Posts About "Justin Florek"
Why Have the Bruins Been So Quiet This Offseason?
July 28th, 2014 It's been an oddly quiet offseason in Boston. Jarome Iginla, Shawn Thornton, Andrej Meszaros, and Chad Johnson are all gone while replacements on the team's depth chart are still largely penciled-in as TBA. Peter Chiarelli has been active signing his restricted free-agents--a scattered group of minor-leaguers and fringe NHLers...
Providence Bruins a Plenty at Bruins’ Rookie Camp, Part I
September 2nd, 2013 With the release of the roster and schedule of the Boston Bruins’ rookie camp that will be taking place this coming week, a number of Providence Bruins players were seen on the roster. This article will focus on the forwards. Of the thirteen forwards currently listed on the roster, six are on the Providence Bruins roster all ready...Providence Bruins 2012-13 Season Preview
Friday, the Providence Bruins will open the season at home against the Manchester Monarchs. After missing the playoffs just twice in their first seventeen years of existence, the P-Bruins failed to make their way to the postseason in each of the past three. Still, optimism reigns for the denizens of the Dunk. This season,...P-Bruins Drop Preseason Game #2 to Bridgeport, 3-1
The Providence Bruins fell 3-1 to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in their second preseason game in two nights. Christian Hanson scored the only goal for the P-Bruins, who engaged in three fights for the second consecutive evening. The night started-off with some significant pugilistic activities. Within four minutes of puck-drop Bobby...
Boston Bruins Prospects - Fall 2012 Rankings: 30-21
September 28th, 2012 The Boston Bruins own a deep and talented prospect system. In the following rankings, I’ve listed the more than thirty Calder-eligible young men under contract or control of the Bruins’ organization. In this second part, I discuss the Bruins thirtieth through twenty-first ranked prospects. Because of the system’s depth, I’ve...
Boston Bruins 2012 Development Camp Day Five: Closing Time
July 2nd, 2012 A quiet, wistful air hung about the final day of Development Camp Monday morning, as the Boston Bruins prospects took to the ice. Beyond the chill and strong smell of old sweat; the rink itself seemed to pulse with a somewhat sentimental acknowledgement of the end of something special. If the players themselves reflected...
Boston Bruins 2012 Development Camp Day Four: Scrimmage of Destiny
July 1st, 2012 While “Free Agent Frenzy” hit the NHL world, a ‘frenzy’ of a different type broke in waves over the bleachers of Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, as a crowd gathered to watch twenty-eight young men took part in the first scrimmages of the Boston Bruins 2012 Development Camp. The house was packed in every sense of the word...
Boston Bruins 2012 Development Camp Day Three: Wheels on Fire
June 30th, 2012 For those intrepid fans who dared the icy bleachers at Ristuccia, dozens of talented young players were on-display on Day Three of the Boston Bruins 2012 Development Camp. Again, Besa Tsintsadze led the players in power-skating drills to open the proceedings. While this “Skatin’ Satan” (as I heard a fellow...
Boston Bruins 2012 Development Camp Day One: Goalies & Dougies & Dangles, Oh My!
June 28th, 2012 Thursday morning, the sixth annual Boston Bruins Development Camp commenced in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It was a warm summer day in Massachusetts, yet the bright young talents on display were worth braving the cold and crowd at Ristuccia: Close to thirty Bruins’ prospects and camp invitees took to the ice in the first of five...
Surprises and Superlatives - The Final Word on Bruins' Development Camp
July 18th, 2011 A week has passed since the end of the Boston Bruins' 2011 Development Camp in Wilmington, MA. Time to look back at those five entertaining and enlightening days with a specific eye towards the biggest surprises and best performances of those on-ice sessions. First, let's take a brief look at some of the biggest and most...
