Friday, December 2, 2005

Bruins Pound Ottawa

by alec on December 2, 2005

My good friends Jon Arnold and Jim Courtney get to do a little gloating this morning.  Boston fans, both, they are gleeful at Boston’s 3-0 defeat of Ottawa last night.  The Bruins were great.  Ottawa, not so great.  In fact, Jim couldn’t resist sending me this round up of stories from Google…  Enjoy it guys!

On hockey: Life okay (today) without Joe
MetroWest Daily News – Framingham,MA,USA
For one day at least, life without Joe Thornton was just fine for the Bruins. "This was definitely a confidence booster for us," said center Brad Boyes.
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Bruins pound Ottawa
MetroWest Daily News – Framingham,MA,USA
top of that, Hannu Toivonen (26 saves) gave the best Bruins goaltending performance Sturm, playing with former San Jose farmhand Brad Boyes, put the B’s on the

Reworked Bruins pull together
Boston Globe – United States
It was newcomer Marco Sturm who put the Bruins on the board 1:17 into the action. Right wing Brad Boyes, positioned along the right-wing boards in the Ottawa

Now GM is on the firing line
Boston Globe – United States
to: 1) break the team’s festering funk, and 2) make the wounded Bruins fandom forgive first goal as a Bruin, providing a doorstep redirect of a Brad Boyes relay

Ex-Sharks sink their teeth into fresh start
Boston Globe – United States
Just 1:17 into his Boston tenure, Sturm buried a pass from former San Jose teammate Brad Boyes behind Dominik Hasek to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

Toivonen and new players shine
Providence Journal (subscription) – Providence,RI,USA
The Bruins took a 1-0 lead at 1:17 of the first period. Brad Boyes collected the puck along the half-wall at the right faceoff circle and made a centering pass

New trio settles in
Boston Herald – United States
in Wednesday’s blockbuster deal — left a Sharks team that, like the Bruins, had high 1:17 after the opening faceoff on a feed from Brad Boyes, with whom he

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Canadian Blog Awards: Round 2

by alec on December 2, 2005

Hey!  I made it.  Alec Saunders .LOG is in the second round of voting for the Canadian Blog Awards Best Business Blog of 2005.  You can vote here.  Voting starts on Saturday December 3rd, and ends Friday December 9th.  As in the first round, you can vote every day. 

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RIM / NTP: Lessons for Entrepreneurs

December 2, 2005

Rich Tehrani commented on his blog, the other day, that Canadian companies don’t seem to be as concerned about US patents as they should be.  He was referencing the RIM / NTP patent dispute. I concur.  Since returning to Canada, I’ve repeatedly encountered venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs, who don’t put much faith in patents.  One [...]

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