Sports Redux: Identityless Bruins Need Identity

Eleven games, and for better and worse, the Bruins still haven’t been able to put together a two-game streak of any kind. They had a chance last night, and played pretty well, but came away short with a 2-1 loss to the Devils. "This is one of those nights throughout the course of a season where you lose a hockey game only because the other team got one extra bounce going their way," said Coach Claude Julien. But for all the effort and Julien-pleasing hard work, they could only beat Yann Davis (subbing for Martin Brodeur - which should have rallied the troops) once, when Patrice Bergeron took a backhand Marco Sturm pass and sent it in. That tied the game,

but Dainius Zubrus took advantage of a flurry of action right in front of Tim Thomas to send in the gamewinner with 2 1/2 minutes to play. End of story. Edmonton is next, and statistic show the B’s are due for a win. The Yankees beat Pedro and Phillies to tie the World Series at one apiece. So good for them. The bad news for baseball is that there were a couple more blown calls, so get ready for 43 instant-replay breaks a game next season; the good news for baseball is that Alex Rodriguez is 0-for-8 in the Series. It picks up again in Philadelphia sometime after Thanksgiving.

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Sports Redux: Identityless Bruins Need Identity