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Carter Hutton Jersey Womens , Va. (AP) When Barry Trotz resigned, the Washington Capitals didn’t even bother with a coaching search.There was only one candidate and he got the job.Top assistant Todd Reirden will take over the Stanley Cup-champion Capitals, promoted from the bench on Friday in a move that allows Washington to maintain a sense of continuity. Reirden coached the defensemen the past four seasons, was a finalist for another NHL head job two years ago, earned a promotion to associate coach and played a substantial role in the first championship in franchise history.”We feel that the time is right for Todd to lead our hockey club,” general manager Brian MacLellan said. ”Based on his coaching experience, communication abilities, his approach to the game and the respect he commands in our locker room, we feel that Todd has earned this opportunity.”MacLellan hopes promoting Reirden from within will allow the team to ”transition seamlessly into next season and beyond.”Given his four-year tenure on Trotz’s staff and the league-wide view of him as a rising star in coaching, Reirden was the only one interviewed for this job. He was hired less than two weeks after Trotz resigned and eight days after the veteran Cup-winning coach joined the New York Islanders.The 47-year-old former defenseman coached the American Hockey League’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for parts of two seasons before serving as an NHL assistant with Pittsburgh for four years. Reirden was a finalist for the Calgary coaching job two summers ago but after losing out to since-fired Glen Gulutzan was given a raise and the associate coach title by the Capitals.As the assistant in charge of the defense, Reirden had a hand in the development of John Carlson
http://www.kingsproshop.com/authentic-tyler-toffoli-jersey , Matt Niskanen and Dmitry Orlov.”I thought he was crucial for my career and just changed kind of a few things how I looked at the game, changed a few things with the D that I think really benefited everyone on D and made it pretty clear what he expected of us and allowed us to go out there and do the rest,” Carlson said after signing a $64 million, eight-year contract to stick around.MacLellan said last week this was Reirden’s job to lose.”He’s got history there and he’s ready to try it as a head coach, and he’s been successful with our defensemen,” he said. ”I think he can handle the personalities in our room.”Reirden takes over a defending champion led by captain and playoff MVP Alex Ovechkin, who was motivated by Trotz to adapt his game at age 32. He is the first assistant to take over for a Cup-winning coach the next season since Dave Lewis replaced the retired Scotty Bowman with Detroit in 2002-03 and the first to follow a champion coach who left in a contract dispute since Colin Campbell replaced Mike Keenan with the New York Rangers in 1994-95.Reirden describes his coaching personality as a mix of those he has worked with in the past – the honesty of Joel Quenneville and the systems skills of Todd McLellan and Todd Richards. He drew rave reviews from Capitals trade-deadline acquisition Michal Kempny, who credited Reirden for putting together an effective plan that contributed to a key part of the Cup run.”He get my belief in myself back and I really appreciate (him) for it because when I came here I didn’t believe in myself,” Kempny said.Current and past players praise Reirden for his ability to not only strategize but communicate. As the NHL moves away from taskmasters behind the bench, Reirden fits the mold of a modern coach.”I think he did a great job taking everybody for being different people and seeing things different ways,” Carlson said. ”I just think he seemed to connect with everyone’s different personalities. I think he makes you look at the game a little bit differently.”Even the forwards who didn’t deal with Reirden on a one-on-one basis got an idea about his benefits to the team.”In the room and in practice he’s always giving little tips to everyone
Devan Dubnyk Jersey ,” winger Devante Smith-Pelly said. ”I think he taught me just a lot of little things positional-wise and things like that maybe other coaches never taught me. … He did amazing job, obviously, with the defense and a big part of the whole run. So I think he’ll do a great job and definitely help us defend the Cup.”— SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A controversial non-call helped the Boston Bruins avoid what would have been a dispiriting loss. Then an unexpected source extended their winning streak.Charlie McAvoy scored the game-winning goal in overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Monday night in a game featuring two of the NHL’s hottest teams.McAvoy’s fourth goal of the season came with 1:01 left in overtime.After blowing an early three-goal lead, the Bruins trailed 5-4 with 1:49 left in the game when Chris Wagner tied it with his eighth goal of the season.The Sharks said Wagner should have been called for high sticking in front of the net just before he slipped the puck past Sharks goalie Martin Jones.