B's Game Notes: BOS 1 VAN O

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Oct 29, 2008 11:11 AM EDT

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Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins were able shutdown the Vancouver Canucks and escape GM Place with a 1-0 victory last night. Thomas turned aside 31 shots to earn his second shutout in as many nights. Michael Ryder registered his second tally of the year for the B's when he fired the eventual game winner past Roberto Luongo midway through the 1st period.

- It's like déjà vu all over again. The B's beat a Western Conference opponent on the road 1-0 while Tim Thomas earned the shutout.

- It looks like Tim Thomas has emerged as the #1 goaltender for the B's.

- It was good to see Michael Ryder find the back of the net. Maybe that will silence all the Ryder naysayers (read: The Jumbotron).

- The B's out hit the Canucks 19-10, including 8 hits from this little guy...

Photo Credit: Vancouver Province
- Will the real Boston Bruins please stand up. Are they the type of team that is going put up 5 goals a game or they the team that will shut you down and beat you 1-0?

- The Bruins improved to 5-2-3 with the win.

NEXT GAME: Thursday @ Calgary 9:00 ET

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I think it's too early to tell what kind of team this will be, but my guess would be somewhere in the middle. I don't think this team is built for 6-5 games, nor is Tim Thomas going to put up back to back 1-0 games very often. If this team plays the kind of defense Julien wants them to play, I think we'll see a lot of 2-0, 3-1 kind of games where the B's score first, sit back and defend, clog the neutral zone, etc. then score a late one to put the game out of reach. Cool blog too, by the way.

by DR on Oct 29, 2008 3:11 PM EDT reply actions

hey you gotta bag on someone, mine as well be the new kid in school right? the new rich kid, who already knows the teacher. Oh boyyyyyy do i hate him. In a related note I went to school with a kid named Michael Ryder who was a total d-bag

by the-jumbotron.com on Oct 30, 2008 7:37 AM EDT reply actions

So Ryder hasn't scored 30 goals in his first ten games in Boston. You can't argue that he wasn't played well, his shots just aren't finding the back of the net. He has the highest +/- of any forward on the team and one of the top Corsi ratings. He'll be fine. He just needs to keep shooting the puck. Don't blame him beacuase someone stole your lunch money and gave you a wedgie in 5th grade.

by stanley cup of chowder on Oct 30, 2008 7:55 AM EDT reply actions