Bringing You News About The Boston Bruins

Tag: Gerry Cheevers (Page 1 of 4)

1971-72 Boston Bruins Named 33rd Best Team in Sports History by Bleacher Report

(Photo credit: Neil Leifer / Sports Illustrated)

By: Jake Ferraro | Follow me on Twitter/X @18Jxxx18

The Boston Bruins were established in 1924 and are part of the National Hockey League’s Original Six. Since 1924, the Bruins have seen plenty of great teams in franchise history, including six Stanley Cup championships and the 2022-23 team, which set records for most points and wins in a single NHL season. However, one … Keep Reading

Bruins Goaltenders: The First Great

(Photo Credit: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library)

By: Camryn Meece | Follow me on Twitter / X @MeeceCamryn

The Boston Bruins have a long history of great goaltenders. Gerry Cheevers became one of the most recognizable players in franchise history, while Tuukka Rask eventually became Boston’s most winningest goaltender. But decades before either player made his mark in the Bruins’ crease, Tiny Thompson was building a reputation as one … Keep Reading

The Bruins’ Spoked-B Is Probably Older Than You

(Photo Credit: Boston Bruins)

By: Camryn Meece | Follow me on Twitter / X @MeeceCamryn

The Boston Bruins have one of the most recognizable logos in NHL history, and for the past eight decades, the famous Spoked-B has remained the team’s defining symbol.

Across professional sports, franchises often reinvent themselves. New ownership groups, generational shifts in players, updated uniforms, and redesigned logos are all part of an effort to attract … Keep Reading

Bruins Goaltenders: How Gerry Cheevers Created One of Hockey’s Most Iconic Masks

(Photo Credit: Danny Goshtigian)

By: Camryn Meece | Follow me on Twitter / X @MeeceCamryn

For decades, National Hockey League goaltenders played without masks. The position was built on visibility and toughness, with an unspoken expectation that stopping pucks meant doing so barefaced.

That began to change in 1959, when Jacques Plante became the first NHL goaltender to regularly wear a mask after returning to a game following a facial … Keep Reading

Boston Bruins Great Tuukka Rask Should be in the Hall of Fame

( Photo Credit: Winslow Townson | USA Today Sports)

By: Andrew Patten | Follow me on Twitter/X @a_patten11

When looking at the Hockey Hall of Fame’s goaltending standards, there is a strange, persistent bottleneck. Elite modern netminders are routinely forced to wait at the gates, scrutinized under moving goalposts that their skating peers rarely face. But if the Hall of Fame is truly meant to honor individual excellence and sustained … Keep Reading

Happy Birthday to Bruins Hall-of-Famer Jean Ratelle

By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993

Former Bruin star Jean Ratelle is celebrating his 84th birthday today. The hall-of-fame center played for the Bruins from 1975 through 1981 and also served the organization as an assistant coach and a scout after his playing career ended.

Ratelle served fifteen seasons with the New York Rangers before becoming involved in one of the … Keep Reading

The Deepest Boston Bruins ‘Draft Classes’ of the Past

(Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993

Sometimes the NHL draft can be hit or miss enterprise. Despite all of the personnel scouting and calibrating of player potential and organizational needs, no team is immune from a complete miscarriage of an entire draft year, where none of the selections ever see more than a cup of coffee in the NHL. 

Draft … Keep Reading

In Memoriam Birthday Wish to Former Bruin ‘Ace’ Bailey

(Photo Credit: bostonbruinsalumni.com)

By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993

Today would have been Garnet ‘Ace’ Bailey’s 76th birthday. The former Boston Bruin left-wing died while aboard United Airlines Flight 175, which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The plane had been hijacked by Islamist terrorists and purposefully driven into the building. He was 53 years old … Keep Reading

This Week in Bruins’ Playoff History: May 4th—May 10th

(Photo Credit: File photo/The Associated Press)

By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993

May 4th (1972): The Bruins lost Game Three to the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals, but Hall-of-Famer Bobby Orr made NHL history when he scored at 1:10 of the second frame. The 24-year-old defenseman scored his seventeenth career playoff goal in only his 47th game, breaking the record for … Keep Reading

Bruins vs. Maple Leafs Playoff History

(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steven Senne)

By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X at stmcclure1993

It’s officially springtime! The Boston Bruins’ 2023-24 regular season has come to a close, and with their second-place Atlantic division finish, Boston will be matched with the third-place Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. So, with the NHL postseason ready to consume our attention, let’s take … Keep Reading

« Older posts