Carrie Salls
I am a 46-year-old journalist living in the greater Pittsburgh area with my husband and two cats. I am a proud Penn State University alum. Hockey is life. Not much else needs to be said.
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Bruins GM Sweeney Faces Most Challenging, and Important, Offseason to Date
September 18th, 2020 Entering his sixth offseason of his tenure as the general manager of the Boston Bruins, Don Sweeney has his work cut out for him. This team is at a crossroads, and, as a result, the 2020 free-agency period and Entry Draft will be crucial in determining just which path the club takes. The Bruins roster is essentially divided currently...
Bruins' Cassidy Calls for More Energy from Younger Players
August 28th, 2020 Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy and general manager Don Sweeney sent a clear message in late January. Despite a stellar start fueled mostly by other-worldly scoring clinics put on by David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand in the early months of the season, things needed to be, and were, shaken up. Related: 7 Worst Trades in Bruins...
Bruins Showdown: Ray Bourque vs. Zdeno Chara
August 25th, 2020 Ray Bourque and Zdeno Chara are both Boston Bruins legends. Bourque had one of the most accurate shots in National Hockey League history and wore the captain's C for much of his time in Boston. Chara currently holds the record for the hardest shot at the NHL skills competition and has donned the C since he first signed with the...
Bruins' Vladar Unexpected Next Man Up in Backup Goalie Role
August 22nd, 2020 Dan Vladar has never appeared in a National Hockey League game. As a Boston Bruins prospect, he has been recalled from the team's American Hockey League affiliate in Providence, RI, a handful of times, but he has never seen any regular-season action. That is why Vladar's latest assignment with the team must have come as quite a...
Bruins' Top 20 Goal Scorers All-Time
August 17th, 2020 The Boston Bruins have had numerous prolific goalscorers in the team's storied history, which dates back to 1924. Here are the best of the best: the top 20 Bruins' scorers of all-time. 1. Johnny Bucyk, 545 Goals Nicknamed "Chief," Bucyk scored a single-season high 51 goals in the 1970-71 campaign, the only year he'd hit the...
Bruins' Rask Draws Out the Haters With Post-Game Comments
August 14th, 2020 Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask does not mince words. In a sport where fans and media treasure a rare candid sound bite in a sea of canned responses, that is an admirable personality trait. However, the Finnish netminder managed to raise the ire of a legion of black-and-gold faithful with comments he made following Thursday's game...
