Wow the Bruins Suck

Three Stars:
1. Matt Moulson (2 goals, name is a beer!)
2. Richard Park (3 assists)
3. David Krejci (1 assist)

Final Score:
New York Islanders: 4
Boston Bruins: 1

Goalie Stats
Dwayne "The Rock" Roloson: SV: 28 SV%: .966 GA: 1
Tuukka Rask: SV: 17 SV%: .850 GA: 3

Recap Notes:
- Wow... the Bruins are just terrible
- Matt Moulson is not terrible
- With all their trouble on the wing... you think Pittsburgh regrets giving up Moulson?
- Does anyone on the Bruins even care?
- I mean really... you took all your shots from the outside
- Bruins need someone who can finish like a porn star
- The Bruins are apparently allergic to throwing hits
- Once again... the Bruins 4th line is the best line on the team... if only they could score
- Can Lucic and Savard save this team?

Game of the Year: Penguins Win!

Three Stars:
1. Pascal Dupuis (2 goals, including OT winner)
2. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 2 assists)
3. Evgeni Malkin (3 assists)

Final Score:
Pittsburgh Penguins: 6
Boston Bruins: 5

Goalie Stats
Brent Johnson: SV: 28 SV%: .848 GA: 5
Tim Thomas: SV: 27 SV%: .818 GA: 6

Recap Notes:
- What a game. Seriously. Hockey at its finest
- So... safe to say the scoring drought is over for both teams
- What a difference Malkin makes
- Start the MVP chants Penguins fans
- Malkin looks unstoppable at times. Malkin > Ovechkin
- Really, the highlights speak for themselves
- But what an epic mistake by Tim Thomas:

Bruins Lose in SO....Vokoun is a Beast

Three Stars:
1. Thomas Vokoun (Getting a shutout, being awesome)
2. Tim Thomas (Getting a shutout, being slightly less awesome)
3. Cory Stillman (Got the shootout goal...dick.)

Final Score:
Boston Bruins: 0
Florida Panthers: 1

Goalie Stats
Tim Thomas: SV: 23 SV%: 1.000 GA: 0
Thomas Vokoun: SV: 40 SV%: 1.000 GA: 0

Recap Notes:

- This was a game of great saves, watch the highlights below.
- Vokoun deserves to be with a better team.
- This isn't the first time the B's have had trouble scoring on him.
- Chara in the shootout, Julien? Really?
- In the 2nd, Florida only got 1 shot on goal....Boston had 19.
- Bruins travel to Pittsburgh Saturday for a rematch against baby-faced Crosby and the Pens.

Bruins Shut Down Slumping Penguins

Three Stars:
1. Tim Thomas (27 saves, shutout)
2. Zdeno Chara (no points, but he abused Crosby all night)
3. Matt Hunwick (1 goal)

Final Score:
Boston Bruins: 3
Pittsburgh Penguins: 0

Goalie Stats
Tim Thomas: SV: 27 SV%: 1.000 GA: 0
Marc-Andre Fleury: SV: 26 SV%: .929 GA: 2

Recap Notes:
- Penguins D-man Brooks "Free Candy" Orpik went down about 10 minutes in
- The Penguins are now without their top 3 defenseman
- Crosby... stop trying to repeatedly deke out three opposing players... its not working
- Chara made Crosby his bitch for most of the night
- Fleury kept the Penguins in the game despite no support
- Bergeron auditioned to take over PJ Axelsson's role of empty net scorer
- Both teams were beat up.... and you could tell
- This was basically an AHL game
- Rematch on Saturday
- Bruins are beasts on defense the past few games
- Bruins welcome the Panthers tomorrow
- There should be no hockey teams in Florida

Recap: Bruins Actually Can Score! Beat Buffalo.

Three Stars:
1. Zdeno Chara (1 goal, 1 assist)
2. Steve Begin (0 goals, 2 assists)
3. Shawn Thornton(0 goals, 1 assist, 2 fights)


Final Score:
Buffalo Sabres: 2
Boston Bruins: 4

Goalie Stats
Jhonas Enroth: SV: 33 SV%: .892 GA: 4
Tuukka Rask: SV: 28 SV%: .933 GA: 2

Recap Notes:
-Bruins snap a three game losing streak.
-Rask is proving more and more to be a capable goalie to one day takeover the starting position
-Enroth has ALOT of work to do
-Bruins got 2 powerplay points...fans in Boston danced in the streets (they haven't converted on their previous 20).
-Buffalo's powerplay looked more like the Bruins, they went 0-7.
-Bruins scored more in this game than in their previous four combined.
-Shawn Thornton is a beast.

