Last year at this time, Antii Niemi was shutting down the San Jose Sharks while backboning the Chicago Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup title. This year, the Sharks are the beneficiaries of Niemi’s strong play. The 27-year-old Niemi, who went 16-6 with two shutouts while posting a 2.63 goals against average and a .910 save ...
David Krejci finally arrived on the playoff scene on Saturday, scoring two goals and assisting on two others as Boston rolled to a 7-3 win over Philadelphia in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Wells Fargo Center. Brad Marchand also had a pair of goals while Nathan Horton added a goal and an ...
After missing the playoffs for a sixth straight season, fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs are getting frustrated. Really frustrated. Not once was that more evident than when fans at the Air Canada Centre began chanting “fire Wilson” on December 2, 2010 during a game against the Edmonton Oilers. However, the Maple Leafs ended the ...
As I was noodling through ideas for a semi-regular column I would write about general hockey issues, news and notes, I discarded potential titles for such a piece that had anything to do with, well, anything. Let’s face it – anything is overrated. Sometimes it takes the opposite of what you expect – i.e. nothing ...
VOORHEES, NJ – The Flyers were about to hit the ice here at practice today at the Voorhees SkateZone hoping to erase negative thoughts and start working towards Game 2 Monday night and coming out with a strong effort. What they found out however when arriving in Voorhees Sunday morning was that practice had been ...
While the rest of Boston wondered if David Krejci still could be a top-line center or a playoff producer, Bruins’ coach Claude Julien never had a doubt. “I believe in David Krejci,” Julien said Friday during a press conference Friday. “I think David Krejci is going to get better and I think his line’s going to be ...
Don’t believe in momentum? Sure looked like the Flyers did in the last 2 games against the Sabres to close out their series in 7 games. The Flyers, who were riding off the emotional high of putting 49 shots on goal and winning Game 6 on Ville Leino’s OT goal, dominated Buffalo in Game 7 ...
At the start of the season, a lot was made of the fact the Boston Bruins did not have much turnover – either on the ice or in hockey operations – after the historic collapse to Philadelphia in last year’s Eastern Conference semifinals. Many felt the lack of new blood would mean the same result ...
Boston outlasted Montreal and finally broke through with a Game 7 win under the leadership of Claude Julien, Zdeno Chara and Peter Chiarelli. The series was exciting with players on both teams really elevating their games. For Montreal, the series ends in heartache, but the Canadiens have no reason to hang their heads. They fought ...
By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent It’s human nature to dwell on the past. When the final horn sounded in Montreal at the end of Game 6, one has to imagine some players on the Boston Bruins’ roster may have been thinking “here we go again”. Since Claude Julien became head coach of the Bruins ...
