by Angie Carducci | Aug 4, 2020 | Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
A best-of-five playoff series is a different situation than a best-of-seven. There’s less margin for error. One loss and the urgency rises quickly; with just one more, a team knows they’re on the brink, staring down the end of their season. So, when the heavily...
by Carolyn Mooney | Feb 13, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
Boston, MA – The Montreal Canadiens rolled onto Causeway St. Wednesday night for an Original Six matchup with the Boston Bruins. History has shown that when these two clubs meet, the game tends to get chippy with frequent hard hits and fisticuffs. While a...
by Heath Whelan | Oct 27, 2017 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
As ACDC’s “Back In Black” echoes throughout the TD Garden, the old adage “if the music is too loud, you’re too old” comes to mind. NHL hockey, like loud music, is for the young guys. Gone are the days of the large, lumbering power forwards and here to stay are the...
by Heath Whelan | Mar 1, 2017 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey
One is an incident, two’s a coincidence, three’s a pattern, and seven out of eight, including four straight at home, is a winning streak. The Boston Bruins have looked like a different team since firing Claude Julien and promoting former assistant Bruce Cassidy to...
by Anthony Garofalo | Feb 7, 2017 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
The end of an era was anticipated, and now it has finally happened. The Boston Bruins and General Manager Don Sweeney have relieved Claude Julien of his coaching duties this past Tuesday morning. Julien, who was in the midst of his 10th season with the Bruins, was the...