sports.yahoo.com - 4/3/2009
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Minor league sports are a bit of a conundrum. On the one hand, they're a business every bit as viable as a professional league, and in many ways have to work harder to keep and cultivate an audience. On the other, the majority of them are elementary education for prospects before they reach the ...
Nice Jackets!
clevelandfrowns.com 4/9/2009 — Last night, the Columbus Blue Jackets clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in the franchise's brief history (they entered the league in the 2000-01 season). This is at least somewhat exciting at least in part because there's decent evidence that the Curse of Chief ...
Playing Below Capacity: Columbus Blue Jackets
puckmoney.blogspot.com 2/17/2009 — Welcome to the seventh edition of Playing Below Capacity, a series here at Puck Money where I take a look at teams playing below (as of December) 85% capacity. The previous six editions can be found on this page here. Today we visit Columbus, Ohio; where the Blue Jackets are fighting hard for ...
Morning Skate: Wednesday, 4/8
thehockeyprogram.net 4/9/2009 — Tonight’s Slate: Sabres @ Maple Leafs, 7:00 ET Blue Jackets @ Blackhawks, 8:30 Game of the Night: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Chicago Blackhawks 8:30 ET… TV: Local Networks Records: Overall: Blue Jackets (40-29-10) … Blackhawks (44-24-11) Last Ten: Blue Jackets (4-2-4) … Blackhawks (7-2-1) ...
About the Blue Jackets - 3-12-09
community.post-gazette.com 3/12/2009 —
A preview of the Blue Jackets.
When and where: 7 p.m., Nationwide Arena.
TV: FSN-Pittsburgh, FSN-Ohio.
Record: 34-27-6, 74 points. Columbus is in third place in the Central Division and sixth place in the Western Conference.
Leading ...
The 5-Hole – Blue Jackets News and Notes: 3/24/09
waitingfornextyear.com 3/24/2009 — Every Tuesday, WFNY’s The 5-Hole brings you up to date with the goings-on of the CBJ…
The Week That Was
Week: 2-0-0, 4 points
Overall: 38-28-6, 82 points (3rd division; 6th conference)
The Jackets had another great week, for two main reasons: first and foremost, they won both of ...
The 5-Hole - Blue Jackets News and Notes: 2/17/09
waitingfornextyear.com 2/17/2009 — Every Tuesday, WFNY’s The 5-Hole brings you up to date with the goings-on of the CBJ…
The Week That Was
Week: 3-0-1, 7 points
Overall: 28-23-6, 62 points (3rd division; 8th conference)
It was a busy week with four games, and the Jackets are now three games into a stretch of six ...
Columbus Blue Jackets clinch their first-ever NHL playoff spot
nhl.com 4/9/2009 — CHICAGO - Rick Nash put Columbus in the playoffs for the first time, and Fedor Tyutin capped the Blue Jackets' big night with the shootout winner.
After Nash scored a late goal to force overtime and give the Blue Jackets the final point t...
Morning Skate: Friday, 3/13
thehockeyprogram.net 3/13/2009 — Tonight’s Slate: Blue Jackets @ Blackhawks, 8:30 ET Kings @ Canucks, 10:00 Game of the Night: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Chicago Blackhawks 8:30 ET… TV: Local Networks Records: Overall: Blue Jackets (35-27-6) … Blackhawks (37-19-9) Last Ten: Blue Jackets (6-4-0) … Blackhawks (5-4-1) ...
The BJ’s are Good—Is This Really Happening?
viewfrommyseats.com 2/21/2009 — For all the fans of the Western Conference, a very interesting scene is starting to take shape. You have the expected teams— the Red Wings, Flames, etc .—who are solidly in the playoffs. But then you have teams like the Ducks and the Avalanche on the outside and looking in. When you look ...
Train Keeps Rollin’ – Jackets Outlast Blackhawks
waitingfornextyear.com 3/14/2009 — Blue Jackets 5, Blackhawks 3
(Box) - Highlights
Record: 36-27-6 (78pts - 6th place)
Sports Club Stats Rank: 6th, 90.3%
There’s a funny line from a Simpsons episode where Bart accidentally discovers Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel making out. Later on, as the only one who knows their ...
Vancouver Canucks: Earning Respect —
Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2009
When we talk about the NHL Western teams and who can make it to the finals, the same teams appear in our conversations: the San Jose Sharks, Detroit Red Wings, and Calgary Flames.
Of course, this year the Chicago Blackhawks have been garnering ...
Rangers-Bruins: And Then There Were Four —
Bleacher Report - NHL 4/3/2009
Saturday's game between the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins could be a preview of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If the playoffs started tomorrow, the first-place Bruins would face the eighth-place Rangers. The last time these ...
Hockey transactions —
NHL.com News in English 4/3/2009
Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS-Signed F Yannick Riendeau to an three-year contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Recalled F Nikita Filatov from Syracuse (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS...
Wilson may coach Olympians —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 4/3/2009
Ron Wilson of the Maple Leafs is expected to be selected coach of the U.S. Olympic team for next year's Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, according to several reports Friday that cited unidentified sources. USA Hockey said the coach for the ...