Tuukka Rask spoiled the party. St. Louis was bursting at the seams, ready to celebrate the first Stanley Cup championship in the Blues’ 52 years of existence. They huffed and puffed, but they couldn’t blow a goal past a stingy Rask. The Boston Bruins goalie wasn’t about to allow the Blues to have their championship
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ST. LOUIS—The puck took one hop and then another, bouncing right past Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, who turned to watch it skip over the goal line before dropping his head back in resignation. St. Louis had waited 51 seasons for the Stanley Cup to be in the building, and a 58-foot dribbling shot by Boston’s
Forward Robert Thomas is ready to return to the St. Louis Blues’ lineup for a potential Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 against the Boston Bruins on Sunday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET). Thomas has missed the past four games of the series with a suspected hand or wrist injury. He handled the puck fine in practice
BUFFALO, N.Y.—Rather than focus on what’s gone wrong in the past, new Sabres coach Ralph Krueger arrived in Buffalo intent on building a better future with the underperforming team he inherited. Most important, Krueger expressed confidence that leading scorer Jeff Skinner will be part of that future based on a lengthy phone conversation he had
Sports·Video The Boston Bruins were shocked after a Tyler Bozak’s trip went uncalled, leading to David Perron’s 2-0 goal. The fans threw garbage on the ice, Cam Neely tossed his water bottle at a wall, and the St. Louis Blues won 2-1 to take a series’ lead. Social Sharing Posted: Jun 06, 2019 11:18 PM
The Big Bad Bruins. The Flying Frenchmen. The Broad Street Bullies. Some NHL teams, like the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers, are identified as much for who they have been as much as who they are. And while teams cycle up and down in the standings over time, it is the Bruins who
ST. LOUIS—This Stanley Cup final started with St. Louis Blues forward Zach Sanford watching the games rather than playing in them. It started with his friends texting the Massachusetts native that as much as they were rooting for him, they might be rooting for their hometown Boston Bruins more. It started with his mother sitting
The St. Louis Blues wanted no part of being on the wrong side of a miraculous Bobby Baun-type tale in Game 5 of the 2018-19 Stanley Cup final. You remember the Baun storyline from yesteryear, don’t you? The 55th anniversary of his incredible feat came and went on Apr. 23. It was Game 6 of
The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed leading scorer Jeff Skinner to an eight year, $72 million US contract in addressing one their most pressing off-season needs. Skinner becomes the team’s second-highest paid player behind captain Jack Eichel in a deal reached Friday night, and three weeks before the forward was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent.
Hayley Wickenheiser says women’s hockey players are doing the right thing in announcing they won’t play next season, and hopes that the NHL will come up with a plan. “I’ve been saying this for years, that this is what had to happen,” the Canadian hockey icon told IIHF.com. “The players had to take a stand
The NHL has suspended St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev for one game for an illegal check to the head of Boston Bruins forward Marcus Johansson during Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. The check occurred 5:24 into the first period of St. Louis’ 2-1 victory Thursday night. The 23-year-old Barbashev has played in
BOSTON—This is the big test facing the Boston Bruins now: Can they handle the missed call in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final as well as the Blues handled the missed call in Game 3 of the Western Conference final. That was the game where a blatant hand pass by San Jose led to
BOSTON—It was supposed to be another story for Boston sports lore — the beloved, veteran captain playing through pain to lead his team to victory. Zdeno Chara’s face was obscured by a grey beard and a shield to protect a jaw that was reportedly broken just three days earlier. After days of speculation over whether
Sports·Video David Perron’s controversial goal stood as the game-winner in the Blues 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins. St. Louis have a chance to win their 1st Stanley Cup Sunday in Game 6. Social Sharing Posted: Jun 07, 2019 12:26 AM ET | Last Updated: June 7 David Perron’s controversial goal stood as the game-winner
The Ottawa Senators have hired former New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano as their associate coach. Capuano has signed a three-year contract and will work under new Senators head coach D.J. Smith. The 52-year-old Capuano spent the last two seasons as an associate coach with the Florida Panthers. Before that, he was head coach
BOSTON—Twice the Boston Bruins have been forced to finish a Stanley Cup final game down a defenceman. The St. Louis Blues won each time. That’s not a coincidence. Wearing out opponents and winning the war of attrition has been an ingredient of the Blues’ playoff success. They took advantage of injuries to San Jose’s Erik
It’s the oldest and most recognizable trophy in all of professional sports and what every Canadian boy dreams of lifting over their head one day. The Stanley Cup has seen and been through a lot since it was first awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893. If the Stanley Cup could talk, it would have
VANCOUVER—Senator Marty Deacon is confident that a viable alternative to the Canadian Women’s Hockey League will emerge and credits the striking female hockey players, who recently formed a union, for their advocacy. An advocate for amateur sports, former Olympic coach and the director of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Deacon is deeply concerned about the fact