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Andrew Ference Suspended For Three Games
by Paul on 01/22/12 at 03:03 PM ET
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Brendan Shanahan with the decision.
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Video- Andrew Ference Five Minutes For Charging And A Game Misconduct
by Paul on 01/21/12 at 04:10 PM ET
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For this hit on Ryan Mcdonagh.
Costly penalty, the Rangers scored in OT while on the power play.
added 5:01pm, another video below, this time with the Boston TV crew…
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Video- Ference Goes Green On His Cup Day
by Paul on 09/05/11 at 10:00 PM ET
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Andrew Ference of the Boston Bruins halls the Stanley Cup around with his bike.
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Bruins Today: Q&As with Ryder, Bergeron, Lucic, and Others
by Alanah McGinley on 06/07/11 at 01:59 PM ET
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Today’s transcripts of Q&As with Michael Ryder, Chris Kelly, Milan Lucic, Shawn Thornton, Patrice Bergeron, Gregory Campbell and Andrew Ference.
MICHAEL RYDER
Q. The suspension for Rome’s four games, does that surprise you? Do you think that’s just?
MICHAEL RYDER: Well, it was a League decision that came out just then. I guess we heard the same time you guys did. It’s their decision, and that’s it.
Q. Are you satisfied?
MICHAEL RYDER: Well, you know, Horty is a big part of our team. He’s been huge for us all season in the playoffs. We’re definitely going to miss him.
It’s not my call how many games Rome gets or whatever. The league just decided that four was it. Everybody is going to have to deal with that.
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Video- The Andrew Ference/Jeff Halpern Debate
by Paul on 04/27/11 at 09:25 PM ET
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Shoulder to the jaw?
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Ference Fined
by Paul on 04/22/11 at 09:39 AM ET
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NEW YORK (April 22, 2011) – Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference has been fined $2,500 for an obscene gesture made during Game 4 of the team’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night at the Bell Centre.
The incident was reviewed by NHL Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Mike Murphy. The fine was levied for violation of Rule 75.5 (ii) of the National Hockey League’s Official Rules. No penalty was assessed for the infraction.
The fine money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
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Video- Glenn Healy Not Impressed With Ference Goal Salute
by Paul on 04/21/11 at 10:34 PM ET
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What do you think?
added 11:44pm, from the CP at The Hockey News,
Such a gesture usually incurs fine or even a suspension from the NHL, but Ference said it was unintentional.
‘‘I just saw it and I know it looks really bad, but I can assure you that is not part of who I am,’’ said Ference. ‘‘I apologize.
‘‘That is not part of my repertoire. My glove got caught up there.’‘
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Applauding Andrew Ference
by Paul on 02/05/11 at 09:54 PM ET
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from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun,
The league needs more players like Andrew Ference.
While stodgy, old-school hockey logic suggests the Boston Bruins defenceman was being a bad teammate for suggesting Dan Paille’s maiming of Raymond Sawada was “a bad hit,” the reality is he’s being refreshingly honest and progressive with his frank assessment.
“It’s not about throwing a guy under the bus,” Ference told the Sun.
“It’s about being honest with guys, and if you have a strong room, you can call a spade a spade. I talked to the coach about it, and the only way to be honest about it is to switch jerseys. If it was Bergie (Patrice Bergeron) who got hit, how would we look at it?”
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Morning Line
by Paul on 02/04/11 at 09:32 AM ET
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“I mean it’s a bad hit, right? That’s what they’re trying to get rid of and you can’t be hypocritical about it when it happens to you, and say it’s fine when your teammate does it. It’s a hit they’re trying to get rid of. I mean you hear it from every player after they do it, they feel bad, and same thing, I talked to Danny and he feels bad. It’s tough, that backchecking forward, to make those kind of hits, it’s so hard to do it in a clean fashion, with the new rules. It is what it is. He hurt the guy, and I’m sure he’ll have a conversation.”
-Andrew Ference of the Boston Bruins talking about the Paille hit (watch it). Quote via Andrew’s Stars Page at ESPN Dallas.
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Bruins Extend Ference
by Paul on 03/24/10 at 10:18 AM ET
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BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club has signed defenseman Andrew Ference to a three-year contract extension through the 2013-14 NHL season. Per club policy, financial terms of the deal will not be disclosed.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 09/23/09 at 07:06 PM ET
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“Let me tell Andrew Ference, one defenseman to another, he should spend more time worrying about going to back to get the puck than to worry about Paul Kelly’s ability to do the job as head of the PA, said Park, who turned 61 years old in July. ‘‘When [Ference] was in junior, I assume he wasn’t going to college…so I ask, what makes him so [expletive] smart?! They had a guy like Chris Chelios in that room [in Chicago] who disagreed, told them to wait and think.
‘‘Maybe guys like Ference should take time to listen to guys who are older and smarter.’‘
-Hall of Fame Defenseman Brad Park on the comments Andrew Ference made about Paul Kelly. More by Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 09/23/09 at 07:01 AM ET
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“Obviously some guys are a little louder than others when they give comments, and they get more play. But guys are very comfortable with the decision that we made. We did the right thing. It doesn’t make me feel any different from the moment that we had the meetings.’’
