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Scott Roche

Scott Roche has been covering the Boston Bruins for The Hockey Writers since 2019. A frequent user of the Oxford comma, Scott has been a sports writer for nearly 30 years for different sites and daily newspapers. He has covered many sports, including baseball and hockey for newspapers in the Boston area. Writing started out as a hobby, but it has become a passion for Scott over the years.

Longest NHL Games in the Post-Expansion Era

Scott Roche | April 9, 2025

The atmosphere, the do-or-die mentality and, in the end, the reception of the most iconic trophy in sports: there’s nothing quite like playoff hockey. All the way from Game 1…

Categories Archives, Hockey History

Bruins 2015 Draft Failure Will Haunt Them for Years

Scott Roche | February 25, 2025

It has been seven seasons since Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney oversaw the 2015 Entry Draft, his first in charge of the Black and Gold. Three consecutive first-round picks…

Categories Archives, Boston Bruins, Bruins History, Hockey History, NHL Entry Draft

Revisiting the Bruins Trade for Horton

Scott Roche | August 21, 2024

On May 5, 2010, the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 in Game 3 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals for a commanding 3-0 series lead. Needing to win just…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins History, NHL Trade Analysis

Boston Bruins: Ranking Don Sweeney’s Entry Drafts

Scott Roche | June 23, 2024

The two-day 2024 Entry Draft is set to kick off in Las Vegas on Friday night (June 28). Because of busy trade deadlines, the Boston Bruins are not scheduled to…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins History, Hockey History, NHL Entry Draft

Reviewing the Bruins’ 2015 Draft

Scott Roche | June 6, 2024

It’s rare that a team can get three first-round draft picks, but to get them consecutively is even rarer. That is what Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney had in…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins History, Hockey History, NHL Entry Draft

Bruins News & Rumors: Montgomery, Peeke, Lohrei & More

Scott Roche | April 23, 2024

Two games into the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s even at 1-1 as the series shifts to Canada for Games 3…

Categories Boston Bruins, Column, News and Rumors

3 Takeaways From Bruins’ 5-1 Game 1 Win Over Maple Leafs

Scott Roche | April 21, 2024

After losing three of their final four games of the regular season, the Boston Bruins went from winning the Atlantic Division to finishing second. By finishing behind the Florida Panthers,…

Categories Boston Bruins, Editor's Choice

Bruins News & Rumors: Montgomery, Sweeney, Maple Leafs & More

Scott Roche | April 19, 2024

You just knew that it was bound to happen. Once again, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs will match up in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup…

Categories Boston Bruins, Column, News and Rumors

Bruins News & Rumors: Maroon, Lohrei, Sweeney & More

Scott Roche | April 13, 2024

It’s hard to believe, but just three games are remaining in the 2023-24 regular season and there is still a lot to be determined for the Boston Bruins. Their first-round…

Categories Boston Bruins, Column, News and Rumors

Bruins Buy or Sell: Peeke, Swayman, Ullmark & More

Scott Roche | April 11, 2024

It’s hard to believe, but the 2023-24 regular season has just three games remaining for the Boston Bruins. There is still plenty to be decided for the Black and Gold…

Categories Boston Bruins, Editor's Choice

Bruins News & Rumors: Marchand, Brazeau, Panthers & More

Scott Roche | April 6, 2024

In this edition of Boston Bruins News & Rumors, a bottom-six forward suffered an injury on the recent six-game road trip, a veteran forward scored a milestone goal to get…

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Bruins News & Rumors: Marchand, Peeke, Maroon & More

Scott Roche | March 30, 2024

Things have gone well for the most part for the Boston Bruins in 2023-24 and it’s only fitting that they clinch a Stanley Cup Playoff berth on a night where…

Categories Boston Bruins, Column, News and Rumors
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