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Before there was a Game 1 between the Rangers and Bruins in 1973 at Boston Garden, there was a Stanley Cup Final Game 1 between the teams there in 1972. "The cops come into our dressing room before that game," Emile "The Cat" Francis said Wednesday from...

BOSTON — As each Bruins defenseman goes down, he seems to grow taller and taller. The program lists Zdeno Chara at 6-9. Yet when Claude Julien was forced to start the Eastern Conference semifinals with three rookie defensemen because of injury,...

To the north is the team that was the Hartford Whalers' most heated rival. To the south is the franchise that houses its minor league affiliate in Hartford. So for a certain faction of Greater Hartford hockey fans — those who lament the loss of the...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 4, (OT) BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins, their season apparently over early in the third period, came all the way back from a 4-1 deficit and eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Historic rally lifts Bruins in Game 7 BOSTON -- The home crowd was heading for the exits. The folks who stayed weren't very happy, letting their team know they weren't thrilled with the way the...

Their hockey souls were lost and so was their hockey season. They were gone. They were history. Their coach had summoned his best Robert Louis Stevenson the previous night, calling them Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. And with only a few minutes remaining in...

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel couldn't have scripted it any better. The former first-round pick of the Bruins had the game-winning goal and was a plus-2 as the Toronto Maple Leafs hung on for a 2-1 win over Boston Sunday night to force a seventh and deciding...

The Sports Xchange By Dhiren Mahiban, The Sports Xchange Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1 TORONTO -- Dion Phaneuf and Phil Kessel scored third-period goals for Toronto as the Maple Leafs avoided elimination with a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins Sunday night...

NEW YORK — They haven't met in the playoffs in 40 years. They haven't meant when it has really mattered since Emile Francis was coach and Glen Sather was one of his Rangers players. They haven't meant since Orr and Espo were in Boston and Don Cherry...

The Sports Xchange By Denis Gorman, The Sports Xchange Rangers 4, Capitals 3 NEW YORK, N.Y.- Derek Stepan broke a 3-3 tie with a third-period goal to lead the New York Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals Monday night at Madison Square...

The Sports Xchange By Denis Gorman, The Sports Xchange Rangers avoid digging 3-0 series hole, hold on to beat Caps NEW YORK -- The task facing the New York Rangers was as straightforward as can be. Win a game. They did just that, thanks to Derek...

Boston rock royalty Aerosmith, Boston, the J. Geils Band, and James Taylor will all perform at the upcoming Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration concert, organized to raise funds for the One Fund Boston charity created to help the...