The Boston Bruins have announced Claude Julien will return for his tenth season as coach in spite of the team missing the playoffs for the past two seasons.
In the NHL playoffs, Washington shut down Philadelphia 2-0….The Islanders rallied for a 5-4 win over Florida as John Tavares scored a goal and added two assists……Dallas shut out Minnesota 4-0 and Joe Pavelski scored two goals as San Jose held off Los Angeles 4-3.
The Sea Dogs take on Cape Breton tonight at Harbour Station with their playoff series tied at 2 games each. The starting time is 7:00.
In the Majors, Josh Donaldson hit a massive three run homer as the Blue Jays downed the Yankees 4-2 behind a strong pitching performance by Marcus Stroman…..The Chicago Cubs improved to 8 and 1, their best start since 1969, by sweeping Cincinnati, 8-1…..Jaime Garcia pitched a one hitter as St. Louis shut out Milwaukee 7-0….. Vince Velasquez struck out 16 in Philadelphia’s 3-0 win over San Diego and Bryce Harper hit his first grand slam, the 100th homer of his career as Washington wins over Atlanta 6-2 to improve to 7 and 1. In other play, it was Detroit 7 Pittsburgh 3….Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 1…..Cleveland 6 Tampa Bay 0…..Colorado 11 San Francisco 6….Texas 6 Baltimore 3…..Kansas City 6 Houston 2 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5 Arizona 2.
