Taking a page out of Peter Townshend’s songbook, “The Kids Are Alright,” while not even born when The Who recorded this song (1965), both Johnny Beecher and Mason Lohrei fit the song title, each scoring their first NHL goal versus…
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Bruins Beat: Bruins: The Good and the Bad
Since most people like to hear the ‘good news’ first, we will begin with the upbeat announcement that the Boston Bruins have decided to keep 19-year-old Matt Poitras on their current roster. That was their decision at the culmination of…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Season and Poitras Start Well
Tuesday night’s Bruins game with the Chicago Blackhawks could’ve easilybeen billed as ‘The Gunfight At The United Center,’ dueling participants being NHL’s 2023 #1 pick, 18-year-old Connor Bedard for the Blackhawks, versus Matt Poitras, Boston’s 19-year-old, 2022 second-round pick. When…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Off to a Decent Start
Two games into the regular season, two wins, two interesting games played, including a dazzling penalty shot by David Pastrnak who has notched three goals thus far. Solid goaltending picked up right where it left off last regular season, with…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Begin Centennial Season
Matt Poitras wasted little time in making a strong impression on Boston Bruins management, in his attempt to win a spot on the 2023-2024 team roster at the tender age of 19. The young center’s preseason performance in those half…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Centennial Season Begins
Rev up the Zamboni engines. Tonight (Thursday 7pm) on Madison Square Garden ice, the Bruins will face the New York Rangers in their final preseason game. With a record of 1-3-1 to this point, the locals have had strong performances…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Continue Playoff Series
With the Bruins having played playoff Game 2 yesterday (Wednesday) with the Florida Panthers, our Record readers will be receiving this information following that game, and the Bruins will either be sporting a 2-0 lead in games, or the best-of-seven…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Strong to the End
Where would one ever begin writing this as a Hollywood-type script, in preparation for a great sports movie? It would be tough to write a script that would be believable, if all the things that have happened for the 2022-23…
Bruins Beat: Bruins in Home Stretch
Looking back as the Bruins head into the final week of the NHL regular season’s games, few will remember that the Bruins’ first goal of this memorable season was scored by captain Patrice Bergeron, October 12 in the opening game…
Bruin’s Beat: Bruins Make Solid Trade Deadline Moves
As of today, the Bruins have played 62-games of the 82 2022-23 regular season schedule, probably a good time to reflect back and see what has been accomplished to this point. With the recent completion of the NHL Trade Deadline,…