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NHL: Pugnacious Penguins Tangle With Bruising Bruins

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: April 3, 2012

While this preview is supposed to focus on Tuesday night’s game in Boston between the Bruins and the Penguins, Pittsburgh’s clash with Philadelphia on Sunday is the talk of the hockey world. It even prompted analyst Mike Milbury to jump into the fray, calling Penguins captain Sidney Crosby “a little punk.” More on that later:...

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NHL: Mad Dash for the Playoffs Gets Underway

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: January 31, 2012

The All Star break is over, now the real goal is in sight. The contenders will be separated from the pretenders in a sprint to the season’s end. Al Dannity breaks down the playoff races in both conferences. Big stakes at top of the Eastern Conference For now it’s the New York Rangers in command...

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NHL Thinking Playoffs at the All-Star Break

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 27, 2012

It’s All-Star weekend and Frank Doyle looks ahead to the second half of the hockey season as the teams hurtle towards the playoffs! The great players of the NHL are exhibiting their skills in Ottawa this weekend at the All-Star Game, but don’t be fooled. Whatever those guys do on the ice at the Scotiabank...

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Renewed Hostilities Between Bruins, Habs

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 12, 2012

Frank Doyle previews another full night of fantastic hockey action! Even though there’s a considerable difference between them in the standings, games between Montreal and Boston are always close. That’s what hatred can do. Montreal is struggling this year while the Bruins are looking good for the first back-to-back Stanley Cups since the ‘97-‘98 Red...

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Four Intriguing Matchups on NHL's Wednesday Schedule

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: January 4, 2012

East is East and West is West, at least in conference terms, and it’s up to Joe LaTengo to determine where these eight teams stand before the “great Judgment Seat.” Three of Wednesday’s pairings (Winnipeg at Montreal, Boston at New Jersey, San Jose at Anaheim, and Minnesota at Vancouver) feature recently ascending teams meeting squads...

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Bruins at Leafs NHL Game of the Day

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 30, 2011

Frank Doyle looks forward to the Wild at the Oilers, the Habs at the spluttering Ducks and the highlight of the night, Boston at Toronto! No prizes for guessing what’s today’s game of the day. Two of the NHL’s hottest teams face off in Toronto when the Boston Bruins cross the border to take on...

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Oilers at Bruins, Leafs at Blues Tonight's Hockey Highlights!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 10, 2011

Edmonton visits the World Champions, Toronto takes on the Blues and Florida visits Winnipeg. Frank Doyle previews the action. The light still burns bright in Edmonton, where the Oilers have put their recent seasons in the basement of the Northwest Division well behind them in the early days of the 2011-‘12 season. The Oilers followed...

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NHL: Montreal Travels to Boston to Renew the Habs, Bruins Rivalry

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 27, 2011

Montreal plays Boston for the 712th and 713th times this week and it never gets old. Frank Doyle on the latest iteration of one of hockey’s most storied rivalries. There has always been that certain frisson between the Habs and the Bruins. A goalie v goalie fight is a rare event in the NHL but...

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Leafs' Strong Start to Continue at Boston?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 20, 2011

There’s a big slate of hockey games on tonight – Frank Doyle looks at three of the best! How about those Maple Leafs? The sleeping giant of hockey is off to a 4-0-1 start this year but Toronto starts a four game road trip tonight that will test the Maple mettle. Toronto visits Boston tonight,...

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NHL Preview: Boston Bruins

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2011

It’s not often you can say the Stanley Cup Champions are just as good if not better the year after but this could be the case with the Boston Bruins. Charlie Boccanegra reports. Boston is an NHL betting co-favorite with the Canucks at +750 to win the 2012 Stanely Cup. It’s hard to repeat but...

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Bombing Bruins and Can-Do Canucks Talked About Teams of the NHL Playoffs

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 18, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at what NHL bettors have learned from the playoffs so far. You Don’t Have to be a Shark to Choke In noting how reliable the Sharks are to letting themselves down in the playoffs one throaty team was omitted from the role of honour. Step forward the big, bad Boston Bruins, the...

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Somewhere, Ovi the Rainbow – Caps Look Good in NHL East

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 12, 2011

Frank Doyle weighs up the contenders in the NHL Eastern Conference. The Eastern Conference looks like a straight fight – and I choose my words carefully – between Washington and Boston. Washington is the NHL betting favorite to win the East, +225 at time of writing, while Boston is fourth favorite at +450. Philadelphia and...

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Will Montreal Headhunt Chara at Boston Tonight?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 24, 2011

Frank Doyle anticipates strife when Montreal and Boston renew acquaintances in Beantown tonight. There’s always been something of a frontier spirit about hockey. A feeling that due process is all very well but sometimes you’ve just got to shoot a man a down to keep the peace in Dodge. This will be a source of...

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Matt Cooke Suspension More Grief Than Pittsburgh Needs

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 21, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at Mario’s misery, the devil in New Jersey and happy times in the Sad Song Capital of the world. What a fun game that was yesterday between the Rangers and the Penguins. Mario Lemieux’s comments about headshots in the light of the Max Pacioretty situation came back to haunt him with a...

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Where the Tough Guys Are – Big Hockey Betting, Bigger Hockey Hits

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 11, 2011

Frank Doyle looks ahead to the weekend action, and thinks about just how tough you need to be to play hockey in the first place. Washington is a red hot favorite tonight when Carolina visits the Verizon Center. Washington has been a disappointment during the season – people expected all guns blazing offense and that...

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NHL Odds Against Penguins While Crosby Remains Out

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 4, 2011

Frank Doyle previews the weekend action including Pittsburgh’s crisis, the fast-rising Devils and the struggling Canucks. In the continuing absence of Sidney Crosby – it’s fifty-seven days and counting since the kid picked up a stick – Pittsburgh’s difficulty is morphing in a fully-blown crisis. Hopes that a shootout win at Toronto on Saturday meant...

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Bruins Still the Winners as Deadline Passes

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2011

Frank Doyle searches through the trades to see if anything made a difference, and looks back at an interesting weekend’s hockey. Stanley Cups have been won in the past on trade deadline day. That’s unlikely to happen this year. Deadline day came and went yesterday without one trade that made people sit back and think:...

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Pained Pens at Canes, Sharks at Flames and Big Hockey Betting on Bruins at Canucks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 25, 2011

Frank Doyle worries for the Penguins, likes the Sharks and looks forward to Boston at Vancouver. Pittsburgh starts an important five game road trip with a visit to Carolina tonight. It’s important because Pittsburgh has lost three straight, is a wretched 3-5-2 over its last ten games and really doesn’t know when Sidney Crosby is...

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Time to Shine for Stars, Lightning After All-Star Game?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 3, 2011

The All-Star game is the NHL’s bar mitzvah. The time for childish pursuits is over; it’s now time to get serious and be a man. This is the time when we find out who won’t be using their razors in April and May, and who will be watching on the TV – and maybe putting...