Bruins Finish Amazingly Strong in One of their Best Regular Seasons!

Winning 6-2 over the Islanders last night, with Kessel earning a fantastic hat trick with a breakaway at the end of the third. With last night’s win, the Bruins proved that they were and are a force to be reckoned with this season! As if we didn’t already know that

For a full recap of the game, check out Bish’s blog at bostonbruins.com

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Andddddd…. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE FOR THE BRUINS v. CANADIENS!

GAME 1 :    Thu., April 16 at Boston, 7:00 PM
GAME 2 :    Sat., April 18 at Boston, 8:00 PM
GAME 3 :    Mon., April 20 at Montreal, 7:00 PM
GAME 4 :    Wed., April 22 at Montreal, 7:00 PM
GAME 5 :    Sat., April 25 at Boston, 7:00 PM**
GAME 6 :    Mon., April 27 at Montreal, TBD**
GAME 7 :    Wed., April 29 at Boston, TBD**

** Only if necessary and the Bruins aren’t totally dominating (as if!) **

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So, this Thursday…. It begins. Be prepared.
~C

Last Game of the Season!!

Before the Playoffs that is!! Tonight at 5PM, B’s take on the Islanders in the final game of the 08-09 hockey season! Lets finish strong boys!

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Also…PLEASE TELL ME YOU GUYS WATCHED THE GAME ON THURSDAY! (AND NOT YESTERDAY’S! As much as I love the black and gold, I couldn’t watch the awfulness that was yesterday’s game against the Sabres). Bruins fought the Canadiens (literally!) in the most exciting, fast-paced, pull-no-punches battle royale I have ever seen! But that’s all we can expect from the bitter rivals as Playoffs loom every closer (Bruins are in first, duh; Canadiens are in 8th). The final score was 5-4 after Recchi scored off a great pass from Bergeron at 2:18 in overtime. But that wasn’t even the most exciting part! Canadiens were down 1-0 after the first but earned four goals in the second, riling Boston fans and causing the B’s to retaliate with 2 goals in the middle period, leaving it 4-3 Montreal going into the third. B’s tied it up in the final period and went into the overtime, where Recchi saved us yet again. That guy can play!

For your enjoyment, and a quick history lesson, is a video showing just how far back the Bruins and Canadien rivalry extends. In the 1970s, a Bruin trips a Canadien in the B’s endzone and a bench-clearing brawl ensues, even involving the fans!! Check it out:

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Once again, last game of the season is tonight at 5PM against the Islanders. Bring it on!

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See ya!
~C

Game Night!!

Canadiens v. Bruins, tonight at 7 on NESN! Don’t miss it!

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Check out the game preview on bostonbruins.com

Congrats to Brad Thiessen!

The former Northeastern Universtiy starting goalie was drafted to the Pittsburgh Penguins last Friday! Maybe one day he’ll be a Bruin? Either way, congratualtions to him!!

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In actual Bruins news, the Bs lost to the Senators last night 3-2, but Manny Fernandez played really well and hard so Kudos to him

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Next game is tomorrow at 7PM against the Montreal Canadiens! I’ll try to live blog but no promises, it’s finals week next week

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See ya,
~C

Update: Matt Hunwick to Live chat on Wed!

Link Here

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Lucic and Bruce Springsteen in the same sentence?

 

That’s right, apparently, B’s Milan Lucic’s photo hangs next to the Boss inside the Pacific Coliseum, British Columbia

The Boston Globe has an entire article devoted to the 20 year old Canadian bruiser. Check it out!

Recap of Bruins/Maple Leafs and Bruins/Flyers

I hope everyone saw the game on Saturday because it was intense. The final score was 7-5 and Coach Julien had a few things to say:

“We’ve got our own issues. Just because we’re in a playoff spot doesn’t mean that everything’s OK. Our play in the last month and a half hasn’t been up to par. We need to get better in our game…So those games do mean something for us. It’s about fine-tuning ourselves and getting some momentum heading into the playoffs.”

Manny Fernandez, who let in 5 Toronto goals, tried to be optimistic where other players may blame the five day rest period (and even longer for Fernandez) for the lack of a defensive edge:

“You want to take that positively. Playoffs are around the corner. I think at that point it would be a good time to have maybe five days off and maybe rest a little bit. We’ve been hoping to turn things around and that’s the direction we’re trying to take.”

I applaud you Manny, even though you must have been praying for a good offensive line after Toronto answered every Boston goal in the first period, mostly by flukes and errors.

Goals of the night:

• Boston: Mark Recchi had two, Chuck Kobasew, Shawn Thornton, David Krejci, Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler all had one apiece
• Toronto: Ponikarovsky had two for the Leafs while Mitchell, Hagman, and Kulemin had one each

For a full recap of the game, check out the Bear Essentials

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As for the Flyers game yesterday, a late goal by Philly’s Gagne in the third (to make it 4-3 with a minute and a half to go) made for a stressful exciting end to an important win for the B’s. Now they’re seven points up with only seven games to go.

Recap here

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Next game is tomorrow night at 7PM against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Garden.

See ya then!
~C

Check out the Playoff stats

The first game is Bruins v. Canadiens, as of the standings right now, and wouldn’t that be a great kickoff to what will surely be one of the most exciting playoffs in history??

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Check out the stats here

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Next game is on Saturday against the Maple Leafs!
~C

A quiet week off…

So the Bruins aren’t playing again until Saturday, so it’s a quiet week for my bloggerific writing skills…. I don’t really know what I’m going to do with myself until Saturday… Maybe I’ll actually finish my law research paper? Psh, as if! Maybe if it involved the Bs?

ANYWAY the The Original Six: History of the Boston Bruins DVD launch party went swimmingly last night at the Hard Rock Cafe, with appearances by the entire Bruins roster as well as alumni and the coaching staff – I wish I had been there!! Unfortunately, I could not attend, but here’s the link to the article as well as a sweet gallery of pics from the event.

Boston Bruins DVD Release

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Buy the DVD!

Gahhh, It’s going to take me weeks to get over not going!! ! Oh well, I’m sure they’ll come up with another DVD soon enough It only took 85 years to make this one, yeah?

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See ya next time,
~C

BRUINS CLINCH NORTHEAST DIVISION TITLE WITH 100 POINTS!!!

….By winning today against the NJ Devils!! CONGRATS BRUINS!! Can’t wait til you guys win the Stanley Cup!

Here’s today’s recap

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Next game is Saturday, March 28th at 7 against the Maple Leafs. Tickets are still available!

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See ya,
~C