Bruins' saver Thomas savored the victories
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Tim Thomas skated over to coach Claude Julien in the middle of yesterday's Bruins practice at Ristuccia Arena, holding a small, round piece of white plastic in his hand.
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Tim Thomas couldn't make the save. Then again, it's not easy to stop a 6-foot-2-inch, 205-pound puck.
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Glen Murray scored his team-leading 28th goal, and Tim Thomas made 16 of his 31 saves in the third period to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3-1 win over Montreal on Saturday.
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Meet the Bruins, the movable feast of the 2006-07 NHL season. Home or away, they have become the sacrificial meal offered up on a nightly basis to be devoured by the rest of the Original 30.
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During the third period, while Milan Lucic was back in the dressing room getting part of his face cobbled back together with six stitches, the rookie heard the horn and the cheer of the TD Banknorth Garden crowd, signaling that the Bruins - namely, Zdeno Chara - had scored an insurance goal.
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When, where: Tonight, 7, at TD Banknorth Garden. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ (1030). Records: Toronto is 17-21-5-3 (fifth in the Northeast Division with 42 points); Boston is 22-18-2-2 (third in the Northeast Division with 48 points). Goals: Mats Sundin 20, Nik Antropov 17, Alexei Ponikarovsky 12. Assists: Sundin 30, Tomas Kaberle 22, Jason Blake 21. Goaltending: Vesa Toskala (14-13-4, 2.74 ...
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Tom Fitzgerald wasn't waiting for the hockey jobs hot line to ring. Quite the contrary. He enjoyed his work as a NESN commentator during Bruins broadcasts. Ditto for his role as assistant coach at UMass-Lowell.
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Zdeno Chara scores his first career shootout goal in his initial attempt, lifting the struggling Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.
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&quot;The lid was closed,&quot; said Thomas, who was shooting 30% before last night, when he made four shots in the first quarter and was 6-for-8 overall (15 points) in the Knicks&#39; 110-96 victory over the Clippers.
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As many new faces as there are in the Bruins dressing room as a result of the wholesale changes in the offseason, there are two very familiar players between the pipes -- Tim Thomas and Hannu Toivonen.
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With two minutes remaining in regulation last night, the Bruins trailed by one goal and were approaching the point when goalie Tim Thomas would be pulled for an extra attacker.
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Tim Thomas was airborne one second and a chalk outline the next. That&#39;s how quickly Jason Collins, the Nets&#39; center, knocked Thomas out of last year&#39;s playoffs and revealed a softer, gentler
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For a decade, Al Pellec c hia and his son Albie watched the Boston Bruins play hockey from the same spot: Section 4, Row 9, Seats 7 and 8 at TD Banknorth Garden . With a close view of one of the nets, they were good enough seats that Pellec c hia paid more than $6,000 a year to keep ...
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The Bruins took the ice yesterday for the first time in 2006-07, and unlike most days last season, they finished the day without falling behind in the Eastern Conference standings.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The consolation, if there was any in yesterday's 4-1 loss, was that the penalty-killers were 4 for 4, the fifth straight game the Bruins were perfect on that.
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These last 10 days at TD Banknorth Garden were supposed to be a reward, the early Christmas present for surviving a grinding stretch of nine roadies in 10 games during which the Bruins posted a 6-3-1-0 record.
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The Boston Bruins sealed a 1-0 shootout victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday, their fourth straight win.