It hasn’t been an easy season for Toronto coach Paul Maurice. A four-game losing streak. Seven defeats in the last eight games. A front-office feud that has the Maple Leafs’ top two officials allegedly blaming each other. So Maurice was pleased that he could talk about something positive for a change after Toronto’s 4-2 victory over Atlanta on Thursday night.
It hasn’t been an easy season for Toronto coach Paul Maurice. A four-game losing streak. Seven defeats in the last eight games. A front-office feud that has the Maple Leafs’ top two officials allegedly blaming each other. So Maurice was pleased that he could talk about something positive for a change after Toronto’s 4-2 victory…
Zdeno Chara came up big at both ends of the ice. The 6-foot-9 defenseman scored two goals and kept Florida’s leading scorer Olli Jokinen mostly in check to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 victory Thursday night. Boston won for the sixth time in eight games, and broke a six-game losing streak to the…
Zdeno Chara came up big at both ends of the ice. The 6-foot-9 defenseman scored two goals and kept Florida’s leading scorer Olli Jokinen mostly in check to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 victory Thursday night. Boston won for the sixth time in eight games, and broke a six-game losing streak to the…
J.P. Dumont and Martin Erat combined once again to give the Nashville Predators a spectacular fifth and final lead. Erat scored with 22.2 seconds left to give Nashville a 6-5 victory over the slumping Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Dumont got his fourth point of the game on the play as he stripped the puck…
J.P. Dumont and Martin Erat combined once again to give the Nashville Predators a spectacular fifth and final lead. Erat scored with 22.2 seconds left to give Nashville a 6-5 victory over the slumping Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Dumont got his fourth point of the game on the play as he stripped the puck…
Brendan Shanahan wasn’t about to tip his hand and give away any of the New York Rangers’ secrets. After three straight losses to Rick DiPietro and the New York Islanders this season, the Rangers finally found a way to solve their biggest rival. Chris Drury had a goal and assist during two power plays in…
The Detroit Red Wings played a game of keep away. And while they had the puck, Jiri Hudler had a goal and an assist to help Detroit beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Thursday night. Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Kopecky and Dan Cleary also scored, and Chris Osgood made 21 saves for the NHL-leading Red…
The New York Mets need pitching and they’d love to land Johan Santana. Not enough to trade star shortstop Jose Reyes, though. “Jose Reyes is one of our core players,” general manager Omar Minaya said Thursday. “I don’t see us trading Jose Reyes for one of those guys being mentioned. It just doesn’t make sense…
The New York Knicks’ brief winning streak is history, and the Boston Celtics nearly made history ending it. The Celtics cruised to their biggest victory since Larry Bird was in high school, beating New York 104-59 on Thursday night to send the Knicks to their third-worst loss and their second-worst scoring performance of the shot-clock…
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he has agreed to terms of a two-year contract extension believed to be worth about $24 million, putting him under contract through the 2009-10 season. The Hall of Fame coach announced his decision and discussed his contract situation before Thursday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets.
Trevor Immelman and Adam Scott shot 5-under 67s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Nedbank Golf Challenge. Ernie Els was two shots back in the 12-man event at the Gary Player Country Club. “I’m not too far off playing great golf again,” said Els, seeking a record fourth title at Sun City…
Frank Lickliter II shot his second straight 10-under 62 on Thursday at Orange County National to take a nine-stroke lead after the second of six rounds in the PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament. The top 25 finishers and ties will earn 2008 PGA Tour cards, while the next number of players nearest 50 will get…