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California Time: 9:00 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Bruins 1 , San Jose Sharks 2 ……. St. Louis Blues 0 [...]
Shark Bite: Sleepy Bruins Fall 2-1 In San Jose
On Thursday evening, the Boston Bruins were looking to build on their recent two-game home winning streak when they took their talents out west for a showdown with the San Jose Sharks at the HP Pavilion. Unfortunately, it seemed as though the B’s left their new-found momentum back in Boston when they made the 3,000 [...]
GameDay: B’s Visit San Jose In First Game Of West Coast Swing
Teams: Boston Bruins at San Jose Sharks Records: Boston 42-27-3 (87 Points) , San Jose 36-27-10 (82 Points) Location: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California Time: 10:30 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Toronto Maple Leafs 0 , Bruins 8 ……. Sharks 2 , Los [...]
How Sweep It Is: Third Line Leads Boston To 8-0 Romp, Season Sweep Of Toronto
BOSTON– After snapping a season-long four-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins were looking to start a new trend on Monday evening when they played host to the Northeast division rival Toronto Maple Leafs. If Monday’s effort is any indication of things to come [...]
Black Bears Upset BU, Will Face Boston College For Hockey East Championship
BOSTON – (#4) Maine Black Bears 5 @ (#3) Boston University Terriers 3 – FINAL Power-Play: Black Bears (4-6 / 67 %) — Terriers (1-2 / 50 %) Penalty-Kill: Black Bears (1-2 / 50 %) — Terriers (2-6 / 33 %) Shots: Black Bears (44) — Terriers (31) Recap: The Terriers would jump ahead early [...]
As Losses Mount, Don’t Be Surprised When The Bruins Lose The Northeast Division
– On Saturday morning, the Boston Bruins could very well wakeup to find themselves looking up at the Ottawa Senators in the race for the Northeast Division title. The Sens will host the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night in the back-end of a home-and-home series with the chance to leap-frog Boston in the standings. The [...]
GameDay: B’s Look To Right The Ship In Tampa
Teams: Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning Records: Boston 40-25-3 (83 Points) , Tampa Bay 31-30-7 (69 Points) Location: Tampa Bay Times Forum , Tampa Bay, Florida Time: 7:30 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Bruins 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5 ……. Carolina Hurricanes [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 28-28-6 with 62 points through 62 games. After 62 games last season, the Bolts were 37-18-7 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Concussion an Issue for the NHL, And Now for Jonathan Toews?
The injury woes for the Blackhawks have taken a turn for the worse since the calendar rolled over to 2012. Gone are the days of almost no injuries for the Hawks and if the latest report is correct it could be a serious blow. On Wednesday, Joel Quenneville commented on the injury status of Jonathan [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 26-26-6 with 58 points through 58 games. After 58 games last season, the Bolts were 34-18-6 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by seven points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Bolts Trade Moore to Sharks
The Tampa Bay Lightning are sellers now and have traded center Dominic Moore and a seventh round pick in 2012 to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a second round pick in 2012 (acquired by the Sharks from the Minnesota Wild). The Bolts now have three draft picks in the second round of this years draft. [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 24-25-6 with 54 points through 55 games. After 55 games last season, the Bolts were 33-17-5 with 71 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 12th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, eight points out [...]
Red Wings Tie Record with 4-3 Home Win Against Flyers
It was another game of milestones as the Detroit Red Wings got past the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 at the Joe Louis Arena. With the win, the Red Wings are now tied with the 1929-30 Boston Bruins and 1975-76 Flyers for the NHL record with 20 consecutive wins on home ice. The Red Wings’ last loss [...]
Hawks Slide Continues
The Blackhawks lost their seventh consecutive game on Friday night, 5-3 to the San Jose Sharks. The latest string of losses has highlighted many deficiencies. By falling behind by two goals in the opening period the wounded Hawks made their task much more difficult. The better team captured the two points but the Blackhawks did [...]
Blackhawks Stuck in the Past??
Corey Crawford will be back between the pipes as the Blackhawks skate into San Jose Friday evening. It will take a consistent, effective game by every Hawks player, including Crawford, to get back on track after a six game skid. Under the best circumstances, the Sharks wouldn’t be an easy foe, and Friday night they [...]
Terriers And Eagles Take Care Of Business, Will Meet Again In Beanpot Finals
On Monday evening the two most prominent college hockey teams in Boston did their part in setting up yet another installment of one of the greatest hockey rivalries on the Eastern Seaboard. The Boston University Terriers and the Boston College Eagles will meet in the Beanpot tournament finals for the fourth time in the past [...]
