Boston Bruins: Marching On As Lions or Lambs?
With zero goals in 15 games, Milan Lucic has become the face of Boston’s recent offensive struggles. (Wendy Bullard/Flickr) With a record of 20-7-3, the Boston Bruins are currently sitting in fourth...
View ArticleNathan Horton Dropping The Ball In Contract Year
Nathan Horton may be nearing his final days as a Boston Bruin. (Greg M. Cooper-US PRESSWIRE) A big part of the mythology of free agency in professional sports is the idea that athletes put up large...
View ArticleNo More Excuses: The Bruins Can Play
By Mike Miccoli Flickr (CC)/Slidingsideways Before the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs dropped the puck on their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series, I made a prediction. “Bruins in six,”...
View ArticleBruins vs Leafs: Searching For A Finishing Move
The Bruins are looking to knock the Leafs down for good in Game 5. (File Photo) Bruins vs Leafs, Mortal Kombat vs Donkey Kong Kid: Mortal Kombat, on Sega Genesis, is the best video game ever. Billy...
View ArticleHow the Bruins Can Eliminate the Maple Leafs in Game 6
By Mike Miccoli James van Riemsdyk fights for position in front of Boston’s Tuukka Rask(Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports) The Boston Bruins can’t play like they did in Game 5 because if they do, there’s...
View ArticleDon’t Compare These Boston Bruins to The 2010 Version
As soon as the Boston Bruins dropped Game 5 on home ice vs the Toronto Maple Leafs, the whispers began to start. Across Southern Ontario, on Twitter, even on SportsCentre, hockey fans and observers...
View ArticleBoston Bruins: Believe, One More Time
Raise your hand if you believed the 2013 Boston Bruins were going to advance to the second round of the NHL Playoffs after Nazem Kadri of the Toronto Maple Leafs scored to make it 4-1 on Monday night....
View ArticleBruins Lines Remain Blurred
One of the great strengths for the Boston Bruins during their 2011 Stanley Cup run – and in the time since – has been their ability to consistently and effectively roll out four lines on any given...
View ArticleBruins vs Penguins: No Shortage of Storylines
With a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series, the Boston Bruins accomplished the following: they eliminated the Rangers from the playoffs, caused Stan...
View ArticleA Bruins Win or Penguins Loss?
By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent Penguins in 4. Okay, you know what…Pens in 5. Fine, Pens in 6, final answer. Pens…in…seven? (Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) And just like that, the...
View ArticleBoston Bruins Go Vintage In Game One
It’s been a common refrain in 2013: these Boston Bruins just don’t seem to have “it”. Nailing down exactly what “it” is can be tricky business, but “it” was absent as the Bruins coasted through the...
View ArticleA Running Diary of Game 2: Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
By Mike Miccoli Let me set the tone right now. It’s 7pm on a Monday night and after a weekend at an out-of-state wedding, I’m running on about 14 cumulative hours of sleep in the past three days. Of...
View ArticlePenguins Caught in Bear Trap: Defense-less against Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins’ defenseman Kris Letang has struggled to play solid defense against the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Finals. (Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports) The Pittsburgh Penguins’...
View ArticleBruins Blast Pens 6-1; No Title Needed
Let that marinate for a minute… Bruins BLAST Pens 6-1. In Pittsburgh. In a game that most of us felt was a desperation game for the Penguins. They needed to win Game Two. To avoid going down 0-2 in the...
View ArticleBruins Prove That Teams, Not Individuals, Win Championships
By Mike Miccoli It starts with a milk crate. Maybe a steel folding chair for some, an orange traffic cone for others, but for most, it’s a milk crate. You push it around a fresh sheet of ice, trying to...
View ArticleBoston Bruins: A Second Chance For Nathan Horton
After a dismissive and decisive sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Final, the Boston Bruins have their second chance in the past two years at raising the Stanley Cup, and...
View ArticleA Running Diary of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
By Mike Miccoli I woke this morning with “Chelsea Dagger” stuck in my head. I suppose this might be a bad omen because I can’t remember ever waking up humming the Maple Leafs, Rangers or Penguins goal...
View ArticleBruins Dominating the NHL Stats Leader Board
Quick: go to NHL.com, click on the stats home page, and check the league leaders in all major NHL stats categories heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. There, you will find the 2 leading Conn...
View ArticleAnything But a Disappointment: The Story of the 2013 Boston Bruins
By Mike Miccoli 3rd period rest for Jagr (Rob Grabowski-USA TODAY Sports) Life gets played out in seconds. Snapshots of memories that stay with you all throughout your life. Still frames that shape the...
View ArticleConnor Hurley – The Next Ones: NHL 2013 Draft Prospect Profile
Connor Hurley THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 9/15/1995 Place of birth: Eagan, Minnesota Ht: 6’0″ Wt: 181 lbs Shoots: Left Position: Forward NHL Draft Eligibility: 2013 Twitter: @Cswaggs95 THW The...
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