Recap: Boston Still Can't Score, Habs Win in Overtime

Three Stars:
1. Mike Cammalleri (0 goals, 0 assists)
2. Carey Price (Saves: 42 Save%: .977)
3. Tim Thomas (Saves: 25 Save%: .962

Final Score:
Montreal Canadiens: 2
Boston Bruins: 1

Goalie Stats
Carey Price: SV: 42 SV%: .977 GA: 1
Tim Thomas: SV: 25 SV%: .962 GA: 1

Recap Notes:
-This was the 700th game between these two teams
-Bruins almost broke their scoring draught late in the 2nd, but it was ruled that it went under the net and not between the posts.
-Finally, with 51 seconds left in the 3rd, Boston DOES end the drought and avoids a 3game shutout streak...it took six Bruins to do it (Thomas was pulled).
-Last time Bruins were shut out 3 consecutive games was February, 1929. Oddly, they won the Stanley Cup that year.
-Lapierre is a pussy.
-So is Ference.
-This marks the B's 3rd Consecutive loss
-Price is doing well? Come on, even for Montreal fans, that has to be surprising.
-Montreal is 7-0 this season in OT/SO games.

You Know You Suck When Osgood Shuts You Out

Three Stars:
1. Chris Osgood (shutout)
2. Pavel Datsyuk
3. Tomas Holmstrom (is a piece of shit)

Final Score:
Detroit Whiners Red Wings: 2
Boston Bruins: Nil. Nothing. Zero. Goose Egg. 0.

Goalie Stats
Chris Not Os-good As Fleury: SV: 29 SV%: Perfect GA: 0
Tim Thomas: SV: 24 SV%: .923 GA: 2

Recap Notes:
- Red Wings were missing two of their top 6 D-men... Bruins still couldn't score
- The guy in that movie 40 Year Old Virgin scoreds more than the Bruins
- If the Bruins simply learned to shoot high when a goalie is down on the ice they'd score more
- I mean really... if the goalie is down... and the top of the net is wide open... why shoot the puck right into the goalie's pads?!
- Bruins are playing better defensively
- That means nothing if you don't win
- Although... the posts behind Osgood are pretty sore today
- Look forward to all the upcoming "Bruins Should've Kept Kessel!!!" articles
- Bruins should come out angry against their hated rivals tomorrow night

Michelin Man, Gaborik Down Bruins

Three Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves, shutout, giant pads)
2. Marian Gaborik (only goal of the game)
3. Tim Thomas (22 saves)

Final Score:
New York Rangers: 1
Boston Bruins: 0

Goalie Stats
Henrik Lundqvist: SV: 29 SV%: 1.00 GA: 0
Tim Thomas: SV: 22 SV%: .957 GA: 1

Recap Notes:
- Bruins offense is in hibernation
- 3 of the last 4 meetings between these two teams ended in shutouts (Bruins won last game 1-0 on April 4th)
- Sean Avery mouthed off before the game
- Chara smashed Avery into a pile of goo in the first
- Avery didn't talk the rest of the game
- Funny how that works, isn't it?
- Bruins still have not won, or lost, two games in a row this season
- That means they will beat Detroit tomorrow
- New York's offense is Maple Leaf-like without Gaborik
- Boston's offense is starting to be Maple Leaf-like in general
- Not much to say in this game.... barely anything happened

Thomas Can't Close Legs, Bruins Lose

Three Stars:
1. Dainius Zubrus (1 goal, 57 traps)
2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, no concussions)
3. Yann Danis (31 saves, .969 GAA)

Final Score:
New Jersey Traps Devils: 2
Boston Cubs Bruins: 1

Goalie Stats
Yann Danis: SV: 31 SV%: .969 GA: 1
Tim "Gaping 5-hole" Thomas: SV: 29 SV%: .935 GA: 2

