Revived offense lifts Bruins over Maple Leafs
BOSTON (AP) — Claude Julien could feel his Boston Bruins improving even though the results didn’t show it.
They did once the playoffs began.
‘‘There were some signs probably the last four games or so (that) we seemed to be turning the corner,’’ Coach Julien said. ‘‘We were playing better. We weren’t getting rewarded with wins.’’
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rh...maple-leafs/z4HEzfTD8PlAfoKhVTMDMO/story.html
Bruins’ power surge too much for Leafs
OK, the switch, where was it?
“We have one in the back,’’ kidded defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, gesturing toward the equipment room tucked in the corner of the Bruins dressing room. “We just flipped it over.’’
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...en-playoffs/ZtitNP3bLlWgr6Xbr9SXWN/story.html
Wade Redden key part of Bruins’ Game 1 win
Redden scored Boston’s first goal and assisted on the winning strike Wednesday night against the Maple Leafs.
“I guess that’s the case, eh?” Redden, with a smile, said of the conditional pick. “They’re probably not too worried about that right now.”
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...playoff-run/5BQfrJq7WxQAecYF9GKvAJ/story.html
Bruins Defensemen come up huge
After the goal, the Bruins flipped a switch and dominated the Leafs for the remainder of the game. The Bruins held the Maple Leafs to just 18 shots after the van Riemsdyk goal, the only time all night the Maple Leafs were able to get rubber past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.
“Yeah, we gave up the early one but you want to bounce back” said Bruins captain Zdeno Chara. “I thought that we did that and played pretty strong for 60 minutes.”
It wasn’t just the defensive play by the Bruins defensemen that stood out in Game 1; it was the offensive punch the Bruins blueliners brought to the table that really took center stage for the Black and Gold.
http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/...y/2013/05/bruins_defensemen_come_up_huge.html
.B's flip switch
Maybe it was all the back-to-basics work they’d done in losing efforts finally paying off. Maybe it was the sight of a team they’d dominated for the last couple years. Or maybe they actually can just flip a switch.
Whatever the case, the Bruins last night truly did turn the page and start a new season, dominating the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. After falling behind on an early power-play strike by the Leafs, the B’s scored four unanswered goals, and probably could have had a half-dozen more, to coast to a 4-1 win at the Garden.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/boston_bruins/2013/05/bs_flip_switch
Just like Bruins of old
It only took the Bruins 49 games to find themselves.
One of the ancient axioms of hockey met its demise last night at the Garden. Turns out you can just flip a switch.
Rarely this season, if ever, did the Bruins deliver a truly complete 60-minute performance. That would be defined as very sound team defense, lots of offense, strong special teams, all four lines and three pairs rolling and playing with energy and speed, grit and cohesivness
http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/boston_bruins/2013/05/just_like_bruins_of_old
Wade Redden rewards Claude Julien
Redden was thrilled to be a part of it again.
“Yeah, it was fun to be back out there, that’s for sure,” said Redden. “I said before, I’m going to try to get the most out of it. I’ve been away for a while, so it was good to get back in there.”
While he may have been slow to get in the lineup, it doesn’t look like he’ll be leaving it anytime soon.
“I think the coaches and the team here knew what I could do and who I am,” said Redden, who played a total of 16:57, 4:41 of that on the power-play. “I just came in and worked hard to just get the chance. That’s really what you look for.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/brui...05/notebook_wade_redden_rewards_claude_julien
Leafs no doubt will be better
The tricky part about evaluating the Bruins’ 4-1 Game 1 beatdown of the Toronto Maple Leafs last night at the Garden is determining how much of it was good hockey by the winning team . . . and how much of it was woefully bad hockey by the losing team.
