Marc Savard.
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BOSTON — The National Hockey League’s investigation of four registered contracts was in full force before arbitrator Richard Bloch ruled in favour of the league’s decision to reject Ilya Kovalchuk’s 17-year deal with New Jersey.
The Boston Bruins released a statement Tuesday saying the league has been examining Marc Savard’s US$28-million, seven-year extension since it was signed on Dec. 1.
Blake Wheeler.
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BOSTON — The Boston Bruins signed forward Blake Wheeler to a one-year contract on Friday.
His agent Matt Keator said the deal is worth US$2.2 million, the amount of an arbitrator’s award given after a hearing on Tuesday.
“The decision came in the range we expected,” Keator said. “There were no winners or losers in this case.”
In two seasons with Boston, Wheeler has 39 goals and Continue reading ‘Bruins accept award, sign Wheeler’
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BOSTON — Bruins forward Marco Sturm will miss the rest of the post-season with torn ligaments in his right knee.
Coach Claude Julien said Sunday that Sturm will not be back after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in his knee on the first shift of Boston’s 5-4 OT victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Saturday’s opener of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal. Game Continue reading ‘Bruins’ Sturm will miss rest of playoffs’
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired forward Matt Marquardt from the Boston Bruins in exchange for defenceman Cody Wild.
Marquardt, 22, has appeared in 42 games with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League this season recording one goal and nine assists. Continue reading ‘Oilers acquire forward Marquardt from Bruins’
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BOSTON — Boston Bruins centre Marc Savard is expected to miss three to four weeks because of a partial ligament tear in his right knee that won’t need surgery.
The team said before Saturday’s game against the New York Rangers that the injury is to his medial collateral ligament.
Savard was injured along the boards in Thursday’s 5-2 loss at home against Chicago.
On the same night winger Milan Continue reading ‘Bruins’ Savard expected out 3-4 weeks’
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CALGARY — Some hockey fans are bristling while others are crowing with glee online over allegations that Edmonton Oilers players refused to pay the full cost of a nearly $17,000 night out at an upscale Calgary restaurant.
Opinions on team message boards and blogspots vary, with some saying the team members earn big money playing hockey and should have paid the full cost of their early New Year’s Eve party.
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BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have signed unrestricted free agent Miroslav Satan to a one-year deal.
Satan, 35, spent last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, contributing 17 goals and 36 points in 65 games. He added a goal and five assists during the Penguins’ cup-winning playoff run.
“He’s a guy that has shown he is capable of scoring some goals and we hope he will give us some of that and also provide Continue reading ‘Bruins look to UFA Satan for offensive help’
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BOSTON — The Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins took their first look at Fenway Park — hockey-style — less than one month before the clubs meet in the NHL’s Winter Classic.
The atmosphere was light as players and personnel from both teams were given a guided tour Sunday of the uncompleted rink, the locker room and other facilities.
Fenway Park, the 97-year-old home of baseball’s Boston Red Continue reading ‘Bruins, Flyers visit Fenway for outdoor preview’
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BOSTON — Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic is out again, sidelined up to four weeks with a sprained left ankle.
“Hopefully this is the last of his injuries this year,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said before Friday’s game against New Jersey. “It was just a rut in the ice and his foot went the wrong way.”
Lucic, who missed 14 games earlier in the season with a fractured finger, limped off the ice in Continue reading ‘Bruins lose Lucic for up to four weeks’
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BOSTON — The Boston Bruins placed Marc Savard on long-term injured reserve with a broken left foot Wednesday and expect the star centre to miss 4-6 weeks.
They also recalled forward Trent Whitfield from Providence of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis.
The Bruins did not say when or how Savard, their leading scorer the past three seasons, suffered the injury.
The 32-year-old has Continue reading ‘Bruins place top performer Savard on IR’