Recap Notes:
- The Boston Bruins couldn't score on Yann Danis.
- At least the B's finally played a full 60 minutes
- Need someone to finish in front of the net
- Much like a slut at a frat party, Tim Thomas couldn't close his legs
- Zdeno Chara will break your stick with a slap shot, even if he's not naked.
- Zdeno Chara's naked photo haunts my dreams
- The Trap makes this wonderful game boring.
- The Bruins couldn't score on Yann Danis.
- Patrice Bergeron has been the Bruins best player this season. Concussion now inevitable
- Jack Edwards may be the worst announcer in the league
- Thomas did play great... just some bad bounces. And a bad 5-hole.
- Bruins back in action tomorrow against the Oilers
- THE BRUINS COULDN'T SCORE ON YANN DANIS?!?!?!!?!?!?!

Bruins Do Doggy Style, Beat Ottawa

Three Stars:
1. Milan Michalek
2. Tim Thomas
3. Derek Morris

Final Score:
Boston Bruins: 4
Ottawa Senators: 3

Goalie Stats
Tim Thomas: SV: 27 SV%: .900 GA: 3
Brian Elliot: SV: 25 SV%: .893 GA: 3

Recap Notes:Down 3-1 with less than 2 minutes left in the third, the Boston Bruins came from behind to tie the game at 3-3 and eventually win the game in the shootout.

The game was back and forth with great goal-tending from both sides through the first two periods.

Tim Thomas was on his game... still not sure how he saved this:



But in the third Ottawa scored twice just two minutes apart (Milan Michalek and Mike Fisher) to seemingly put the game out of reach.

But then the Bruins visited the wizard and got some heart. With Tim Thomas on the bench, 1,500 game man Mark Recchi tipped a Derek Morris slap shot past Elliot to cut the deficit by one.

Just over a minute later, Tim Thomas went back to the bench and the Bruins went back to work. Again Derek Morris launched a rocket, David Krejci grabbed the rebound and "Score!"

Overtime featured a lot of chances but no one could convert. In the shoot out, Patrice Bergeron managed to juuuuuuuuuuuust squeeze a shot past Elliot and Thomas made the big save at the other end to secure the victory and a much needed 2 points for the Bruins.

Bruins Can't Go Top Shelf, Loss to Flyers

Three Stars:
1. Ole-Kristian Tollefs
2. Darroll Powe
3. Derek Morris

Final Score:
Philadelphia Flyers: 4
Boston Bruins: 3

Goalie Stats
Cocaine Ray Emery: SV: 23 SV%: .885
Tuuka Rask: SV: 36 SV%: .923

Recap Notes: The Filthadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins in a back and forth game that never should have even seen overtime.

Chris Pronger took a break from taking cheap shots long enough to beat Tuuka Rask with a slap shot to open the scoring. Bruins defender Derek Morris didn't want to be out done and soon after beat Ray Emery with an absolute laser of his own, tying the score and leaving Emery begging his dealer for a fix.

Boston went up 2-1 in the second on a Matt Hunwick goal, but then the Flyers scored two unanswered goals (Darroll Powe and Arron Asham) to put the Flyers up 3-2.

"Sniper" Steve Begin went back to work, scoring for the second time in two games to tie the score.

At different points in the game both Vladimir Sobotka and David Krejci made Ray Emery go to the ice way to early and had wide open nets up top... but decided it would be best to shoot the puck right into Emery's sprawled pads.

The third period was back and forth with both teams exchanging chances, and Boston call-up Trent Whitfield getting his ass kicked. Work on those fights buddy:



Late in the third the Bruins decided it would be a great idea to give Jeff Carter a shorthanded break away, but that wily Rask denied him like a woman denying Pierre McGuire to save the Bruins a point:



Nothing happened in the overtime period and they might as well have skipped it. Lets fast forward to the third round of the shootout. Neither team has scored. Claude Giroux puts on a clinic to put the Flyers up 1. Michael Ryder responds... beats Emery!!!.... the cruel sound of iron. Post. Game over.

