All Entries Tagged With: "Milan Lucic"
B’s Take Down Bolts 5-2 At TD Garden, Plus Stamkos Speaks On Tampa’s Difficult Season
BOSTON– On Tuesday evening the Boston Bruins looked to continue their most recent hot streak – after winning four of their previous five games when they hosted Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning at the TD Garden. The B’s took care of business against the Bolts — despite Stamkos’ phenomenal individual effort — taking [...]
Speed and Skill Trumped by Aggression and Intimidation in Today’s NHL?
The garage league is back, and with Matt Cooke in the good graces of the hockey gods it’s about time league owners like Mario Lemieux stood up once again and protected the people they employ before another body ends up motionless at center ice.
Thomas’ 40-Save Performance Lifts Boston To 4-2 Victory In Los Angeles
On Saturday evening, the Boston Bruins hoped to right the ship after dropping their road-trip opener in San Jose on Thursday. Fortunately for the hoards of B’s fans who stayed up for the late start, the B’s came through with an important 4-2 win at the Staples Center. After a scoreless first period, Patrice Bergeron [...]
Shark Bite: Sleepy Bruins Fall 2-1 In San Jose
On Thursday evening, the Boston Bruins were looking to build on their recent two-game home winning streak when they took their talents out west for a showdown with the San Jose Sharks at the HP Pavilion. Unfortunately, it seemed as though the B’s left their new-found momentum back in Boston when they made the 3,000 [...]
How Sweep It Is: Third Line Leads Boston To 8-0 Romp, Season Sweep Of Toronto
BOSTON– After snapping a season-long four-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins were looking to start a new trend on Monday evening when they played host to the Northeast division rival Toronto Maple Leafs. If Monday’s effort is any indication of things to come [...]
Bergeron, B’s Snap Skid With 3-2 Shootout Win Over Philly
BOSTON– On Saturday afternoon the Boston Bruins were out to buck their most recent trend of sub-par hockey when they hosted one of their most heated rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers. On a warm St. Patrick’s Day afternoon, the day after losing the Northeast division lead to the surging Ottawa Senators, the B’s undoubtedly expected a [...]
As Losses Mount, Don’t Be Surprised When The Bruins Lose The Northeast Division
– On Saturday morning, the Boston Bruins could very well wakeup to find themselves looking up at the Ottawa Senators in the race for the Northeast Division title. The Sens will host the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night in the back-end of a home-and-home series with the chance to leap-frog Boston in the standings. The [...]
Semin, Caps Hold Off Late Surge To Edge Bruins 4-3 At TD Garden
BOSTON – On Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins looked to improve on their recent two-game winning streak when they welcomed Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals to town for a showdown at the TD Garden. It was a tale of two halves in the first frame as the Caps took control from the opening puck [...]
Boychuk, Bruins Use Strong Third Period To Down Sabres 3-1 At TD Garden
BOSTON – On Thursday evening the Boston Bruins played host to the Buffalo Sabres in the fifth of six meetings between these two Northeast division foes for the 2011-’12 campaign. The B’s were out to put a stop to a streaking Sabres team that has caught fire recently, in hopes of putting together a last [...]
B’s Fight Hard, But Are Beaten By Better Rangers Team
On Sunday afternoon the Boston Bruins (or what’s left of them) walked (or limped) into Madison Square Garden for a date with the number one team in the Eastern Conference. A Boston squad missing a full quarter of it’s regulars took on a tough Rangers squad in hopes or turning around their recent two-month-long slump. [...]
Rask Injured, Isles Edge Bruins 3-2 At TD Garden
BOSTON – After twice posting a six spot on the Islanders this season, the Bruins welcomed New York to town on Saturday afternoon in search of their first set of back-to-back wins in over a month and a half. Playing in the middle contest of a Big-Apple trifecta (NJ on Thursday, NYI Saturday, NYR Sunday), [...]
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 [...]
Marchand Sparks Bruins To Pivotal 4-2 Win In St. Louis
On Wednesday night the Boston Bruins ventured to St. Louis to face the best defensive team in the NHL in dire need of a victory. Fresh off the heels of two-game losing streak and a streak that’s seen them go 7-9-1 over their last 17 games, the Black and Gold took on the surprisingly resurgent [...]
Slumping Bruins Left To Ponder: What Is Going Wrong?
On Sunday afternoon, the Boston Bruins once again failed to get things going in the right direction again, as they fell 2-0 to the Minnesota Wild on a Hockey Day In America marquee matinee contest. The loss continues what has been an exceedingly tough month of hockey for the defending champs, as their February record [...]
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 [...]
GameDay: Bruins & Canes Set To Meet For Final Time This Season
Tonight the Boston Bruins will play their fourth and final match-up of the season against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. The B’s are coming off a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday evening and will be playing in the second game of a three game home-stand. The ‘Canes will be playing in their [...]
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 [...]
