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| Kostitsyn brothers lead Canadiens over Bruins in Game 1 |
NHL Hockey |
04/10/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - Tom Kostopoulos registered a goal and an assist, as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-1, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals series at the Bell Centre. Sergei Kostitsyn, Andrei Kostitsyn and Bryan Smolinski also scored for the top-seeded Canadiens, who continued their dominance of the Bruins. Montreal won all eight meetings during the regular season and outscored its Northeast Division rival by a 39-16 margin. Carey Price made 17 sa |
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| Top-seeded Habs welcome rival Bruins for Game 1 |
NHL Hockey |
04/10/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of Original Six franchises meet once again in the playoffs, as the top-seeded Montreal Canadiens host the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The Canadiens dominated the season series with the Bruins this year, as they won all eight meetings and outscored their Northeast Division rivals by a 39-16 margin. The regular-season series should usually be thrown out the window when it comes to the playoffs, but the way the Habs beat up on Boston this |
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| Stanley Cup Playoff Preview - Montreal vs. Boston |
NHL Hockey |
04/09/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens were the most surprising team in the 2007-08 season. They're a club that many pundits, myself included, considered to be a non-playoff team and all the Habs did was take the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The East powers coming into this season were supposed to be Pittsburgh, Ottawa and the New York Rangers, but Montreal gradually worked its way into that conversation and now has home-ice advantage through the conference playoffs. How exactly was it that so many peo |
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| Talent and experience rule out West; Youth abounds throughout East |
NHL Hockey |
04/08/2008 |
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| innesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche in a 3 vs. 6 matchup in the West; and the Sharks hosting the Calgary Flames in a No. 2 against No. 7 series. Joining Detroit and Nashville in Game 1 action on Thursday are the No. 8 Boston Bruins and No. 1 seed Montreal Canadiens, and Dallas and Anaheim. The Canadiens were another surprise team as they edged the Penguins for the top spot in the East after missing the playoffs last year. They earned a choice matchup with the Bruins, who lost all eight regular-season meeting |
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| Bruins' Bergeron cleared to practice |
NHL Hockey |
04/07/2008 |
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| ned for most of the season because of a concussion, was cleared for full contact drills on Monday. Bruins general manger Peter Chiarelli said Bergeron will not play in the opening game of the team's Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Montreal Canadiens, however. The team would like to see how Bergeron responds in practice before determining his status for the series, which begins in Montreal on Thursday. Bergeron played in just 10 games during the regular season and has been sidelined since Octobe |
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| Biron, Flyers blank Pens; land sixth seed in East |
NHL Hockey |
04/06/2008 |
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| east Division champion Capitals beginning Friday in Washington. Marc-Andre Fleury was solid in defeat, stopping 20-of-21 shots for the Penguins, who failed to wrap up the top seed in the conference. Pittsburgh dropped into the second spot behind the Montreal Canadiens and will open the playoffs by facing seventh-seeded Ottawa starting on Wednesday. The Penguins faltered offensively without captain Sidney Crosby, who was rested for the club's final regular-season contest. Philly finally punctured a scoreless deadl |
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| Habs host Leafs, take one last shot at East's top seed |
NHL Hockey |
04/05/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - One of the biggest rivalries in all of sports will close the book on another season series tonight, as the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in the regular-season finale for both clubs. Having already clinched the Northeast Division title, the Canadiens are currently tied for the top seed in the Eastern Conference with Pittsburgh, which is off tonight before ending its regular season Sunday in Philadelphia. Montreal needs to finish higher in points than the Pe |
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| Bruins host Sabres, battle for higher seed |
NHL Hockey |
04/05/2008 |
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| layoffs the next since the Rangers sat out the postseason in 1992-93 after posting the league's best record in the previous campaign. The only other team to miss the playoffs after winning the Presidents' Trophy in the expansion era were the 1969-70 Montreal Canadiens. Buffalo is completing its season on a three-game road trip and is 18-16-6 as the visiting club this year. The Sabres have won three of four and five of their last eight on the road. Four of the seven meetings between the Sabres and Bruins this year |
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| Wild clinch Northwest title; Flames in postseason despite loss |
NHL Hockey |
04/04/2008 |
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| d as Backstrom made 12 saves and Kiprusoff nine. Game Notes A total of just 11 other coaches have obtained 500 career wins. Lemaire is tied with Toe Blake for 11th on the all-time victory list. Blake coached Lemaire when he was a NHL rookie with the Montreal Canadiens in 1967-68. Lemaire earned his first NHL coaching victory on Feb. 25, 1984 as bench boss of the Canadiens 7-4 win over the New York Rangers, replacing Bob Berry 65 games into the 1983-84 regular season...Minnesota had killed off all 22 of its oppone |
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| Wild clinch Northwest title; Lemaire collects 500th win |
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04/03/2008 |
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| d as Backstrom made 12 saves and Kiprusoff nine. Game Notes A total of just 11 other coaches have obtained 500 career wins. Lemaire is tied with Toe Blake for 11th on the all-time victory list. Blake coached Lemaire when he was a NHL rookie with the Montreal Canadiens in 1967-68. Lemaire earned his first NHL coaching victory on Feb. 25, 1984 as bench boss of the Canadiens 7-4 win over the New York Rangers, replacing Bob Berry 65 games into the 1983-84 regular season...Minnesota had killed off all 22 of its oppone |
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