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Today in Boston Bruins History: August 19
Boston Bruins history for August 19: 2011: Johnny Boychuk spends his day with the Stanley Cup in Edmonton. He began the day with his family: his parents, his brothers, his new wife Sheena, all stopping off at a steakhouse with Stanley to fuel up for the day. Once full of good food, Boychuk took the [...]
TweetToday in Boston Bruins History: August 18
Boston Bruins history for August 18: 1935: Forbes Kennedy (full name Forbes Taylor Kennedy) is born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. After playing in Chicago and Detroit, Kennedy came to Boston for the 1962-63 season and played four seasons as a Bruin. Kennedy may be best known for what he did after Pat Quinn once hit [...]
TweetToday in Boston Bruins History: August 17
Boston Bruins history for August 17: 1914: Harry Frost was born in Keer Lake, Ontario. Though he played a total of four NHL games in his career, all of them were for Boston and one was during the 1939 playoffs. This was enough for the team to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. [...]
TweetToday in Boston Bruins History: August 16
Boston Bruins history for August 16: 1914: Bob Blake (full name Louis Robert Blake) was born in Ashland, Wisconsin. He started off playing hockey in high school and then the minor leagues, where within the span of two years he became one of the league’s top scorers and was given a chance to play in [...]
TweetMilan Lucic Gets Twitter, Tyler Seguin Saved from Foul Ball
The Boston Bruins aren’t the most Twitter-happy team in the NHL when it comes to individual players having Twitter presences, but they did just add another player to their tweeting ranks. Milan Lucic set up his Twitter account, with the handle @MilanLucic4 (he explained that he needed to add the number because of “too many [...]
TweetToday in Boston Bruins History: August 15
Boston Bruins history for August 15: 1949: Ivan Boldirev is born in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia. Though he was born in the former Yugoslavia, he and his family emigrated to Canada when he was just two years old. Though he was shy as a kid, which stemmed from his initial lack of English abilities, he got into [...]
TweetPeter Chiarelli Talks CBA, Politics and More
Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli has had quite an interesting offseason. Since the Bruins were eliminated from the playoffs back in April (seems like ages ago, right?), he has: stunned the hockey world by selecting Malcolm Subban, younger brother of Bruins nemesis PK, in the draft (along with a promising crop of later-round selections [...]
TweetToday in Boston Bruins History: August 14
Boston Bruins history for August 14: 1949: Dick Redmond (full name Richard John Redmond) is born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. He played in the NHL for 13 years starting with his selection by the Minnesota North Stars in 1969. His career took him to another now-defunct team, the California Golden Seals, and then eventually to [...]
TweetCan Tyler Seguin Enter The League’s Elite In 2012-13?
It’s unlikely that the Boston Bruins and their fans were teetering too far onto the side of concern after Tyler Seguin‘s first season as an 18-year-old. But after just 22 points in 74 games in his first year with the club, you did have to wonder a bit how long it would take for him to [...]
TweetNHL Rumors: Will Tyler Seguin Get a Big Pay Day?
The recent re-signing of Jeff Skinner to a six-year contract extension worth nearly $35 million in total was not only a good thing for the Carolina Hurricanes, but could foreshadow what Tyler Seguin might get when his entry-level contract is about to expire. Skinner and Seguin have a lot in common. Both were part of [...]
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