The Bruins are back tonight less than four months after winning the Stanley Cup and bringing it back to Boston. The summer-long Cup fun is over, the players got their much-earned rings - 505 people got rings, even Tomas Kaberle, we think - that are almost as big as the Cup. Okay, not quite.
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With a late August hurricane looming, it's time to talk hockey. Perhaps you heard that the Boston Bruins had the Cup in Michigan yesterday and takes it to the University of Vermont on September 3. He's even now been turned into a corn field maze at Sherman Farm in East Conway, New Hampshire. It opens to the public on September 17. $9.
Hockey season is officially over. Tim Thomas has shaved his beard. Thomas was the last of Bruins to shave his face afer winning the Stanley Cup. He kept the mustache and his visage now has a very 70's vibe to it.
Jon Lester allowed three home runs, including two in the first inning, as Milwaukee secured a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox (42-28) on Saturday. Saturday brought more bad news for Boston. Carl Crawford gets to spend 15 days on the disabled list after he strained his left hamstring Friday.
You wanted to know what happened if the Bruins scored first in the Vancouver Cancucks rink? Right? Bostonist certainly did. What happened was the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972 by shutting out the Cancucks, 4-0, behind two goals, each, from Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. Tim Thomas won the Conn Smythe trophy as MVP with another great game. He had 37 saves.
Bruins fans are ready for tonight's seventh game in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final and so is Boston. Wherever you watch it, look for both teams to go right after each other. We'd love to see the Bruins score early on Roberto Luongo to see how he responds to trailing at home. Tim Thomas has been pretty consistent. Luongo has been great in Vancouver only. That's the ecisive issue tonight.
Home teams are undefeated in the Stanley Cup Final through six games after the Bruins dominated Vancover again at the TD Garden, this time winning 5-2 to force a seventh game. Boston buried the Canucks by a combined score of 17-3 in three games in the Hub. The Canucks won three games by a slimmest possible 5-2 margin. Mark Recchi summed up what faces the Bruins now. "It’s one game now," he said.
The currently powerful Boston Red Sox crushed Toronto for the second straight day, this time by the score of 14-1, to sweep the Blue Jays and extend the team's winning streak to nine games.
The Red Sox (38-26) won their eighth game in a row with a resounding 16-4 display against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Boston dropped seven runs on Toronto in the fifth inning to highlight an 18-hit attack. The Sox are appearing to be as good as advertised in their current hot streak and are now have the best record in the American League.
After the Bruins unleashed a 12-goal barrage over the course of games three and four that tied the Stanley Cup Final at 2-2, the Vancouver Canucks moved to within one victory of winning the Stanley Cup thanks to a 1-0 shutout win in game five last night.
On Monday, Vancouver held a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final, Nathan Horton was knocked out of the series and the Bruins looked ready to be beaten. Since Horton's injury, Boston took complete control of the series and have outscored the Canucks 12-1 in five subsequent periods and have now tied the series at 2-2. Rich Peverley joined Milan Lucic and David Krejci on the top line in Horton's stead and scored twice in Wednesday's 4-0 rout. Krejci assisted on both Peverly goals. Michael Ryder and Brad Marchand also scored goals.
The Bruins two-game hibernation in the Stanley Cup Final is over after an emotionally-charged grudge match at TD Garden against Vancouver in an 8-1 rout. It was a costly win as Nathan Horton suffered a severe concussion after a hit by Aaron Rome in the first period. Horton will miss the rest of the series.
Over 59 minutes of hockey had been played with nothing to show for it, at least not on the scoreboard, anyway. Vancouver finally beat Tim Thomas with 18.5 seconds left in third period as Raffi Torres finished off Jannik Hansen's dish on a play initiated by Ryan Kesler. The play diplayed the Canucks speed upfront to be an obvious advantage over the Bruins in a 1-0 win.