“I think I got it shoulder length,” Wagner said. “They didn’t call a high stick so I knew it was good. It was a good break for us. It’s pretty cool, we score six goals and we’re on a roll.”The Bruins won their season-best sixth straight game and extended their point streak to 11 games (8-0-3).“There were some funny goals and some lucky ones. In the end, let’s take the two points,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said.Boston moved three points ahead of Toronto for second place in the Atlantic Division.“We saw the replay and it’s just unfortunate the refs can’t (review) it,” Sharks center Joe Thornton said of Wagner’s goal. “Tough break, but definitely an entertaining game tonight.”The Sharks lost despite Thornton’s fifth career hat trick.San Jose had won seven of their previous eight games and 14 of 18 going into Monday. They fell out of a tie for first place with Calgary
Womens Eric Staal Jersey , which defeated Arizona.Thornton’s hat trick was his first since Oct. 27, 2010, against the New Jersey Devils. Thornton’s first two hat tricks came when he was playing for Boston, the team with which he spent his first eight seasons.“It was a spectacular night for him, considering it’s his first NHL team, the history behind that,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “Couldn’t have written a better script other than winning the game.”Thornton’s third goal and 13th of the season broke a 4-4 tie at 13:32 of the third period.Tuukka Rask had 38 saves for Boston. The Bruins scored three goals in the span of less than five minutes to take a big early lead.Torey Krug got the Bruins with a power play goal (his sixth) at 13:49 of the first period.Zdeno Chara followed it with his fourth goal and rookie Karson Kuhlman scored his first career goal with 1:34 left in the period.Jones had 20 saves.“It was one of those games that went back and forth. Some missed calls, things happen that affect the game,” Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk said. “It was big to come out on top of this one.”NOTES: DeBoer coached his 800th career NHL game. C Kuhlman played on the second line in place of Peter Cehlarik, who was injured in the third period of Saturday’s game in Los Angeles. Cehlarik is day to day. Bruins F David Pastrnak (left thumb) missed his third straight game. … Boston recalled D Steven Kampfer from his conditioning loan with the Providence Bruins. … Sharks D’s Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns were on the ice after missing a morning skate earlier in the day. … The Sharks reassigned C Dylan Gambrell to the San Jose Barracuda.UP NEXTBruins: At Vegas on Wednesday.Sharks: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.
ARLINGTON Carter Hutton Jersey Womens , Va. (AP) When Barry Trotz resigned, the Washington Capitals didn’t even bother with a coaching search.There was only one candidate and he got the job.Top assistant Todd Reirden will take over the Stanley Cup-champion Capitals, promoted from the bench on Friday in a move that allows Washington to maintain a sense of continuity. Reirden coached the defensemen the past four seasons, was a finalist for another NHL head job two years ago, earned a promotion to associate coach and played a substantial role in the first championship in franchise history.”We feel that the time is right for Todd to lead our hockey club,” general manager Brian MacLellan said. ”Based on his coaching experience, communication abilities, his approach to the game and the respect he commands in our locker room, we feel that Todd has earned this opportunity.”MacLellan hopes promoting Reirden from within will allow the team to ”transition seamlessly into next season and beyond.”Given his four-year tenure on Trotz’s staff and the league-wide view of him as a rising star in coaching, Reirden was the only one interviewed for this job. He was hired less than two weeks after Trotz resigned and eight days after the veteran Cup-winning coach joined the New York Islanders.The 47-year-old former defenseman coached the American Hockey League’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for parts of two seasons before serving as an NHL assistant with Pittsburgh for four years. Reirden was a finalist for the Calgary coaching job two summers ago but after losing out to since-fired Glen Gulutzan was given a raise and the associate coach title by the Capitals.As the assistant in charge of the defense, Reirden had a hand in the development of John Carlson http://www.kingsproshop.com/authentic-tyler-toffoli-jersey , Matt Niskanen and Dmitry Orlov.”I thought he was crucial for my career and just changed kind of a few things how I looked at the game, changed a few things with the D that I think really benefited everyone on D and made it pretty clear what he expected of us and allowed us to go out there and do the rest,” Carlson said after signing a $64 million, eight-year contract to stick around.MacLellan said last week this was Reirden’s job to lose.”He’s got history there and he’s ready to try it as a head coach, and he’s been successful with our defensemen,” he said. ”I think he can handle the personalities in our room.”Reirden takes over a defending champion led by captain and playoff MVP Alex Ovechkin, who was motivated by Trotz to adapt his game at age 