http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086412.html The Vancouver Canucks have reportedly fired head coach Alain Vigneault along with his entire coaching staff, in the wake of a disappointing first-round playoff exit. TSN of Canada was first with the news on Wednesday. Vigneault had been at the helm since June of 2006, taking over for Marc Crawford. Despite leading Vancouver to 30-or-more wins in six straight seasons and guiding the club to a club-record 54 wins and a Stanley Cup Fi http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086287.html Daniel Paille's goal with 3:31 left in the game led the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series. The win gives the Bruins a 3-0 lead in this best-of-seven series with a chance to close things out on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Johnny Boychuk tied the contest early in the third period while Tuukka Rask turned away 23 shots for Boston, which got a pair of assists from http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086286.html Daniel Paille's goal with 3:31 left in the game led the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series. The win gives the Bruins a 3-0 lead in this best-of-seven series with a chance to close things out on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Johnny Boychuk tied the contest early in the third period while Tuukka Rask turned away 23 shots for Boston, which got a pair of assists http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086070.html Just because the Detroit Red Wings were the beneficiaries of a controversial no-goal call late in Game 3, it doesn't mean the seventh-seeded club isn't making its own breaks. When they drew the mighty Chicago Blackhawks in the second round, the Red Wings were given little hope of winning the Western Conference semifinal matchup. After all, the Blackhawks have been pegged as the favorites out West for months, but as recently as a few weeks ago, Detro http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086069.html Patrick Roy is in line to become the next head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. On Tuesday, Roy's younger brother Stephane confirmed to the Post that the Hall of Fame goaltender will eventually be tabbed to take the reins of the club which he helped lead to a pair of Stanley Cup titles after his arrival in a blockbuster trade with Montreal in December of 1995. He will fill the vacancy left when the club fired Joe Sacco upon the end of the r http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086043.html Montreal Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin underwent reconstructive surgery on Tuesday to repair damage to both the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in his left knee Emelin was lost for the year in early April with what was originally deemed a torn ligament in the knee. The 27-year-old rearguard was injured during the first period of an April 6 2-1 win over Boston when he collided with Bruins forward http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085997.html The San Jose Sharks will try to even their Western Conference semifinal series when they host the Los Angeles Kings in Tuesday's Game 4 battle at HP Pavilion. The Sharks fell into an 0-2 hole in this best-of-seven set after suffering consecutive losses in Los Angeles. However, San Jose bounced back on Saturday with an overtime win in Game 3 at the Shark Tank and needs another victory on Tuesday to avoid falling behind 3-1 before the series heads back to Los Angeles http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085996.html The New York Rangers will try to get on the board in the Eastern Conference semifinals when they host the Boston Bruins in Tuesday's Game 3 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers lost both Games 1 and 2 in Boston, dropping the opener in overtime before getting clobbered by a 5-2 score in Sunday's meeting. New York hopes a return home for Games 3 and 4 can get the club back into this best-of-seven series. The Rangers went 3-0 on home ice in the first round to help