by Jason Scales | Jan 30, 2021 | Hockey East, Inside Hockey, NCAA
Lowell, MA – Filip Lindberg turned back 27 shots on his way to backstopping the visiting University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen to a 2-1 win over Commonwealth rival University of Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks. Two second-period goals by the Minutemen...
by Jason Scales | Jan 28, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston, Ma-The Boston Bruins completed a 4-0 TD Garden homestand after beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on the strength of two Patrice Bergeron goals. Jaroslav Halak turned back 16 of 17 shots to bolster the Bruins backline and improve his record to 2-0-1. The...
by Jason Scales | Jan 27, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston, MA – It took extra time, but the Boston Bruins closed out the Pittsburgh Penguins to gain the meaningful division point when Craig Smith fired a shot past Tristan Jarry (33 saves) with 10.9 remaining. Bruins keeper Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots, again...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 25, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Inside Hockey
This season is going to look like this: win one, lose one. All the talk of rivalries and series is going to come down to a lot of .500 hockey as teams split series with opponents, nullifying the supposed “four-point games”. Only minor proof is available thus far,...
by Jason Scales | Jan 22, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers
Boston, MA- It took forty minutes and change, but the Boston Bruins finally broke through on five-on-five. And then the floodgates opened. Despite Boston’s offensive outpouring in the third period, the Philadelphia Flyers were equally adept at finding the back...
by George Grimm | Dec 26, 2020 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
At 6-1 and 185 pounds, Cal Gardner did not shy away from the physical side of the game and in 1947 he became embroiled in what was then described as the biggest, longest brawl in NHL history. Cal Pearly Gardner signed as a free agent with the Rangers in 1945 following...