-Andrew Ference on the removal of Paul Kelly. More from Fluto Shinzawa at the Boston Globe.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 09/11/09 at 06:51 AM ET
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“If the CEO of IBM has leadership issues, trust issues, issues in the office, it’s a no-brainer. You pull the trigger because it’s not working, it’s very frustrating. The last thing you want is turmoil. It would be great if everything ran well and people were happy. Even if things weren’t great, it would have been easy to say, ‘Let’s leave it alone and let them figure it out.’ But that would be far from doing the right thing.
“We made the decision to take the high road and not air our dirty laundry. We decided to do things in a professional manner ... I’m not into he said/she said. I was in the room. I know the facts. When we present our teammates with the facts they’re very supportive. That’s all that matters to me.”
-Andrew Ference of the Boston Bruins on the firing of Paul Kelly. More from Ference by Allan Maki of the Globe and Mail.
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NHL Players “Going Green”
by Alanah McGinley on 03/26/09 at 03:24 PM ET
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From the NHLPA:
NHL players are “going green” in a big way, due in part to the success of the NHLPA Carbon Neutral Challenge program. Players are taking more action in their own lives to reduce their environmental footprint. With over 420 NHLPA members signing up for the second year of the program, the players continue to show leadership on the environment.
“I’m very proud that we’ve offset more than 4,200 tonnes of carbon emissions this season, which is like taking 840 cars off the road for a year,” said Andrew Ference, the Boston Bruins’ defenseman who initiated the NHLPA Carbon Neutral Challenge. “But best of all, I’m hearing of more and more players in the dressing rooms talking about ‘going green’.”
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Andrew Ference Out With Fractured Tibia
by Paul on 11/15/08 at 06:59 PM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont at the Bruins Blog,
...Peter Chiarelli, the Bruins General Manager, just announced outside the Boston dressing room that defenseman Andrew Ference sustained a fractured tibia (right leg), will undergo surgery Monday for the insertion of a surgical pin, and will be lost to the lineup for up to eight weeks.
‘‘He’ll be out a bit,’’ said Chiarelli. ‘‘Maybe, collectively the whole year, he’s been our best defenseman. He’s played a solid game, moving the puck….we will miss him.’‘
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Andrew Ference Cares
by Paul on 03/20/08 at 05:22 AM ET
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from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,
“I remember a couple of years ago Ed Jovanovski leaned over the bench and said, `Hey Andy, when did you turn into a tree hugger?’” Ference said with a laugh yesterday in an interview.
“There was one other time – I won’t tell you the guy’s name – when I was in a bit of a scrum and he punched me in the face and I punched him in the face and then he said, `Why don’t you go save the f—-ing world?’
“I’m pretty sure that one was an insult.”
It comes with the territory, of course, as being identified as a professional athlete interested in environmental and other international issues.
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All Andrew Ference
by Paul on 01/08/08 at 09:58 AM ET
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from David Amber at ESPN,
When he’s not busy moving hulking forwards from in front of the net, Andrew Ference is busy trying to change the world. The Bruins defenseman wears a helmet on the ice and many hats off it: political activist, environmental crusader and possibly future NHL commissioner.
In this edition of Facing Off, Ference tells us what it’s like to drop the gloves with Sid the Kid, how the Bruins can win back Beantown and how 10 days in Africa changed his life forever.
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Crosby Drops the Gloves
by Alanah McGinley on 12/20/07 at 10:05 PM ET
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Here’s the footage of Sidney Crosby’s fight with Andrew Ference tonight. It’s a Gordie Howe Hat Trick for the illustrious Penguin. From HockeyFights.com:
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Players Think Green
by Paul on 12/06/07 at 09:09 PM ET
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from Matthew Sekeres of the Globe and Mail,
A professional hockey player and environmentalist David Suzuki make for strange breakfast companions, but their unlikely encounter in Calgary last year is greening dressing rooms throughout the NHL.
Since their meeting last fall, Andrew Ference, a Boston Bruins defenceman, has become the point man for the National Hockey League Players’ Association on environmental issues. His goal is to slow climate change by changing the mindset of his fellow players.
Friday, Ference and Suzuki will unite for a news conference in Toronto to unveil a partnership between the NHLPA and the David Suzuki Foundation. The two are teaming up to help offset the greenhouse gas emissions produced by NHL players whose jobs require them to travel by planes, trains, buses and cars.
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Ference Out With Sprained Knee
by Paul on 11/17/07 at 03:36 PM ET
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from the CP via TSN,
Just as defenceman Aaron Ward returned from a concussion, blue-liner Andrew Ference was sidelined for a second time this month - this time with a sprained knee.
Ference returned from an upper body injury for the Bruins’ 5-2 victory over Toronto on Thursday night, only to suffer a brand new injury.
more on the Bruins…
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Players Need to Take Responsibility
by Alanah McGinley on 10/28/07 at 08:46 PM ET
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From Allan Maki at the Globe & Mail,
“Bruins’ defenceman [Andrew Ference] spoke about the bigger issue: How players need to know they’re carrying the fate of others in their hands.“It’s not Philadelphia,” he said. “I don’t think Philly is a team of goons and no coach is telling his players to go out and paralyze someone. It’s up to the guys on the ice to be responsible, and if they’re not, then they have to pay the price.
“There’s always talk about a lack of respect [among NHL players],” Ference added, “but the biggest question is if guys understand how much trust is involved in playing hockey – trust between you and your opponent. You’re trusting players coming down won’t do that to you and you won’t do that to them. That’s how it’s supposed to be.”
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