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By kdupont Jordan Caron, Boston's top pick last Friday in the 2009 NHL amateur draft, is among the invitees expected to attend the club's annual development camp that opens Tuesday at the Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington

Mark Recchi has agreed to stay with the Boston Bruins.

The Boston Bruins have signed defenseman Johnny Boychuk to a one-year contract.

During the 1980s, there were few players Boston fans despised more passionately than Ken "The Rat" Linseman and Chris "Knuckles" Nilan. Yet when each was acquired by the Bruins, he became an immediate fan favorite at the old Garden.

By fshinzawa As expected, the Bruins didn't do anything big once free agency opened at noon today. Instead, they tinkered with their lineup, signing unrestricted free agent forward Steve Begin to a one-year, $850,000 contract and re-signing restricted free agent Byron Bitz to a multi-year extensi...

By kdupont According to a source familiar with Hossa's suitors, the Blackhawks also have been formulating a bid for the Czech-born right winger who twice in his 10-year career has broken the 40-goal plateau. In '95-'96, playing much of the time in Atlanta with Marc Savard his center, he scored 39 goa...

National Hockey League general managers talk a conservative game, but some team(s) desperate enough to ignore a projected drop in the $56 million salary cap in 2010 is bound to step up and step over the crowd of shoppers on the opening day of free agency.

By fshinzawa Forwards Phil Kessel and Byron Bitz will become restricted free agents tomorrow. Mark Recchi, P.J. Axelsson, and Stephane Yelle will become unrestricted free agents. Steve Montador and Shane Hnidy will become unrestricted free agents.

By kdupont Boston goalie Tim Thomas, who recently picked up his Vezina trophy as the NHL's No. 1 goaltender in 2008-'09, today is expected to be named to the Team USA Olympic training camp roster. On Monday, local boys John Tortorella and Scott Gordon, the former coach of the AHL Providence Bruins, wer...

MONTREAL — There wasn't a whole lot sexy about the 2009 draft for the Bruins. The much ballyhooed Phil Kessel trade never materialized. There wasn't even any off-loading of salaries in an attempt to sign the young sniper.

By chipalexander And in the second round today, with the 51st pick, the Canes took defenseman Brian Dumoulin. The 6-3, 197-pounder played for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs of Eastern Junior Hockey League and will attend Boston College. Dumoulin, one of the youngest players in the draft, said he attend...

By kdupont MONTREAL -- The Bruins and Maple Leafs late last night discussed the possibility of a Phil Kessel-for-Tomas Kaberle swap, but according to a source familiar with the discussion between the teams' respective general managers, the conversation did not include the Leafs sending the No. 7...

By kdupont MONTREAL -- Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli, maintaining that he still has his eye on a couple of players here in tomorrow night's NHL amateur draft, remains keen on moving up in the first-round draft order for a chance to land one of them.

By Nestor Another NBA draft night. Hopefully it will be another night to celebrate the ever expanding NBA family of Ben Ball warriors here on Bruins Nation. So best of luck to DC, JS and PAA tonight. They will have the whole Bruin Nation pulling for them. On that note fire away in our 2009 NBA Draft Party thr...

By Nestor Steve Davis from ESPN has more on how the Bruins and their team-mates sent shock waves all over Europe today. They get to sit back and bask in the glory a bit till Sunday when they will take on the winner of the other semifinal between Brazil and South Africa. I hate to use a cliche but after today'...

By kdupont Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli figures he'd like to move up a slot or two in the opening round of the NHL's amateur draft Friday night in Montreal. The Bruins hold the No. 25 pick in the first round, which begins Friday at 7 p.m., and Chiarelli said the organization has identified a playe...

BOSTON — Peter Chiarelli inherited a Bruins team that had the NHL's fifth worst-record and improved it to the second-best in just three seasons. Now he's got five more years to build a Stanley Cup champion.

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By ryebreadraz Head coach John Savage's UCLA Bruins missed the postseason for the first time in four years, via media.dailybruin.com Ramirez tormented the Bruins one more time with a two-out single that brought home was proved to be the winning run.