It’s true that this was the Leafs’ first Stanley Cup playoff game in nine years, which means they’re a tad organizationally rusty at all this. And they surely played like it, with forward Nazem Kadri going so far as to say of rookie goaltender James Reimer: “We left Reims out to dry most of the game.”
http://bostonherald.com/sports/brui...2013/05/buckley_leafs_no_doubt_will_be_better
Tyler Seguin’s be-Leaf tested
As a child, Tyler Seguin frequently sat in the stands at the Air Canada Centre with his father Paul. He cheered, envisioned himself on the ice, and hoped for a Toronto Maple Leafs win and eventual playoff run.
Seguin got his wish. He’s in the NHL and was on the ice last night as the Maple Leafs made the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons. But rather than wearing blue and white, he wears black and gold as his Bruins locked horns with Toronto in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
Though his loyalty changed, Seguin said the series still is sentimental.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/2013/05/tyler_seguin_s_be_leaf_tested
Phil Kessel tired of talking about the past
BOSTON — He didn’t answer any questions directly, but Phil Kessel did talk to reporters on Wednesday, after the Toronto Maple Leafs’ morning skate at TD Garden.
“It’s never been me. I’m not much for attention,” said the Leafs’ winger, as reluctant to deal with the media after four years in Toronto as he was for three years in Boston. “I talk when I have to talk and that’s about it.”
http://www.patriotledger.com/sports...n-Phil-Kessel-tired-of-talking-about-the-past
Maple Leafs creamed by Bruins in Game 1
BOSTON - Perhaps Randy Carlyle could really sense what was coming, as desperate as he was to avoid what might have seemed obvious against a team familiar with a recent Stanley Cup run.
Well there was plenty of shock, awe and, in Carlyle’s words post-game — “self destruction” in the long-awaited return to hockey’s treasured time.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Playoffs/Toronto/2013/05/01/20786351.html
Bruins’ Ference has hearing for Grabovski elbow.
Boston Bruins defenceman Andrew Ference will face a disciplinary hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety Thursday at 2 p.m. ET following an incident that occurred during Wednesday’s 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at TD Garden.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bruins-ference-elbows-leafs-grabovski-faces-hearing/
BOSTON (AP) — Claude Julien could feel his Boston Bruins improving even though the results didn’t show it.
They did once the playoffs began.
‘‘There were some signs probably the last four games or so (that) we seemed to be turning the corner,’’ Coach Julien said. ‘‘We were playing better. We weren’t getting rewarded with wins.’’
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rh...maple-leafs/z4HEzfTD8PlAfoKhVTMDMO/story.html
Bruins’ power surge too much for Leafs
OK, the switch, where was it?
“We have one in the back,’’ kidded defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, gesturing toward the equipment room tucked in the corner of the Bruins dressing room. “We just flipped it over.’’
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...en-playoffs/ZtitNP3bLlWgr6Xbr9SXWN/story.html
Wade Redden key part of Bruins’ Game 1 win
Redden scored Boston’s first goal and assisted on the winning strike Wednesday night against the Maple Leafs.
“I guess that’s the case, eh?” Redden, with a smile, said of the conditional pick. “They’re probably not too worried about that right now.”
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...playoff-run/5BQfrJq7WxQAecYF9GKvAJ/story.html
Bruins Defensemen come up huge
After the goal, the Bruins flipped a switch and dominated the Leafs for the remainder of the game. The Bruins held the Maple Leafs to just 18 shots after the van Riemsdyk goal, the only time all night the Maple Leafs were able to get rubber past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.
“Yeah, we gave up the early one but you want to bounce back” said Bruins captain Zdeno Chara. “I thought that we did that and played pretty strong for 60 minutes.”
It wasn’t just the defensive play by the Bruins defensemen that stood out in Game 1; it was the offensive punch the Bruins blueliners brought to the table that really took center stage for the Black and Gold.
http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/...y/2013/05/bruins_defensemen_come_up_huge.html
.B's flip switch
Maybe it was all the back-to-basics work they’d done in losing efforts finally paying off. Maybe it was the sight of a team they’d dominated for the last couple years. Or maybe they actually can just flip a switch.
