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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Bruins Kick Ork! Edition)
Last night the Boston Bruins played about as good a hockey game you’re likely to see: tough, disciplined, strong on the puck, opportunistic. And in the process completely dismantled the vaunted Pittsburgh Penguins. Excellent highlight video compliments of Tyge Brahe: … Continue reading
The Rangers Finally Show Up For The Cup
The hardwatching staff has been torn throughout the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers – partly because we really like the Bruins, partly because the Original Six Rangers were our boyhood team. We would … Continue reading
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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Reason #1: The Bruins’ OT win over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night: Reason #2: The Kings’ OT win over the St. Louis Blues last night: Reason #3: Anaheim’s OT win over the Detroit Red Wings last night. … Continue reading
How Much Do You Love The Ottawa Senators Right Now?
In the Stanley Cup quarterfinals, the Ottawa Senators are in the process of very forcibly sending the Montreal Canadiens back home for the summer. Les Habitants, indeed. Sweet enough Sunday night the Sens not only beat the Habs, they beat … Continue reading
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What Did Tyler Tweet? Boston Globe Not Seguin
Chalk up yet another homophobic tweet, this time from Boston Bruins player Tyler Seguin. As Track Gal Gayle Fee noted in today’s Boston Herald: Seguin sorry for tweet Bruins baby Tyler Seguin apologized yesterday for a tweet he sent out that some have called homophobic. … Continue reading
Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Overtime Edition II)
Three more OT beauties in the Stanley Cup bakeoff. #1 (via the Boston Globe): Capitals get one back from Bruins BOSTON — At 2:56 of double overtime, Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom winged a shot through Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference that beat … Continue reading
Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Overtime Edition)
Part of the best part of the Stanley Cup playoffs is the plethora of overtime games. Tonight’s Exhibit A: The Boston Bruins’ OT win over the Washington Capitals (via boston.com). Kelly ends it in overtime as Bruins beat Caps 1-0 … Continue reading
WSJ Charts Canadian Cyber Caknocks
From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Bruins fans, rejoice. You have all of Canada on the run.
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New York Times Concedes: Boston Is Titletown
Given the Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup beatdown of the Vancouver Cannots, even the Big Paper in the Big Town is forced to state the obvious: [T]his city has ridden an unprecedented wave of success over the past decade: the Bruins’ … Continue reading
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Dead Blogging Game 7 Of The Stanley Cup Finals
Finally! The Boston Bruins did exactly what the hardworking staff said they should: turn Rogers Arena into TD Garden. It probably didn’t hurt that Nathan Horton poured some melted Garden ice on Vancouver’s rink before the game started. Regardless, some ice chips from … Continue reading