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Padraig Harrington revealed his delight after being named as one of three vice-captains for this years Ryder Cup alongside Thomas Bjorn and Paul Lawrie by European captain Darren Clarke. Irelands Harrington, who has featured in six Ryder Cups as a player, was one of five vice-captains to Paul McGinley at Gleneagles in 2014 while Bjorn performed the same role alongside Clarke in 2010 and 2012. Clarke names vice-captains Harrington, Lawrie and Bjorn confirmed as Ryder Cup vice-captains Former Open champion Lawrie, who played in the defeat at Brookline in 1999 and the Miracle at Medinah in 2012, will make his debut in the backroom staff at Hazeltine. Clarke will be aiming to name his remaining two vice-captains around the time of the Open Championship in July, but the three named needed little persuading from Clarke and are now looking forward to the challenge of bringing the Ryder Cup home. Padraig Harrington, Paul Lawrie and Thomas Bjorn are named as vice-captains to Darren Clarke for Europes Ryder Cup team I am delighted that Darren has given me this opportunity, said Harrington, whose outstanding career has included three major championship successes.I found it really interesting and rewarding helping out Paul and the team at Gleneagles in 2014 and seeing the Ryder Cup from such a different angle. I think I learned a lot from the experience and also from the matches Ive played in, so I hope I will be able to be of some help to Darren and the players. PROFILE: Clarkes 3 assistants Ryder Cup records of Thomas Bjorn, Padraig Harrington and Paul Lawrie Harrington also paid tribute to the amount of detailed work skipper Clarke has done behind the scenes as preparations for Hazeltine hots up.Its all about trying to figure a way of helping the captain get the 12 players play as well as they can that week and get the result that counts, he said. Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke has named his European vice-captains for this years tournament at Hazeltine Im particularly looking forward to this. Obviously when Darren asked me first, I was kind of looking at it, obviously Darren is an emotional person, and Im thinking, oh, Ill bring a little bit of structure behind the scenes.But talking to Darren, the amount of work hes done, the detail hes gone in behind the scenes, as usual with Darren, theres a little bit more work being done than he lets on. Hes really put the effort in behind the scenes. Thomas Bjorn honoured to be part of backroom staff Bjorn, who also brings a wealth of experience after playing in the biennial team event in 1997, 2002 and 2014, said he was honoured to be handed the chance to playing a part in Clarkes backroom team.The Ryder Cup has provided so many of the highlights in my career, both from the three Ryder Cups Ive played in, and from the three where I assisted Bernhard [Langer], Colin [Montgomerie] and José Maria [Olazábal] as a vice-captain, admitted the 45-year-old from Denmark.It is an honour to be a member of the European Ryder Cup team campaign in any capacity and I very much look forward to playing a part in Darrens team at Hazeltine. Paul Lawrie hopes to draw upon his past experiences in the competition And Lawrie says he hopes to draw upon his past experiences of playing in Ryder Cup competition across the pond as Europe seek an unprecedented fourth straight victory and ninth in the last 11 biennial contests.I am delighted to be chosen by Darren, and its going to be a great honour to take on this role on US soil at Hazeltine. Having played in two Ryder Cups, both in America, I would hope to draw on those experiences and offer some advice and guidance to the European Team, and continue the momentum to retain the Ryder Cup.Darren will be a fantastic leader, and its going to be a privilege to be part of his back room team, alongside Thomas and Padraig.US skipper Davis Love III is also planning to use five deputies at Hazeltine. 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The Penguins have just one goal in two losses on their home ice to the Boston Bruins. To play there again this season, they must win Wednesday or Friday and avoid what seemed so improbable just a few days ago -- being swept in the best-of-seven conference finals. "Right now, were not liking the picture, down 0-2. Theyre in control," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "I dont think were frustrated by the fact that we havent scored as much as (the fact that) theyre getting up leads, especially in Game 2." The Bruins won the opener 3-0 but led just 1-0 after two periods. The second game was much different. They rolled to a 4-1 lead after one period and remained aggressive in finishing off their 6-1 rout. The Penguins effort waned as the game went on. "I didnt do anything, didnt change anything. It felt like every time we had a puck that was bouncing, we ended up giving it away," Crosby said. "We gave them the game. We didnt really do anything to give ourselves a chance to win." Combine that with the Bruins high level of play -- disciplined on defence, organized on offence -- and the pre-series chatter about the Penguins being favourites seems like so much nonsense. But any talk that Boston will have an easy path to the Stanley Cup finals is just as premature. "Were going to have to play even better than we did because theyre going to be desperate," Bostons David Krejci said. With a day off to ponder their problems and work at eliminating them, the Penguins offence could resurface. "Its about what we do in the next game," Boston defenceman Andrew Ference said, "not about patting ourselves on the back for whats already happened." Winning the first two games is a good start but doesnt always lead to a good finish. Both teams have overcome 2-0 deficits and gone on to win Stanley Cups. In 2009, the Penguins dropped two games at Detroit by a combined score of 6-2 then took four out of five to clinch their first championship since 1992. In 2011, the Bruins lost two games of the opening round at home against Montreal, then won the next two on the road and captured the series on an overtime goal in Game 7. In the finals, they got off to the same poor start, losing two in Vancouver, but then won their first title since 1972 with a 4-0 road win in Game 7. But in the previous season, the Bruins won the first three games of the Eastern semifinals over Philadelphia then lost the next four. "We have a large group of guys that have gone throuugh this and been in that situation on both sides of the coin," Ference said.dddddddddddd "You can really lean on your past experience and not just talk about what could happen, because weve done it all. I think with this team, whether its coming back or having teams come back on us, weve all seen it together and we all know certain lessons that weve learned." Theyve also seen how powerful Pittsburghs offence can be. James Neal, Chris Kunitz, Pascal Dupuis and Crosby were among the NHLs top 17 in goals per game this season. Crosby was the leader in assists per game. And Crosby and Kris Letang were the top two in points per game. "You dont have a choice but to respect that team that youre playing against, because they are a pretty potent team. Things can change pretty quickly in this game," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "I dont think theres any comfort level in our team right now." The Bruins have stymied the Penguins offence with pressure the length of the ice. A puck carrier gets past one forward then must contend with another, then a defenceman and, finally, Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask. "I think its pretty obvious that we have layers," Julien said. "Our guys are committed to come back and just making sure that theres layer after layer that make it hard for them to get to our net." Its been relatively easy for the Bruins to get to the Penguins goal, whether Tomas Vokoun or Marc-Andre Fleury is trying to protect it. Fleury replaced Vokoun after Krejci, the NHL post-season leading scorer, gave Boston a 3-0 lead at 16:31 of the first Monday night. "We gave up the first goal both games and, from there, everyone is trying to do it on their own," Vokoun said, "its just not going to work." Bylsma hasnt said who will start Wednesday. "I think theres going to be some changes to our lineup," he said, "and some of our combinations, our lines." No need for the Bruins to change anything. All four lines have been productive. The defensive pairings have been strong. And Rask has been outstanding, stopping 55 of 56 shots in the series. Overall, the Bruins have won seven of their last eight games with a 30-15 scoring advantage. "Our teams playing probably its best hockey this year right now," Julien said, "but so is Tuukka. I think hes been unbelievable so far in this series." The Penguins also have been unbelievable -- the other way. Who would have expected an offence with Crosby, Letang and Evgeni Malkin to be so awful? "We know that were looked upon to score and produce," Crosby said. "We have to find ways to create chances and put the puck in the net. Im not going to sit here and say its Rask or anything theyre doing. We have to get better. "Thats the way it is." ' ' '