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Bruins getting roster ready for Montreal

Filed: 11th Apr 11 11:52 pm by
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The Boston Bruins, locked into the third seed in the Eastern Conference since Saturday Night, will take on the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, the third time they’ll open up against the Habs in four years, and the 33rd time they’ll meet Montreal in the postseason since 1929. [...]

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Bruins close out home schedule vs. Ottawa

Filed: 9th Apr 11 11:01 am by
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In their final home game of the season, the Bruins (45, 24, 11, 101 points) host the Ottawa Senators (32-39-10, 74 points). The Bruins are coming off that really, really strange win against the Islanders Thursday, while the Senators, coming to the end of a disappointing season, have won their last two, including a 3-2 [...]

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Bruins go bald for a cause

Filed: 8th Apr 11 9:16 am by
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For the fourth consecutive year, a good chunk of the Boston Bruins lined up at the barber’s chair to have their heads shaved as part of the “Cuts for a Cause.” Fans at Tufts Medical Center bid for the right to shave the heads of Shawn Thornton, Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference, Shane Hnidy, [...]

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Bruins reach 100-point mark in win

Filed: 6th Apr 11 11:53 am by
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With a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders Wednesday night, the Bruins climbed to 101 points for the first time since 2008-09, when they earned 116 points. More importantly, on the heels of an embarrassing loss in Madison Square Garden on Monday night, the Bruins skated for all 60 minutes against a feisty, albeit [...]

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Bruins give one away in New York

Filed: 4th Apr 11 11:53 am by
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The Bruins took a 3-2 lead into the third period at Madison Square Garden tonight, but Boston stopped working, New York took advantage, and the Rangers rushed away with a 5-3 win. It didn’t show up on the scoreboard until the third period, but from the first to second frames, Boston’s shot total fell from [...]

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Marchand earns his place

Filed: 3rd Apr 11 10:26 am by
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A little over a year ago, Brad Marchand was a pest with promise. With injuries to key forwards popping up through the lines, Marchand got the call up from Providence, showed lots of energy and enthusiasm, but almost no feel for the appropriate. In 20 games last season, Marchand had one assist, accounted for 20 [...]

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Bruins look to lock up Northeast

Filed: 2nd Apr 11 10:11 am by
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With the Atlanta Thrashers (33-32-12, 78 pts) in town to take on the Bruins (43-23-11, 97 pts) at 1 p.m., Boston welcomes some familiar faces back to TD Garden while aiming their sights on the one point needed to lock up the Northeast Division. Montreal is the closest to Boston in the standings, with 89 [...]

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Thomas, Bruins push past Blackhawks, fine tune for playoffs

Filed: 30th Mar 11 7:14 pm by
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In TD Garden for Boston’s 3-2 win over Chicago, the excitement in the air was palpable. And Tim Thomas, who had just turned away 32 shots by a desperate Blackhawks squad, was beaming, his ridiculous mustache stretching from ear to ear while he came back out on the ice as the game’s number one star. [...]

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Bruins welcome Blackhawks to TD Garden

Filed: 29th Mar 11 3:11 pm by
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Fresh of a playoff-clinching win in Philadelphia, the Bruins (42-23-10, 94 pts) host the Chicago Blackhawks (41-26-8, 90 pts) on national television (7:30 p.m., Vs./98.5 local radio). The Blackhawks are currently sitting in eighth place in the Western Conference playoff picture, three points up on Calgary and only three points behind the Phoenix Coyotes, who [...]

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Emotional Rescue: Bruins rebound, clinch playoff spot

Filed: 27th Mar 11 10:21 pm by
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The Bruins have a history this season of following up emotional wins with flat performances. After huge, gutty wins against Dallas and Montreal earlier this season, sleepy efforts followed and were marked down as losses. Saturday was no different, a lack of skating early led to not taking advantage of Tuukka Rask’s solid effort, and [...]

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