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Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Joonas Kemppainen

By: Lucas Pearson  |  Follow Me On Twitter @LucasPearson_

Happy 32nd Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Forward Joonas Kemppainen!

Kemppainen was born on April 7th, 1988, in Kajaani, Finland and wasn’t drafted to the NHL. The 225-pound center spent his entire hockey career in Finland until coming to the Bruins in 2015. Kemppainen made his way through the Finnish junior leagues, totaling 74 points in 115 games in the Jr. … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Eric Manlow

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Happy 45th Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Forward Eric Manlow!

Manlow was born on April 7th, 1975, in Belleville, Ontario and was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round of the 1993 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Before his draft year, the 6′-0″ 180-pound forward played a majority of his junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the … 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 Hal Gill

By Joe Chrzanowski  |  Follow Me on Twitter @jchrz19

Happy 45th Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Defenseman Hal Gill!

Gill was born on April 6th, 1975, in Concord, MA, and was drafted by the Bruins in the eighth round (207 overall) of the National Hockey League Entry Draft in June of 1993. The 6′-7″, 243-pound behemoth of a man was drafted out of Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, MA … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Kris Vernarsky

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Happy 38th Birthday To Former Boston Bruins Forward Kris Vernarsky!

Vernarsky was born on April 5th, 1982, in Detriot, Michigan and was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the National Hockey League Entry Draft. The 6′-3″ 201-pound center was a product of the United States National Development Program before heading to the Ontario Hockey League to … Keep Reading

Bruins Alumni: Happy Birthday Lorne Duguid

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

Duguid was born on April 4th, 1910, in Bolton, Ontario. At the age of 17, Lorne started his junior hockey career with the Montreal Victorias where he appeared in 31 games contributing 21-0-21 numbers. After his three seasons of juniors, he signed as a free agent to play in the International Hockey League in November of 1930 with the Windsor Bulldogs. … Keep Reading

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 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 Prospect Swayman Named One Of Three Hobey Baker Award Finalist

By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter @andrewlindrothh

The Boston Bruins’ 2017 fourth-round pick, Jeremy Swayman, is one of three players named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. Swayman has been a stone wall for the University of Maine the past three years and won multiple awards this season for his outstanding play. The Hobey Baker award is essentially the Heisman trophy for NCAA Hockey, which is awarded … Keep Reading

Bruins’ Options If Rask Decides To Retire After 2020-21 Season

By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow Me On Twitter @andrewlindrothh

According to Matt Porter of The Boston Globe, in a recent interview with Boston Bruins goaltender, Tuukka Rask, he recently claimed he would not rule out the option of retiring after his contract expires in the 2021 off-season. With this being said, this could drastically affect the Bruins as their unstoppable goalie tandem of Rask and Jaroslav Halak, as Halak’s contract … Keep Reading

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