All Entries Tagged With: "Dennis Seidenberg"
Krejci Turns The Trick As B’s Down Devils In OT
BOSTON – On Thursday, the Boston Bruins played their first of seventeen games on the slate for the month of March with one goal in mind: Finding consistency. Following a 5-7-1 February, which saw them shutout in five games, the B’s were looking to get things back on track with a strong effort against the [...]
Bruins Happy To Have Boychuk Back In The Fold
On Tuesday afternoon, reports began to circulate that the Boston Bruins had come to terms on a contract extension with defenseman Johnny Boychuk. Those reports were later proven correct when B’s GM Peter Chiarelli revealed the details of the contract to the Boston media just prior to the team’s game against the Rangers at TD [...]
Boston’s Struggles Continue As Lundqvist Blanks B’s At TD Garden
Back in November, fans and hockey pundits alike began to recognize the fact that all the Bruins needed in order to secure themselves a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and a chance to defend their Championship was to play .500 hockey the rest of the way. These sentiments would echo on through December and [...]
Lucic, Bruins Stage Late-Game Comeback, Knock Off Preds In Shootout
On Saturday afternoon at the TD Garden, the Boston Bruins looked to right the ship after a disastrous effort in a 6-0 blowout loss to the Sabres on Wednesday in Buffalo as they hosted the Nashville Predators for the first and only time this season. “We have a lot of pride. We don’t like losing, [...]
Fleury, Malkin Lead Pens Past Struggling Bruins
Hockey is a strange game folks. When things are going your way, everything seems to be clicking, you play with confidence, you tend to get the breaks here and there. You feel as if nothing is ever going to go wrong. However, when you’re struggling it’s a completely different ball game. All of a sudden [...]
Ward Stops 47 As B’s Are Again Stymied By ‘Canes
Throughout my years of watching sports, I’ve never been fond of the expression “they just have your number” in response to being beaten repeatedly by the same team. However, watching each of the four meetings between the struggling Carolina Hurricanes and the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins I’ve begun to think that my belief is [...]
B’s Use Third Period Rally To Edge Sens 4-3 At TD Garden
The surprising Ottawa Senators have drawn fame this season from their ability to overcome early deficits and rally from behind to win games in the third period. Unfortunately for the squad from Canada’s capital, these roles were reversed on Tuesday in a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins. Recovering from a 1-0 [...]
Gaborik Plays Hero As Rangers Edge Bruins In Battle Of Eastern Conference Elite
On Saturday afternoon, the New York Rangers came to TD Garden as the first place team in the Eastern Conference. When they left the snowy mess of New England, they we’re still atop the conference after an impressive 3-2 overtime win over the defending Stanley Cup Champions. With only 3.6 seconds left in overtime in [...]
How They Stack Up: Bruins Mid-Season Report Cards
Through forty-two games of the 2011-’12 regular season, the Boston Bruins have proven themselves a truly resilient bunch, and deserving of another chance at Lord Stanley’s Cup this spring. After a 3-7-0 start to the year, the Black and Gold have emerged from a slow start to build up a 59-point total through the mid-season [...]
Old-School Rivalry Taking On New Feel As B’s Sink Habs 2-1 At TD Garden
Once upon a time, the rivalry between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens was revered as one of the best in all of sport. A time when every meeting between the two Original Six foes was regarded as “must-watch television”, where each and every hockey fanatic in New England and Quebec, casual and die-hards [...]
Thornton’s Penalty Shot, Third Period Domination Enough To Lead Bruins Past Jets
On what was a far more exciting Mid-January night than one would have expected, the Boston Bruins were able to use a strong third period effort to up-end the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and right the ship after a Saturday matinee loss to the Vancouver Canucks just three days ago. Through forty minutes of surprisingly exciting [...]
Bruins Put Out The Flames, Route Calgary For 9-0 Victory
On a night less than 48 hours in advance of a highly anticipated Stanley Cup Finals rematch with the Vancouver Canucks, it would have been easy to expect a “let-down” of sorts in Boston on Thursday evening when the Bruins played host to the Calgary Flames. Also, in a game that the B’s would be [...]
Divisional Series: The Beasts Of The Northeast
Over the next two weeks, the Boston Bruins will be given the luxury of a considerably light schedule, especially by NHL standards, with only three more games slated for the 2011 calendar year. This coupled with the beginning of winter break at colleges across the country, has left me with some extra time to write. [...]
Bruins Bring Smiles To Many With Annual Holiday Toy Drive
This past Monday afternoon (Dec. 12), the Boston Bruins held their annual holiday toy shopping event at the Target store in Woburn, Massachusetts. The trip was made to purchase items for children who will be unable to spend the holidays at home this season, confined to Boston area hospitals with diseases and illnesses. Being lucky [...]
Rask’s 41 Stops Enough To Bury Struggling Kings
On Tuesday evening at the TD Garden the Boston Bruins were able to begin what they hope will be another extended winning streak, shutting down the Los Angeles Kings to the tune of a 3-0 victory. Backstopped by 41 saves from Tuukka Rask, –who recorded his 1st shutout since March– the B’s used two tallies [...]
Theodore’s 40 Saves Backstop Panthers To 2-0 Statement Victory At TD Garden
Ladies and gentlemen, the Florida Panthers are for real. Now alone in first place in the Eastern Conference, Head Coach Kevin Dineen’s bunch just continues to prove the hoards who doubted his team completely wrong. The Panthers came through with a huge win on Monday over the division rival Washington Capitals. However, the South Beach [...]
Thomas, Kelly Lead Bruins To 4-2 Win Over Jets
On Saturday night the Boston Bruins extended their point streak to twelve games with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the TD Garden. Over that stretch, the B’s have notched wins over five of the NHL’s seven Canadian-based franchises. Sparked by the magnificent play of goaltender Tim Thomas, who recorded his eight straight [...]
Bruins Get Back In Business; Down Sens 5-3 At TD Garden
On Tuesday night, the Boston Bruins absolutely had to have a victory. That’s right, the defending Stanley Cup Champions were in a must-win situation…..on November 1. Coming into Tuesday’s game against Ottawa, the B’s had lost 3 straight and seven of their first ten this season, with a 2-5-0 record at the TD Garden. [...]
Bruins GameDay Preview: Streaking Sens Visit Struggling B’s
Tonight, two teams at opposite ends of the NHL hockey spectrum will face-off at the TD Garden, when the Ottawa Senators pay a visit to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins. One team has been clicking on all cylinders, reeling off 6 straight victories. Meanwhile, the other squad has lost three-in-a-row and seven [...]
B’s Fail To Play A Full 60; Fall To Sharks 4-2 At TD Garden
Saturday night the Bruins were re-taught an an old lesson and cliche; that a team cannot succeed in the NHL, without a full 60-minute effort. In Saturday evening’s game the B’s did not play to their full potential for an entire game. It wasn’t until after 40 minutes of lack-luster, un-inspiring play, that saw [...]
