Hockey and the beast -- a legend
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It's an hour before game time and Brian Zive -- Boston University cult hero, local hockey legend, hairy guy -- is hunched over a burger at a Kenmore Square restaurant trying to explain how a shy, overweight Jewish kid from Longmeadow became the wild beast known as Sasquatch, the most famous fan in BU history.
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TORONTO (Sports Network) - Former National Hockey League  defensemen Raymond Bourque, Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy will  receive the premier individual honor Monday night when they are  inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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It has long been the National Hockey League Players&#39; Association position that it&#39;s the league&#39;s owners that are driving the lockout bus, that commissioner Gary Bettman has staked his reputation
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They are the moments he is best known for. He is the master of the dramatic, the player who makes the fans hold their breath, the man who keeps everyone - teammates included - on the edge of their seats.
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Ex-Bruin Craig MacTavish, who piloted the Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals last June, was a rookie with the spoked B's the same season (1979-80) as Ray Bourque. It was also John Bucyk's first year out of uniform, the Chief having called it a career the previous spring.
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By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 3--WOODBURY -- No one will say who it is, but the Water-Hog of Woodbury has become a bit of a legend.
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Greg Hawgood broke into the NHL as a Bruins defenseman in the late 1980s, but as we quickly found out, there wasn't a lot of defense to "Hawgie Hockey's" game. He liked to motor with the puck, try to make things happen, and for a couple of years, he was an interesting little dynamo on the Boston backline.
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Mushers' tales of toughness, of outlasting furious snowstorms, of guiding dog teams down serpentine mountain switchbacks and over rivers of cracking ice are the meat and potatoes of Iditarod lore.
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If I were the Czar of all Sports . . . The incomparable Sean McDonough would be the voice of the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Celtics, and the Bruins. (He can't have Boston University hockey, however. That belongs to Bernie Corbett.)
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The benefits of making the beast with two backs Also in this week's column:â¦
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As a sophomore, Joe Fallon put together one of the best seasons by a Vermont goaltender. Now a junior, Fallon is making a case that he's the program's best netminder ever.
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An exclusive club with 100 members. Sounds a lot like the US Senate. But to Dick Johnson, curator of the Sports Museum, that describes the old six-team NHL. And it is the subject of an FSN documentary, "Hockey's Greatest Era," for which Johnson and the museum provided historic footage, photos, and contacts for former Bruins players.
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We've seen this before, haven't we? High draft pick comes to Hub of Hockey, surrounded by higher expectations. Coach is afraid to play him.
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Labor disputes between rich athletes and even wealthier owners are always sickening. In this NHL cold war, both sides will be bruised a little.
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The Hockey Hall of Fame is set to welcome one of its finest classes ever. Mark Messier, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis and Scott Stevens will go in as players this fall, while NHL executive Jim Gregory will enter as a builder.
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Ray Bourque was a workhorse who did it all. Paul Coffey would fly up the ice with the puck. Larry Murphy led power plays like few others. The three defensemen receive their sport's ultimate honor Monday night when they are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Longtime executive Cliff Fletcher also enters in the builders' category.
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Tom Fitzgerald wasn't waiting for the hockey jobs hot line to ring. Quite the contrary. He enjoyed his work as a NESN commentator during Bruins broadcasts. Ditto for his role as assistant coach at UMass-Lowell.