Three Stars:
1. Shane Doan
2. Scottie Upshall
3. Keith Yandle

Final Score:
Phoenix Coyotes: 4
Boston Bruins: 1

Goalie Stats
Ilya Bryzgalov (W): SV: 22 SV%: .957 GA: 1
Tim Thomas (L): SV: 32 SV%: .889 GA: 4

Recap Notes: The Bruins continued their streak of awful effort followed by great effort followed by awful effort as they fell to the Coyotes.

The Bruins once again seemed disinterested as soon as the Coyotes got their first goal.

The game was highlighted by scoring from defensemen. The Bruins lone goal was scored by Mark Stuart, his first of the season.

Three of the Coyotes four goals were scored by the blueliners, with Ed Jovanovski, Adrian Aucoin and Keith Yandle scoring goals. Captain Shane Doan had 3 assists.

Boston’s special teams were once again atrocious, going 0 for 2 on the power play and allowing Phoenix to score on 2 of their 4 power play opportunities. The Bruins were out shot 36 to 23. The Coyotes have won three in a row.

"Give Phoenix credit, they are playing extremely well and we just didn't have enough fight in us to counter that," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "They're hardworking from start to finish and they come at you hard."

Bruins Rebound, Shutout Stars

Marc Savard scored twice and Tim Thomas decided no puck would pass him as the Boston Bruins rolled past the Dallas Stars 3-0. This was the Stars first regulation loss of the season.

After a rough homestand that saw the Bruins play some of the most inconsistent hockey we've ever had the displeasure of watching, the Bruins hope this victory will spark them. Of course, if recent history proves true they'll get blown out next game.

The Bruins were finally able to score a power play goal as well, as Savard's first goal came with the man advantage.

The forecheck that Coach Claude Julien had spoke of all pre-season finally made an appearance as Dallas had a lot of trouble getting into the Bruins zone, and most of the Stars' shots came from the outside.

The Stars were coming off a big 6-0 victory of the Nashville Predators and were disappointed to be on the other side of a shutout.

"After a big win like that, we wanted to keep the ball rolling," Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas said. "But (the Bruins) were just a better team than us. They didn't do anything special. They used their size, used their speed and brought a lot of pucks to the net."

The Bruins continue their round trip tonight against the Phoenix Coyotes.

Bruins Hate Defense, Avalance Roll

The Boston Bruins slogan for the start of the season is "Hibernation Ends in October." Apparently that does not apply to the power play. Or in general.

The Bruins were once again held scoreless on the powerplay and fell 4-3 to the Colorado Avalance in a terrible effort. Perhaps the Bruins should use one of those first round draft picks they got for Kessel to acquire some heart.

The Bruins showed their lack of team defense early as Milan Hejduk was allowed to stroll through the front of the net and grab a rebound to beat Tuuka Rask on the power play.

Less than a minute later Tuuka Rask gave up a terrible, awful, atrocious rebound that landed right in front of Scott Hannan and soon after found the back of the net to put the Bruins down 2-0.

The Bruins mounted a comeback in the second after goals from Mark Recchi and Blake Wheeler. However, the Bruins awful penalty kill allowed Colorado to go back up on a Marek Svatos goal.

Three minutes later the Bruins were putting on a clinic on how NOT to operate a power play when David Jones took the puck and scored short handed.

Michael Ryder scored in the third to bring the score to 4-3 but it was too little too late for the Bruins, who couldn't duplicate the magic they had agains the Islanders.

Thus far this season the Bruins have been playing incredibly uninspired, almost like they expect to just be handed victories. They're going to need to a quick turnaround if they don't want to completely fall of.

Bombay Out Coaches Julien, Bruins Lose

Fresh off their win against Team Iceland the Anaheim Might Ducks and Adam Banks ran wild against the NHL's Boston Bruins in a 6-1 victory.

The first period saw the Bruins effective shutting down the Ducks's "oreo line" consisting of Guy Germaine and brothers Jesse and Terry Hall. Marco Sturm managed to open the scoring for the Bruins, beating Greg Goldberg with a wicked slap shot to put Boston ahead 1-0 at the end of the first.

From the second period on, it was all Ducks. Matt Hunwick was sent to the box on an interference penalty after abusing Lester Averman. Shortly after Marco Sturm tried to out bash Fulton Reed and was sent to the box, giving the Mighty Ducks a five on three.

Fulton Reed made a nice pass to Charlie Conway who then used Zdeno Chara as a screen and beat Tim Thomas with a slap shot from the point.

