Bruins Win in OT over Flyers/Patriots Eliminate Jaguars

It was a good day yesterday for N.E. sports fans.

The Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers had a matinee game which ended up being a great game of good old fashion hockey at the Wachovia Center. The two teams had a bit of a rivalry going right from the start due to a couple of previous meeting between the two clubs. At the beginning of the season, a hit from Philly's Randy Jones may have knocked out Patrice Bergeron for the season due to a third grade concussion and Scottie Hartneel had checked Andrew Alberts awkwardly into the boards, who is also out of the lineup due to concussion symptons. Right from the start, the physicallity factor was very intense with Scottie Hartnell seeming to have a target on his back with strong checks from Zdeno Chara and Aaron Ward. Near the end of the 1st period, Milan Lucic was rammed into the boards by Flyers Captain, Jason Smith. Lucic went nose first into the dasher, bloody and helped off the ice, he returned a few shifts later with a fractured nose and 15 stiches, now that's a true hockey player. Needless to say, the rest of the game kept up it's physical play with the Bruins attaining a 3-1 lead, with the Flyers coming back to tie the game before the end of regulation. Sturm had a breakaway where Nittymaki played the puck, it went out to Ward where he then put on the slapper to win the game, 4-3 in OT. http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&seas=20072008&gtype=2&gnum=656, http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view.bg?articleid=1066249,

Then we had the N.E. Patriots taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars to advance in the playoffs towards the Superbowl. It started out going back and forth with a tie score at halftime, 14-14. Then Jacksonville had a few turnovers which N.E. capitalized on to take the lead and end up winning with a 31 -20 victory. http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?season=2007&week=POST19&game_id=29521


Next week, the Pats take on te San Diego Chargers.