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Post-Olympic Check-in: Where are we at with the Boston Bruins?
As the Olympic season wraps up, the Boston Bruins sit at 57 games played, and the Trade Deadline incoming at them at distressing speeds. The NHL season’s truncated schedule to make room for Team USA and Team Canada’s all-timer tournaments has now created a dead heat of a last two months that will test the […]
Preview: Bruins begin home stretch by hosting Blue Jackets
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Morning Skate: Blizzard
Welcome to the first day of the post-Olympic period, folks! If you’re in New England (or elsewhere in the northeast), you probably find yourself smack in the middle of a blizzard…just what we all need with plenty of snow still on the ground from recent storms. This one appears to be a classic New England […]
Public Skate: Men’s Gold Medal Game
Wake up, it’s an early, early game day! After a thrilling tournament, it all comes down to one more game: Canada vs. the United States for the gold medal. Today’s game will actually be the last competition of these Winter Olympics, with three other events (bobsleigh, curling, and skiing) taking place earlier in the day. […]
2026 Winter Olympiad FINAL CHECK-IN: Can USA get gold in both tourneys?
Let’s do this one more time, shall we? Women’s Tournament wrap-up Bronze Medal Game: Alina Muller is the Queen of Switzerland; brings home a Bronze! Alina Muller has been going to the Olympic games since she was 15 years old. In her first olympics, she got a bronze medal. She was far and away the […]
Public Skate: Men’s Olympic Semifinals
We’ve been treated to some pretty good hockey during these Olympics, haven’t we? After a men’s quarterfinal round that saw some thrilling, back-and-forth games, including some overtime affairs, the women followed that up with an OT gold medal game on Thursday afternoon. That game was won by the United States, with Megan Keller of the […]
2026 Winter Olympics Check-in: Medal Games for the Women, Semifinals for the Men!
The stage is set for one tournament, and the medal round is almost set for the other. Let’s check in. Women’s Tournament Bronze Medal Game: Sweden vs. Switzerland – An effort most valiant Whoever wins this game, it will be a triumph regardless for both sides. As I’ve been talking about all tourney, Sweden’s return […]
Public Skate: Men’s Olympic Quarterfinals
After a week or so of preliminaries and qualifiers, we’ve reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 Olympic Men’s Hockey Tournament. There were four games on Tuesday, with Germany, Czechia, Switzerland, and Sweden all winning to advance to today’s quarterfinals. There will be four more games today to help whet your appetite for hockey, with things […]
2026 Winter Olympics Hockey CHECK-IN: Women’s Semifinals, Men’s Qualifiers
The Men’s and Women’s tournaments are already heading for a fever pitch! Let’s get after it! Women’s Tournament Semifinal Game 1: Sweden vs. USA – A Game of Tests The Swedes got here out of the kind of rock solid game they’ve been bringing all tournament meeting the Czechs, and through 60 minutes of solid […]
Winter Olympics Women’s Hockey Quarterfinals PREVIEW
he Olympic Women’s tournament nears it’s end as the preliminary stage has finished it’s twists and turns. Now, these women face off for keeps. Let’s meet our contestants! USA vs. Italy: A lovely story with an almost certain tragic ending Italy was probably not supposed to be here. Most people thought of them as a […]
Morning Skate: Preliminary
Welcome to Wednesday, folks! The Bruins continue their NHL hibernation with the Winter Olympics well underway over in Italy, so there hasn’t been a ton to talk about around these parts. That will likely change today, as the men’s hockey tournament gets underway. There will be two games on Feb. 11 and three games on […]
2026 Winter Olympiad Hockey PRIMER: Everything you need to know!
The Need to Knows Bruins and Fleet playing in this Tournament Boston Bruins Boston Fleet Men’s Tournament Preview Group A – True North Rising 1. Canada With the roster Canada has, I genuinely cannot imagine them struggling to make a medal game. I couldn’t even conceive of the scenario that would make that possible. They’re […]
Morning Skate: Half
Welcome to the Olympic break, folks! The NHL is officially paused for around three weeks, with players either heading off to Milan or (probably) heading to some kind of tropical locale for a bit of a break. The Bruins entered the break with a 5-4 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers last night, their second […]
Public Skate: Bruins vs. Panthers
Welcome to another Atlantic Division showdown, folks! The Bruins will wrap up their pre-Olympic schedule by facing the Panthers in Florida. They’ll be seeing a desperate Panthers team, or as desperate as a team can be when facing a blip after winning two Cups in a row. As a reminder, tonight’s game will be the […]
Preview: Bruins face Panthers to wrap up the first half
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Merkulov becomes new P-Bruins all-time scoring leader
The Providence Bruins beat the Charlotte Checkers 3-0 on Sunday afternoon, their seventh win in a row and eighth in their last ten games. However, the win was a bit more notable for another reason: Georgii Merkulov became the new all-time leading scorer in franchise history, as he recorded an assist in the win. That […]
Bruins 2026 Stadium Series RECAP: B’s can’t overcome penalty-laden 2nd half in 6-5 SO LOSS
Oy. 1st Period Things did not start well at all. Brandon Hagel ended up getting the opening goal within the first 11 seconds of the game after beating his defender clean on body position, and put the puck straight past Swayman for the Lightning to go up 1-0. Mercifully, the Bruins managed to take advantage […]
Public Skate: Bruins vs. Lightning in the Stadium Series
Welcome to Sunday afternoon/evening, folks! The Bruins and the Lightning will take it outside for an Atlantic Division showdown at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. It’s actually forecast to be pretty chilly in Tampa on Sunday afternoon, with temperatures in the mid-to-low 40s (F). The forecast for Wednesday is 70º F, so…much better to try […]
Bruins 2026 Stadium Series PREVIEW: Let’s Take it Outside
Just the Facts Game Preview The Bruins have managed to slightly solidify their place in the Eastern Wildcard lately with a series of stout wins over their last 10 games that have featured both the depth and the main players putting in maximum effort to get two points. They aren’t completely out of the woods […]
Morning Skate: Flying
Welcome to Friday, folks! We’ve got a low of 0º F in Boston today, with wind chills as low as -18º F, so bundle up if you’re heading out. You don’t need any frostbite to round out your January. The Bruins ended January in fine form last night, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 at TD […]
Public Skate: Bruins vs. Flyers
Well, it’s pretty cold out again in Boston tonight, so…good night to stay inside and watch a hockey game! The B’s will host the Flyers at TD Garden tonight, with three games to go before the Olympic break. The next two will be in Florida, so you can imagine that the B’s will be looking […]
Preview: Bruins host Flyers to wrap up brief homestand
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Recap: Bruins recover to beat Nashville in OT
For a while there, it was looking like “déja vu all over again” for the Bruins. Less than 24 hours after giving up a late tying goal to end up in overtime against the New York Rangers, the Bruins allowed a late tying goal to end up in overtime against the Nashville Predators. This time, […]
Public Skate: Bruins vs. Predators
Another day, another game! Fresh off of a disappointing OT loss in Manhattan on Monday night, the Bruins return to a frozen Boston to host the Nashville Predators at TD Garden. Points are at a premium, so here’s to hoping for a bounce-back effort tonight. There’s a ton of other Atlantic Division action going on […]
Morning Skate: Condensed
With New England still digging out from a big snowstorm and reveling in a return to the Super Bowl, the Bruins played a bad Rangers team in Manhattan last night. Things were going OK, with David Pastrnak recording his 900th NHL point and the B’s taking a lead into the third period…and then things went […]