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Saturday 8 April 2017
NHL: Senators clinch playoff spot with 2-1 win over Boston
The Associated Press Vancouver Canucks’ Brock Boeser (6) scores a goal against Arizona Coyotes’ Louis Domingue Mayfield scored early goals
BOSTON (AP) — Craig An- (35) as referee Furman South (44) looks on during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thurs- 3:12 apart, and Andrew
derson stopped 28 shots day, April 6, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. The Coyotes defeated the Canucks 4-3. Ladd added a power-play
in regulation and over- goal to help the Islanders
time and three more in the Associated Press win their fourth straight and
shootout Thursday to help preserve their long-shot
the Ottawa Senators clinch — including a spectacular 1 Toronto, which would have playoff hopes for a little
a playoff spot by beat- no-look, backhand pass to TORONTO (AP) — Brayden clinched with a win, needs while longer.
ing Boston 2-1, ending the give Conor Sheary a shot Point scored two goals two points over its final two Eddie Lack stopped 20
Bruins’ six-game winning into an open net — and 34 and the Tampa Bay Light- games — against Pittsburgh shots for the Hurricanes,
streak and pulling ahead of saves from Matt Murray in ning kept their slim playoff and Columbus — to beat who lost their fourth straight
them in the Atlantic Division picking up their 50th win of hopes alive by beating the out the Lightning and New overall, a slide that coin-
standings. the season. Toronto Maple Leafs. York Islanders for the last cides with their mathemati-
Kyle Turris scored the only The win gave Pittsburgh 111 Nikita Kucherov and Mi- spot. Nazem Kadri scored cal elimination from the
goal in the shootout. An- points — the second-high- chael Bournival also scored the only goal for Toronto. playoff race for the eighth
derson stopped Drew Staf- est total in franchise history. for the Lightning, who pre- ISLANDERS 3, HURRICANES 0 straight year — the longest
ford, who scored Boston’s Coupled with Columbus’ vented the Maple Leafs RALEIGH, North Caro- active postseason drought
only regulation goal, and 5-4 loss to Winnipeg, the from clinching their first lina (AP) — Jaroslav Halak in the NHL. They’ve also
Ryan Spooner before strad- Penguins will finish second postseason berth in four stopped 29 shots in his sec- been shut out in their last
dling the goalpost to turn ahead of the Blue Jackets years. There is only one spot ond shutout of the season, two home games.
away David Pastrnak’s at- in the Metropolitan Division, remaining in the Eastern and the fast-starting New DUCKS 4, BLACKHAWKS 0
tempt at the end. gaining home-ice for the Conference after Ottawa York Islanders beat the Car- ANAHEIM, California (AP) —
Ottawa, which got a goal best-of-7 first-round series. clinched a berth with a 2-1 olina Hurricanes. Corey Perry scored a pow-
in the second from Alex- LIGHTNING 4, MAPLE LEAFS shootout win at Boston. Brock Nelson and Scott er-play goal, John Gibson
andre Burrows, now has 96 made 37 saves in his 12th
points to 95 for Boston af- career shutout and the
ter entering the night tied. Anaheim Ducks clinched
The Senators still have two home-ice advantage in
games remaining — one the first round of the play-
more than the Bruins — and offs with a victory over the
also have the head-to- Chicago Blackhawks.
head tiebreaker. Rickard Rakell had a goal
PENGUINS 7, DEVILS 4 and an assist for the Ducks,
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) who moved to the brink of
— The Pittsburgh Penguins their fifth consecutive Pa-
clinched home-ice advan- cific Division title in a meet-
tage for their first-round ing of the Western Confer-
playoff series against the ence’s two division leaders.
Columbus Blue Jackets Chris Wagner and Ryan
with a victory over the New Kesler also scored for Ana-
Jersey Devils. heim, which has earned
The Penguins got goals points in 13 consecutive
from seven players, two games since March 10 (10-
assists from Sidney Crosby 0-3).q
Regan games in 1963 and 14 in Phil Regan, 80, an assistant minor league pitching coordinator, throws batting practice with New
‘66, and was nicknamed York Mets players before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, April 7, 2017, in New
Continued from page 17 The Vulture by Dodgers York.
teammate Sandy Koufax
His plan changed at about for getting wins out of the Associated Press
7:30 p.m. Wednesday bullpen.
when he picked up his “I never had an arm prob-
phone and Brian Small, the lem when I was pitching,
Mets’ manager of team My last year with the Cubs,
travel, was on the line. I thought I still was throwing
“Hey, can you catch a pretty good, but they start-
plane up here tomorrow ed hitting the ball. I was
morning?” Regan remem- making good pitches but
bered Small asking him. wasn’t getting anybody
Regan joked about the zip out.” he said.
on his fastball. Regan coached since retir-
“Probably about 95,” he ing as a player and man-
said of his mph. “I’m going aged Baltimore in 1995,
to tone it down a little bit when Cal Ripken Jr. broke
for the BP, though.” Lou Gehrig’s consecutive
Regan pitched for Detroit games record.
(1960-65), the Los Angeles He has a simple philosophy:
Dodgers (1966-68), the Chi- “You keep doing it, keep
cago Cubs (1968-72) and doing it day after day. ...
Chicago White Sox (1972), I think Jim Kaat said you’ll
earning his only All-Star se- rust out before you wear
lection in 1966. He won 15 out, so it’s probably true.”q
