By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
For the first time since 1972, the Boston Bruins have a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup. Lots of storylines heading into this game; Mason Raymond would be out for Vancouver after getting injured in game six, this was most likely Mark Recchi’s final game in the NHL, this was the first game seven
By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
After blowing out Vancouver 8-1 in game three, the Bruins looked to tie the series 2-2 in game four. Unfortunately for the Bruins, they would be without Nathan Horton, who was ruled out with a severe concussion and would miss the rest of the playoffs. The man who delivered the dirty hit to Horton, Aaron Rome,
By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
After allowing a goal 14 seconds into Overtime, the Bruins returned to T.D Garden, trailing 2-0 in the series. Boston’s newest villain, Alexandre Burrows, was the one who scored the overtime game-winner and put Vancouver up 2-0 in the series. The lineups for both teams stayed the same, along with the starting goaltenders. Rene Rancourt led
By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
After a late goal from Raffi Torres in game one, the Canucks took a 1-0 series lead heading into game two. The Bruins would look to tie the series at one. The lineup would stay the same for Boston, whereas for Vancouver, Manny Malhotra would make his playoff debut, and former Bruin Andrew Alberts
By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
For the first time since 1990, the Boston Bruins are in the Stanley Cup Final. Their opponent, the Vancouver Canucks, who were last in the Stanley Cup Final in 1994. The wait for Boston fans has been far too long, but the wait is finally over. The Canucks were led by Sedin brothers Daniel
By: Evan Michael | Follow me on Twitter @00EvanMichael
“You’re crazy man, you’re crazy. I like you… but you’re crazy.”
If anyone, in my lifetime, would have told me the Boston Bruins could play the Montreal Canadiens (or the Toronto Maple Leafs for that matter) for the Stanley Cup, I would’ve responded with the above sentiment about sanity.
That’s not how modern hockey works. That’s not how teams
By: BNG Staff | Follow Us On Twitter @BlackNGoldPod
The final push towards the playoffs and the ultimate goal of the Stanley Cup has begun. With the NHL Trade Deadline the last opportunity for teams to improve before a hopeful run to the holy grail, many teams are figuring out what pieces and assets they want to
By: Evan Michael | Follow me on Twitter @00EvanMichael
TEN YEARS LATER.
If the Boston Bruins produced a movie about the pandemic-shortened 2021 season (well, they kinda-sorta have with Behind The B), that’s how it would open: a title card that truly says it all.
The opening line would be “Cue the memories,” a fitting reminder of what happened a decade earlier: the B’s winning the
By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter! @andrewlindrothh
Alex Smith was born on April 2nd, 1902, in Bootle, Liverpool, England. He began his junior hockey journey as a 20-year-old defenseman and played for the Ottawa Gunners (OCHL) from 1922-1923 and then for Ottawa Rideaus (OCHL) from 1924-1925. During his season with Ottawa Rideaus (OCHL), he dominated in those 11 games, notching seven
By: Nathan Anderson | Follow me on Twitter @ndrsn27
As the NHL trade deadline approaches on April 12th, 2021, Don Sweeney and the Bruins management will be tasked with a difficult decision. With the Bruins sitting in fourth place in the Mass Mutual East Division, they are not exactly frontrunners as they were last season when they won the President’s Trophy.