"In the wake of Tim Thomas' Facebook posting yesterday in support of the Catholic church's battle against the Obama administration over contraceptives, the goalie faced a new round of reporters today who wanted him to expound on his thoughts.

Not surprisingly, the goalie, who was able to deny his own team's repeated requests to attend the White House function with the rest of his teammates a couple of weeks ago, dug his heels in and kept to the same robotic mantra that he used when asked about it after last night's game in Buffalo.

"It's my personal life that has absolutely nothing to do with the Bruins or hockey and I'm going to use my right to remain silent," said Thomas."