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Game Day Preview: Bruins-Senators Game 1
April 12, 2017
After a two-year hiatus, the Bruins are finally back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Kicking off their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series tonight against the Ottawa Senators, the Bruins’ blueline will be a little thin. Torey Krug and Brandon Carlo will not be in the lineup Wednesday night. In for the two will be veteran John-Michael […]
Read More »Odds makers make Bruins a solid choice vs. Senators
April 11, 2017
Want a little info to make you sleep a bit better into the first playoff game for the Boston Bruins in three years? At one end of the odds makers list is the Capitals-Leafs series with Washington a whopping favorite. At the other, almost even in the Canadiens-Rangers’ round with the Habs a slight favorite. […]
Read More »On Day 2, Charlie McAvoy skates with Zdeno Chara
Bruce Cassidy didn’t leave the greatest hint in the world when he was asked about slotting Charlie McAvoy with Zdeno Chara. He did leave the door open to that possibility, however. “Charlie is a player who will play on the right side if he gets in the lineup,” Cassidy said following Monday’s practice in Brighton. […]
Read More »Charlie McAvoy enters the ‘big-time’
April 10, 2017
Charlie McAvoy is no stranger to the spotlight. For two years at Boston University, McAvoy helped the Terriers overcome the loss of the talented Jack Eichel after he departed to Buffalo following his lone season on Commonwealth Avenue in 2015. From a pair of Beanpot appearances to the Hockey East and NCAA tournament, McAvoy has […]
Read More »Bruins-Senators first round schedule
They had to wait until the Maple Leafs concluded their regular season against the Blue Jackets, but after Toronto blew a 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 in regulation on Sunday, the Bruins now know their first round opponent. For the first time in franchise history, the Black and Gold will meet the Ottawa Senators in […]
Read More »Why Tuukka Rask is the most important Bruin entering playoffs
April 9, 2017
He’s certainly become one of the more polarizing members of the Bruins – at least on social media and sports talk radio. There are times where he deserves his share of criticism no doubt. But there’s no denying that, in his last five starts of the 2016-17 regular season, Tuukka Rask played his best hockey […]
Read More »Montgomery goes full circle from Maine to Denver in NCAA title win
(Photo by Bob Snow, Bruins Daily) CHICAGO – In 1993, one for the NCAA record books as a player; in 2017 a second as head coach. Then add another asterisk for “Monty” and “Luko” – now joined at the record-setting hip. Saturday night, former Maine Black Bear and Montreal native, Jim Montgomery, won his second […]
Read More »Bruins encounter blue-line dilemma as playoffs approach
April 8, 2017
Minor injuries and scratches aside, the Bruins played 80 games with a healthy blue-line. They were not so fortunate to finish with that same health in Games 81 and 82. And now, they are left with a dilemma entering next week’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. There is no timetable for the returns of Torey Krug and […]
Read More »Game Day Preview: Bruins vs. Capitals
With the postseason clinched, the Bruins entered the last two games looking to improve their scenarios before the first round begins next week. Well, they didn’t get any help when Brad Marchand earned a two-game suspension on Thursday for his spear on Lightning defenseman Jake Dotchin two nights earlier. They could have used him in […]
Read More »Will Butcher’s Hobey win highlights Friday’s Frozen Four festivities
April 7, 2017
(Photo by Bob Snow, Bruins Daily) CHICAGO – The Hobey Baker Memorial Award recipient of college hockey’s top individual prize was Denver’s Will Butcher from the University of Denver, presented in a live ceremony held at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois and aired nationally on the NHL Network. As team […]
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