The goal still left the Mighty Ducks with a five on four, and Charlie Conway soon capitalized again. Conway entered the zone and one, two, three, triple deked Tim Thomas for another power play goal a little over a minute later. Coach Bombay slowly nodded in approval, knowing that Charlie had finally mastered this unstoppable move.

Towards the tail end of the second Adam Banks suddenly appeared from the locker room and hit the ice. Banks was questionable before the game with an injured wrist. Tim Thomas and the sorry Boston Bruins defense was no match for the mighty Banks, as he easily scored putting the Ducks up 3-1. The period mercifully ended with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks flying high.

The third period saw the Boston Bruins come out flat, still unable to break through Anaheim's patented flying V. Russ Tyler piled onto the punishment, breaking out a knuckle puck that just hung in the air, but on this night Tim Thomas could not stop it while his team mates dove out of the way and the Ducks were up 4-1.

Speedster and playmaker Ken Wu danced into the zone six minutes later, doing a figure eight around the Bruins defense as Dean Portman fed him in front for yet another goal, making it 5-1. The hometown Boston crowd just looked stunned that an Asian player was in an NHL game.

With two minutes left in the game, Dean Portman got a penalty for wearing a bandana and the Boston Bruins were on the power play. However, with just under a minute left, Adam Banks deked the shit out of the entire Bruins roster and got the short-handed tally to put the Mighty Ducks up 6-1 and prove once again why all the scouts were there to see him.

In all honestly the Boston Bruins played one of the worst games I have ever seen and this game was not worthy of a serious recap. The Ducks dominated the Bruins from start to finish and the Bruins should be incredibly ashamed of themselves. Plus Gordon Bombay is one hell of a coach.

Bruins Lose 4-1..But Ovechkin Still Likes Little Kids.

.....that's what I heard anyways.

We make no secret of our hatred for Ovechkin here at ADB. He dives, cheap shots, and enjoys posing in very, very questionable photos. That being said however, we will never deny that he is one of the best players in the current NHL. He managed to put up two goals and one assist during the Boston Bruins home opener tonight earning him the #1 star of the game, and (hopefully) a bullseye on his back for their next meeting in February.

The first period started out even enough, with the Bruin putting on most of the pressure early on. But after a power play goal by Laich (assisted by Backstrom and Ovechkin) the Bruins couldn't seem to find any rhythm. The only goal in the 2nd came from Overchkin on assists by Semin and Backstrom. Third period saw Ovechkin and Laich scoring their second goals, creating a 4-0 lead. The Bruins didn't taste the back of the net until Bergeron scored on Theodore in the third to make the score 4-1. That's where the score would remain for the remainder of the game.

There was also a fight between Thornton and Erskine, but it was so disappointing I won't bother posting the video.

Power Play was the weak point for the Bruins tonight with failure to covert on several Washington penalties. Putting bias aside though, the game was one of the more poorly officiated I've seen. Between a questionable Bruins goal in the first that was ruled dead, a bullshit Chara penalty after Ovechkin's cheapshot on Recci, and just a few dirty plays by Ovie overall (as per usual), this game could have easily ended differently. Usually I hate make excuses for losses, but sometimes it really shows that Alexander Ovechkin is the poster boy for the league.

Bruins Fall to Blue Jackets In Pre-season Final

Bruins went down, but not without a fight... or two.

With stars Rick Nash and Steve Mason not playing, the Columbus Blue Jackets were still able to defeat the Boston Bruins, 4-2. This was Columbus' second win over the Bruins this pre-season.

Matt Calvert opened the scoring 2:42 into the first on assists from Derek Dorsett and Andrew Murray. Vladimir Sobotka tied the game up just a few minutes later on a nice feed from Chris Neil killer Milan Lucic.

The second period saw only one goal, as Milan Lucic took the puck behind the net and found Zdeno Chara streaking towards the goal on a nice back door play.

Then in the third, the game got ugly in more ways than one. Dany Heatley has passed more driving tests than the Boston Bruins completed passes in the third. For fans it was a horrible reminder of how the Bruins played against Carolina in their second rounds series last year.

