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Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Marco Baron

By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj

Happy 61st Birthday to Former Boston Bruins Goalie Marco Baron!!

Marco Baron was born on April 8th, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He started his junior career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) at the age of sixteen with the Montreal Juniors. Baron played four seasons with the Juniors up until the 1978-79 season. He can be considered … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Bob Beckett

By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter @andrewlindrothh

Happy 84th Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Forward Bob Beckett!

Bob Beckett was born on April 8th, 1936, in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. He began playing juniors as an 18-year-old forward for the Galt Black Hawks (OHA-Jr.) from 1954-1956, playing in 97 games and posting 32-48-80 numbers. During the 1956-1957 season, he split his time between the Victoria Cougars (WHL) and Quebec … Keep Reading

Former Bruins Forward Colby Cave Placed in Medically-Induced Coma

By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj

Today, April 7th, 2020, the Edmonton Oilers organization made an announcement that forward Colby Cave had suffered a brain bleed overnight and has been placed in a medically-induced coma in addition to being admitted to the critical care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Jim O’Neil

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Jim O’Neil was born on April 3rd, 1913 in Semans, Saskatchewan and played a majority of his junior hockey in his home province with the Saskatoon Crescents (N-SSHL) and Wesleys (N-SJHL). Before joining the National Hockey League Boston Bruins team in the 1933-34 campaign the 5′-8″ 160-pound versatile forward played 46 games for the Bruins minor-pro team the Boston Cub posting … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Ray Getliffe

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Ray Getliffe was born on April 3rd, 1914, in Galt, Ontario which is located just outside of the Greater Toronto area (Now Cambridge, Ont). Getliffe played his junior hockey for nearby London and Strafford communities before turning pro in the 1935-36 season only playing in one game that season. During the first year with the Bruins organization, he like so many … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Shawn Bates

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Happy 45th Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Forward Shawn Bates!

Shawn was born on April 3rd, 1975, in Melrose, Massachusetts. He attended High School in Medford, Massachusetts and per the great folks at HockeyReference.com he played three seasons posting 105-130-235 numbers in 69 career games for the Mustangs. His best High School season came in the 1992-93 campaign when he contributed … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Alex Smith

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Smith was born on April 2nd, 1902, in Liverpool, England but grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. The 5′-11″ 176-pound left shooting defenseman played a majority of his National Hockey League career with the Ottawa Senators winning a Stanley Cup in 1927. On January 25th, 1933, Smith was traded from the Senators to the Boston Bruins for future considerations which ended up … Keep Reading

Amesbury Maples Legend Series: George Herbert “Fuzzy” Thurston

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

In the early years of the Amesbury Maples organization, first-team managers Armand Hudon and Emilien “Mickey” Jutras would predominantly scout local talent in the town of Amesbury, Massachusetts. As the team was gaining notoriety in the Merrimack Valley of Essex County with their play on the ice, the need to get better year-by-year sometimes had the organization looking outside of town … Keep Reading

Amesbury Maples Legend Series: Raoul “Chiefie” Lemoine

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

The Amesbury Maples hockey team had many great players who wore the Kelly Green and White jersey’s throughout the organization’s existence. The club from the Northeastern part of Massachusetts prided themselves on being the best with and without the puck always operating with a defense-first mentality regardless of position played. Since the inception of the Maple organization in the winter of … Keep Reading

Bruins, Jacobs Announce Plan To Compensate TD Garden Employees During COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Patrick Donnelly | Follow me on Twitter @PatDonn12

On Saturday morning, the Boston Bruins and the Jacobs Family announced a plan to compensate part-time gameday TD Garden employees due to the NHL’s current hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan is based around a fund of $1.5 million, should the remaining six games on Boston’s schedule go unplayed.

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