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Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Marco Sturm

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Marco Sturm  9-8-78

No doubt one of the better players coming back from the Boston Bruins trading Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks. The 6′-0″ 196-pound winger hailing from West Germany had his best years in my opinion while playing in a Bruins jersey. Before the infamous trade, Sturm started his career in the … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Orland Kurtenbach

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Orland Kurtenbach  9-7-36

The 6′-2″ Cudworth, Saskatchewan Canada, native started his road to the National Hockey League in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League with the Prince Albert Mintos team making a few appearances in higher level the Western Hockey League during his Canadian Junior years from 1953-51 to 1956-57. Riding the bus of the minor-pro leagues … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Ivan Huml

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Ivan Huml  9-6-81

The 6′-2″ 198-pound winger showed some tremendous promise as the Kladno, Czech Republic native was drafted in the second round (59th Overall) of the 2000 National Hockey League Entry Draft. After increased year-to-year progression in his development overseas, the crafty skilled forward was heavily advised to take his talents per say to … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Murray Henderson

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Murray Henderson  9-5-21

The big defenseman joined the Boston Bruins organization at the tail end of the 1944-45 season as he was close to the Boston area playing for the Boston Olympics. The Olympics played in the Eastern Hockey League and was one of the Bruins minor-pro affiliates that played close to … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Niklas Svedberg

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Niklas Svedberg   9-4-89

The story of Svedberg started off with great promise as a possible steal for the Boston Bruins as he was heavily scouted out of the Swedish Elite League and signed as an undrafted free agent to a three-year entry-level deal in May of 2012. Bruins management and scouts looked like geniuses after completing his first year of North American … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Fred Knipscheer

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Fred Knipscheer  9-3-69

The 5′-11″ 190-pound center was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and after some success in the high school rankings, he moved his game up to the United States Hockey League with the Omaha Lancers where he scored 149 points in 95 games. Fred went on to play collegiate hockey with the WCHA’s … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mention – Andre Savard

 

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Andre Savard  9-2-53

After having an outstanding four-year career with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League posting an astonishing 451 points in 206 games, the Boston Bruins selected center Andre Savard in the 1973 National Hockey League Amateur Draft with the sixth overall pick in the first round. The 6′-1″ … Keep Reading

Honorable Bruins Birthday Mentions

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Frank Simonetti 9-1-62

The Melrose, Massachusetts native got the chance of a lifetime when he signed with his favorite Boston Bruins team as a free agent out of Norwich University in 1984 after posting 28 points in 18 games. The 6′-1″ 190-pound defenseman spent a better part of his professional career bouncing from the National Hockey League and minor-pro affiliates in the … Keep Reading

Black N’ Gold Hockey Podcast Episode 61

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A follower of our team’s blog site suggested we publish our Black N Gold Hockey Podcast on this website for the members of our email subscribers of our content, and I as the founder of this Black N’ Gold Production team, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Starting with this episode 61 of … Keep Reading

Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup Replica For Sale

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For the longest time, the Boston Bruins would use the Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, Massachusetts as a practice facility and summer offseason development camps and Main camps for close to thirty years but now with an updated training regiment for today’s athletes, a facility upgrade was much needed. The Ristuccia housed the B’s training events in a facility that was 7,900 sq … Keep Reading

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