// Shawn Thornton

Bruins Take Care of Devils 4-1

By ⋅ October 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I do believe that the someone told the Bruins to work on their offense this off-season and so far it’s working. After their first two regular-season games over in Prague against the Phoenix Coyotes, the B’s came back to North America and came back strong. Boston had it’s first game in the States in New [...]

Bruins 2010-2011 Preview: Forwards

By ⋅ October 11, 2010 ⋅ One comment

When it comes to what will fuel the Bruins this season, look no further than the forwards. Regarded as one of the worst offensive teams in the league last year, the Bruins hope to find their way back into the elite group of offensive teams in the NHL. Two years ago, the Bruins had one [...]

Bruins Training Camp: What to Watch For, Part 2

By ⋅ September 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

On Wednesday, we showed the first four things to watch for as the Bruins open camp. While the way the 2009-2010 Bruins season ended really stung, we are turning the page to a new era of Boston Bruins hockey. One way to get that started is with new talent, like Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell. [...]

Bruins Training Camp: What to Watch For, Part 1

By ⋅ September 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Is it too soon to talk about the Bruins yet, or is the sting of last spring’s playoff collapse still too painful to overcome? Personally, as tough as it may be to do, I say we turn the page to the next chapter: the 2010-11 NHL season. The B’s are off and running this month [...]

Bruins Re-sign Seidenberg to Four-Year Extension

By ⋅ June 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Everything is coming together for Dennis Seidenberg. The lacerated tendon in his arm has healed and Saturday he inked a four-year contract extension with the Bruins. Seidenberg, who has played for five clubs since 2002, is finally settling down. Peter Chairelli, the Bruins’ general manager, spoke about locking up the German defenseman for the next [...]

Bruins Give Shawn Thornton Hefty Raise on New Two-Year Deal

By ⋅ June 4, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli made some news on Friday, re-signing veteran winger and locker room leader Shawn Thornton to a new two-year contract that will pay the forward $812,500 per year and keep Thornton in Black and Gold through the 2011-12 season. Now granted, that salary isn’t something many of us real world folk [...]

Sturm’s Season Ends With Torn ACL, MCL

By ⋅ May 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

While there was plenty to cheer about during Saturday’s 5-4 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, in which the returning Marc Savard scored the game-winning goal, the Boston Bruins announced the end of Marco Sturm’s season on Sunday. Sturm went down in the opening minute of the playoff series after checking Flyer Matt Carle and [...]

Savard Cleared to Play and Set to Return, But Should He?

By ⋅ April 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

On Tuesday morning, Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli gave Boston’s faithful more than just the team’s 4-2 series win over the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as he announced that center Marc Savard is set to play after fully recovering from his concussion. Savard, out since suffering the Grade [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Capitals, Monday April 5th

By ⋅ April 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Down the stretch they come, as the Bruins (36-30-12) enter the final week of the regular season, with four huge games that will tell us whether our hometown hockey club is playoff bound or bound to clean out their lockers for a lengthy off-season. A tall task lies ahead of them this evening, as they [...]

Bruins Make Playoff Case At Atlanta’s Expense

By ⋅ March 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In a game that could have forced them out of the playoff brackets, the Bruins stepped up, swatting the Thrashers in Atlanta 4-0. The teams fought a largely back and forth battle, until the Bruins struck first blood at 9:25 into the 1st thanks to David Krejci. That didn’t sit well with the Thrashers, as [...]

Bruins De-Claw Panthers In Exciting Pre-Olympic Finale

By ⋅ February 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

For a while, it looked like the 10-game losing streak Bruins might be back, but they pulled out a fourth straight win, 3-2 in a shootout. They got off to an inauspicious start, when Derek Morris was called for hooking, giving Florida a power play 10 seconds in. The Bruins managed to kill it off, [...]

Bruins Turned Into Serfs By Kings

By ⋅ January 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins had it then lost it, surrendering a two-goal lead in the third period and losing 4-3 in a shootout. The teams traded goals and fights in the 1st. Boston took command in the 2nd, while Los Angeles did the same in the 3rd. The Bruins could not recover and could not retain whatever [...]

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 Shut Out Senators 2-0

By ⋅ December 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With everyone speculating that the Boston Bruins are back to their old ways of losing games and not scoring, Tim Thomas stepped up once again for the Bruins. With of a record of 0-2-2 in the past four games, the Bruins invaded Ottawa and ended their slide. Luckily enough, it was the Senators the Bruins [...]

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 [...]

← Older Posts
Newer Posts →

Recent Comments

Blogroll