By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
With the first selection in the 2021 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the Boston Bruins select Fabian Lysell from Lulea of the Swedish Hockey League with the 21st pick. Those were the words from B’s General Manager Don Sweeney last night at the 2021 virtual online draft. The 18-year-old Goteborg, Sweden native, is
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
NHL goaltender Jaroslav Halak’s agent Alan Walsh tweeted out tonight that the Boston Bruins and his client will be parting ways by the time free agency kicks off on July 28th, 2021. Halak has spent the last three seasons in the Bruins organization posting a record of 49-23-14 with a 2.40 goals-against-average and .918 save percentage.
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
The Boston Bruins announced this afternoon that the team signed forwards Cameron Hughes and Joona Koppanen to one-year, two-way deals. Both players have spent a significant amount of time developing with the NHL Bruins top minor-pro affiliate, the Providence Bruins, in recent years. Both players agreed to an NHL salary cap hit
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
The American Hockey League Providence Bruins announced this afternoon that the top minor-pro affiliate of the National Hockey League Boston Bruins has signed former Western Hockey League forward Eli Zummack to a two-year AHL-only contract. The 21-year-old Zummack spent the last five seasons with the WHL Spokane Chiefs, where he
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
It’s been rumored for several weeks that the ECHL Maine Mariners were in heavy talks about a “AA” minor-pro affiliation with the National Hockey Leagues Boston Bruins per New England Hockey Journal writer Mark Divver. Well, the rumors are now true as a minor-pro affiliate of the Boston organization will return to
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
Boston Bruins prospect Victor Berglund was slated to start his North American pro career last fall, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, he was better off staying in his home country and continue to develop. With countries getting vaccinated at an aggressive rate and travel restrictions alleviating worldwide, there’s no reason Victor won’t
By: Connor Green | Follow Me On Twitter @connorgreen777
Jake Debrusk has been a hot-button topic in the Boston market since the day he was drafted, and this season just made it unbearable. Debrusk was the #14 pick in the 2015 entry draft (chills); within that territory, there are certain expectations that He couldn’t fill consistently.
Now the Bruins are at a Debruskian crossroads. So
By: Tony DeSousa | Follow Me On Twitter @TDeSousa87
This evening the Boston Bruins announced that they signed left-winger Anton Blidh to a one-year, two-way contract with an NHL cap hit of $750,000. Blidh, a 26-year-old Sweden native, has played in 38 career NHL games in the last 5 seasons as a member of the Bruins organization. During the 2020-21 season, Blidh played in 10
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
Yesterday per reports from New England Hockey Journal contributor Mark Divver and the European hockey website Expressen.se, former Providence Bruins captain Paul Carey is leaving North America for the Swedish Hockey League. Carey has reportedly signed a one-year contract for the upcoming 2021/22 season with the Stockholm Djurgardens club, a team that went 17-26-5-4 in
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
The United States Hockey League announced its individual awards yesterday, and Green Bay Gamblers defenseman Mason Lohrei took home this year’s USHL Defensive Player of the 2020-21 regular season. The 6′-4″ 205-pound Wisconsin native had a good rookie campaign in 2019-21, posting 8-29-37 in 48 games, but this season,