Hurricanes reacquire D Aaron Ward from Bruins for Patrick Eaves

October 9th, 2009 Hurricanes beat Panthers 7-2RALEIGH, N.C. — Tom Kostopoulos and Jussi Jokinen scored first-period goals off turnovers in Florida's end to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Panthers 7-2 on Friday night.

October 6th, 2009 Ruutu's goal in shootout lifts CarolinaRALEIGH, N.C. — Tuomo Ruutu scored the final goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout, giving them a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

October 3rd, 2009 Bruins rout Hurricanes 7-2BOSTON — Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler scored 26 seconds apart in the first period and the Boston Bruins scored four-power play goals in a 7-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Marc Savard had a goal and two assists, and Marco Sturm added a goal and an assist, and Dennis Wideman, Shawn Thornton and Matt Hunwick also scored for the Bruins, who got a bit of revenge against the team that knocked them out of last season's playoffs in the second round with an overtime win in Boston in Game 7.

October 3rd, 2009 Hurricanes-Bruins Sums Carolina 0 1 1—2Boston 3 3 1—7First Period_1, Boston, Savard 1 (Ryder, Morris), 4:06 (pp). 2, Boston, Ryder 1 (Chara, Morris), 12:38 (pp).

October 2nd, 2009 Emery, Flyers blank 'Canes, 2-0RALEIGH, N.C. — It doesn't matter what team Ray Emery is playing for.

September 26th, 2009 Torres helps Blue Jackets top Bruins 4-2BOSTON — Raffi Torres scored one third-period goal and then set up Nikita Filatov with the go-ahead tally Saturday night, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-2 preseason victory over the Boston Bruins. With one preseason game left, the Blue Jackets rested most of their top players, including Rick Nash and goalie Steve Mason, the Calder Trophy winner as the NHL's top rookie last season.

September 24th, 2009 Bergeron gives Bruins shootout winMONTREAL — Patrice Bergeron scored in a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 preseason victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Bergeron slammed on the brakes after approaching from the right side and beat Jaroslav Halak with Boston's second attempt.

September 4th, 2009 Bruins coach Julien signs multiyear extensionBOSTON — Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien has signed a multiyear contract extension. The team made the announcement Friday.

August 4th, 2009 Red Wings sign free agent forward Patrick EavesDETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have signed free agent forward Patrick Eaves to a one-year contract. The team said Tuesday it would not disclose additional terms.

July 25th, 2009 Bruins sign defenseman Derek MorrisBOSTON — Derek Morris is the final piece of the Boston Bruins' new defense corps that will be younger and should create more offense. One day after trading 36-year-old Aaron Ward to the Carolina Hurricanes, the Bruins signed the 30-year-old Morris to a one-year contract on Saturday.

July 15th, 2009 NHL's Winter Classic set for Fenway ParkBOSTON — With Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima playing catch in the outfield and a bright blue summer sky hovering over Fenway Park, Boston Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward stood on the infield of the major leagues' oldest ballpark and pretended to be miffed. "That's how they got me down here," he said.

July 1st, 2009 'Canes re-sign Cole for 2 yearsRALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes are keeping Erik Cole, agreeing Wednesday to a two-year deal with the physical forward.

June 19th, 2009 Bruins coach Julien voted as NHL's coach of yearLAS VEGAS — Claude Julien of the Boston Bruins has been chosen as the NHL's coach of the year, earning 35 first-place votes from the NHL Broadcasters' Association. Julien won the award Thursday night after guiding the Bruins to the best record in the Eastern Conference.

June 15th, 2009 Bruins GM Chiarelli gets contract extensionBOSTON — The Boston Bruins have signed general manager Peter Chiarelli to a contract extension, rewarding the architect who built the team with the second-best record in the NHL last season. The Bruins announced the deal on Monday and scheduled a news conference for Tuesday to discuss it.

June 5th, 2009 Bruins Krejci has successful hip surgeryBOSTON — Boston Bruins forward David Krejci's (KRAY-chee's) hip surgery was a success. The Bruins said the surgery took place in New York on Thursday.