March 19
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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Big Zdeno Chara of the once-bad Boston Bruins did not shake hands with Sidney Crosby after a ceremonial faceoff Tuesday night at TD Garden. That was Chara and the Bruins' most defiant moment in an utterly unimpressive 3-0 loss to the Penguins, who rallied around controversial winger Matt Cooke for a bounce-back victory. "I've been involved in games like this before," a stoic Cooke said after he fought Bruins winger Shawn Thornton only a minute and 58 seconds into a game he entered as a "wanted" man, according to one Boston newspaper. Cooke is notorious to Boston fans for his hit on Bruins center Marc Savard at Mellon Arena on March 7. Cooke clipped Savard in the head, accidentally he said, ..."
March 19
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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NHL senior executive vice president/director of hockey operations Colin Campbell attended the game between the Penguins and Boston Bruins at TD Garden. Campbell's responsibilities with the league include disciplinary rulings, and he had been vilified by fans andmedia members in Boston for not suspending Penguins winger Matt Cooke after his controversial hit on Bruins center Marc Savard at Mellon Arena on March 7. Campbell spoke to the coaches and general managers of each team before the game and stressed the need for a clean contest."
March 18
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
columnist Rob Rossi
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I'm a huge fan of "Cheers," for my money the best ensemble sitcom in television history. It also has one of the iconic theme songs of any television program. I particularly like these lines: You want to go where people know/people are all the same/You want to go/where everybody knows your name Well, everybody in Boston, the setting for fictional "Cheers," knows the name of Penguins LW MATT COOKE. Though, as you can see from these Boston newspaper articles, he's probably most known in this city as "bum" or "rat" or… uh, just take a look: Well, never let it be said that Boston's media lacks for keeping water at a boil. Good on them. Hey, it takes a lot to knock the Red Sox off the perch in ..."
March 11
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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One of the NHL's most-hyped would-be suspensions resulted in nothing but good talk-show fodder. Three days after a blindside hit that leveled Boston star Marc Savard with a Grade 2 concussion, Penguins left wing Matt Cooke spoke with NHL officials Wednesday and learned he will not be suspended. The NHL decided to remain true to its rulebook, which in no way indicates that Cooke's hit was illegal. Rampant speculation that he would be suspended for the hit was silenced yesterday afternoon, only minutes after Cooke spoke on the phone with NHL officials about the incident. "There's a lot of gray area," Cooke said after practice. "Technically by the rulebook, I did nothing wrong." The NHL ..."