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A shaky performance in Boston’s opening night loss to the Florida Panthers earned second-year defenseman Mason Lohrei a night off two nights later for the Bruins’ home opener. Lohrei responded with two solid performances during Boston’s next two games. The 23-year-old Wisconsin native had a goal and two assists against the Los Angeles Kings and the Panthers. Lohrei’s hustle led to David…

Boston, MA – The previous seven contests between the Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins at T.D. Garden have all gone to overtime. Saturday’s matinee would be the same. David Pastrnak’s third goal in as many games was the difference maker in Boston’s 2-1 overtime thriller. With room to move on the ice during three-on-three overtime action, Boston took advantage of the long change for the Kings.…

If the depth of the Boston Bruins continues to play as the fourth line did in Thursday night’s 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden, it could be a successful season for the Causeway Street gang. Newcomers Mark Kastelic (two goals) and Cole Koepke (one goal and two assists) helped power the Bruins win over their long-time rivals by tallying five points combined. Kastelic came to the…

Boston, MA – The return on the Boston Bruins’s off-season investments paid off on Opening Night as Boston knocked off the rival Montreal Canadiens 6-4 at TD Garden on Thursday.  Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov, the two biggest names acquired this summer, had three and two-point nights, respectively, while fourth-liners Cole Koepke and Mark Kastelic matched that output. Kastelic had two goals,…

BOSTON, MA – The Ottawa Senators played the role of spoilers en route to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday. The Bruins were looking to clinch the Atlantic Division title for the second straight year, but Anton Forsberg and the Senators had other ideas. The Bruins did themselves no favors by waiting to turn up the pressure in the third period. That can happen when you…

Boston, MA – No love between the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins is lost. A season removed from their epic seven-game first-round playoff battle that helped propel the Panthers toward the Stanley Cup Finals and end Boston’s historic season, they faced off in their last regular season meeting on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden. It lived up to the hype as Jesper Boqvist ripped the overtime…

Providence, RI – The Boston College Eagles’ depth was too much for the Michigan Tech Huskies to handle in the third period as BC scored four goals to open up a close game through two periods. John Leonard and Cutter Gauthier each scored two goals to power the #1 overall seed to a 6-1 victory in the opening game of the Providence Regional at Amica Mutual Pavillion. Tech’s forecheck gave the…

Providence, RI – The defending National Champion Quinnipiac Bobcats are no strangers to overtime. They only needed twelve seconds of it last year to defeat the Big Ten’s Minnesota Golden Gophers in the title game. They needed 11 minutes and four seconds on Friday to dispatch another Big Ten team, the Wisconsin Badgers, 3-2 into overtime. Victor Czerneckianair‘s second goal of the game was the…

Providence, RI – The Boston College Eagles’ depth was too much for the Michigan Tech Huskies to handle in the third period as BC scored four goals to open up a close game through two periods. John Leonard and Cutter Gauthier each scored two goals to power the #1 overall seed to a 6-1 victory in the opening game of the Providence Regional at Amica Mutual Pavillion. Tech’s forecheck gave the…

Springfield, MA – The Cornell Big Red fell behind early but stormed back to beat the Maine Black Bears 3-1 at the MassMutual Arena on Thursday. It’s the second straight year Cornell has advanced to the Regional Finals as the lower seed.  Cornell goalie Ian Shane stopped 30 of 31 shots, while Sullivan Mack’s two-goal game capped off the NCAA Springfield Regional doubleheader. Both of Mack’s goals…

Springfield, MA—It took two overtimes, but the Denver Pioneers defeated the Massachusetts Minutemen 2-1 in double overtime on Tristan Broz‘s shot from the slot, which beat goalie Michael Hrabal. This kept the Pioneers in western Massachusetts for a few more days. Broz caught a pass from defenseman Boston Buckberger at the right hash mark and skated along the top of the right circle before firing…

Boston College versus Boston University on ice is one of the great rivalries in the sporting world. What you can’t argue is that the college hockey powerhouses are back at the top of the NCAA landscape. The Eagles and Terriers are ranked #1 and #2 in the NCAA rankings. The Terriers are the defending Hockey East Tournament Champions. The Eagles have already wrestled the regular-season crown away…

TD Garden – The #2 Boston University Terriers’ defense of their Hockey East title took one step closer to completion after they beat the #7 University of Maine Black Bears 4-1 in the nightcap of the Hockey East Semifinals. Mathieu Caron stopped 32 of 33 Black Bears’ shots in the victory, while Ryan Greene had two goals and Macklin Celebrini notched three assists. The Terriers’ victory and BC’s…

TD Garden – The #1 ranked Boston College Eagles were just too much for the #13 University of Massachusetts Minutemen in the early game of the Hockey East Semifinals. A four-goal second period gave the Eagles more cushion than necessary against the offensively challenged Minutemen. Cutter Gauthier and Gabe Perreault scored two goals and two assists in the romp, while Will Smith scored a goal and…

The stage is set for Hockey East’s annual TD Garden party. The #1 overall Boston College Eagles will take on the #13 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen at 4 pm EST, followed by the #2 Boston University Terriers battling the #7 University of Maine Black Bears at 7:30 pm. The two winners will square off Saturday at 6 pm for the Hockey East…

The New York Rangers came to Boston trailing the Boston Bruins by three points in the overall NHL standings. After a solid third period at TD Garden, the Rangers pulled out the 5-2 win. They leave town trailing by only a point, with a game in hand. Artemi Panarin notched his first 40-goal season with a three-goal game. The Bruins controlled the first period with Jake DeBrusk giving Boston the 1-0…

BOSTON, MA – David Pastrnak’s three-goal night powered the Boston Bruins past their Atlantic Division foe, the Ottawa Senators, 6-2 at TD Garden on Tuesday. Goals 42, 43, and 44 of the season for Pastrnak give him 345 career goals with Boston, moving him past Cam Neely into seventh on the team’s all-time goals list. Pastrnak’s 17th career hat-trick was his second of the year. Justin Brazzeau…