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Article: Bruins chances slipping away
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- March 9, 2007
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PRO HOCKEY
BOSTON - Just when it seemed they would never play the sort of
game expected, the Boston Bruins did so last night.
Too bad, but given the circumstances, not too surprising.
The Bruins, already in a dry spell in terms of production, had to
face a team coached by a defensive genius. They had to face that team
without their top goal-scorer, along with another winger who plays on
their first line.
And they lost to Jacques Lemaire's Minnesota Wild, 2-1.
The game wasn't entirely predictable.
The Bruins, for instance, pulled goalie Tim Thomas with 2:25
still to play, scored a goal to cut Minnesota's lead (Brandon
Bochenski, on a tip-in with 1:36 to go), and buzzed the Wild net for
the ...