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By: Camryn Meece | Follow me on Twitter / X @MeeceCamryn
The Boston Bruins have had plenty of unusual games throughout their history, but few were as strange as their matchup with the Chicago Black Hawks on March 14, 1933. What started as a close game turned into an odd night for both teams, resulting in the first forfeited game in National Hockey … Keep Reading
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
By: Camryn Meece | Follow me on Twitter / X @MeeceCamryn
The Boston Bruins faced off against the Montreal Canadiens, the National Hockey League’s (NHL) oldest franchise, on December 8, 1924. It was just the Bruins’ third game as an NHL franchise and their first meeting with Montreal. More than 100 years later, that matchup has become one of hockey’s most … Keep Reading
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
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
There is no doubt a correlation between the elite type of playoff performance a goaltender must demonstrate for his team in the NHL playoffs and the actual hoisting of the Stanley Cup. Few goalies in modern times can afford to play below regular season form over the grueling long haul that today’s playoffs demand. … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter/X @stmcclure1993
On this date in 1929, the Boston Bruins won their first National Hockey League title, sweeping the defending champion New York Rangers in two games.
The Bruins and Rangers were embroiled in a 1-1 deadlock until center Bill ‘Doc’ Carson, a Toronto dentist in the off-season, scored with 1:58 left in regulation, disappointing the Madison Square … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
As we approach the anniversary of the Boston Bruins’ first Stanley Cup celebration in 1929, it’s important to understand the contribution of one Cecil ‘Tiny’ Thompson, the 25-year-old who took over the team’s goaltending job in the fall of ’28.
Thompson had usurped Hal Winkler, who had accumulated 15 shutouts the prior … Keep Reading
By Andrew Bluestein | Follow Me On Twitter @adbblue
Last season, Linus Ullmark put on an absolute goaltending clinic. He had one of the best single-season goaltending performances in NHL history, which included scoring an empty-net goal, and was voted to his first All-Star game. His presentation earned him his first career Vezina Trophy as the league’s best goaltender.
It seems … Keep Reading
By: Ryan Gagne | Follow Me On Twitter @keepingthestats
As the first American-born franchise in NHL history, some of the game’s greatest players have worn a Boston Bruins jersey. Whether these skaters turned into Hall of Famers or were lucky enough to play in a few games, the Bruins have a tradition of winning, and their results at the annual … Keep Reading
By Tim Dumas: | Follow me on Twitter @TimDumas
Many Bruins fans – more than 50 years later – still lament a missed opportunity at a possible dynasty. Or at least a three-peat.
A year after Bobby Orr flew into Stanley Cup glory on Mother’s Day, the Bruins tore through their 1970-71 season. They accumulated a then-NHL record of 399 goals and … Keep Reading
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