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Ice Breakers: Bruins-Panthers, Thursday November 18th

By ⋅ November 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (10-5-1) return home tonight to host former Bruin Dennis Wideman and the Florida Panthers (8-8-0) at TD Garden. Tonight marks the first of four meetings between the two squads. Both teams were on the winning end of one-goal games last night. For Florida, they took a 2-1 victory over the Thrashers in Atlanta, [...]

NHL Trade Deadline is Complete: Bruins Fail Miserably

By ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The NHL’s 3 p.m. trade deadline came and went Wednesday afternoon, and unfortunately for Bruins fans, news of a major trade that would bring the team the offensive firepower they have lacked all season wouldn’t be heard all day long. Instead, teams from the top to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings wheeled and [...]

Trade Winds Blowing Through Boston: Morris, Bitz Sent Packing

By ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Welcome to Deadline Day in the NHL! The Bruins, who made two small moves on Tuesday, acquiring a pair of young defenseman, have shipped another blue liner out of Beantown. Derek Morris, who was here on a one-year deal and will become an unrestricted free agent this coming offseason, is westward bound. Morris has been [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Sabres, Friday 1-29

By ⋅ January 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (23-20-8) will get back to game action tonight in Buffalo when they take on the division-leading Sabres (31-14-7) at HSBC Arena. Boston has been mired in a miserable 1-7-1 stretch over their last nine games, now dropping them out of the Eastern Conference’s top eight. One player who has been missed over much [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Blue Jackets, Thursday 1/21

By ⋅ January 21, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (23-17-8) will look to eliminate the bad taste left in their mouths after Monday’s 5-1 flop at the hands of the Senators, when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets (19-24-9) tonight at TD Garden. Boston’s lack of offensive punch has proven costly of late, as the B’s have dropped their last three home [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Senators, Monday 1-18

By ⋅ January 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (23-16-8) return home to TD Garden this afternoon for a holiday matinee skate with the Ottawa Senators (24-21-4). Boston and Ottawa are separated in the standings by just two points, with the Bruins currently occupying the fifth spot in the East and Ottawa sitting in the seventh seed. Boston is coming off a [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Ducks, Wednesday 1-13

By ⋅ January 13, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The bruised and battered Bruins (22-15-7) will head west this week for three games in the Golden State, with hopes of not heading south in the standings. Their trio of games on the left coast begins tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, where they will face off with the red hot Ducks (20-19-7). Anaheim [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Rangers, Saturday 1-9

By ⋅ January 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (22-14-7) and New York Rangers (21-17-6) will skate at TD Garden in a Saturday matinee of Original Six proportions. These two teams faced each other earlier this week in New York, with the Blue Shirts escaping with a 3-2 victory after blowing a two-goal lead. Bruins Injury Woes Boston had three games so [...]

Bruins Thrash Atlanta in Winter Classic Tune-Up

By ⋅ December 31, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Another game, another Bruins win over the Thrashers. It seemed like just another night at the ice rink in the TD Garden, but considering the Bruins upcoming schedule, it was anything but that. It had to be hard for the players to concentrate considering the city’s excitement over the Winter Classic at Fenway Park on [...]

Milan Lucic Injured Again – Out for One Month

By ⋅ November 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Just four games into his return from the injured reserve, Milan Lucic has found himself sidelined again. Instead of a broken finger, however, the culprit this time is a high ankle sprain, which will keep the left wing from playing for approximately one month. Lucic sustained the injury in the third period of Wednesday’s 2-1 [...]

Bruins’ Scoring Comes Out of Hibernation in Win Over Sabres

By ⋅ November 8, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

It – it being a power play goal – was bound to happen sooner or later. Fortunately for the Boston Bruins (7-7-2) and their league-worst power play unit, it came before history was made. After going six games with out a power play goal (0-for-20), the B’s avoided a seven-game power play drought, which would [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Sabres, Saturday 11-7

By ⋅ November 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins will look to turn their luck around Saturday night at the TD Garden, hosting the Northeast Division leading Buffalo Sabres (9-3-1). Buffalo is coming off just their third loss of the season Friday night in Philadelphia, falling to the Flyers 5-2. The Sabres’ roster remained mainly unchanged from last year, a year that [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Red Wings, Tuesday 11-3

By ⋅ November 3, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

The Boston Bruins (6-6-1) head to Motown Tuesday night to match-up with another member of the NHL’s Original Six, the Detroit Red Wings (5-4-3), in a game that will feature two of last year’s top teams who this year, are faltering out of the gates. This will be the 576th meeting of the two teams [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Predators, Wednesday 10-21

By ⋅ October 21, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The Bruins will showcase their new-look roster Wednesday night at the TD Garden, hosting the lowly Nashville Predators. Boston GM Peter Chiarelli, in an effort to shake up his under-performing squad, sent winger Chuck Kobasew to Minnesota over the weekend, in exchange for minor leaguer Craig Waller, unsigned draft choice Alexander Fallstrom, and a draft [...]

Bruins Rally From Deficit, Survive Islanders

By ⋅ October 11, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

After the second period was over, it seemed like the Bruins were headed to their fourth straight lopsided affair to start the season, after a 4-1 loss opening night, a 7-2 win over the Hurricanes last Saturday, and a 6-1 loss to the Ducks in their previous game. Against the Islanders Saturday night at the [...]

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