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Ouch
by Alanah McGinley on 10/26/07 at 12:46 AM ET
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By popular request tonight, here’s the scrap in Boston featuring Zdeno Chara and David Koci. And while Koci’s face looks like he was in a car wreck after the fight, it’s worth remembering he only broke his nose a few nights ago fighting Wade Belak, so that might be the primary cause of the mess.
From HockeyFights.com:
addd 8:38am Friday by Paul, The ESPN view of the fight…
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Julien Tells B’s What He Wants
by Paul on 10/24/07 at 11:33 AM ET
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from the Boston Bruins,
As the practice session progressed, an animated Bruins head coach buzzed about the ice, before finally getting over-frustrated.
He skated to the slot in front of the crease, and pointed to the space directly in front of that net. Then, after giving some instructions, Coach Julien loudly told his team, “You don’t want to go there because you are afraid.”...
He yelled, “Go to the net like you WANT to score goals.”
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Drury Sees Old Friend in Boston
by Alanah McGinley on 10/21/07 at 03:45 PM ET
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From Lynn Zinser at the NYT [reg. required],
The Bruins held Travis Roy Day to help Roy’s foundation raise money to help victims of spinal cord injuries. Roy was paralyzed in his first shift as a freshman at Boston University in 1995. One of his teammates was Rangers center Chris Drury, who has stayed close to Roy. Before the game, Drury met Roy outside the Rangers’ locker room and leaned down to give him a hug and hugged him again when Roy dropped the ceremonial first puck. “Chris is such a great guy,” Roy said. “He’s always been there, supporting me. It’s so fun to watch him succeed.”
The Bruins donated $100,000 to Roy’s foundation yesterday. More about Travis Roy fundraiser available at Boston Bruins.com or on the foundation’s website.
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Save Of The Night
by Paul on 10/21/07 at 10:34 AM ET
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Henrik Lundqvist robs Marc Savard with a fantastic save yesterday.
Savard thought so too- Notice the tap on the pads Marc gives Lundqvist at the end of the video.
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Here Manny Goes Again
by Alanah McGinley on 10/17/07 at 03:34 AM ET
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From John Shipley at the Pioneer Press,
Yes, this is the same Manny Fernandez who ranks dead last among NHL goalies in goals-against average (5.00) and save percentage (.796), and once again is splitting time with another goaltender.
Fernandez is 1-1 in two starts. In three starts, partner/backup Tim Thomas ranks second in the NHL with a 1.34 GAA and .957 save percentage, right behind the Wild’s Nik Backstrom (1.00, .959) - the guy who pushed Fernandez out of Minnesota after seven seasons.
So, for Fernandez, it has been a case of here we go again.
“We’re splitting time for now,” he said. “You know, it’s the same questions and the same answers as it’s always been. We don’t make the rules, and we don’t make the decisions.”
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Bruins Starting Okay
by Alanah McGinley on 10/15/07 at 09:07 PM ET
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From Fluto Shinzawa at the Boston Globe,
Aaron Ward, more than most of his teammates, has been steamed ever since the preseason by the league-wide crystal-ballers who have pegged the Bruins for yet another rotten season.
“Most people,” said Ward about the season-opening five-game swing, “would have predicted that we’d be lucky to get 2 [points].”
Instead, the Bruins finally flew east - they had been on the road for 10 days - late Saturday night as owners of 6 hard-won points, probably more than any Black-and-Gold homer would have predicted for the West Coast trip.
“We’re struggling for attention in the city of Boston,” said Ward. “We’re kind of the redheaded stepchild out of the four teams.”
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Jacobs Right Where He Wants To Be
by Paul on 10/12/07 at 02:53 PM ET
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from The Pilot,
...Some hope there could be some nice irony at work here. The theory goes that if the Bruins go further into the tank, Owner Jeremy Jacobs and his clan will at last become exasperated and dump the team. Nice theory but it completely misreads Jacobs and his unpleasant brood.
If the Bruins no longer reap huge profits, the building does and they own the building. Much more to the point, Jacobs is a heavyweight in the highest councils of the league and he delights in being a genuine NHL poobah. Maybe this tells you as much as you need to know about the state of the National Hockey League.
If the boys from Buffalo were sensitive chaps they might recognize that the party is over for them in this town. Trust is gone
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The Life Story of Glen Metropolit
by Alanah McGinley on 10/10/07 at 02:32 PM ET
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From Stephen Harris at the Boston Herald,
But not even Hollywood would need to embellish the life story of Bruins center Glen Metropolit, and the immense disadvantages and obstacles he overcame on his way to being an NHL player. If you think his story would also make a good movie, you’re not alone: The 33-year-old Metropolit has already been approached by filmmakers.
“It’s a firm out here somewhere, and they’re very serious about doing it,” said Metropolit. “I think it may happen, but I told them, ‘You know what? The story’s not done yet. I’m not done yet. Let’s wait ’til the story’s over.’ ”
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Kobasew Focussing on a Better Year in Boston
by Alanah McGinley on 10/10/07 at 01:33 PM ET
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From Fluto Shinzawa at the Boston Globe,
Like most of the Bruins, Kobasew had a season to forget in 2006-07. On Jan. 4, he suffered a concussion that knocked him out for eight games. Then he cracked his elbow Jan. 26. Finally, Kobasew (5-14 -19 in 50 total games with Calgary and Boston) missed the final seven games.
“I’m not even thinking about it,” the 25-year-old said. “Just focusing on this year.”
In the first two games of 2007-08, a healthy Kobasew has shown why the Flames signed him for $1.2 million per season.
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The “Collapsing Zone”
by Paul on 10/05/07 at 11:21 AM ET
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from the Enterprise,
General manager Peter Chiarelli is so confident in the ability of Julien, who coached Montreal before the Devils, to wring sound defensive hockey out of a team that Boston’s frequently maligned corps of defensemen was left virtually untouched in the offseason.
“I want to see these (defensemen), these players in Claude’s system first,” Chiarelli said.
Chiarelli describes Julien’s system as a “collapsing zone.” Players say it’s highly structured.
“There’s a transition of passing (an opponent) off, from one area to another, to another player,” said defenseman Aaron Ward. “There’s a lot of thinking involved.”
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