Marc Savard wasn't on the ice for the Bruins ride to winning the Stanley Cup, but he stilll got his day with the Cup on Monday and shared it with hockey fans in Peterborough. "Unfortunately I didn't get to play much, obviously, in the playoffs, but it's been a great ride," he said. "I'm glad because the guys still made me feel part of it." The Bruins want Savard's name engraved on the trophy, too, eventhough he played only 25 games all season due to post concussion syndrome.
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We know Boston College and Boston University will usually play a hockey game in February. They did it again last night at the Beanpot and it was a memorable battle, won by BC 3-2 on an overtime blast from Tommy Cross. Next week, top-ranked BC is the unfamiliar position of playing Northeastern in the championship game after the Huskies blanked Harvard, 4-0. BC reserved a spot in the Beanpot title game for the 31st time. Northeastern was in the Beanpot championship game in 2009 and hasn't won it since 1988.
Tim Thomas held off a late rally from the Carolina Hurricanes to give the Bruins a 3-2 win last night. Ray Allen's 22 points, four three-pointers, and a surprising halftime rant lifted the Celtics to a 95-90 win over Sacramento on Tuesday.
Here's the world's worst idea for a drinking game, NHL-style: Drink every time you hear the word "concussion." Were you to undertake this ridiculous idea (seriously, don't do it), you'd be on the floor with the room spinning before Rene Rancourt begins his post-anthem fist pump on the Garden Ice.
Bruins start slow and win; Celtics start fast and lose Aside from a sluggish start, the Bruins thoroughly outplayed the Colorado Avalanche en route to a one-sided 6-2 win, their third in four games. The Celtics' five-game winning streak came to a sudden halt as they gave away a winnable game to the Washington Wizards, 85-83, on Saturday.
The Patriots don't even play this weekend and the chatter about the team hasn't slowed one bit.
If there's one thing that the Boston sports fan knows well, it's a comeback. We'll happily talk all about the 2004 ALCS, the bounce back from Celtics' disastrous 2006-2007 season to 2007-2008 championship glory, or the way the Bruins turned around a skid last season to coming within one goal of a spot in the Eastern Conference finals. And, well, we'll just ignore the other comeback that comes to mind when we think of last Bruins season.
Marc Savard was cleared to play tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning by the Bruins. It's not known how much he'll play. To afford Savard under the salary cap, the Bruins dealt Marco Sturm to the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional draft pick. Sturm must pass a physical.
The Bruins poor pay of late hit bottom with a 3-0 loss to Carolina on Friday, their third in four games. They've allowed the opponent to score first in 10 of their last 12 games. Against Atlanta tonight, the Bruins hope to break out early.
After two straight losses, the Bruins lace up against the Florida Panthers. Tim Thomas (10-1-1, 1.49 GAA) should be in goal tonight. The biggest news related to the team involves a player not skating tonight: Marc Savard. ESPN reports Savard is 2-3 days away from playing in a game after being cleared for full-contact practices on Tuesday.
The Celtics host the New Jersey Nets in the Garden tonight. Rajon Rondo is out for the third straight game. It's the Nets, though. Nate Robinson starts instead.
The Celtics went down to Georgia, and they were looking for a score to settle. After back-to-back losses (Oklahoma City and Toronto), Boston went into its game against the Atlanta Hawks determined to erase the memory of the last few days - and the four losses Atlanta handed Boston last season. The green-clad team that walked into Philips Arena wasn't just angry. The team was downright ragey, focused entirely on dismantling, destroying, decimating anything that stood in its way. Boston's 99-76 win was efficient, ruthless, and effective.
There's always points to analyze in any game. Like these. Both the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts know everything about each other. One question remains unanswered: Which Pats team will take the field? The team that lost to the moral equivalent of your little brother - Cleveland? Or, the team that dominated another alleged contender in Pittsburgh? We'll know when we see it.
After losing four of five games, the Bruins now find themselves in a three-game winning streak with the Los Angeles Kings on the schedule tonight for a potential fourth straight win. It's simple to see why they're succeeding again with a 10-2 goal differential in three games.
For the sake of making things fit the vibe of Monday's hockey news, we've gone ahead and preemptively redacted our summary of Monday night sports here in Boston.
You can say what you want about the Miami Heat - and we will, and we know you will - but they don't get discouraged easily. "We're the best 5-4 team in the league. How about that?" asked Dwyane Wade, who was freed after the game from being tied up, gagged, and thrown in the back of a van during his 5-4 juggernaut's 112-107 loss at the hands of the efficient Celtics.
