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Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Saturday April 3rd

By ⋅ April 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

With just five games left in the regular season, the Bruins (35-30-12) find themselves in desperation mode, needing every point they can get to cling to their playoff spot. That clinging starts tonight when they head north of the border to face the Eastern Conference’s cellar dwellers, the Toronto Maple Leafs (29-36-13). Boston currently sits [...]

Bruins Move on Without Savard, Lose to Leafs

By ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Without the services of center Marc Savard, the Bruins marched forward on Tuesday night as they continue their pitiful push toward the playoffs. Savard, arguably the best player on the team, will likely be out the rest of the season with a serious Grade 2 concussion after a hit at the hands of Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Tuesday 3/9

By ⋅ March 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The road trip continues tonight for the Black and Gold, as the Bruins (29-24-11) make their third stop on their current seven-game trip, this time in Toronto to face the lowly Maple Leafs (20-33-12). These two teams should know each other pretty well by now, having faced each other four times already, including less than [...]

Satan, Thomas Help Bruins End Home Losing Streak

By ⋅ March 5, 2010 ⋅ One comment

A day after the Bruins failed to acquire a desperately needed goal-scorer, the team took the ice against the Maple Leafs, which served as a grim reminder they traded their best goal scorer to Toronto: Phil Kessel. The only “significant” offensive player added since Kessel’s departure was perhaps free agent signee Miroslav Satan, who had [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Thursday 3-4

By ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After a busy trade deadline day, or not so busy deadline day depending on which team we’re talking about, the Bruins (27-23-11) will get back to game action tonight at TD Garden in their final home game before departing for a season-long seven-game road trip up and down the Atlantic coastline. Coming to town tonight, [...]

U.S. Hockey Team Knocks Off Norway, 6-1

By ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The U.S. Olympic men’s hockey squad was able to pull away from the Norwegians with three third period goals Thursday in Vancouver, giving them a convincing 6-1 win and second straight victory, heading into Sunday’s big matchup with the gold medal favorite Canadians. Former Bruin Phil Kessel and former B.U. grad Chris Drury both netted [...]

Boston Bruins Mid-Season Report Card

By ⋅ January 5, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Having played their 41st game of the season – a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers – the Boston Bruins are now halfway through their regular season and currently stand at 21-13-7, for a total of 49 points. Despite a sluggish start during which they alternated wins and losses (until they hit two three-game [...]

Winter Classic Destined To Be a Classic

By ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Fenway Park was on the edge of its collective seat for the third annual Winter Classic. It was a close, tough match, but the Boston Bruins somehow clawed out a 2-1 victory at the end. The 1st period was nothing special, really. Some back and forth action, with a nice looking save or two on each [...]

Bruins All-Decade Team: 2000′s

By ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The first decade of the new millennium has been a pendulum for the National Hockey League: it has seen the disappointment of a lockout during the 2004-2005 season coupled with the high expectations of “the Next One,” Sidney Crosby. The Boston Bruins had the same swings, ranging from the excitement of a first-place finish in [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Saturday 12/19

By ⋅ December 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (16-10-7) will look to rebound from Friday night’s 5-4 shootout loss to Chicago tonight, when they travel north of the border to face off with Phil Kessel and the Toronto Maple Leafs (12-16-7). This will be the third meeting of the month between these two squads, but the first away from TD Garden. [...]

Bruins Beat Out Maple Leafs…Again

By ⋅ December 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Someone better tell the Bruins it’s almost winter because they are hot; 8-1-1 in their last ten games. The Bruins defeated Phil Kessel’s Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday night by the score of 5-2 at home. Five days earlier, Boston defeated the same team 7-2. Scoring 12 goals to Toronto’s 4 is something to be proud of. With [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Thursday 12-10

By ⋅ December 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s been a quiet week for the Black and Gold since their Saturday night stomping of Phil Kessel and the Toronto Maple Leafs (10-13-7). Behind a nifty hat trick by Marc Savard, the Bruins (15-9-5) were able to pummel the young Toronto squad, racking up seven goals en route to a 7-2 beatdown. Tonight, the [...]

Phil Kessel: Don’t Love Him, Don’t Hate Him, Don’t Boo Him

By ⋅ December 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Zero goals. No assists. Plus/minus of -3. Those are not the stats any hockey player hopes to have on his game splits, especially when he’s returning to his former team’s rink. Unfortunately for Phil Kessel, that was his exact scoring line when he played against the Boston Bruins for the first time since being traded [...]

Bruins Crush Maple Leafs Like Leaves

By ⋅ December 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Yes, the Maple Leafs folded like their namesake, and the Bruins looked like bears again instead of cubs as Boston won convincingly at home, 7-2. The Bruins stepped on the gas from the start and never let up, scoring on a Marco Sturm tip-in. Just one second later, Shawn Thornton got into a scuffle with [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Saturday 12/5

By ⋅ December 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

After one of the worst efforts of the season last night in Montreal, the Bruins (14-9-5) will look to get back on the winning trail tonight, as they return home for the much anticipated return of Phil Kessel and the rest of the Toronto Maple Leafs (8-12-7). Tonight will be the first of three December [...]

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