Jack Edwards

Jack Edwards compares Boston Bruins’ loss in Game Seven to Hindenburg disaster

Jack Edwards is the longtime play-by-play man for the Boston Bruins. He’s a bit of a homer, which is fine I guess, but sometimes, that bleeding black-and-gold heart can lead him astray.

His latest eyebrow-raising comment came after the Bruins were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in Game Seven of the first round. The Bruins were the greatest team in regular-season history but fell to eighth-seed Florida after losing the last three games of the series.

Edwards compared the Bruins’ loss to the Hindenburg disaster.

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By Ian Oland 5 months ago

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Alex Ovechkin Juggles the Puck Again (Video)

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has unrivaled puck skills. So much so that juggling the puck has become easy for him. In years past, Ovechkin would pull the move off only in All-Star Game breakaway challenges. Now he’s using the move in games and has even scored with it.

Saturday, Ovechkin juggled the puck again, this time after his and Patrice Bergeron’s sticks knocked the puck air-borne in the neutral zone.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Jack Edwards Calls Braden Holtby an AHL Quality Goalie

Though we often take shots at NBC coverage of Caps games, it’s playful ribbing of a shared suffering that all hockey fans endure sometimes. We are fully aware that there are worse fates, like being stuck watching on NESN with Jack Edwards commenting.

While Bruins fans seem to like him well enough, that’s not as much the case among fans of other teams, or those who value commentating that reflects what is actually happening on the ice. Case in point: Edwards’ radio appearance with WEEI after Game 3, wherein he describes a game and a series clearly occupying a reality separate from our own.

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