According to Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli, Marc Savard may need a stint on long-term injury reserve before he can play this season. Chiarelli admitted Savard's timetable to play could be in the months. "He may be a month, a month and a half from officially getting on the ice. It could be two months,'' he said. Rumors are circulating about Savard missing the entire season, which Chiarelli denied.
According to ESPNBoston.com, Boston Bruins center Marc Savard's season could be over before it starts due to post-concussion syndrome. ESPNBoston.com's source said it's "possible" Savard won't platy at all in the 2010-2011. Savard suffered a concussion in March that sidelined him for two months. He played in the Eastern Conference semifinals against Philadelphia. Savard experienced post-concussion symptoms over the summer. The Bruins denied Savard coulld be lost for the season. [ESPNBoston.com], [Boston Globe]
The Red Sox rediscovered some offensive punch with 17 runs and 25 hits in a pair of much-needed wins in Toronto. They've won three straight, including Monday's 2-1 Get-On-My-Back effort from Jon Lester (12-7) in New York.
A great outing by Jon Lester. A heads-up, game-saving defensive play by Dustin Pedroia. After Monday night's run-bonanza anomaly, are the Red Sox finally playing the kind of ball we were promised? For at least one night?
Wow. A lot happened this weekend. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it inexplicable. Let's start with the good news.
Sox, Bruins, Celtics starting over in May
April is over. The 11-12 Red Sox hope their crappy play is over, too. Fittingly the month ended with the Sox losing a winnable game to Baltimore, 5-4, in 10 innings. Miguel Tejada was 3-4 with a home run and three RBI. Tejada tied the game at 4-4 in the eighth inning with a homer, and plated the winning run with a single in the 10th.
John Lackey struggled early by giving up two first-inning runs. He completed seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He left with a lead before Daniel Bard, Ramon Ramirez, Hideki Okajima, and Manny Delcarmen blew it. J.D. Drew (2) and Dustin Pedroia combined to hit three home runs for the Sox.
10-point lead, 1:18 to go for either Miami's season or Boston's confidence. Dwyane Wade can hit threes, quickly. Mario Chalmers can hit threes, quickly. Were the Celtics premature putting Gino up on the big board?
Three power play goals in the first 26 minutes? Who were those guys in Bruins jerseys yesterday?
When your opponent is 7-30 on the road as part of a 24-49 record, you can still win a game without actually trying to win for 48 minutes. Boston beat Sacramento, 94-86, thanks in large part to a 57-37 first-half lead. Doc Rivers didn't even know the win clinched the team's third straight Atlantic Division title but insisted he'd remember it 20 years from now.
Leave it to the Herald to offer us clarification on the real reason tonight's Bruins-Penguins game is so interesting: None of Marc Savard's teammates dealt with Matt Cooke properly at the time of his dastardly deed. Check out the Herald's front page with a clever "Wanted" poster calling every Bruin out to teach Cooke "a lesson" tonight. Ron Borges made the case that the Black&Gold should respond with "old time hockey" instead of a goonapalooza. We still expect fights - yes, plural - tonight and appreciate a tale of the tape. Thanks, Herald. 7 p.m.
Andy Warhol was misquoted! Turns out, what he meant was that in the future, everyone would be the Red Sox shortstop for 15 minutes. Or maybe he just meant Nomar Garciaparra, who will reportedly come to Fort Myers today for a press conference in which he'll sign a minor league deal, put on a Red Sox cap, retire and take a job with ESPN as an analyst. Or be packaged with Mike Lowell, we're not sure.
In an ideal world, NHL league disciplinarian Colin Campbell would take a look at the video of Penguin Matt Cooke hitting Bruin Marc Savard on Sunday and acknowledge that such a hit - one that resulted in a Grade 2 concussion and an unclear timeframe for the Bruins playmaker - was one that warranted a suspension. In an ideal world, one of the four officials on the ice would be looking at the part of the ice from whence a puck was just barely fired. In that ideal world, the Bruins wouldn't have to be taking a look at the roster to figure out who they're going to brutalize go after for retaliation when the Penguins make their way to the Garden on March 18.
Ulf Samuelsson. Bill Laimbeer. Bernard Pollard. And now, Matt Cooke?
Maybe the Bruins didn't make any world-shattering moves at the trading deadline. But it seems like they pulled their ace goalie back from the brink of irrelevancy, and that might be enough to get them over the hump.
Despite a promising 16-7 spurt to open the game, Atlanta's brash brand of confident basketball was too much for the Celtics to handle as the Hawks swept their way to a 100-91 win. Atlanta beat the Green three times in January to secure a season series sweep for the first time since 1998-99. Atlanta took over second place in the Eastern Conference with the win.