Editor/writer since '86, #NHLBruins 91-92, PHWA 92-93, lately https://teapaw.org/t.co/l0dq1NBPZk, The Hockey News, podcasts. Revived 9/23/23: Rink Rap blog
Onset, MA
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I know in the mid '70s tennis was huge in the U.S. because we had compelling theater with Connors, Borg & Nastase. We also had a summer tour and the U.S. Open on Har-Tru (the greenish-gray clay). Pavement was the schoolyard and public-park surface.
TODOS LOS CAMBIOS QUE PROPONE RAFA NADAL PARA EL FUTURO DEL TENIS.
1. Sistema de ranking a dos años:
🗣 "Propongo implementar un sistema de clasificación basado en los resultados de los dos últimos años, en lugar de solo uno".
🗣 "Daría a los jugadores un poco más de libertad para tomar mejores decisiones. Cuando te lesionas, dispones de más tiempo para recuperarte sin que tu posición en el ranking se desplome rápidamente".
2. Formato del calendario y torneos:
🗣 "A muchos les cuesta entender por qué los tenistas participan en todos los torneos más importantes e incluyen también 500 o 250. El problema del sistema actual es que genera presión: sabés que tenés que defender los puntos del año pasado y si te ausentás, perjudicás seriamente tu posición".
🗣 "Además, creo que ampliar casi todos los Masters 1000 a dos semanas de duración ha sido un error".
3. Menos partidos en pista dura:
🗣 "Cuando estaba en activo me resultaba difícil defender esta postura, pero ahora puedo decirlo: no conozco muchos deportes profesionales que se practiquen en superficies de este tipo".
🗣 "En el tenis jugamos la mayor parte del tiempo sobre pistas que son muy agresivas para el cuerpo y las articulaciones, y después pagamos las consecuencias".
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I've covered sports professionally since 1995, and it all started with Keith Tkachuk. As he entered the .@HockeyHallFame it brought up a lot of great memories of where it all began. Check out my latest at Gotta Know Medford.
gottaknowmedford.com/hurley-…
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Bruins practice lines:
Peterka-Zacha-Pastrnak
Eyssimont-Minten-Geekie
Mittlestadt-E. Lindholm-Khusnutdinov
Jeannot-Poitras-Kastelic
Kuraly
H. Lindholm-McAvoy
Zadorov-Borgen
Brunet-Lohrei
Aspirot-Clifton
Swayman/DiPietro
Paul George has a little bit of Larry Bird, absorbing contact and improvising his shot. Also, Pritchard's hesitation move on the drive. The Brown-Tatum drama is overshadowed by other stuff going on out there.
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Reflections on #NHLBruins HHOFer Patrice Bergeron rinkrapmc.com/2026/11/10/ref…
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“To be able to have played with him is something that I will tell my kids about one day. To be here tonight to support him is really an honor.”
Patrice Bergeron, his teammates and opponents reflect on legendary career at HHOF induction: nhl.com/bruins/news/bergeron…
Thought in local circles at least to be the NHL fastest skater.
The NHL Alumni Association is saddened to learn that Bobby Sheehan has passed away at the age of 77.
From Weymouth, Massachusetts, Bobby played junior hockey with the Halifax Junior Canadiens and the St. Catharines Black Hawks before being selected by the Montreal Canadiens in 1969.
Bobby began his professional hockey career the following season with the Canadiens’ AHL affiliate, and on January 3, 1970, Bobby made his NHL debut with the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum against the Oakland Seals, picking up an assist in his first career game. In his fourth career game on January 11, 1970, Bobby registered his first career NHL goal. At the conclusion of his second season, Bobby and the Canadiens captured the 1971 Stanley Cup.
Bobby joined the California Golden Seals during the 1971 offseason, later moving to the WHA, where he played from 1972 to 1975. Bobby returned to the NHL ahead of the 1975-76 season as a member of the Chicago Black Hawks, and would play for the Detroit Red Wings the following season.
After moving to the WHA for the 1977-78 season, Bobby rejoined the NHL with the New York Rangers for the 1979 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Bobby later played with the Colorado Rockies from 1979 to 1981 and the LA Kings for the 1981-82 campaign.
Internationally, Bobby proudly represented the United States at the 1981 Ice Hockey World Championships.
We send our deepest condolences to Bobby's family, friends, and former teammates during this difficult time.
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Hathaway tries to take out McAvoy and misses. Cole Reinhardt hits McAvoy high. This is feeling like a decided game early in a playoff series.
#NHLBruins vs. Florida Panthers the old-fashioned way... rinkrapmc.com/2026/11/08/bru…
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If he’s up here for 30 days or 10 games, he’ll have to go through waivers again.
I remember driving in the car when this was on WBZ 1030 AM sports. "What?!" I was giddy. The Bruins needed something, and it wouldn't just be Bobby Orr's rehab-delayed season debut.
On this day in 1975, the Bruins traded Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais to the Rangers for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi #Bruins365 #NHLBruins #NYR
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Marco Sturm says James Hagens will definitely be out for a few weeks.
“It’s definitely gonna be a few weeks. Very unfortunate. It’s not a dirty play or anything like that, just got him in the wrong spot there.”
@BOSHockeyNow | #NHLBruins
Both the Bruins and Rangers were ripe for shakeup, but I didn't see this coming. A bonafide blockbuster compounded simultaneously by Bobby Orr's season debut out in Vancouver. I don't know if any team has ever changed that much in season from one game to the next.
51 years ago today ON THIS DAY in hockey history (November 7, 1975):
In one of the biggest trades in NHL history, the @NHLBruins acquire Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi from the @NYRangers for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais
Fred was a 1960s TV pioneer, bringing the Bruins into New England homes via his 30-minute, weekly "Bruins Highlights" show on Ch. 56. He also did the seldom-heard radio call of Bobby Orr's Cup-winning goal. It's searchable on YT with video.
Fred Cusick was born November 7, 1918 in Brighton. He served as the Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer from 1971 until 1997 on WSBK-TV (Channel 38) and from 1984 until 1995 on NESN. Counting his radio broadcasts, he was a #Bruins' announcer for an unprecedented 45 years.
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this man had a way of making an average weeknight game in January feel important. A grand voice; WSBK TV-38!!
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Patrice Bergeron:
"It definitely means a lot. You look back at all the memories and the people that helped you along the way, that sacrificed so much for you to be in this position –– so this is definitely special and we will try to soak it all in."
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I just heard. RIP Richard Lloyd. I only saw Television once - All those amazing riffs that drive the songs - Richard played them all.
... who apparently didn't like Murray Wilson buzzing the tower on either Jan. 30 or March 19 of 1976 in the jewel box? Wilson had an assist in the January game and a goal in the March game. Fourth-liner on the most dominant team of the NHL's 1967 expansion era.
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