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NHL: Senators overrule Bruins
OTTAWA, Ontartio (AP) — Bobby Ryan’s third-period goal snapped a tie and lifted the Ottawa Senators to a 6-4 victory over the Boston Bruins in a back-and-forth game on Thursday night. The surging Senators moved within two points of the Bruins in the race for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa has […]
NHL: Caps put a lid on Bruins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braden Holtby made 32 saves for his eighth shutout of the season, Nicklas Backstrom became Washington’s career assists leader, and the Capitals cooled the surging Boston Bruins with a 2-0 victory Sunday night. Holtby rebounded from being pulled during the second period of Friday night’s loss after allowing four goals on 22 […]
Boys’ Hockey: West tops East in shootout in Winter Classic
Having played against each other for the last four months — some ending others state-title aspirations in the process — they came together to represent their region in the second-annual Maine Winter Classic. “It was fun, there was a lot of good spirits on the bench,” St. Dom’s and East coach Steve Ouellette said. “It […]
Spooner, Bruins veto Senators
After losing six games straight to open the door for other teams to get back in the playoff race, the Bruins (34-22-10) have won three straight and six of eight. Loui Eriksson added the other Bruins goal. Matt Puempel scored for Ottawa (30-24-11) as Craig Anderson faced 22 shots in his second straight start after […]
Hockey: Bruins ground Red Wings
BOSTON (AP) — Boston coach Claude Julien believes his team showed what it can do when it’s pushed into a tough spot. That added desire helped them come through a two-day test with consecutive victories. Daniel Paille scored twice, including once short-handed, and Brad Marchand also had a short-handed goal to lift the Bruins to […]
Vermont shakes off Maine in overtime, 3-2
Junior center Jonathan Turk’s goal with 3:55 remaining in the first overtime gave the University of Vermont a 3-2 victory over the University of Maine on Sunday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., sending the Catamounts to the Hockey East quarterfinals. Seventh seed Vermont is now 20-13-4, while the 10th seeded Black Bears wound […]
B’s, Marchand pick off Flyers
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s Brad Marchand worked harder during the offseason to be stronger late in games. The Bruins were sure glad he was out there Saturday. Marchand scored the tying goal and the game-winner in a 3-2 overtime victory against the Philadelphia Flyers, helping the Bruins in their fight for the Eastern Conference’s eighth […]