Bruins respond to head shot with win over Caps

BOSTON » Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist, and the Boston Bruins responded to a head shot from the Capitals’ Tom Wilson with a three-goal second period to beat Washington 5-1 on Friday night.

Two days after Alex Ovechkin slashed Trent Frederic in the groin, the game again took an ugly turn when Wilson smashed Brandon Carlo’s head into the glass with 90 seconds left in the first period. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Carlo left the arena in an ambulance and went to a hospital but could not confirm that it was a concussion.

“You can probably make your own call on that, considering the hit was directly to his head,” the coach said.

Both Frederic and Jarred Tinordi fought Wilson in the game, but the real revenge was the scoring.

Frederic scored Boston’s second goal — the first after Wilson’s hit — and Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist for Boston.

‘Miracle on Ice’ star Mark Pavelich dies

MINNEAPOLIS » Mark Pavelich, the speedy center from the Iron Range who played on the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team, has died at a treatment center for mental illness. He was 63.

Pavelich was undergoing treatment as part of a civil commitment for assaulting his neighbor in 2019, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Pavelich thought the man had spiked his beer.

According to the judge’s order from December 2019, a psychologist found Pavelich was suffering from delusions and paranoia.

Pavelich assisted on Mike Eruzione’s winning goal against the heavily favored Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics.

’Hawks’ Seabrook retires

Brent Seabrook gutted out injuries and played through pain to win the Stanley Cup three times for the Chicago Blackhawks and take home an Olympic gold medal with Team Canada.

Seabrook, 35, announced that his career is over because of a hip ailment that rendered him unable to walk just before Christmas and didn’t let up when he tried skating.