Whatever the case, the Bruins last night truly did turn the page and start a new season, dominating the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. After falling behind on an early power-play strike by the Leafs, the B’s scored four unanswered goals, and probably could have had a half-dozen more, to coast to a 4-1 win at the Garden.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/boston_bruins/2013/05/bs_flip_switch
Just like Bruins of old
It only took the Bruins 49 games to find themselves.
One of the ancient axioms of hockey met its demise last night at the Garden. Turns out you can just flip a switch.
Rarely this season, if ever, did the Bruins deliver a truly complete 60-minute performance. That would be defined as very sound team defense, lots of offense, strong special teams, all four lines and three pairs rolling and playing with energy and speed, grit and cohesivness
http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/boston_bruins/2013/05/just_like_bruins_of_old
Wade Redden rewards Claude Julien
Redden was thrilled to be a part of it again.
“Yeah, it was fun to be back out there, that’s for sure,” said Redden. “I said before, I’m going to try to get the most out of it. I’ve been away for a while, so it was good to get back in there.”
While he may have been slow to get in the lineup, it doesn’t look like he’ll be leaving it anytime soon.
“I think the coaches and the team here knew what I could do and who I am,” said Redden, who played a total of 16:57, 4:41 of that on the power-play. “I just came in and worked hard to just get the chance. That’s really what you look for.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/brui...05/notebook_wade_redden_rewards_claude_julien
Leafs no doubt will be better
The tricky part about evaluating the Bruins’ 4-1 Game 1 beatdown of the Toronto Maple Leafs last night at the Garden is determining how much of it was good hockey by the winning team . . . and how much of it was woefully bad hockey by the losing team.
It’s true that this was the Leafs’ first Stanley Cup playoff game in nine years, which means they’re a tad organizationally rusty at all this. And they surely played like it, with forward Nazem Kadri going so far as to say of rookie goaltender James Reimer: “We left Reims out to dry most of the game.”
http://bostonherald.com/sports/brui...2013/05/buckley_leafs_no_doubt_will_be_better
Tyler Seguin’s be-Leaf tested
As a child, Tyler Seguin frequently sat in the stands at the Air Canada Centre with his father Paul. He cheered, envisioned himself on the ice, and hoped for a Toronto Maple Leafs win and eventual playoff run.
Seguin got his wish. He’s in the NHL and was on the ice last night as the Maple Leafs made the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons. But rather than wearing blue and white, he wears black and gold as his Bruins locked horns with Toronto in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
Though his loyalty changed, Seguin said the series still is sentimental.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/2013/05/tyler_seguin_s_be_leaf_tested
Phil Kessel tired of talking about the past
BOSTON — He didn’t answer any questions directly, but Phil Kessel did talk to reporters on Wednesday, after the Toronto Maple Leafs’ morning skate at TD Garden.
“It’s never been me. I’m not much for attention,” said the Leafs’ winger, as reluctant to deal with the media after four years in Toronto as he was for three years in Boston. “I talk when I have to talk and that’s about it.”
http://www.patriotledger.com/sports...n-Phil-Kessel-tired-of-talking-about-the-past
Maple Leafs creamed by Bruins in Game 1
BOSTON - Perhaps Randy Carlyle could really sense what was coming, as desperate as he was to avoid what might have seemed obvious against a team familiar with a recent Stanley Cup run.
Well there was plenty of shock, awe and, in Carlyle’s words post-game — “self destruction” in the long-awaited return to hockey’s treasured time.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Playoffs/Toronto/2013/05/01/20786351.html
Bruins’ Ference has hearing for Grabovski elbow.
Boston Bruins defenceman Andrew Ference will face a disciplinary hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety Thursday at 2 p.m. ET following an incident that occurred during Wednesday’s 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at TD Garden.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bruins-ference-elbows-leafs-grabovski-faces-hearing/
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