MONTREAL (AP) — Loui Eriksson and Landon Ferraro scored third-period goals 42 seconds apart and Patrice Bergeron added a milestone score to help the Boston Bruins rally past Montreal 3-1 Wednesday night and end a seven-game regular-season skid against the rival Canadiens. Bergeron’s third-period goal pushed him past Milt Schmidt for 11th on the Bruins’ […]
Boston Bruins
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports
NHL: Predators prey upon Bruins
Nashville won for just the third time in its last seven games. Kevan Miller and Loui Eriksson scored for Boston. The Bruins had collected at least one point in each of their last eight games (6-0-2). Boston’s Jonas Gustavsson made 30 saves in a matchup of backup goaltenders. Carter Hutton stopped 15 shots. Arvidsson came […]
advertisement
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports
Pro Hockey: Sharks nip Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton scored 25 seconds apart in the second period to put the San Jose Sharks ahead for good and they held on to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Tuesday night. Joe Pavelski got the scoring started 42 seconds into the game for the Sharks and had two […]
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports
Holtby, Caps stop Bruins
WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby stopped 28 shots, Alex Ovechkin scored his seventh goal and the Washington Capitals handed the Boston Bruins their first road loss of the season, 4-1 on Thursday night. John Carlson had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, whose 9-3-0 record matches the best start in franchise history. Holtby notched […]
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports
Stars blind Bruins, 5-3
BOSTON — Tyler Seguin scored three goals against his former team as the Dallas Stars beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Tuesday night. Jyrki Jokipakka scored his first NHL goal and Alex Goligoski scored his first of the season for the Stars, who ended Boston’s four-game winning streak despite being outshot 39-19. Jason Spezza and […]
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports
Lightning zap Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Loaded with postseason experience on a roster that’s nearly identical to last season, the Tampa Bay Lightning are off to another strong start. Steven Stamkos scored his 500th career point with a tiebreaking power-play goal that sent Tampa Bay to a 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday afternoon. Brian Boyle […]
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports, sj-web
NHL: Boston Bruins elevate Sweeney to GM position
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have elevated Don Sweeney to general manager. Sweeney has spent the past six seasons as the assistant general manager and takes over for his former boss, Peter Chiarelli, who was fired last month after the team missed the playoffs for the first time in eight years and four years after […]
Posted inBoston Bruins, Local Sports
Battle of the Bears: Reliving the dream
Following the first intermission of Saturday’s Battle of the Bears at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, the University of Maine players casually skated in preparation for the second period/ In the middle of the Black Bear parade of alumni was Crowder, standing out in his black and gold Bruins jersey. “A lot of those guys I […]
Posted inBoston Bruins, Local Sports
Battle of the Bears: Reunion on ice
It sounded like a good idea at the time. The question was whether it was realistic. Portland lawyer Gary Prolman was contemplating organizing an alumni event for the University of Maine hockey program. He just so happened to have Boston Bruin great Rick Middleton with him at the time. “We were talking about getting a […]