Kessel gets early start for Bruins
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He admitted feeling tired from traveling from Wisconsin the previous day, but during yesterday's informal skate at Ristuccia Arena, Phil Kessel didn't let fatigue hinder his skating.
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The kids had their day alone yesterday at the start of Bruins training camp. The rookies, a few of them even looking old enough to shave (important to clarify: shave is not a term for cheating in this usage), scurried onto the Ristuccia Arena ice at 1:30 p.m. with skates sharpened, eyes wide open, and dreams even wider.
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In goal, the Bruins upgraded by acquiring Manny Fernandez . Up front, they acquired some jam and touch in Peter Schaefer and a wide-shouldered presence in Shawn Thornton .
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Chris Kunitz had a goal and an assist, Teemu Selanne added two assists and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
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TORONTO -- When the Bruins embarked on their annual February trip in 2000, prospects for a successful season were grim. They were racked with injuries, and the losing was weighing on everyone. Ray Bourque, who began playing in Boston in 1979, always thought he would finish his career in the black and gold, but he started rethinking that as the ...
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There were two significant missing bodies during the Bruins' 45-minute workout on Causeway Street yesterday: P.J. Axelsson and Marc Savard . Filling in for the first-liners: defensemen-turned-forwards Zdeno Chara and Brad Stuart .
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WILMINGTON -- The Bruins have been in an uphill struggle for most of the season, but with 13 games to play, they remain optimistic about their playoff chances.
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MONTREAL - For Pascal Pelletier , who was raised in Quebec City, the dream of playing against his province's home team first materialized when he traveled to New York Saturday for the first leg of the Bruins' two-game road trip.
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Jeremy Reich scores his first NHL goal and Alex Auld stops 32 shots for his first shutout with Boston, leading the Bruins to a 2-0 win over the Blue Jackets Saturday night.
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Of all the memories, good and bad, Phil Kessel took away from his maelstrom of a rookie year with the Bruins, what the 19-year-old especially cherished was the cheery company he kept with his older teammates.
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ANAHEIM, California The Boston Red Sox opened the playoffs with a new nickname, a new Game 1 starter and a welcome new association with the number seven.
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The NHL, as Marc Savard calls it, is now a special-teams league. So it's no coincidence that yesterday at Ristuccia Arena, as the hours ticked away until tomorrow's season opener against the Florida Panthers, the Bruins spent much of practice working on man-up and man-down situations.
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The Bruins' five-day rookie camp will come to a close tomorrow afternoon, which is when left wing hopeful Martins Karsums hopes to be handed the Get Out Of Rookie Camp Free card and progress to the varsity workouts that officially begin the next day here at Ristuccia Arena.
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Marco Sturm scored two goals Thursday night as the Bruins beat Tampa Bay 4-1 in their home opener to give coach Claude Julien a victory in his Boston debut.
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A lot was on the line last night. The Bruins were coming off an 8-2 dud against Montreal. They were fighting the Islanders for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. They wanted to hit the All-Star break on an upswing, knowing that when they return from the weekend, they'll have three games in five nights - including two against conference ...
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Phil Kessel scored the lone shootout goal in rallying the Boston Bruins from a two-goal deficit to seal a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
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Teemu Selanne made his season debut Tuesday night, joining the Anaheim Ducks' starting lineup just when the defending Stanley Cup champions need him most.