Archive for October, 2011

Bruins continue to spiral downward

Posted on: October 28th, 2011 by Tim Rosenthal 1 Comment

BOSTON — The Stanley Cup hangover has to be real, right?

Through the first nine games of the 2011-12 season, the Bruins have tallied only six points with their 3-6 record. After last night’s 2-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, the defending Stanley Cup champions have now found themselves in dead last at the Eastern Conference and 29th out of 30th in the NHL. Only the Columbus Blue Jackets (three points) have a worse record then the Black and Gold.

Although it’s not unusual for a defending champ to struggle out of the gate, especially with a short off-season, who would have thought that the defending Cup champs would be in the position they are in now? Certainly not two-time Vezina Trophy winner and Playoff MVP Tim Thomas.

“No. I never pictured it this way,” said Thomas after the loss Thursday.

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After 40: Bruins 1 – Habs 1

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Tim Rosenthal No Comments

BOSTON — Erik Cole’s second goal of the year at 10:27 and the much anticipated PK Subban-Brad Marchand fight highlighted the middle 20 minutes here at TD Garden. After 40 the Bruins and Canadiens are tied at 1-1.

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After 20: Bruins 1 – Habs 0

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Tim Rosenthal No Comments

BOSTON — Courtesy of Tomas Plekanec and Carey Price, Patrice Bergeron gets credit for his second goal of the season on the second Bruins’ power play — which is 1-for-3 — as the Black and Gold take a 1-0 lead after one.

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Thomas leads em out

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Tim Rosenthal No Comments

(Photo: Bridget Samuels) Tim Thomas gets the call between the pipes tonight against Carey Price and the rest of the Montreal Canadiens

BOSTON — Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas leads the Bruins out of warmups indicating that he will indeed get his third straight start against Carey Price and the rest of the Montreal Canadiens for the first matchup between the Original Six rivals tonight at the TD Garden.Adam McQuaid is out for warmups indicating that he will return to the lineup after missing the last five games with a head/neck injury.

With that, here are the line combinations per warmups:

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Gameday: Bruins renew acquaintances with Habs

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Tim Rosenthal 2 Comments

(Photo courtesy of Bridget Samuels) Max Pacioretty faces the Bruins for the first time since Zdeno Chara ended his season on a controversial hit back in March

Coming off a four-day break, the Bruins return to the TD Garden ice for the first time since their 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens — who downed the Philadelphia Flyers last night at the Bell Centre just an hour after firing assistant coach Perry Pearn — tonight.

Not only will this be the first game since the epic encounter in the first round of last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, but this will also be the first time that Zdeno Chara and Max Pacioretty reunite since Pacioretty’s 2010-11 campaign ended in with a controversial hit from Chara (insert 911 jokes here).

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