Glorious Hub!

The Bruins are back! Literally. After a five day lay off the black and gold took on the team closest to them in the Eastern Conference, the Washington Capitals. As expected it was a hard fought game that went into overtime. The B's, who battled back twice from one goal deficits, were able to capitalize on a power play in the extra session and beat the Caps for the first time this season. More importantly, however, they got excellent contributions from Patrice Bergeron, Andrew Ference and Milan Lucic all returning after missing time. Bergeron (16 games) and Ference (21 games) had been out for so long, that when NESN aired re-runs of games from November it made you realize how well this team did without them. Regardless, until tonight they couldn't beat Ovechkin and his traveling wildebeasts. After tonight, things don't get much easier. The Devils and Rangers come to town before road games in Montreal, Philly and Ottawa which will be a true test of grit for this young(ish) team. As every great team knows, you can't win em all but if the B's can get hot out of the break, they may be playing after Maine thaws out. Which, incidentally, could be June at the rate we're going.

Super Letdown

So the Super Bowl is just a few days away and other than the diehard Steelers fans, who really cares? I mean honestly. Up until now, the Cardinals haven't done diddily poo and other than the win in Carolina, they haven't looked that impressive. History certainly isn't on their side and while I'll be the first to admit that anything can happen in one game, I don't really like their chances. I want to know what you think. If you have an opinion let's hear it! And remember to check out my columns at www.mainecampus.com just go to the sports section. Only time will tell what happens but don't hold your breath for another upset.