Bruins give young star Bergeron big deal
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At age 21, Patrice Bergeron already has shown he can be an outstanding scorer. Now he has five more years to show he also can be a leader of the Boston Bruins.
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1. Patrice Bergeron - With two goals and two assists, Bergeron had quite an impact in his world junior debut. The Boston Bruins property was the most noticeable player on the ice, dishing out a few hits to go along with his big-league moves.
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For the first time, Americans were taken with the top two picks in the NHL draft.
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An arbitrator awarded Boston Bruins captain Joe Thornton $6.75 million for 2004-05, increasing his salary from last season&#39;s $5.5 million but not allowing him to break the arbitration record of $7 million.
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The 2006-07 Bruins got their first look at the upgraded TD Banknorth Garden yesterday, including the new mammoth high-definition scoreboard, and came away impressed.
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In the end, like most deals, there was a confluence of events that led to general manager Peter Chiarelli's trade of Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau to the Calgary Flames last night for defenseman Andrew Ference and forward Chuck Kobasew.
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With the NHL playoffs beginning to take shape on the horizon, and one of the teams blocking their view of an Eastern Conference spot in the house, the Bruins had an opportunity last night to see the stuff this team is made of.
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The New York Islanders added some punch to their offense yesterday, signing former Boston College and Bruins forward Bill Guerin to a two-year contract and center Mike Comrie to a one-year deal.
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Linemate Patrice Bergeron bettered Crosbyâs numbers with a pair of goals and two assists of his own for Canada, which hasnât lost an opening game at the WJHC since 1998.
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The Philadelphia Flyers edged Boston 2-1 on Saturday in a game that saw the Bruins' Patrice Bergeron taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious.
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By acquiring Manny Fernandez , the Bruins' assumption was that an upgrade in the goaltending tandem would be the first step in turning last season's 3.48 goals allowed per game into a more respectable number.
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As the leader of the Bruins' defense corps, Zdeno Chara automatically takes junior comrades under his wing. Since he stands 6 feet 9 inches, that's not hard to do.
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We should get to see a little bit of the fix-'em-up-on-the-fly Bruins tonight with the Oilers in town. Andrew Ference, acquired in the late-night deal Saturday with Calgary that sent Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau west, will be on defense. Ex-Boston College Eagle Chuck Kobasew isn't expected to wear his new Boston sweater possibly for a few weeks, still getting ...
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Milan Lucic is only 19 years old, so it's no surprise the kid's got homework. That's right, when the Bruins' rookie left winger is away from the rink, he fires up his laptop and gets to studying.
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Newly signed free agent forward James Posey took his seat in between one of the Boston Celtics' owners and director of basketball operations Danny Ainge, and something that was very noticeable right away was the oversized NBA championship ring on his left hand.
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The fact that Cam Neely drew the biggest ovation during introductions at last Tuesday's State of the Bruins event at TD Banknorth Garden - executive vice president Charlie Jacobs, general manager Peter Chiarelli, captain Zdeno Chara, and leading scorer Marc Savard were also in attendance - underscored what season ticket-holders like to see from the Black-and-Gold:
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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.