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NHL Playoff Morning Papers (Monday Edition): Claude Julien unhappy with cheap shots, Teemu Selanne unhappy with his team’s play and Alex Burrows says there will be a seventh game

Mon, 11 May 2009 10:10:08 -0500

2nd Round Playoff Matchups Eastern Conference Boston Bruins (1) versus Carolina Hurricanes (6) “I don’t know that they keep time of possession stats, but if they do, you’ll definitely see a major difference between tonight’s game and the previous three games,” said Bruins netminder Tim Thomas after the Bruins’ impressive 4-0 home victory. Boston gave its fans what [...]

Sean Avery Greets Caps Goalie with Punch to Face

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:29:16 -0500

Some things in sports never change - like Sean Avery’s penchant for taking swings at opposing goalies. Earlier this month, the naughty New York Ranger was caught clocking Boston Bruins netminder Tim Thomas in the back of the head with his stick. And now with the NHL playoffs in full force, you might think Avery might [...]

Video: Sean Avery Hits Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas in Head With Stick

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:39:04 -0500

If you had “makes it through the season without incident” in your “what will happen with Sean Avery on the Rangers” pool, uh, you lost. Avery’s natural friskiness overcame him Saturday against the Bruins and he casually clocked goalie Tim Thomas in the back of the head with his stick. Naturally, Thomas was not happy [...]

Monday Morning Quick Hitters

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:09:56 -0500

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The Maine Black Bears Softball team dropped a double header to UMBC Sunday 7 - 4 and 5 - 0.

Tim Kennedy, fresh off his first professional fight Saturday night, used his offensive skills to net the game winner for the Portland Pirates. The Pirates beat the Springfield Falcons 4 - 3 Sunday afternoon for their 3 win in 3 days.

The #1 ranked Boston University Terriers used a late crease defection to beat the New Hampshire Wildcats in Manchester, NH 2 - 1. BU now moves on to the Frozen Four in Washington DC.

The Boston Bruins used spectacular goaltending by Tim Thomas to a 4 - 3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Eddie House was the spark again, coming off the bench to help power the Celtics to a 103 - 84 win over Oklahoma City at the TD Banknorth Garden. Eddie House scored 16 points of the bench for the C's

The NBA's 68 worst contracts

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:08:22 -0500

The economy is really starting to take its toll on professional sports, and the NBA is no different. Bad contracts are bad even when the economy is pumping, but they really stand out in tough times like these. So I decided to look through the payrolls team-by-team to try to identify the worst contracts in the NBA. I expected to list 15-20 names, but I ended up scribbling down 68. That's right, there are no fewer than 68 bad contracts in the NBA. I didn't include any of the players tha...

LUOL DENG: 9TH MAN?

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:28:49 -0500

Call me crazy. But who would you rather have play more minutes right now: Luol Deng or Tim Thomas? Or an even better question: Salmons or In my opinion, there isn?t anything that Deng can do that they can?t. But when you flip it, there are some things they can do that Deng can?t. Deng ...

Tim Thomas with the save of the year.

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:56:40 -0500

Ok, so I am biased I am a Boston Bruins fan but this is my nomination for the save of the year in the NHL. Check out this sick save by former Vermont Catamount Tim Thomas.

Tim Thomas hits Jason Blake.

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:33:25 -0500

Watch Bruin's goalie Tim Thomas lay a hit on former Sioux forward and current Toronto Maple Leaf Jason Blake during last night's game. At the end of the play you can hear Blake say the F' is that. Oh by the way the Bruins won the game 4-3 in a shootout.

Notable Quotable of the Day

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:29:05 -0500

"You're going to have to get wins all kinds of different ways. Is that the way we would have drawn it up? No. But we're happy to get the two points and now we can go regroup." - Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas on pulling out a very close 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.

Interview With Bruins Star Tim Thomas

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:28:55 -0500

Tim Thomas started his hockey career in 1993, playing for the University of Vermont. While at Vermont, he was a three-time All-ECAC Conference selection and a two-time All-America selection. He ranks first all-time amongst Vermont goalies in games played (140), wins (81), and minutes played (3950). He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1994 NHL entry draft as their #9 pick, #217 overall, but continued at Vermont until the 1997?98 season, when he played for the Birmingham Bullsin the E...

Letang x 3, Pens win in shootout after Crosby's Gordie Howe hat trick

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:51:45 -0500

I'm gonna keep singing this young man's praises, so far he's done nothing to make me consider to stop it. For the third time in as many shootout attempts, Kris Letang once again put an absolutely sick move on goalie Tim Thomas as the Penguins survived a 4-0 Bruins comeback to win 5-4.

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas leaves game with injury

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:45:46 -0500

Bruins goalie Tim Thomas was forced to leave the ice late in the 3rd period of tonights game against the Devils with an undisclosed injury.

Boston Bruins win game despite PJ Axelsson wimping out

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:26:54 -0500

Tim Thomas stopped 25 shots and Glen Metropolit scored the winner to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday afternoon.

Steve Kerr: Clippers Could Contend for Championship

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:37:40 -0500

This might be the first time in the history of basketball that the Clippers will enter the season with, on paper at least, a much better team than the Lakers and even the majority of the Western Conference. They return most of their players and add Tim Thomas. Is a Clippers championship within the realm of possibility?