By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter! @andrewlindrothh
William Barry Ashbee was born on July 28th, 1939, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Barry began playing in juniors as a 17-year-old defenceman for the Barrie Flyers (OHA-Jr.) in 1956. After his freshman year, Barry was assigned to the junior ‘B’ league and suited up for the Lakeshore Bruins (OHA-B) from 1957-1958. Following his
By: Kevin O’Keefe | Follow me on Twitter @Kevin_OKeefe89
Wasting no time, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney has signed Defenseman Derek Forbort to a 3-year $3-million per year deal. The 15th overall pick in 2010 gives the bruins some much-needed size on the back end at 6-foot-4 and 219-pounds. The left-shot 29-year-old defenseman is coming off a 1-year $1-million contract where he averaged
By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
During the second day of the 2021 NHL Draft, the Boston Bruins selected Brett Harrison with the 85th overall pick. Harrison was drafted from the Oshawa Generals in the OHL. During the 2019-2020 season, while on the Oshawa Generals, Harrison racked up 21 goals and 37 points in 56 games. Oh, by the way, he was
By: Kevin O’Keefe | Follow me on Twitter @Kevin_OKeefe89
Tomorrow at noon, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney will have all eyes on him entering this year’s free-agent frenzy. This is the most important off-season of Sweeney’s tenure as general manager to date; it is critical that he addresses the needs of this team going into the season, as this could end up being one of
By: Sam Minton | Follow me @sam_minton22
Along with Taylor Hall, Mike Reilly was one of the steals of the trade deadline for the Boston Bruins. He came out of the gate firing and was a solid addition to Boston’s blueline. Boston acquired Reilly from the Ottawa Senators for a 2022 third-round draft pick. He spent two seasons with the Sens
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
Last week Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney mentioned in his pre-2021 NHL Entry Draft press conference that the organization would extend qualifying offers to forwards Nick Ritchie, Ondrej Kase, and Zach Senyshyn. Today the Bruins organization announced that only one of the three mentioned last week did, in fact,
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
With the start of the 2021 NHL Free Agency right around the corner, teams around the league are preparing to make offers on a plethora of unrestricted (and perhaps restricted) free agents and the Boston Bruins are no different. After signing Taylor Hall to a four-year contract extension, the Bruins have a projected $20.7
By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter! @andrewlindrothh
Ed Harrison was born on July 25th, 1927, in Mimico, Ontario, Canada. He began playing as a 17-year-old forward for the St.Michael’s Buzzers (OHA-Jr. B) and quickly racked up 16 goals and 30 points in just 11 games during the 1944-1945 season. His stellar performance earned him a promotion to the St. Michael’s
By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
With the first selection in the 2021 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the Boston Bruins select Fabian Lysell from Lulea of the Swedish Hockey League with the 21st pick. Those were the words from B’s General Manager Don Sweeney last night at the 2021 virtual online draft. The 18-year-old Goteborg, Sweden native, is
By: Jon Duncan | Follow me on Twitter @BNGWeekly
Black N’ Gold Weekly is a weekly Boston Bruins show on YouTube hosted by Jon Duncan. Duncan is a lifelong hockey fan who played the sport for over ten years growing up. While the Bruins are the Massachusetts native’s favorite team, he has been covering the entire NHL on YouTube since 2017. He, along