By jpg Malkin has six goals and three assists in three games in the Eastern Conference Finals to all but vanquish the upstart Canes, who beat New Jersey Devils in Round 1 and Boston Bruins in Round 2 — both with road wins in Game 7. It was the first time in the Eastern Conference Finals the Canes have sc...

Even under ideal circumstances, the Boston Bruins would probably have had a hard time duplicating this year's breakout season, in which they chased the San Jose Sharks to the wire for the best overall record in the league, before coming up just short. ...

By cforsberg The Bruins rocketed from the eighth and final seed in the 2008 playoffs (a first-round exit at the hand of the rival Canadiens) to the top seed in the Eastern Conference this winter. Even still, the team disappointingly bowed to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in the conference semi...

By ryebreadraz The Bruins' starter Garett Claypool allowed a leadoff double in the second and a second double, two batters later, scored a run to even the game at 1-1. The Bruins now sit at 26-27 and will close out the season with three Pac-10 contests on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at #3 Arizona St. in Tempe,...

By asad09 Q: As a Bruin that graduated in 2005, we heard the coaching staff say the "everything will change" line every year. What makes this time around different? Those were the major things I can remember from the evening. Overall it was a lot of fun to see the New York Bruins and it definitely got me mo...

By ryebreadraz The #7 Bruins finished second in their NCAA Regional to advance to last week's NCAA Championships. At those NCAA Championships, the Bruins saw their season come to an agonizing end. In the prelims, where the top three teams would advance to the finals, UCLA finished in a third place tie with...

By Topham(noreply@blogger.com) On top of that, Julien remains unique as a coach for twice being fired from teams when sporting a winning record – first the 19-16-6 Canadiens of 2006, then the 47-24-0 Devils of 2007. That Devils firing undertaken by a GM without peer and instigated based on the testimony of the best goalten...

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By ryebreadraz Andrew Triggs is a USC redshirt freshman who missed his senior year of high school with an injury and sat out his first year at USC. Before the season USC would have considered it a successful year for Triggs if he gave them some decent outings out of the bullpen, but the season isn't halfway th...

Despite its youth, Quenneville doesn't think his team is any different than, say, the San Jose Sharks or Boston Bruins right now. Both have hit a rough patch and the Sharks have dipped to second in the Western Conference while the Bruins are trying to ...

By ryebreadraz The game times this weekend are 2 pm PDT on Saturday and Sunday and 6 pm PDT on Monday. The games will be played at USC's Dedeaux Field where the Bruins haven't lost in two years. Dedeaux Field is on the campus of USC near the intersection of Jefferson and Vermont. Tickets for the games are $8 and pa...

By Nestor On DC's part he sounds confident that the Bruins can play at this level for rest of this season: That was definitely one of our best defensive efforts in quite a while," Bruins coach Ben Howland said. "That's what it takes to win in postseason play." GO BRUINS.

By ryebreadraz Just as I did last year, this year's season preview will be a five part series that will take us right up to the first pitch of the season on February 20 when UC Davis visits Jackie Robinson Stadium. Part 1 was a general look at the 2008 season, the pre-season polls and a few opinions from analyst...

By ryebreadraz The #20 Bruins were handed a pair of humbling defeats at the hands of #2 Stanford and #9 Cal this weekend in the Bay Area. The Cardinal defeated the Bruins 166.5-125.5 on Friday, then the Bears beat the Bruins by a 49 point margin on Saturday. The Bruins have only one more regular season meet left,...

By mdjohns4 The first thing I want to discuss is the defense SC will throw at us.  I think its a guarantee we will we see man to man, traditional zone, and potentially one the gimmick zones (Box 1/Triangle 2) to slow down the Bruins.  However, I think we are going to see a majority of man to man from SC.  Here's w...

By Nestor Let’s build on Tele’s highlights and other great comments/observations from last night’s Pac-10 opener. It was good for our Bruins (I am still amused by Tracy Murray's reference to “Ben Ball warriors” at the very beginning of the post game Bruin show) to come out so strong early on against...

By ryebreadraz The swim and dive team headed to the Texas Invitational hoping for some solid performances, but they bested all expectations as multiple Bruins personal bests and had NCAA qualifying marks. On day one of the three day competition the Bruins had five NCAA qualifying times, set nine lifet...

