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The improved Detroit Red Wings are here for an “original six” weekend matinee, after which the Boston Bruins will pay forward the favor to the New York Rangers. Think of it like an extended holiday weekend of old friends but more for the purpose of sharing hostilities rather than memories. As an aside, the firstContinue reading “Red Wings at Bruins”

Rink Rap caught Bruins coach Jim Montgomery’s pregame availability in anticipation of today’s 1 pm matinee vs. Detroit, and he announced that Morgan Geekie will return to the lineup. James van Riemsdyk and Oskar Steen get the day off, but at least JV-AHH will return tomorrow at this time in New York for Saturday’s 1Continue reading “Bruins get Geek Squad in order”

Bobby Orr and the Big, Bad Bruins took the ice tonight to raise their fourth and fifth Stanley Cup banners, a warm sight given this kind of ceremony didn’t happen until the New York Rangers won the Cup in 1994 and came back to the lockout-delayed 1995 season with the Cup in Madison Square Garden.Continue reading “Banner Night: Montreal at Boston”

Third-period goals from David Pastrnak and Charlie Coyle (2, the second a hat-trick goal) offset a short-handed gift to the Islanders and put the Bruins in good stead (5-2 in the waning minutes) to finish off a grind of a victory at TD Garden. Here is the game summary: THIRD PERIOD Marchand and Pastrnak madeContinue reading “Pasta, Coyle push Bruins past Islanders”

If not for what happened last spring that made this past Monday’s game feel so important, tonight would be the biggest game of the new season. The Bruins have barely faced their own division, but with the Red Wings being here last weekend and the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, that’s two occasions that by 9:45Continue reading “Lohrei time vs. Leafs”

I may have missed my window, but last year Stop & Shop (lovingly referred to as “Stop & hop” by my way-better half because the light was out on the second Capital-S where she once lived) had “Pasta” on sale for 88 cents a box – yellow labels, in a barrel, toward the front ofContinue reading “Prolific Pasta”

Brad Marchand gave a captain’s answer to the question as to whether coming back to beat the Florida Panthers was satisfying beyond what it would have meant against anyone else. He broke it down to the facts, most notably that winning a game against Florida in October cannot change what happened last April (when theContinue reading “Zacha’s goal gives Bruins OT win; McAvoy suspension anticipated”

A main arm of fundraising these days is celebrity-studded events, often attainable by silent auction at a charity golf tournament or the like. In the case of the Sports Museum led by Rusty Sullivan and curated by the hockey (and sports in general) historians and authors Richard Johnson and Brian Codagnone, The Tradition annually celebratesContinue reading “‘The Tradition: Sports Museum’s signature fundraiser a great take”

Given gambling’s ascent as a sports business that has gone from boxing, horses and jai alai into the big four, Fred Addis’ book on former Bruin Don Gallinger is a piece of NHL history with particular relevance. The following is a Facebook post by my friend, hockey historian and author Fred Addis: Who is thisContinue reading “Don’t miss out on Gallinger”

The Boston Bruins were challenged tonight after an excellent effort on home ice against the much-improved Detroit Red Wings, but after David Pastrnak scored his seventh and eight goals of the season in the third period and in rare fashion – a penalty shot and a bank-shot clearing pass that found the vacated Detroit netContinue reading “Era Night: Pasta’s third-period magic helps Bruins ground Wings”