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Bruins heart Elias Lindholm and defenseman Henri Jokiharju had been additionally named to Olympic rosters on Friday.
A number of Bruins gamers named to Olympic rosters: The Bruins could have some illustration on Staff USA when the Winter Olympics happen in February.
Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy and goalkeeper Jeremy Swayman on Friday had been named to america males’s ice hockey staff’s 25-man roster for the upcoming Milano Cortina Video games.
McAvoy and Swayman weren’t the one Bruins gamers named to an Olympic roster, both. Heart Elias Lindholm was named to Sweden’s roster, and defenseman Henri Jokiharju was named to Finland’s roster.
In a little bit of a shock, Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm wasn’t named to Sweden’s roster for the Olympics. Lindholm was on Sweden’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off final winter. Bruins heart Morgan Geekie, who’s second in targets within the NHL this season (25), discovered earlier this week he gained’t be on Canada’s roster for the upcoming Olympic Video games.
McAvoy and Swayman had been on Staff USA’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off final winter, and USA Hockey opted to not tinker with the roster an excessive amount of after dropping to Canada in final yr’s event. Solely three gamers from USA Hockey’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster aren’t on the Olympics roster.
There was some doubt, although, about McAvoy presumably taking part in within the Olympics after he fractured his jaw in November. However he’s since returned to motion, and now he’ll fulfill a lifelong dream.
“The Olympics are as large because it will get in sports activities,” McAvoy told Olympics.com and Olympic Broadcasting Services in September. “It’s going to be unimaginable, and it is going to be a lifelong dream come true.
“Every part from residing in a village to the Video games themselves — there are such a lot of issues that exist within the Olympics that don’t exist anyplace else, which make it what it’s and make it as particular as it’s,” McAvoy stated. “What a dream come true to have the ability to go to Milano Cortina 2026. It doesn’t get any greater.”
McAvoy, who was one of many alternate captains for Staff USA within the 4 Nations Face-Off, has a objective and 19 assists in 29 video games this season. Swayman has gone 15-10-2 within the video games he’s began this season, posting a 2.84 targets towards common and a 90.4 save share.
Lindholm has six targets and 19 assists in 31 video games for the Bruins this season, whereas Jokiharju has six assists in 25 video games.
A pair of different Bruins standouts will seemingly be part of the group heading to the Milano Cortina Video games quickly. The Czech Republic roster hasn’t been introduced but, however Bruins forwards David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha had been named to its preliminary roster for the Winter Video games again in June.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will mark the primary Olympic Video games that may function lively NHL gamers since 2014.
Trivia:
Who was the final participant to play for Staff USA at a Winter Olympics whereas he was on the Bruins roster?
(Trace: He helped the Bruins win a Stanley Cup.)
Reply under.
Scores and schedules:
The Celtics opened 2026 on a excessive word, defeating the Kings, 120-106, in Sacramento on Thursday night time. Boston will shut out its five-game street journey in Los Angeles on Saturday, taking over the Clippers at 10:30 p.m.
The Bruins, in the meantime, have a pair extra video games left on their West Coast street journey. They tackle the Canucks in Vancouver at 10 p.m. Saturday earlier than going through the Kraken in Seattle on Tuesday.
Lastly, the Patriots shut out the common season once they host the Dolphins at 4:25 p.m. Sunday. A win in that recreation, and the Patriots are assured a minimum of a top-two seed within the AFC. In the event that they win and the Broncos lose to the Chargers, the Patriots will get the AFC’s No. 1 seed.
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Indiana demolishes Alabama in Rose Bowl
In one of many extra stunning turnarounds in latest sports activities reminiscence, Indiana moved simply two wins away from successful a nationwide championship following its dominant 38-3 victory over Alabama on Thursday. Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza threw extra touchdowns (three) than incompletions (two), however Indiana heart Pat Coogan took house offensive MVP honors.
Extra on Celtics’ win over Kings
Boston’s win in Sacramento on Thursday was a fairly tightly contested affair till the ultimate minutes of the fourth quarter. That’s when Jaylen Brown and Derrick White took over, serving to the Celtics go on a 14-6 run over the ultimate six-plus minutes of the sport to seal the win.
On this present day:
Thirty-two years in the past on Friday, the Patriots defeated the Dolphins, 33-27, in an extra time victory to shut out the 1993 common season. The win helped the Patriots enhance to 5-11 of their first yr underneath Invoice Parcells. Nevertheless, on the time, it was seen as presumably the Patriots’ closing house recreation in Foxborough and the New England area, as rumors of relocation had been prevalent.
In fact, the Patriots remained in Foxborough as Robert Kraft purchased the staff shortly after the conclusion of the 1993 season.
Each day spotlight:
Ole Miss was in a position to pull off the upset of No. 3 Georgia within the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night time, getting back from a nine-point deficit within the second half. As a part of Ole Miss’ rally, quarterback Trinidad Chambliss made a play the place he scrambled round roughly 35 yards within the backfield earlier than making a completion for a primary down on a third-down play.
Ole Miss was in a position to kick the game-winning subject objective within the closing seconds, and it rode one of many Patriots’ staff planes again to Oxford following the win.
Trivia reply: Tim Thomas in 2006.
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