Posts About "Patrice Bergeron"
Best Current NHL Player From Each Canadian Province
June 17th, 2020 There's nothing more Canadian than the game of hockey, so it's not surprising that more than 40 per cent of current NHLers are from the Great White North. You don't have to look far to find terrific talent from the jagged Rockies, or the sprawling prairies, or the East Coast's craggy cliffs. From sea to shining sea, here's a look at...
Bruins Could Dominate Playoffs with Healthy Bergeron
June 17th, 2020 Patrice Bergeron probably can't remember the last time he entered the playoffs feeling good. The laundry lists of injuries he's battled through in search of hockey's ultimate prize is simply unreal. But that hasn't stopped one of the best defensive forwards in National Hockey League history, who is an elite goal-scorer to boot. He has...
Bruins Benefit from NHL Pause
June 9th, 2020 While the world has endured many difficulties in recent months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHL’s recent announcement of a 24-team playoff has sparked a sense of optimism. Daily tracking of the outbreak has mercifully been replaced by the analysis of potential match-ups of the 24 postseason teams. Although the 16 play-in...
NHL’s Top 5 Centers of the Decade
June 6th, 2020 Some of the National Hockey League's best talent has always been at center. The position is expected to play a defensively responsible game while also being the primary generator of offense. Some believe that having an elite top line center is the single most important element a team needs to win a Stanley Cup. The past decade has...
Today in Hockey History: May 13
May 13th, 2020 Today’s date is chock-full of great Stanley Cup playoff moments. May 13 has seen plenty of National Hockey League memories, including some epic comebacks, overtime history and series-clinching wins. It Was 4-1! Depending on which side of the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs rivalry you are on, May 13, 2013, is a date that...
3 Potential Bruins Captains
May 12th, 2020 When the National Hockey League season was paused on March 12 amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, there was (and still is) no idea what is going happen to the remainder of each team's 10 to 12 regular-season games. The playoffs were and are also still are up in the air as well. While the answers to those questions are still...
Bruins' Top 5 Draft Picks of the 2000s
May 1st, 2020 Over the last two decades, the Boston Bruins have done very well with some draft picks, and not so well with others. In the last 10 years, the Bruins have made three trips to the Stanley Cup Final and some of those players that contributed to the team's success were drafted in the previous decade. Related: Bruins' 10 Best Players of...
Bruins Classic Games, Fun Segments Keep Fans and Players Connected
April 29th, 2020 There's no question, it's a rough time to be a sports fan. Instead of heading into the second round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, National Hockey League fans are left missing the sport they love as we all wait for the global coronavirus pandemic to subside. For their part, the Boston Bruins have been employing some cool, unique...
The Rise And Fall Of Andrew Raycroft
April 25th, 2020 Sixteen years ago, Boston Bruins goaltender Andrew Raycroft took the National Hockey League by storm. Boston's fifth-round pick in 1998 had spent the previous three seasons bouncing back and forth on Interstate 95 between Boston and Providence. In fact, a majority of Raycroft's early professional career in the AHL, playing in...
Bruins' 10 Best Players of the Decade
April 24th, 2020 There was no shortage of highs and lows in the last decade for the Boston Bruins. After becoming only the third team in NHL history to blow a 3-0 series lead in the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals to the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston bounced back in 2011 to win the franchise's sixth Stanley Cup championship with an epic seven-game...
Bruins' Bergeron a Lock for Hockey Hall of Fame
April 4th, 2020 One of the best defensive forwards of his era, there is little doubt that Boston Bruins center and alternate captain Patrice Bergeron will be, or certainly should be, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame when he chooses to hang up the skates. But, his Hall-of-Fame resume goes far beyond back-checks and big goals. In 1,089 games...
Patrice Bergeron is Boston's Longest Tenured Athlete
March 23rd, 2020 If you're a fan of Boston sports, you've been fortunate enough to witness one of, if not the most dominant stretch in professional sports history by one city. Dating back to 2001, the city of Boston has seen 12 championships between the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins. That number jumps to 13...
Top 5 Bruins Games of the Season Before the Pause
March 20th, 2020 When the National Hockey League put a pause on the 2019-20 season due to the international COVID-19 outbreak, the Boston Bruins were sitting atop the league standings with 100 points. They are on track to win the Presidents' Trophy and have home-ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs should the season resume at some...
