Ranking the Boston Champions

There is no doubt the last 10 years have been the greatest 10 years of any sports town in history for Boston.  No other city comes remotely close to having 7 championships in ten years.  So where do I rank those 7 championships? Let’s have a look. 7) 2004 Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers Tom [...]

It Is All About Game Seven

And it will all come down to a Game 7.  7.  The greatest number in all of sports.  7.  Especially when it comes to the NHL, there is nothing, absolutely nothing better than a Game 7. The Bruins have outscored the Canucks 19-8 in the first 6 games of this series. Boston has 216 shots, Vancouver [...]

These Bruins are Playing for the Stanley Cup

Back on April 6, I wrote a post titled “These Bruins Won’t Go Far.”  In case you need further proof of that previous statement here it is: http://ntcf.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/these-bruins-wont-go-far/ Now it is May 31 and the Bruins will playing the Vancouver Canucks tomorrow night in Vancouver in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.  Clearly , I [...]

1-32 Never Felt So Good

I have harped on the Bruins throughout the playoffs for their awful power play.  But after tonight, the Bruins are one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals.  Somewhere they haven’t been in nearly 20 years.  When push comes to shove, I obviously care more about the final score than I do about the power [...]

The Tale of Two Series

With apologies to anyone who has followed the blog and my coverage of the Celtics and Bruins in the playoffs.  I just haven’t had time to sit down and write or I have been extremely angry.  You choose. There are things in life that make me very happy.  Conversely, there are things in life that [...]

Bruins Find Twine Seven Times; Take Series Lead 1-0

The Boston Bruins rode a three goal second period en route to a 7-3 butt-whooping of the Philadelphia Flyers in Game One in Philadelphia.  The Bruins got 2 goals apiece from David Krejci and Brad Marchand, and one each from Mark Recchi, Gregory Campbell, and Nathan Horton.  Tim Thomas made 31 saves preserving the victory [...]

How Sweep It Is!

Believe it or not I actually do have a social life to attend to once in a great while.  Because of the social life, I was unable to post about the games over the weekend.  In case you missed it (and I doubt you did) here is a mini recap of the weekend.  And what [...]

Bruins Hang On: Now Down 2-1

The Boston Bruins came out flying tonight scoring two goals in the first period en route to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens.  They are now down two games to one with Game 4 coming Thursday from the Bell Center. I have criticized the Bruins extensively over the past two weeks because I felt [...]

Five Questions for the Bruins

Different game.  Same story. The Bruins lost Game Two 3-1 against their arch rival, the Montreal Canadiens and are now down 2-0 in the series. Instead of launching into my usual diatribe about why the Bruins aren’t a good playoff team, I am just going to offer up questions that I have had in hopes [...]

Bruins Shutout in Game One

Wait, you aren’t surprised are you? This isn’t news.  This is as redundant as it gets.  The Bruins failed to score in Game One of their 2011 NHL Playoff debut.  For the past two years I have been adamant.  You need to score goals to win hockey games.  The Bruins are a great regular season [...]