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The evolution of a Cup finalist in Boston

Posted on: May 30th, 2011 by Tim Rosenthal 5 Comments

(Photo: Bridget Samuels/Ikeastan Hockey) Chara was one of the pieces to the puzzle after the Bruins traded Joe Thornton

The Bruins trip to the Stanley Cup Finals has been nearly six years in the making.

On November 30th, 2005, many Bruins fans and media members criticized then Boston General Manager Mike O’Connell when he traded former No. 1 pick and star player Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks for Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau and Brad Stuart.

Yes, the Thornton trade did set the team back during the rest of the 2005-06 season as the Black and Gold finished 13th in the Eastern Conference with 74 points. The year after saw Boston improve by just two points from the previous season with 76.

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Brad Marchand takes home 2010-11 7th Player Award

Posted on: April 2nd, 2011 by Mark Marino No Comments

Marchand wins the 42nd annual Seventh Player Award. (Credit S. Babineau/Getty Images)

BOSTON — The fans were asked and today they spoke.

This year, being the 42nd annual event, NESN’s Boston Bruins Seventh Player Award was handed out to rookie forward Brad Marchand. His 21-19–40 scoring totals were enough for the fans to vote him in as ‘the player whom exceeded expectations and went above and beyond the call of duty this 2010-11 NHL season.

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NHL trade deadline: Sell the farm to land the big name?

Posted on: February 15th, 2011 by Mark Marino 2 Comments

February 28 is almost here: the NHL trade deadline.

That’s right folks. We’re just inside the two-week mark of the most exciting, most anticipated time of the hockey season. It’s that time where we’ll soon find out…who’s buying and who’s selling?

Is your favorite home team in the hunt? Do they have the chips to make that all important move to put you team over-the-top?

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Today in Boston Bruins history: Ray Bourque

Posted on: April 20th, 2010 by Mark Marino No Comments

On April 21, 1991: Boston Bruins’ Hall-of-Fame defenseman Raymond Bourque registered an assist in a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens at the old Montreal Forum to become Boston’s all-time leading playoff scorer. Bourque finished his career in Boston with 36 playoff goals; and his 125 assists, 161 points, and 180 playoff games are all Bruins’ club record.

The Bruins beat the Habs in that seven game series, 4-3. But then lost the following round to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six, 4-2.

Today in Bruins history: Bobby Orr

Posted on: April 5th, 2010 by Mark Marino 1 Comment

On this day, April 4th in 1970, Bruins’ Hall-of-Fame blue-liner Bobby Orr became the first defenseman in NHL history to win a scoring title. No. 4 took home the Art Ross Trophy for the 1969-70 NHL season with his 120 points. The greatest hockey player of all time also won the Norris Trophy — second of eight — and the Hart Memorial Trophy — first of three — at the end of the season.

To top that historical season all off, Orr scored that famous game-winning goal against the St. Louis Blues to take Lord Stanley’s Cup back to Boston for the first time since 1941.