Columbus quickly took advantaged and tied up the game on a Raffi Torres goal. Just a few minutes later Raffi Torres took advantage of yet another Bruins turnover and fed the puck to Nikita Filatov who faked Tuuka Rask out of his pads for the go ahead goal.

On the next exchange Michael Blunden of Columbus tripped and plowed into goalie Tuuka Rask. Boston, thinking this was no accident, decided to seek him out on the next play as Chuck Kobasew dropped the gloves with Blunden in a hug fest.

Off to the side, Shawn Thornton and Jared Boll engaged in a more spirited bout. Despite Boll getting the take down, Thornton clearly got the better of him:




Kobasew received a roughing penalty and Columbus put the nail in the coffin with a powerplay goal.

The Bruins finished the pre-season with a 5-2-1 record.

Thomas racks up saves, Bruins beat Senators 2-1

Despite his shakey performance against the Blue Jackets last week, Thomas is looking like the Vezina Trophy winner he is. Due to some big plays by some young Bruins blood and a 35 save night for Thomas, The Bruins are able to overcome the Senators by a score of 2-1.

I should be known, however that it was not for lack of trying on the Ottawa's part. They managed to outshoot boston 36-20 and Leclaire stopped 18 of 20 shots on net. The first period saw Ottawa's Ryan Shannon scoring first after being fed by Chris Campoli and Jason Spezza. Boston's Brad Marchand was able to answer back with help from Derek Morris and Marc Savard. After a fairly uneventful 2nd period, Drew Fata managed to score the game winning goal in the 3rd on assists by Jeff LoVecchio and Vladimir Sobotka.

No doubt the real headline of this game was the absolute massacre of Chris Neal's face, courtesy of Milan Lucic...oh and Shawn Thornton fought Matt Carkner.

Lucic Vs. Neal


Thornton Vs. Carkner


Bruins have their final preseason game today against Columbus. Ottawa ha no more preseason games and starts their Regular season Oct 3rd against the Rangers

Bruins Down Canadiens In Shootout

In a game that featured a fantastic goalie duel and Lovecchio doing his best Lucic impression, the Boston Bruins pulled out a 2-1 victory over the rival Montreal Turtles (Canadiens).



After letting in 5 goals on 19 shots agains the Rangers Tim Thomas looked sharper in stopping 33 of 34 shots. "I had a rough first outing in the preseason and it's good to follow it up with a strong one," said Thomas, the Vezina Trophy winner last season as the NHL's top goalie. "It doesn't mean that everything's perfect now, but it's a step in the right direction."

Halak stopped 26 of 27 shots for the Canadiens.

The first period didn't see much action in the scoring department, but there was a spirited bought between Boston's Guillaume Lefebvre and Montreal's Greg Stewart:



Montreal pulled ahead in the second period on a goal from Sergei Kostitsyn on a rebound (assists from Plekanec and Montreal mobsters).

The Bruins tied the game in the third on a nice feed from Michael Ryder to Mark Stuart.

Mike Cammalleri didn't meet the height requirement to play left in the first period with a lower body injury and did not return.

In the shootout, Patrice Bergeron beat Halak on Boston's second attempt for the only goal in the shootout and the victory. Boston returns to action tonight against the Ottawa Senators.

Bruins fall to Blue Jacks 6-5 in a Shootout

"Not inspirational, to say the least," Julien said. "There's some work we need to do here. Lots of work before the season starts and make some of those corrections. Hopefully we can get that in during the latter part of training camp."

Obviously a rough night for the Boston Bruins, as their coach had no problem admitting. Andrew Ference scored in his first game back from injury. Chuck Kobasew, Shawn Thornton, Johnny Boychuk and Marc Savard also scored regulation goals. Blake Wheeler was on the only Bruin able to beat Columbus goaltender Mathieu Garon in the shootout.

For Columbus Jakub Voracek had a goal and two assists, while Antoine Vermette, Matthew Calvert, Kris Russell and Derek MacKenzie also scored.

Rookie Nikita Filatov and Antoine Vermette both scored in the shootout to seal the victory for the Blue Jackets.

Sabourin basically handed the back-up job to Tuuka Rask after his performance. Sabourin has stated he would like to be a starting goalie in the NHL but he looks like he might be more suited to be a starting goalie for a local roller hockey team.