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Andrew McGuinness | Thursday, April 20, 2023
March Madness is just as notorious for its randomness on the court as it is for the randomness of filling out brackets. Every year, experts and people who know the game are beaten by people who pick teams based on mascots, where their neighbor’s cousin-in-law’s nephews go to school or which team has the hottest
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The NHL equivalent of Christmas — the trade deadline — is almost here. In less than a week, the landscape of the league will look completely different. Contenders will gear up to address their weaknesses and push for the Stanley Cup. Rebuilding teams have the chance to haul in loads of picks and prospects that will
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Usually, in late February, hockey fans are gearing up for the trade deadline and all the pomp, circumstance and trades of fourth-line centers for fifth-round picks that come with it. That isn’t the case this year. The NHL pushed the deadline back to March 21 in response to their originally scheduled three-week break in February
Andrew McGuinness | Friday, January 21, 2022
The history of hockey has been dominated by great lines. Detroit’s Production Line in the 1950s of Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe, Sid Abel and Ted Linsday. Philadelphia’s famous Legion of Doom in the 1990s of John LeClair, Eric Lindros and Mikael Renberg. More recently, Boston’s vaunted Perfection Line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David
Greg McKenna | Friday, September 18, 2020
As a Boston sports fan, my dad grew up knowing what it meant to root for a group of lovable losers. Of course, that outside sympathy could largely be attributed to “the curse,” Bill Buckner, and a World Series game 7 loss in both the ’70s and ’80s, but most of Beantown’s other teams didn’t
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Monday, Calgary Flames forward Jaromir Jagr cleared waivers and was assigned to play the rest of the season with a professional hockey team in the Czech Republic, HC Kladno. The move very likely represents the end of Jagr’s storied 24-year NHL career. Jagr, who will turn 46 in February, saw a decrease in production this
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, October 25, 2017
On Saturday night, the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS and clinched the franchise’s first trip to the World Series since 2005. Beginning Tuesday night, the Astros will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven Fall Classic for a chance to win their first World Series championship
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Former Irish junior forward Anders Bjork signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Originally drafted in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Draft, Bjork leaves Notre Dame after a season in which he led the team with 21 goals and 31 assists, earning All-American and first team Hockey East All-Star
Hunter McDaniel | Monday, April 11, 2016
The streak continues for at least one more year. Thanks to Ottawa’s 6-1 drubbing of the Bruins in Boston Saturday afternoon, the Detroit Red Wings find themselves in the playoffs for the 25th consecutive season, the longest active streak in any of the four major professional sports in this country. Even though the Red Wings did