Welcome to the TD Garden for today's matinee contest between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins...
Both teams wear black and gold. Both teams are anchored by underrated defensive systems, and both teams are without top-line forwards. Granted it's not fair to compare Nathan Horton to Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby (an understatement if there was one), the point remains that there's not...
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February 02, 2012
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, who’s considered by many to be the best hockey player in the world, is still sitting on the sidelines a year after being injured in the NHL’s Outdoor Classic game against the Washington Capitals. Crosby received a concussion in January 2011 and has played just eight games since. The 24-year-old Crosby attempted to comeback...
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February 03, 2012
WILMINGTON, Mass. – There hasn’t been a lot of good news surrounding the Bruins of late as the club was been mired in a slump in recent weeks with a 4-4-1 mark over their last nine games. But there was one bit of potentially encouraging news to come out of Friday’s practice at Ristuccia Arena. Forward Nathan Horton, who has been out since suffering what was diagnosed as a mild...
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February 04, 2012
Written by: Keith RicciThe Sidney Crosby camp announced one hour before the NHL All-Star Game, that Sid the Kid was not attending the festivities for the second straight year due to head injuries. And yet, if the witch doctors are accurate, he could possibly not have had a concussion after all.According to the Penguins team report who have been telling us for, oh I don’t know,...
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February 03, 2012
The Pittsburgh Penguins may be without their team captain and superstar Sidney Crosby, but it certainly has not spelled bad news for their hockey club.Despite being without a player of Crosby's caliber, the Penguins have won eight of their last nine games. The team is currently fifth in the Eastern Conference but just four points behind the Philadelphia Flyers and seven points...
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February 06, 2012
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby joined his teammates in practice for the first time since his concussion symptoms began reoccurring on December 5.
Crosby skated on a line with Steve Sullivan and Cal O’Reilly Monday in Montreal’s Bell Centre as the team prepared for its game against the Canadiens Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, Crosby has stated he isn’...
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February 02, 2012
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, who’s considered by many to be the best hockey player in the world, is still sitting on the sidelines a year after being injured in the NHL’s Outdoor Classic game against the Washington Capitals. Crosby received a concussion in January 2011 and has played just eight games since.The 24-year-old Crosby attempted to comeback earlier this...
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February 05, 2012
Nathan Horton is scheduled to skate today, according to Claude Julien. It will be Hortons first time on the ice since suffering a concussion on Jan. 22. Horton resumed off-ice workouts on Friday. Given the nature of concussions, there is...
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February 05, 2012
It would make sense, of course. When a guy's medical records from a 13-month period look like Sidney Crosby's do, making a few adjustments might seem prudent. Might seem, for example, like a good time to spend some more time out on the perimeter.
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February 05, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The headline out of Claude Julien's pre-game press availability this morning before the Bruins-Capitals early-afternoon contest: B's winger Nathan Horton, sidelined since Jan. 22 with a mild concussion, will skate today back in Boston. It is his next step under the NHL's protocol for return from concussion, a ...
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February 04, 2012
Sidney Crosby skated apart from his Penguins teammates for about an hour Friday at Southpointe and later accompanied the club on its road trip to Boston for a game today and New Jersey on Sunday.
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February 06, 2012
PHT: Sidney Crosby wears a non-contact jersey and skates with the Penguins in practice. It's a start.
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February 04, 2012
This Week in Hockey is a weekly column in which assistant blogger Michael Spinner shares and discusses the major storylines in the National Hockey League from the past week.
The NHL at a Concussion Crossroads
There is absolutely nothing funny about head injuries, anywhere, at any time. The days are over when we can call an athlete ‘soft’ when he or she does not play...
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February 04, 2012
You may have already known that the Bruins are playing the Penguins on Saturday afternoon, but did you know the Penguins are in the middle of a bit of a hot streak? Led by Evgeni Malkin, the Pens have scrapped their way back into the conversation this season -- even without Sidney Crosby in the lineup. NESN Nation's Dan Duquette did a little digging and found some other fun facts...
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February 03, 2012
No matter what happens to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Boston, it probably won't be worse than the outcome the last time they faced the Bruins.
These Eastern Conference contenders meet Saturday afternoon for the first time since Sidney Crosby's most recent appearance in a game, with each club trying to bounce back from a shutout loss.
Crosby had given the Penguins (29-18...
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February 04, 2012
Pens (29-18-4, 14-11-2 Road) at Bruins (32-15-2, 17-8-2 Home), TDBankNorthGarden, 1:00 pm EDT
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The Pens and Bruins have met just once in 2011-12, with Boston beating the Pens, 3-1, on Dec. 5 at CONSOL.
Sidney Crosby played his last game before dealing with his current neck issues. Crosby collided with Chris Kunitz, David Krejci and...
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