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Donaldson: You can't call Rask a closer

Disturbing stat of the day: Tuukka Rask has been in the nets 10 times when the Bruins have had a chance to wrap up a Stanley Cup series. And how many wins does he have? Two. Those four losses...

May 25, 2013 11:57 am
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Donaldson: What, me worry?

MadMan.jpg Tuuka Rask slipped. And the entire Bruins team slipped up. "There is no panic here," coach Claude Julien said Thursday night after the B's failed to complete their sweep of the Rangers, losing 4-3 in overtime in New York...

May 24, 2013 9:41 am
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Rangers 4, Bruins 3: Kreider's OT goal keeps N.Y. alive

By IRA PODELL Associated Press NEW YORK -- Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins...

May 23, 2013 10:10 pm
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Rangers' Richards is a healthy scratch in Game 4 tonight

NEW YORK (AP) -- Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards said he will be a healthy scratch when New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Richards, a star player earning $12 million this season,...

May 23, 2013 2:08 pm
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Olczyk says Bruins' fourth line is first-rate

NBC's Eddie Olczyk, who played 16 seasons for six NHL teams and later coached the Pittsburgh Penguins, was singing the praises of Boston's fourth line throughout Game Three on Tuesday night in New York. Clearly, the network's in-game analyst...

May 23, 2013 10:32 am
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Thiessen, Pens rout P-Bruins, 5-0, in Game Seven

PROVIDENCE - The Providence Bruins were the best team in the American Hockey League during the regular season, but their Calder Cup dreams went down the drain in a disappointing 5-0 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game Seven of...

May 22, 2013 10:25 pm
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Proud Cassidy on Krug, Bartkowski: 'I got a tear in my eye'

PROVIDENCE -- No one is getting a bigger charge out of the fine play of Torey Krug and Matt Bartkowski in the Stanley Cup playoffs than the men who helped groom them in the American Hockey League. "I got a...

May 22, 2013 2:16 pm
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Bruins Journal: Jagr remains valuable asset

NEW YORK -- The last time the Bruins and Rangers played a postseason game at Madison Square Garden before Tuesday night, only one current player for either team was alive. Jaromir Jagr was a year old at the time. Forty...

May 21, 2013 10:52 pm
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Bruins 2, Rangers 1: Boston takes commanding 3-0 series lead

Associated Press NEW YORK -- Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game Three of the...

May 21, 2013 10:20 pm
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After back-and-forth series, P-Bruins and Pens set for finale

Not unexpectedly, the Providence Bruins and the Wilkes/Barre Scranton Penguins are taking it to the limit. After some dramatic twists and turns, their Eastern Conference semifinal Calder Cup series will be decided in seven games, which is hardly a shock...

May 21, 2013 5:37 pm
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Seidenberg unlikely to play in Game Three

Bruins head coach Claude Julien told reporters today in New York that defenseman Dennis Seidenberg probably will not play against the Rangers in Game Three tonight. Seidenberg practiced with the team on Monday, for the first time since suffering a...

May 21, 2013 1:55 pm
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Smith's goal lifts Pens to 2-1 OT win, forces Game Seven

PROVIDENCE - It's a storyline that's probably just about as old as playoff hockey itself. One team thoroughly outplays another, only to lose in overtime. That's what happened to the Providence Bruins on Monday night. After scoring 67 seconds into...

May 20, 2013 10:29 pm
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Seidenberg returns to practice, date of return still unknown

Injured defenseman Dennis Seidenberg took part in most practice drills with his Boston Bruins teammates on Monday morning, for the first time since he was injured a week ago in the early going of Boston's Game Seven victory against the...

May 20, 2013 4:46 pm
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AHL suspends P-Bruins' Mink for two games

The American Hockey League this morning suspended Providence Bruins right wing Graham Mink for two games for his run-in with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goalie Brad Thiessen in Game Five on Saturday night. Mink was assessed a match penalty for intent to injure....

May 20, 2013 2:00 pm
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Tuukka Rask again outduels Henrik Lundqvist

BOSTON -- The volume of the derisive "Lund-qvist! Lund-qvist!" chants in the third period at TD Garden grew right along with the Bruins' lead. It was almost hard to believe they were chanting the right name. It was hard to...

May 19, 2013 7:30 pm
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Krug off to a quick start in Stanley Cup playoffs

BOSTON -- With another goal on Sunday, Torey Krug joined a very select club. He is just the fourth player in Bruins history to score a goal in both of his first two playoff games. The others are Cooney Weiland,...

May 19, 2013 4:55 pm
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Julien: Redden, Seidenberg still out

BOSTON -- Neither Wade Redden nor Dennis Seidenberg will suit up for the Bruins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at TD Garden on Sunday afternoon. "Both of them skated this morning, Redds and Seidenberg, but both won't...

May 19, 2013 1:53 pm
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Hard-hitting Boychuk is good to go after two days off

BOSTON - Few players in the NHL take as many punishing knocks - whether it's giving or receiving checks or blocking shots -- as Johnny Boychuk of the Bruins. He appeared to be down for the count at least once...

May 19, 2013 1:30 pm
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Staying on attack is key to overtime success, Bergeron says

BOSTON - Three of Boston's five wins so far in the Stanley Cup playoffs have come in overtime. Patrice Bergeron, who scored the winner in Game Seven against Toronto and set up Brad Marchand for the winner in Game...

May 19, 2013 1:08 pm
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Penguins rout P-Bruins, 4-0, in penalty-filled Game Five

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins scored three times on the power play and Brad Thiessen made 30 saves in a 4-0 win over the Providence Bruins in Game Five of their Calder Cup Eastern Conference semifinal series. The P-Bruins lead the series,...

May 18, 2013 10:13 pm
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