By Nestor How big is the game against the Longhorns tomorrow night? Per Coach Howland Bruins are taking on a squad that is talented enough to win the Big-12 conference and end up in the Final-4: They're a team that would not surprise me at all if they were playing in Detroit (in the Final Four) in April,...

By ryebreadraz The women's season may be over, but the men still have one meet left and a rather large one at that. The Bruins compete at the NCAA Championships today in Terre Haute, Indiana. Men's Golf The Bruins will compete in the Western Refining All-America Tournament in El Paso, Texas beginning today.

By Greg Wyshynski • What killed the Edmonton Oilers' Kid Line? [CBC Sports] • Lost in all of that Pittsburgh Penguins celebration from earlier in the week: Darren McCarty scored a nice goal for the Detroit Red Wings. Now, when is he going to drop the gloves again? [Snapshots]

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins (7 p.m. EST; TV: RDS, NESN). Huge division game for the Bruins, as they try and snap a 12-game regular season losing streak to the Habs. We're sure both Boston fans who watch this game instead of the Pats and Jets tonight will really enjoy it. Seriousl...

By ryebreadraz The 18th ranked Bruins hosted UCSB and Oregon St. on Saturday and took down both in dominating performances. The Bruins are now a combined 32-0 versus the Gauchos and Beavers. The Bruins (3-0) host two meets this weekend as Arizona St. visits on Friday with Arizona the guests on Saturday.

By MPorter They had plenty of chances. Tons of opportunity. Patrice Bergeron and Phil Kessel were flying. Tim Thomas was the last pillar of a strong defense that held up against all-world talents Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. They were. The Bruins controlled play for much of the game, earning chance a...

By ryebreadraz Bumped. GO BRUINS. -N Men's Golf Softball The Bruins hosted their annual alumni game Saturday and the former Bruins were victorious, pulling out a 5-4 win. Three current Bruins also took on three former Bruins in a home run derby, which the alumni also won 9-4. Swimming

By Greg Wyshynski • The Phoenix Coyotes are offering four sodas, four hot dogs and four tickets for $79. FOR OPENING NIGHT! [Scotty Hockey] • From the Boston Bruins beat: Peter Schaefer could be waivers-bound, and Blake Wheeler has made the big club. [Bruins Blog]

By ryebreadraz I started my last review with the women's soccer team because they were the highest ranked team and that remains true this week as they check in at #2 in the country. The squad started the week with a game at Portland St. and the Bruins did to lesser teams what is expected of superior teams with a 7...

By ryebreadraz Bumped. GO BRUINS. - N Here's a look at this weekend's Fullerton regional where the Bruins will make their third consecutive postseason appearance. I'll have an in depth look at the Bruins' opening game versus Virginia Thursday afternoon.

By fshinzawa Milan Lucic threw down with Jarko Ruutu at 17:32 of the third period after the Pittsburgh agitator engaged the rookie, forcing him to drop the gloves. Lucic broke his nose for the second time last week against Florida when he was high-sticked by Gregory Campbell. But Lucic landed most of the...

By ryebreadraz The Bruins figure to have one of the nation's best lineups this season, some even considering it the best. The entire outfield returns and will be boosted by the return of sophomore Blair Dunlap, a starter in 2006 who missed last season following shoulder surgery. Coupled with a powerful ou...

By Nestor Mbah a Moute sprained his left ankle in the second half in the win over Arizona (Feb. 2) and missed the Bruins' trip to Washington last week.A healthy Luc will help ameliorate the growing concerns with our defense: After UCLA earned a national reputation for playing fearsome man-to-man def...

By Nestor silverlakebruin already took up the diary title. But what the heck. There are lot of reasons to feel blessed, joyous and excited about 2008 as a UCLA Bruin. Photo Credit/Source: UCLA Bruins Official Website We are blessed to be blue and gold bleeding Bruins. GO BRUINS.

Boston Bruins teammates Brandon Bochenski and Phil Kessel each had a goal and an assist Thursday to lift the United States over Slovakia, 42 in Group F at the hockey world championships.