Bringing You News About The Boston Bruins

Category: NHL Playoffs (Page 28 of 34)

Aaron Rome’s Hit on Bruins’ Nathan Horton Changed the 2011 Finals

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

June 1st, 2020 marked the ninth anniversary of Game One of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. The best-of-seven series put the Boston Bruins, a team looking to end a 39-year Stanley Cup drought, up against the Vancouver Canucks, the 2010-11 Presidents’ Trophy Champions looking for their first Cup win in franchise history. Before we dive into the Finals itself, we … Keep Reading

The Bruin Who Needs To Have A Stellar Playoff Performance

By: Michael DiGiorgio  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio

Last week, the NHL announced its Return to Play action.  The plan allows teams to return to NHL activity based on individual states’ reopening laws and a proposal to begin the NHL playoffs in July.  The Bruins finished the year with the highest point total in the NHL, which awards them the President’s Trophy.  They have also secured a place in … Keep Reading

What Will Boston’s Goaltending Look Like When The NHL Returns?

By: Michael DiGiorgio  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio

The NHL announced the Return To Play plan yesterday, which included a plethora of new scenarios the NHL has never seen before.  Gary Bettman, NHL Commissioner, announced 24 teams would return, along with some exciting playoff and draft lottery scenarios.  Among these changes, the NHL has authorized the eligible playoff teams to carry 28 skaters and as many goalies as they’d … Keep Reading

Returning or Cancelled? Future of the 2019-20 NHL Season

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

It was mid-March, teams around the NHL finished trades to acquire new players only a couple weeks prior at the Trade Deadline, and the race for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs was heating up by the day. The Boston Bruins were atop the NHL standings with a 44-14-12 record, becoming the only team to reach the 100-point plateau. Then, on … Keep Reading

Ranking The Top 10 Bruins Games Of My Lifetime

By: Patrick Donnelly | Follow me on Twitter @PatDonn12

Well, tonight would have been Game 1 of the playoffs for the Boston Bruins in all probability. I probably would have worn one of my jerseys to classes before drowning myself in hype videos in my dorm room and heading to the nosebleeds at TD Garden insanely early. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 crisis has the world on pause – for good reason … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Rick Tocchet

By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter @andrewlindrothh

Happy 56th Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Forward Rick Tocchet!

Rick Tocchet was born on April 9th, 1964, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. He began playing juniors as a 16-year-old forward for the St. Michael’s Midget Buzzers (MTHL), playing 41 games with 28-46-74 numbers. The next season, he joined the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and suited up for the Sault Ste. Marie … Keep Reading

What A Canceled Season Could Do For The Boston Bruins

By Jack Cinquegrana | Follow me on Twitter: @bruinschewy

It has been over one hundred years since an epidemic or a pandemic has derailed the course of a professional hockey season. The Spanish Flu in 1919 caused the Stanley Cup to not be awarded for that season. Folks all over North America are struggling to fill the void of a hockey-less March and what could be a hockey-less April. But Keep Reading

Leafs' Firing of Mike Babcock Similar to Bruins' 2017 Firing of Claude Julien

By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
When the news that Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach Mike Babcock had been fired and that the Head Coach of the Toronto Marlies, Sheldon Keefe, had been hired as the new Head Coach of the NHL club, the opinions throughout the entire NHL universe – especially on Twitter, filled everyone’s feed.

Keep Reading

Boston's Goaltending Strategy Extending Into The Playoffs

 

After Tim Thomas solidified a championship-winning run for the Boston Bruins in 2011, he took a longer than expected sabbatical from the NHL leaving Tuukka Rask the keys to the kingdom. Rask has been the Bruins sole beneficiary to their successful season since 2012. A recent question to Head Coach Bruce Cassidy by The Athletics’s Fluto Shinzawa has made Bruins fans wonder, how long until teams are using the … Keep Reading

« Older posts Newer posts »