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Bruins Cap Off Season With Shootout Win Over Capitals

By KC Downey ⋅ April 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s crystal clear: the Washington Capitals are far and away the best team in the Eastern Conference and maybe the NHL. They finished the 2009-2010 season with at least 20 more points than any other East squad, tallying 54 wins against just 15 regulation losses. They carry a 50-goal scorer, a 40-goal scorer, a 30-goal [...]

Bruins Clinch Playoff Spot With Odd Win Over Hurricanes

By KC Downey ⋅ April 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins have a lot of trouble scoring goals on the power play, and it gets even worse at even strength. They continued to struggle in both departments during Saturday’s 4-2 win against the Hurricanes. When Matt Hunwick headed back to the penalty box to start the second period, he told teammates to kill the [...]

Boston Rakes In Victory Over Leafs With Playoff Spot, Draft Pick on Line

By John ⋅ April 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Following recent troubles, the Bruins rallied Saturday to drop the Maple Leafs 2-1 in OT. You could tell it would be a tough contest (despite it being Toronto) when Colton Orr (no relation to Bobby) snapped the puck past Tuukka Rask 5:10 into the game. And Michael Ryder got called for hooking 9:15 in, and [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Saturday April 3rd

By Brian Kintz ⋅ April 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

With just five games left in the regular season, the Bruins (35-30-12) find themselves in desperation mode, needing every point they can get to cling to their playoff spot. That clinging starts tonight when they head north of the border to face the Eastern Conference’s cellar dwellers, the Toronto Maple Leafs (29-36-13).
Boston currently sits in [...]

Olympians Miller and Thomas Duel, Sabres Prevail 3-2

By KC Downey ⋅ March 30, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I say that Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and Bruins goalie Tim Thomas dueled on Monday night at the TD Garden, but a more accurate statement would be to say that Miller dueled with an unusually energetic Bruins offense. The U.S. Olympian goaltender stopped 40 of 42 shots to lead the Sabres to the 3-2 win.
Tim [...]

Bruins Make Playoff Case At Atlanta’s Expense

By John ⋅ March 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In a game that could have forced them out of the playoff brackets, the Bruins stepped up, swatting the Thrashers in Atlanta 4-0. The teams fought a largely back and forth battle, until the Bruins struck first blood at 9:25 into the 1st thanks to David Krejci. That didn’t sit well with the Thrashers, as [...]

Bruins Maintain Grip on 8th Playoff Spot

By KC Downey ⋅ March 21, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In many respects, the Bruins’ season ended in Thursday’s 3-0 loss to the Penguins. While they won a fight against Matt Cooke as a form of retribution for Marc Savard’s season-ending concussion, they played some of the most uninspired hockey you’ll ever see in mustering only 17 shots on goal. How can a team fighting [...]

Screaming for Vengeance, Dying for Goals: Bruins Win Fight, Lose Another Game

By Dan Davis ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ One comment

If you want blood… you almost got it.
But not quite.
Matt Cooke showed his face in Boston, and Shawn Thornton punched it, giving Bruins fans some satisfaction, despite the fact that the Small, Not-Good Bruins were shut out by the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0.
As every NHL fan knows, Cooke delivered a cheap head-shot to Bruins star forward [...]

Bruins and Penguins of Years Past

By John ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or so the saying goes. With tensions running high after the Savard hit, and with the Penguins and Bruins set to meet again this Thursday, several members of each staff would do well to remember possible past lives, or at least figures who [...]

Bruins End Road Trip With Win Over Hurricanes

By KC Downey ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In a season-long, seven-game stretch on the road that went a long way in defining the season, the Bruins actually fared decent, especially considering all the drama with Marc Savard’s near-decapitation and the league’s support of its ridiculous rules instead of its own players.
All that aside, the Bruins took the ice Tuesday night against the [...]

Bruins Move on Without Savard, Lose to Leafs

By KC Downey ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Without the services of center Marc Savard, the Bruins marched forward on Tuesday night as they continue their pitiful push toward the playoffs. Savard, arguably the best player on the team, will likely be out the rest of the season with a serious Grade 2 concussion after a hit at the hands of Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke [...]

Marc Savard Concussion Update

By KC Downey ⋅ March 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

According to Bruins coach Claude Julien, center Marc Savard “definitely not feeling better” after suffering a Grade 2 concussion at the hands of Penguin Matt Cooke.
“The only update I’ve had is that today, he’s definitely not feeling better,” Julien said. “It’s been a little hard on him. So obviously it’s a pretty serious concussion.”
I wouldn’t [...]

Cooke vs. Bruins: What Almost Happened After Savard Was Hit

By John ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

With 5:37 left in the game on Sunday, Marc Savard was decked in malevolent fashion by the Penguins‘ Matt Cooke. Aside from the initial jawing, nothing was done by the Bruins as payback. Isn’t that what you do when someone commits such a grievous act against your team? Don’t you fight them and punch their [...]

Video: Marc Savard Hit by Matt Cooke, Suffers Concussion

By KC Downey ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Marc Savard suffered a concussion during Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Penguins when he was hit by Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke. Cooke appeared to elbow Savard in the back of the head.
Was the hit clean? Decide for yourself:

Bruins Pull Out Another Squeaker in New York

By John ⋅ March 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It wasn’t always pretty, but the Bruins pulled out a close 3-2 victory over the Islanders. The Bruins got an early power play, 1:27 in, but could do nothing with it. They largely did nothing despite many 1st period opportunities (they out-shot New York 16-4 in the period), but they did manage to strike first [...]