A third period goal from Nathan Horton and a Tim Thomas shutout put the Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals fo the first time in 21 years after a thrilling 1-0 game seven victory tonight. The Bruins carried the play much of the game with a significant advantage in shots (38-24) and faceoffs won (35-26). Thomas stoped all 24 Lightning shots. David Krejci and Andrew Ference each made great passes to set up Horton's conference-clinching tap-in goal. Neither team was called for a penalty. [Globe]
The Red Sox (29-22) scored 14 runs for the second straight game yesterday and this time it was Detroit on the receiving end of a completely one-sided, 14-1 drubbing. Rain, not the mercy rule, ended the game after eight innings. The Sox have won three straight games by a combined score of 32-5, and are 10-2 in their last 12 games. The Sox and Yankees are tied for first in the A.L. East.
Tampa Bay's 5-4 win last night over the Bruins forced a seventh game in the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday at the TD Garden. The winner faces Vancouver for the Stanley Cup.
The Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, for the first time in four games in 2011. The Sox (26-22) are a half-game behind the Yankees in the A.L. East. Boston's battery provided the power last night. Josh Beckett (4-1) was the leader from the mound with 6.2 innings of work that included just one run on five hits. He struck out six and lowered his ERA to 1.69. Jason Varitek belted a two-run home run in the seventh inning to deliver the winning run. Varitek also threw out two baserunners trying to steal.
It's been quite awhile since the Bruins played a game like they're playing today. A chance to go up 3-1 headed back to Boston for game five to possibly clinch a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals? A dream scenario for the team and its fans. Game three was clearly Bruins hockey. Timely scoring and Tim Thomas worked nicely. The Bruins have no lineup changes today.
Tim Thomas allowed nine goals in the first two games of the series against Tampa Bay. He stopped each and every one of the Lightning's 31 shots in game three as the Bruins grounded the Lightning's offense and won, 2-0, to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals Thursday. Game four is Saturday.
Tyler Seguin officially arrived on the NHL scene last night with two goals and two assists in the second period as the rookie sparked the Bruins to a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in game two of the the Eastern Conference finals. Seguin is the first teenager in NHL history to score four points in one period in the playoffs. The teams are 1-1 headed into game three.
For the second straight game, the powerful nature of the Red Sox pitching and offense was on display in a win over the Yankees, this time Boston blanked their rivals by a 6-0 score. Boston is now within one game of .500 at 19-20.
David Krejci's overtime goal completed a three-goal rally as the Bruins beat the Flyers by a 3-2 score on Monday. Philly led 2-0 early in game two before the Bruins joined the game. For the second straight season, Boston leads the Flyers 2-0 in a Eastern Conference semifinal series.
A day after Tim Thomas was named a finalist for the 2010-11 Vezina Trophy, he went out and proved why he's up for the title of top NHL goalie. Thomas held off Montreal into a second overtime until Nathan Horton's score lifted Boston to a 2-1 victory and a 3-2 series lead that was highly improbable a few days ago.
The closing minute of the Celtics 96-93 victory over the Knicks in game two of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals was Kevin Garnett's time. Garnett scored two baskets in the final minute and made a game-saving steal with 4.1 seconds left in the game to put the green up 2-0. Garnett finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
David Krejci, Nathan Horton, and Rich Peverley scored consecutive goals to give the Bruins a 3-0 lead they never relinquished as they won game three of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, 4-2. The Bruins trail Montreal 2-1 in the series with game four on Wednesday. At the moment the Red Sox needed a quality start, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched perhaps his best game in a Boston uniform as he blanked Toronto for seven innings in a 9-1 win Monday. The Sox are now 5-10 with three straight victories.
Josh Beckett was at his absolute best last night and it showed as the Red Sox blanked the Yankees, 4-0. Beckett (1-1) pitched eight shutout innings and finished with 10 strikeouts. Jonathan Papelbon closed the game with two strikeouts in the ninth. Beckett and Papelbon retired the last 17 batters they faced.
Thanks to a 3-1 win over Ottawa on Saturday, Bruins goalie Tim Thomas set an NHL single-season record for highest save percentage with a .9382 mark this season. He stopped 1,699 out of 1,811 shots this season with a 35-11-9 mark and a 2.00 GAA.