32. He is the first assistant to take over for a Cup-winning coach the next season since Dave Lewis replaced the retired Scotty Bowman with Detroit in 2002-03 and the first to follow a champion coach who left in a contract dispute since Colin Campbell replaced Mike Keenan with the New York Rangers in 1994-95.Reirden describes his coaching personality as a mix of those he has worked with in the past – the honesty of Joel Quenneville and the systems skills of Todd McLellan and Todd Richards. He drew rave reviews from Capitals trade-deadline acquisition Michal Kempny, who credited Reirden for putting together an effective plan that contributed to a key part of the Cup run.”He get my belief in myself back and I really appreciate (him) for it because when I came here I didn’t believe in myself,” Kempny said.Current and past players praise Reirden for his ability to not only strategize but communicate. As the NHL moves away from taskmasters behind the bench, Reirden fits the mold of a modern coach.”I think he did a great job taking everybody for being different people and seeing things different ways,” Carlson said. ”I just think he seemed to connect with everyone’s different personalities. I think he makes you look at the game a little bit differently.”Even the forwards who didn’t deal with Reirden on a one-on-one basis got an idea about his benefits to the team.”In the room and in practice he’s always giving little tips to everyone Devan Dubnyk Jersey ,” winger Devante Smith-Pelly said. ”I think he taught me just a lot of little things positional-wise and things like that maybe other coaches never taught me. … He did amazing job, obviously, with the defense and a big part of the whole run. So I think he’ll do a great job and definitely help us defend the Cup.”— SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A controversial non-call helped the Boston Bruins avoid what would have been a dispiriting loss. Then an unexpected source extended their winning streak.Charlie McAvoy scored the game-winning goal in overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Monday night in a game featuring two of the NHL’s hottest teams.McAvoy’s fourth goal of the season came with 1:01 left in overtime.After blowing an early three-goal lead, the Bruins trailed 5-4 with 1:49 left in the game when Chris Wagner tied it with his eighth goal of the season.The Sharks said Wagner should have been called for high sticking in front of the net just before he slipped the puck past Sharks goalie Martin Jones.“I think I got it shoulder length,” Wagner said. “They didn’t call a high stick so I knew it was good. It was a good break for us. It’s pretty cool, we score six goals and we’re on a roll.”The Bruins won their season-best sixth straight game and extended their point streak to 11 games (8-0-3).“There were some funny goals and some lucky ones. In the end, let’s take the two points,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said.Boston moved three points ahead of Toronto for second place in the Atlantic Division.“We saw the replay and it’s just unfortunate the refs can’t (review) it,” Sharks center Joe Thornton said of Wagner’s goal. “Tough break, but definitely an entertaining game tonight.”The Sharks lost despite Thornton’s fifth career hat trick.San Jose had won seven of their previous eight games and 14 of 18 going into Monday. They fell out of a tie for first place with Calgary Womens Eric Staal Jersey , which defeated Arizona.Thornton’s hat trick was his first since Oct. 27, 2010, against the New Jersey Devils. Thornton’s first two hat tricks came when he was playing for Boston, the team with which he spent his first eight seasons.“It was a spectacular night for him, considering it’s his first NHL team, the history behind that,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “Couldn’t have written a better script other than winning the game.”Thornton’s third goal and 13th of the season broke a 4-4 tie at 13:32 of the third period.Tuukka Rask had 38 saves for Boston. The Bruins scored three goals in the span of less than five minutes to take a big early lead.Torey Krug got the Bruins with a power play goal (his sixth) at 13:49 of the first period.Zdeno Chara followed it with his fourth goal and rookie Karson Kuhlman scored his first career goal with 1:34 left in the period.Jones had 20 saves.“It was one of those games that went back and forth. Some missed calls, things happen that affect the game,” Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk said. “It was big to come out on top of this one.”NOTES: DeBoer coached his 800th career NHL game. C Kuhlman played on the second line in place of Peter Cehlarik, who was injured in the third period of Saturday’s game in Los Angeles. Cehlarik is day to day. Bruins F David Pastrnak (left thumb) missed his third straight game. … Boston recalled D Steven Kampfer from his conditioning loan with the Providence Bruins. … Sharks D’s Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns were on the ice after missing a morning skate earlier in the day. … The Sharks reassigned C Dylan Gambrell to the San Jose Barracuda.UP NEXTBruins: At Vegas on Wednesday.Sharks: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.