The Bruins entered Super Sunday losers of their last 10 games as they closed in on the worst losing streak in team history — an 11-game stretch in the 1924-25 season. A loss against the rival Canadiens on Sunday, and the Bruins would match the dubious mark and undoubtedly send a shockwave of panic across Boston.

The formula for Bruins success is simple: score, hold a lead, and prevent the other team from scoring. Tuukka Rask held up his end of the bargain on Sunday, and shut out the Canadiens 3-0 to give the Bruins their first win since mid-January. Continue reading Super Sunday: Rask Helps Bruins Break Long Losing Streak »

The Boston Bruins blew a two-goal lead for the third time in four games as they fell to the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in a shootout to extend their losing streak to ten games. The Bruins are now only one more loss away from tying the franchise record for consecutive losses set during the 1924-1925 season.

Captain Zdeno Chara opened the scoring just 1:56 into the game, when he dropped to the crease on the power play to put away a pass from Marc Savard. Following a fight between Shawn Thornton and Darcy Hordichuk and a particular scary moment when Johnny Boychuk stopped a Mikael Samuelsson slapshot with the left-side of his face, Michael Ryder deflected Savard’s wrist-shot from the blue line to put the Bruins up 2-0 and very much in control with less than six minutes to go before the first intermission. Continue reading Slide Stretches to Ten As Bruins Give Away Lead to Canucks »

After Thursday night’s 3-2 loss to the Montréal Canadiens, the Boston Bruins (23-22-10, 13-12-5 at home) have now lost nine straight games as they welcome the Vancouver Canucks (34-20-2, 11-13-1 on the road), Canada’s most successful team this season, to the TD Garden at 1 p.m. for a matinee matchup.

Today’s game will be the first and only tilt between the two teams this season. As if fans need to be reminded, Boston hasn’t won a home game since their 2-1-overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the Winter Classic on New Year’s Day and is yet to win a game at the TD Garden this year. Their offensive futility, highlighted by scoring only three goals on 89 shots in their last two games, has stretched the team’s current losing streak to its longest in franchise history since an 11-game streak of losses between December 3, 1924 and January 5, 1925. Continue reading Ice Breakers: Bruins-Canucks, Saturday 2/6 »

Scituate, Massachusetts native Ryan Whitney was named to the United States 2010 Men’s Olympic ice hockey team by Team USA general manager Brian Burke on Thursday. Whitney, a defenseman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks, and Tim Gleason of the Carolina Hurricanes were granted roster spots for the upcoming Vancouver Games after Olympians Paul Martin and Mike Komisarek were lost to injuries.

While Whitney, who has 24 points (4-20-24) this season, is the sole representative of Massachusetts on the Team USA, nine other hockey players participating in the Olympics have ties to the New England region. Playing alongside Whitney are Connecticut natives Jonathan Quick (also a graduate of the University of Massachusetts) and Chris Drury (who won a national championship at Boston University), Boston College graduate Brooks Orpik, and Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins and University of Vermont. Fellow Bruins Patrice Bergeron (Canada), Zdeno Chara (Slovakia), David Krejci (Czech Republic), Miroslav Satan (Slovakia), and Marco Sturm (Germany) will also represent their respective countries on the ice. Continue reading Scituate Native Named to U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team »

It was a historic night at TD Garden Thursday night, but for all the wrong reasons. The bumbling Bruins found a way to blow a two-goal lead, then fell in the shootout to the Canadiens, 3-2. The loss marked the ninth in a row for the B’s, making this the longest losing streak for the franchise since the 1924-25 season.

Boston lit the lamp first on a late first period power play, when Mark Recchi potted his 11th goal of the season to give the B’s a 1-0 lead. The B’s added to that advantage in the second, when Blake Wheeler knocked home a rebound off a David Krejci wrister, past Montreal goalie Jaroslav Halak, to double the Boston lead. Continue reading Habs Hand Bruins Ninth Straight Loss, 3-2 »

The Bruins (23-22-9) will look to end their current eight-game skid tonight at the Garden when they host Original Six rival Montreal (26-25-6).

Boston looked like they might pull a win out of their hat Tuesday night, fighting hard against the East leading Washington Capitals through the first 40 minutes of play. But, as the Bruins have been known to do this season, they weren’t able to complete the effort down the stretch, giving up three third period goals and eventually falling to the Caps, 4-1. The loss extended the woeful losing streak to eight games (0-6-2), a losing streak that marks the longest in the franchise’s history since 1955. Boston hasn’t lost nine straight since the 1924-25 season, when they lost 11 in a row.

Montreal was able to snap a three-game skid of their own on Tuesday night with an improbable win over Vancouver, 3-2, behind 45 saves from goalie Jaroslav Halak. The Habs currently occupy the East’s seventh seed, but have just a three-point advantage over Boston, who sits at 12th. Boston also has three games in hand over Montreal. Continue reading Ice Breakers: Bruins-Canadiens, Thursday 2/4 »