Bounce-back Binnington out to beat Bruins who took him in
BOSTON — The resolve Jordan Binnington is showing in the playoffs was forged in Bruins black and gold.
Now it’s being used to try to beat the organization that took him in.
Binnington bounced back from a rough start to the Stanley Cup Final to make 21 saves in the St. Louis Blues’ Game 2 overtime victory that tied the best-of-seven series against Boston at 1-1. The 25-year-old rookie goaltender improved to 6-2 in the playoffs after a loss after being 6-0 in those situations during the regular season.
“Life of a goaltender,” Binnington said. “Just keep moving forward and regroup, just try to be there and give and some desirable tickets were put back into the pool after they were sold but never paid for.
Ticket prices in Japan vary greatly and are listed in the your team a chance to win. I keep that mindset.”
Binnington’s life as a goaltender hasn’t been easy and it included a notable stop in Providence with the Bruins’ American Hockey League affiliate. The NHL’s expansion to Vegas and a type of minor league musical chairs forced St. Louis to share an AHL team and it chose Ville Husso over Binnington for a goalie spot in San Antonio.
Blues general manager Doug Armstrong asked other teams if anyone wanted an experienced goaltender in the minors, and Boston’s Don Sweeney and his staff called inquiring about Binnington. Despite better numbers, Binnington played only 28 games to Bruins prospect Zane McIntyre’s 47.
“I certainly understood that the Boscompetition section on the organizers’ website.
The opening ceremony on July 24 features the most expensive ticket — 300,000 yen ($ 2,680). The most ton organization was developing their players, not ours,” said Armstrong, who expressed concern the Blues “failed” Binnington by farming him out to Providence. “So his numbers indicated that he maybe could’ve got more games in the net, he didn’t get those. It was difficult for him.”
That difficult stretch helped Binnington get to this point. He won 17 games and had a 2.05 goals-against average and .926 save percentage. He also looks back fondly on his brief time in the Bruins’ organization he’s now trying to keep from winning the Stanley Cup.
“They were nothing but good to me ... I’m very fortunate they took me in,” Binnington said. “I was fortunate to develop and grow there.” expensive ticket for the closing ceremony is 220,000 yen ($1,965).
The most expensive ticket for the men’s 100-meter final is 130,000 ($1,160), while the men’s basketball final goes for 108,000 yen ($970).
Tokyo organizers say 50 percent of the tickets will sell for 8,000 yen ($70) or less, with the cheapest ticket costing 2,500 yen ($22).
Organizers hope to generate about $800 million from ticket sales, a large source of revenue for the $5.6 billion privately funded operating budget. Overall, Japan will spend about $20 billion to prepare for the games, and about 70 percent is public money.
Japan recently passed a law that bans selling tickets at above the original prices. Violators face fines of up to 1 million yen ($9,100), or a one-year jail term — or both.
The International Olympic Committee was embarrassed in Rio de Janeiro when IOC member Patrick Hickey was arrested and charged with ticket scalping, which is also illegal in Brazil.
He denied any wrongdoing.