BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron missed the entire exhibition season and most of training camp recovering from back spasms that followed offseason groin surgery. It doesn’t seem to have slowed him down. The Bruins forward had his fourth career hat trick, scoring his first goal just 30 seconds into the game, and Tuukka Rask stopped […]
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Junior Hockey: Aviators rally past Thunder
The New York Aviators rebounded from an early two-goal hole and scored the only two goals of the third period to beat the Twin City Thunder 4-3 at Cyclones Arena in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Sunday. Filimon Ledenkov tied the game for the Aviators two minutes into the third, and Kevin Lillstrom-Stenroos scored the game-winner […]
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From “brutal” to brilliant — Bruins rebound by blanking Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Brad Marchand was relieved in seeing how the Boston Bruins went from what the forward called “brutal” one night to much better the next. Marchand set up all four goals and Jaroslav Halak stopped 32 shots in a 4-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, a day after Boston opened the […]
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No hangover — Capitals open Stanley Cup defense with rout of Bruins
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin and the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals opened their title defense with a 7-0 thrashing of the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. After watching the franchise’s first Stanley Cup banner ascend to the rafters, T.J. Oshie opened the scoring just 24 seconds in, and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the first of his […]
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Pro hockey returns to Maine as Mariners hold first practice
Players race down the ice at the Maine Mariners’ first practice of the season at the Troubh Ice Arena in Portland on Tuesday. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — The Maine Mariners hit the ice Tuesday morning for their opening practice of training camp, the latest step in restoring professional hockey to Portland more than […]
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Bruins looking to avoid slow start
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins rebuilt faster than expected and the result was a 50-win season in 2017-18, the 10th in franchise history. But their playoff run ended in the second round, leaving room for improvement that owner Jeremy Jacobs hopes comes with the continued maturity of Boston’s young players around its core of […]
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College hockey: UMaine's Swayman excelling with underdog mentality
University of Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman makes a save as sophomore forward Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi tracks the puck during a drill Monday at Alfond Arena in Orono. (Kevin Bennett photo) ORONO — Twenty years ago, an unheralded Alfie Michaud backstopped the University of Maine to its second NCAA national ice hockey championship. The current goaltending coach […]
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Nordiques' Kyle Secor balancing hockey and business
L/A Nordiques’ Kyle Secor moves the puck down the ice as Cape Cod’s Cody Lappas stays close behind last season at the Colisee in Lewiston. (Sun Journal file photo) AUBURN — The 20-year-old season is key in the career of a junior hockey player. When he is playing his overage in junior hockey, it usually […]
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Boston Bruins preview: Teammates know Chara’s window is closing
BOSTON — How much longer can Zdeno Chara keep this up? The Boston Bruins defenseman — and leader in ice time — will turn 42 this season, and sooner or later the window will close on his opportunity to skate around the ice again with the Stanley Cup. For his teammates, that means focusing on […]
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Junior Hockey: Cyclones spin away from Thunder 6-4
HUDSON, N.H. — Niklas Bretschneider’s hat trick was the icing on the cake, but it was Brendan Schulte’s goal late in the third period that lifted the Northern Cyclones to a 6-4 victory over the Twin City Thunder in a USPHL Premier league game on Sunday. Bretschneider’s first goal gave the host Cyclones a 2-0 […]