All Entries Tagged With: "Stephane Yelle"
The Bruins Year That Was: Steve Begin
Delving into the first of an off-season series of pieces taking a look back at the Bruins’ season, starting with forward Steve Begin.
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 [...]
Avs Bring Yelle Home
Avs fan favorite Stephane Yelle has come home. Frankly I have no idea where Yelle lives, but no matter, the Avs fans feel he is one of ours. I can’t disagree! Yelle was a part of two Stanley Cup-winning teams with Colorado. While the opinion on Twitter about the Wolski trade was about 50-50, the [...]
Bruins Stumble Into Carolina To Battle NHL-Worst ‘Canes
After four straight unbelievably deflating, just plain and embarrassing losses, the Bruins are back on the road with a rare Sunday battle in Carolina. As any Bruins fan can recall, it was the Carolina Hurricanes who knocked the Bruins out of the playoffs last season in the second round, but this season has presented rather [...]
Carolina Hurricanes officially shopping Whitney and Wallin
According to TSN Darren Dreger, Hurricanes’ GM Jim Rutherford asked leading scorer Ray Whitney and defenceman Niclas Wallin to waive their no trade clauses. Rutherford added that he’ll likely trade away some veteran players before the March 3 deadline. The other possible candidates to be traded are Matt Cullen, Scott Walker, Stephane Yelle, Andrew Alberts, [...]
Sparks of Life Amid Hurricanes’ Rubble
Nobody really ever wants to see their team battling just to stay out of the conference basement; but that’s the position Carolina Hurricanes fans found themselves in last night against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. By the end of the first period, the outlook was bleak at best with the Hurricanes down 3-0. Things started [...]
‘Canes Waive Yelle: Should The Bruins Claim Him?
There’s not a ton of terms used to describe Stephane Yelle’s tenure with the Boston Bruins, but “trooper” was undoubtedly one of them. While Yelle only spent one year with the B’s, he quickly became a fan favorite and a staple on the Bruins penalty kill with his fearless attitude and willingness to sacrifice his body for [...]
Shootout Drought
The Tampa Bay Lightning are ridiculously inept in shootouts. Tuomo Ruutu netted the goal to clinch the shootout victory for the Carolina Hurricanes after former Bolt Jussi Jokinen scored his team’s only goal in regulation as the ‘Canes won 2-1 Tuesday night, extending the Lightning’s RBC Center losing streak to seven games. Carolina’s Sergei Samsonov [...]