Willie O’Ree
Yuck. Five first-period goals from the Carolina Hurricanes sank the Boston Bruins, 7-1, for their first loss in five games on Tuesday at TD Garden. “Tonight, we had nothing,” head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “They ...
The trailblazing Willie O’Ree finally has his place atop the TD Garden rafters. It wasn’t a long time coming from just an on-ice perspective for hockey’s version of Jackie Robinson. His success went beyond donning ...
When he hung up the skates in 1979, Willie O’Ree never imagined to see his number in the TD Garden rafters with fellow greats like Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito and Milt Schmidt (to name an ...
He is the Jackie Robinson of the National Hockey League. “I came here in 1957 for my first training camp,” Willie O’Ree said Wednesday afternoon. “Johnny Bucyk took me under his wing. I fell in ...
On this day, 53 years ago, the Boston Bruins made history in Montreal. It wasn’t the 3-0 victory over the Canadiens that forever changed the game, but the player who took the ice. On January ...
