Wayne Whittaker
Wayne Whittaker has been a Boston Bruins Correspondent for TheHockeyWriters.com since 2010. As a Berklee College of Music graduate, and Massachusetts native, Whittaker has been around Boston, the Bruins, and the game of hockey his entire life. His work has also been featured in Sports Illustrated, Huffington Post, CBSSports.com, and Yahoo.com.
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Boston Bruins Battling Complacency
March 15th, 2013 By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent There's no doubting that the Boston Bruins are an extremely talented hockey team. When they're on their game they can be a nightmare to play against. But more often than not this season, Boston has escaped games with points. The killer instinct that was on display for much of the past...
Boston Bruins: Shawn Thornton's Last Stand
March 5th, 2013 By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent Shawn Thornton is most likely in the last contract of his NHL career. His current deal, which was signed just under a year ago, is set to expire about three weeks prior to Thornton's 37th birthday. Since coming to the Boston Bruins in 2007, the two-time Stanley Cup champion has...
Michael Ryder: Potential Target For Boston?
February 25th, 2013 By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent In March of 2011, Michael Ryder was in a slump. 2 points in 12 games, and a -3 +/- rating. This couldn't be considered an isolated incident either. Ryder had struggled on and off in his tenure with Boston, and in the final year of his contract, it seemed as though he'd be gone for good...
Boston Has Yet to Make a Statement
February 11th, 2013 By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent The Boston Bruins are in the midst of their best start in franchise history, sitting at 8-1-1 just before the quarter mark of this truncated season. Many see them as the team to beat in the East, and some are already pinning them against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup...
Boston Bruins: The Fragile Nature of Defensive Depth
January 21st, 2013 "Well if there’s one area (where) I would say that our depth is extremely good, it’s on defense." This is a quote from Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien from Monday afternoon. Reports indicate he wasn't smirking or showing any signs of sarcasm at the time. In game #2 of the Bruins season, their second-best defenseman Dennis...
What The Lockout Robbed The Boston Bruins
January 6th, 2013 It's been 256 days since the Boston Bruins took the ice, and that number will most likely come close to 270 by the time the puck's actually dropped in 2013.
