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July 5, 2009
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Bruins snagged three out of a possiblefour points this past weekend against division rivals. The B’s had an impressive 4-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday and manage to gain a point in an overtime 2-1 loss against the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
Currently Boston is tie win the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers for sixth place in the Eastern Conference. However, due to the tie breakers, Boston remains in that seventh position, with the Rangers being the sixth and having a game in hand. All three teams are three points ahead of Washington, who remains on the outside looking in.
David Krejci continued his stellar play in both contests. The Bruin’s young forward tallied a goal and two assist Saturday against the Sens and added the B’s lone goal against the Sabres on Sunday, which happened to be a short handed goal. Before Sunday’s loss, Krejci has had three consecutive multi-point game. Krejci has been the Bruins’ primary source of offense in the absence of Marc Savard. He has three goals and five assists over that span of four games.
Boston capped off a good week as they are fighting for the playoffs. "It’s been a good week for us," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "If somebody would have told me that we had a chance for seven out of eight points this week, we certainly would have taken it."
Games Remaining
Wed, Apr 2 @ New Jersey
Fri, Apr 4 @ Ottawa
Sat, Apr 5 vs. Buffalo
BC heads to Frozen Four" alt="BC heads to Frozen Four" mce_src="http://wickedgoodsports.com/wp-content/images/jamieson/BC.jpg" src="http://wickedgoodsports.com/wp-content/images/jamieson/BC.jpg" />Congratulations to the Boston College Eagles. The Eagles beat Minnesota 5-2 in their opening NCAA tournament game. BC then faced top seeded Miami(OH) on Sunday. Thanks to a Joe Whitney overtime goal the Eagles are heading to Denver, beating the Red Hawks 4-3. This marked the third straight year that the Eagles have taken the Red Hawks out in the tournament.
The Eagles won the NCAA Northeast Regional title and now head to the Frozen Four in Denver to face off against North Dakota. BC advances to the Frozen Four for the third consecutive season and the eighth time in the last 11 years. The Eagles will be seeking its third national title and its first since 2001. Notre Dame and Michigan are the other two schools that advance.
BC was forced to rally from two down to advance. "That was a downer for us,” said Eagles coach Jerry York.”We’re down 1-0 but we had a fabulous power play. We had the momentum and then all of a sudden we’re 2-0 down.” BC managed to climb back with two goals just 14 seconds apart. The rest of the game was back and fourth and ended in a 3-3 tie. Then Whitney’s overtime goal propelled the Eagles to the win and on to Denver.
"Denver in springtime is a great place to be,” said York. “I have to go to Denver either way, so it’s nice to be there with your team.”