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Gallery: Blast Magazine photography at the Beanpot
Feb. 10, 2009 1 Comment
With our sports editor hailing from Boston University so many years ago and our editor in chief graduating from Northeastern a bit more recently, Monday’s Beanpot championship game had special meaning for the Blast Magazine family. Whether it had the intended result or not, Blast had a reporter at the TD Banknorth Garden and worked [...]
Another Beanpot for BU
Feb. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Reported live from the TD Banknorth Garden Fans trickled out of the Garden. They were either elated or in the dumps — justified or mortified. A Boston University 5-2 win over Northeastern left many frustrated that the game — pitting No. 1 versus No. 3 in the country — really wasn’t even close. At the [...]
Live from the Beanpot!
Feb. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Reporting from the TD Banknorth Garden The players are warming up and the fans are crowding the Garden for the 57th annual Beanpot Championship. “Execute our game plan and come up high, there’s no more pressure than any other game,” said‚ Albie O’Connell Northeastern assistant coach. After a decisive win against Boston College, the third-ranked Huskies [...]
A Boston hockey tradition pins BU against Northeastern
Feb. 3, 2009 3 Comments
Next Monday, Boston University and Northeastern will face off in the Beanpot hockey finals. No, that isn’t a mistake. Northeastern. The Huskies haven’t won the Beanpot since 1988, but don’t be fooled; this is a much different NU team. Last night the Huskies pulled off a 6-1 beating of Boston College, the defending national champions, [...]
Worst drubbing in history
Sept. 8, 2008 3 Comments
I don’t know what the actual record is for biggest good ol’ fashioned ass whooping in sports history, but this has to be close. I would have thought the biggest stomping may have been when the Washington Redskins were on the business end of a 73-0 loss to the Bears in the 1940 NFL Championship [...]
Philadelphia’s Spectrum to be demolished
July 15, 2008 Leave a Comment
There has been speculation for some time, but now it seems official, the Spectrum in Philly will close at the end of this year and be demolished. The arena is 42-years old. "This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make," said Ed Snider, Comcast-Spectacor’s chairman. "The Spectrum is my baby. [...]
Mats Sundin to become NHL’s highest paid player?
July 2, 2008 1 Comment
Canadian Press reports that the Vancouver Canucks have offered Mats Sundin a two-year contract worth $20 million. Number 13 has spent the last 13 years of his 18-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, a team with which he’s set countless club records. Should Sundin accept the deal, he would become the league’s highest-paid player, [...]
Report: Hossa signs one-year deal with Red Wings
July 2, 2008 2 Comments
The Globe and Mail is reporting that former Pittsburgh Penguin forward Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. Hossa was with the Penguins last year when they got mopped up by Detroit in the Stanley Cup Finals. A former first-round pick of the Ottawa Senators [...]
Ice hockey at Wrigley
May 29, 2008 Leave a Comment
According to Comcast SportsNet, the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings are scheduled to play in next year’s NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. Yep, outdoor hockey. Last year, a league-record 71,217 fans showed up at Ralph Wilson Stadium to watch the Sabres beat the Penguins 2-1 in a snowy outdoor contest. Chicago’s Soldier Field [...]
2008 top NHL prospects
May 11, 2008 2 Comments
There is no doubt that the NHL has gotten better and better the last couple years with the emergence of the young superstars, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin. But it doesn’t end there. The league is filled with young players that will make this sport very exciting for years to come. Here are [...]
Flyers advance to Conference finals
May 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
The Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals last night for the first time since 2004 with a 6-4 victory over the Canadiens in Montreal. After losing the first game of the series in OT, the Flyers rebounded by winning four straight and taking the series in five games. After never trailing in any game [...]
Carey Price to start for Habs in Game 5
May 2, 2008 Leave a Comment
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, who was benched in Game 4 due to not stopping the puck from going in the goal nearly enough, will be back for Game 5 on Saturday night. “He deserves a second shot,” Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau told the Canadian Press. “I think in the last few days he had [...]
Marty Biron is on fire
April 29, 2008 Leave a Comment
The Flyers are riding a scorching hot goaltender right now in Marty Biron. His glove is catching everything. His poke checks are timely. And he is entering Pat Burrell elite status. Indeed, he is "completely awesome." Heading into the third period last night, the Flyers led 3-0 and it seemed they only needed to kill [...]
Refs are under fire in NHL playoffs
April 15, 2008 2 Comments
The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is officially heating up, and not just on the ice rinks. Internet chat rooms on sports web-pages everywhere are ablaze with criticism of the NHL referees and the job they’ve done thus far officiating the first 2 to 3 games of each eight opening-round match-ups. Fans [...]
NHL Eastern Conference playoff preview
April 9, 2008 3 Comments
After an extremely exciting final push for the playoffs, the NHL season has concluded! The die is cast for opening round match-ups between the 16 teams that have made the grade, and both conferences have eight strong clubs seeded to vie for the greatest prize in all of sports. Before we get into the specific [...]
NHL Draft selection party
April 8, 2008 Leave a Comment
Last night, the VS Network held a primetime special to conduct the 2008 NHL Entry Draft Lottery, which determines the sequence teams will select in at the summer’s draft. The program filled around ten or fifteen minutes of airtime by name-dropping former 1st-overall picks, chatting at a table with the general managers of the five [...]