Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsBy Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent In recent years, Bruins fans may have grown accustomed to playoff overtime games. Thursday night’s Game One victory over the New York Rangers was just the latest in a memorable string of post-season overtime victories for the Boston Bruins franchise. With Game Two approaching, now seems like a good ...
The Boston Bruins failed to finish off the Maple Leafs in Game 5, but don’t compare this team to the 2010 version.
On March 20th, 2011 in a game against the New York Rangers, Matt Cooke delivered a cheap elbow to the head of Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh. Cooke was quickly suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 2010-11 regular season and for the first round of the playoffs. Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager Ray Shero ...
This isn’t Matt Cooke on Marc Savard. When Brad Marchand slowly guided himself to the ice, clutching the side of his helmet after an illegal elbow from New Jersey defenseman Anton Volchenkov, it didn’t appear that anyone aside from Marchand, Volchenkov, and referee Frederick L’Ecuyer had any clear idea of what happened.
There isn’t much to say about the 2013 Boston Bruins that hasn’t already been said—and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Prior to Tuesday night’s 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Rangers, the team was off to its best ten-game start in franchise history (8-1-1) behind a torrid goaltender tandem, contributions from all four lines and shrewd coaching from Claude Julien. For right now, the players are clicking and the Bruins are quickly becoming powerhouses of the Eastern Conference. So why does it feel like something is missing?
Because there is.
Some people run the same routine for certain events. Whether it’s the way that someone straps on their goalie pads or even how someone brushes their teeth, routines are a big part of what we do every day. For Saul Lekherzak, attending a Thrashers game 41 times a season was like his drive to work ...
The Boston Bruins’ breakup day came approximately six weeks earlier than it did the season before. During the day’s interviews and meetings, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli indicated that while he didn’t foresee any major changes, he would like to “add some pieces.” The Bruins will need bottom-six players with one or two to have the potential to move into the top-six group, if necessary. With the current situation as is for the Bruins, here’s a look at five free agent forwards that the Bruins should target.
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist If there has been one consistent narrative over the past several NHL seasons, it has been the seeming epidemic of blows to the head that has fallen several big time stars. Whether it be David Steckel’s hit on Sidney Crosby, Matt Cooke’s on Marc Savard, or any of the other ...
As 2011 comes to a close, it provides a time for hockey fans to reflect. In the first of a two-part series, The Hockey Writers’ Steve Kendall will examine the 10 things that saddened him about the sport over the past 12 months. In part two, he will explain the 10 things about hockey that ...
Day after day, questions have focused on the physical aspects of Crosby’s recovery. He was cleared for contact over a month ago and seems to be doing well. So what’s the hold up? Maybe in our focus on the return of Sidney Crosby the hockey player, we’ve forgotten about Sidney Crosby the person.
