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Bruins’ Defenseman Brandon Carlo Is Ready to Turn the Page

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By: Ryan Duffy | Follow Me On Twitter @Rduffy26

Entering the 2022-23 season, the Bruins will be without two key pieces on the blue line in Charlie McAvoy and Matt Grzelcyk. While Grzelcyk has been skating at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, Massachusetts, McAvoy has yet to hit the ice alongside his teammates. Both d-men will need time to recover from their offseason … Keep Reading

Boston Chapter of the PHWA Nominates Bruins Jake DeBrusk for the Masterton Trophy

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By: Mark Allred | Follow me on Twitter @BlackAndGold277

This morning Boston Hockey Now writer and Boston Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association chairman Joe Haggerty announced that the group voted Jake DeBrusk as the 2021-22 Masterton Trophy nominee. The Bill Masterton is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.… Keep Reading

Bruins Head Coach Bruce Cassidy Gives Promising Update on Tuukka Rask

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By Sam Minton | Follow me on Twitter @sam_minton22

The Boston Bruins have two impressive goaltenders, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t anxiously waiting for the return of a familiar face. It looks like Tuukka Rask will start 2022 by making a return to the TD Garden ice.

As the Bruins returned to the ice to practice on Sunday after dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that … Keep Reading

Breaking Down The Bruins’ Jake DeBrusk’s Struggles

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow me @BruinsBreakdown

Armed with a new contract and an extended off-season of working on his fitness, the expectations were sky-high for Jake DeBrusk as he began his fourth season in the NHL. The six-foot-tall, 188-pound winger scored 16 times in his rookie year and followed that up with a 27-goal effort in his sophomore … Keep Reading

Bruins Numbers And Grades At The Quarter-ish Mark

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow me @BruinsBreakdown

Twelve games into the season the Boston Bruins sit atop the pandemic-induced East Division. The boys from Beantown have been on a tear after coming out of the gate a little sluggish. Let’s look under the hood at some key numbers as well as the cumulative player grades from our report card series now that we … Keep Reading

Rumor: The State of Florida Could be the Next Destination for a Bruins Minor-Pro Affiliation

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By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

With the close of the 2019-20 ECHL season back in March of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Boston Bruins and the organizations “AA” minor-pro affiliate the Atlanta Gladiators ended a previous one-year agreement. Rumors were floating around about the B’s and Atlanta agreeing on another year … Keep Reading

This Day In Bruins History: Bruce Cassidy Becomes Boston’s 28th Head Coach

By: Mark Allred  |  Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277

On April 26th, 2017, the Boston Bruins officially named Bruce Cassidy as the organization’s 28th Head Coach.  Cassidy was given the “interim” head coach tag on February 7th, 2017, after the National Hockey Leagues original six franchise fired longtime coach Claude Julien with almost ten full seasons of service behind the Boston bench. Julien ended his tenure with the Bruins becoming … Keep Reading