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By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
Today is Sergei Samsonov’s 46th birthday. ‘Mighty Mouse’, as he would come to be known to fans and teammates, was the eighth overall pick of the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL draft—just seven picks after Boston had secured Joe Thornton as the number one overall pick.
Whereas Thornton took a period of time to … Keep Reading
By: Eamonn McLean | Follow me on Twitter/X @EamonnMcLean44
With Training Camp kicking off on Wednesday, September 18th, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney brought in more internal competition, signing Tyler Johnson to a Professional Tryout Agreement. Johnson spent last season with the Chicago Blackhawks, where he scored 17 goals, the most he scored since 2019 when he was a member of … Keep Reading
By: Kenny Kaminsky | Follow Me on Twitter / X @KennyKaminskyy
Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney just announced that the team has signed forward Tyler Johnson to a Professional Tryout Agreement.
The 34-year-old played 67 games with the Chicago Blackhawks last season. He tallied 17 goals and 14 assists for 31 points. Johnson has played over 700 games in … Keep Reading
By: Neil Simmons | Follow me on Twitter: @NSimmz
Hundreds of National Hockey League players have donned the Boston Bruins iconic “Spoked B” throughout the team’s one-hundred-year history. A select few had the opportunity to spend over a decade, or even their entire careers, in the black and gold. Most Bruins alumni were only in Boston for a few seasons and many more … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
Sometimes the NHL draft can be hit or miss enterprise. Despite all of the personnel scouting and calibrating of player potential and organizational needs, no team is immune from a complete miscarriage of an entire draft year, where none of the selections ever see more than a cup of coffee in the NHL.
Draft … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
It’s 2011 Stanley Cup-champion Nathan Horton’s birthday. The former Bruins’ right-wing turns 39 years old.
Horton, a product of Dunnville, Ontario, came to Boston—along with centerman Gregory Campbell—via a trade with the Florida Panthers for defenseman Dennis Wideman, a 2010 first round pick, and a third round pick in 2011. The 6-2, 229-pound winger had … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
Vic Stasiuk was born in Lethbridge, Alberta. The six-foot left-wing played for Chicago and Detroit before being traded to the Boston Bruins in a multi-player deal on June 3, 1955.
Stasiuk thrived on the famed ‘Uke’ line with Bronco Horvath and John Bucyk. All three linemates had Ukrainian heritage and had previously played together in … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
Peter McNab was born on this date in 1952. The Bruins’ ‘All-Centennial Team’ member grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, but moved to San Diego, California, at fourteen years old. A great young athlete—he was offered a baseball scholarship to the University of Denver—McNab took to hockey, just like his father Max, a former NHL … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
There is no doubt a correlation between the elite type of playoff performance a goaltender must demonstrate for his team in the NHL playoffs and the actual hoisting of the Stanley Cup. Few goalies in modern times can afford to play below regular season form over the grueling long haul that today’s playoffs demand. … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
In the summer of 1976, while the city of Boston was celebrating the country’s bicentennial, the Bruins were looking to bolster their NHL lineup. They thought they might have found their man—Ewan ‘The Elk’ Cartwright—who they invited to camp as a ‘walk-on’. The rest of the story is a relatively obscure … Keep Reading
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