The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles scored three times in just over 3 minutes of the third period to defeat the Sea Dogs 4-1. That second round playoff series is tied at 2 games each. Game 5 goes Friday night at Harbour Station starting at 7:00……Moncton lost to Gatineau 7-1 to trail that series 2 games to 1.
The NHL playoffs start tonight with three games……Detroit at Tampa Bay……The Rangers in Pittsburgh and Chicago at St. Louis.
The Ottawa Senators have fired head coach Dave Cameron and his assistant coaches. This news coming after Bryan Murray stepped down as the general manager to take an advisory role with the team.
In the Majors, Baltimore improved to 7 and 0 after a 9-5 win over the Red Sox on homers by Mark Trumbo and J-J Hardy…… Jacoby Ellsbury singled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning as the Yankees got by the Blue Jays 3-2…..Washington is off to its best start ever at 5 and 1 after a 2-1 win over Atlanta which remains winless after 7 games. Elsewhere, it was Detroit 8 Pittsburgh 2….Arizona 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 2….Philadelphia 3 San Diego 0….Miami 2 New York Mets 1….Tampa Bay 5 Cleveland 1….Kansas City 3 Houston 2…..San Francisco 7 Colorado 2…..Los Angeles Angels 5 Oakland 4 and Texas 8 Seattle 0.
In the NBA, the Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers for the 12th straight time 122-98. In other play, it was Indiana 102 New York 90….Miami 99 Detroit 93…..San Antonio 102 Oklahoma City 98 (OT) and the Los Angeles Clippers 110 Memphis 84.
New Orleans Police say a fully loaded 9-millimeter handgun was found inside the vehicle of former Saints player Will Smith, three days after Smith was shot and killed following a minor car crash. There’s no indication the gun was fired. Saints coach Sean Payton says he hates guns and calls New Orleans “a broken city”.
More than 60 runners from New Brunswick will be taking part in next week’s Boston Marathon.
