Boston Bruins

By bleedblackgold Boston left reeling in the desert. The Bruins completed another lackluster week on Saturday night with a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of the Phoenix Coyotes. Yes, the Phoenix Coyotes. Boston left reeling in the desert. OK – It’s time to panic. The Bruins completed another lackluster

By jtthirtyfour If you call rock and the defense calls scissors, you score a TD, if they call rock as well you maybe pick up a yard, if they call paper then you get sacked. All the scouting, preparation, statistical analysis can help you with the probabilities of whether they will come out with rock or scisso...

By Nestor But remember what happened last year up in Eugene. With Masoli and Blount Ducks beat the Bruins by 7 points. They came out and blitzed us early on and went up by a score of 14-0 (man that's a tired, familiar theme for a Bruin defense), yet the Bruins even with Kevin Craft at charge had a shot in the f...

By bruinponcho Bumped. 27 more days to go. GO BRUINS. -N Rivals.com has been doing a countdown of college basketball teams. Today they got to number 30. And the 30th best team according to them is our very own UCLA Bruins. The projection: Offensively Get well JK. Go Bruins!

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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 As has been noted all over BN, the Bruins brought home their fifth consecutive NCAA title on Sunday by beating USC in the National Title Game. On the way there, the Bruins beat Michigan, 13-6, and Stanford, 12-11, on a buzzer beating goal. Softball Men's Golf

By mdjohns4 Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?  If you're reading this you got through this rambling mess and I much appreciate it.  Time for football! GO BRUINS!!!!

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 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 The unranked Bruins finished sixth at the Pac 10 Championships this weekend, but diver Laura Winn did have a great performance on the tower as she finished second and qualified for the NCAA Zone E's. The Bruins will take the week off before competing in those Zone E's in two weeks.

By ryebreadraz The #3 Bruins had a strong week, but seem to be unable to break into the nation's upper echelon this year. They kicked off the week with a 11-8 win over #3 Hawaii behind Priscilla Orozco's third hat trick of the season. After that the Bruins went south for the UC Irvine Invitational where they pi...

By blinkshot Following that Sunday meeting, which also touched on UCLA's sometimes-stagnant offense, the Bruins played their two most dominant games of the season in routs of Cal and Stanford last week. The Bruins squeezed 63 turnovers out of Cal, Stanford and USC, and have won the past four games—in...

By blinkshot Bumped. GO BRUINS. -N Hey all, As I promised in my other post, I wrote that I had compiled a spreadsheet with data. Well I finished this a few days ago, but haven't had time to post it up with a full analysis. Anyways, thanks to statsheets for providing a lot of this data.

By ucla7477 The first UCLA-USC basketball showdown I ever attended was my freshman year, 1971.  Younger folks will find this absolutely bizarre, but USC was undefeated and, imagine this, ranked #1 in the nation.  Defending NCAA champ Bruins had lost to Notre Dame (incredible Austin Carr performanc...

By Class of 66 I love Marques' Bruin roots and will always be proud of him -- but I'm getting tired of hearing him on the broadcasts. Why don't I turn off the sound? Because I just love hearing CBH yelling instructions, all game long. Can there be any greater contrast than CHP (Coach Howland's Predecessor) t...

By newfcollins Ottawa Senators: I expected them to struggle horribly with secondary scoring, and they have. That’s the main crux of their problems, and why they are out of a playoff spot. Jack Adams: Claude Julien. I think is still the best choice. What Julien has been able to do in Boston with the Bruins is ama...

By Nestor Cowboys and Bruins have couple of common opponents: The Bruins and Cowboys have two common opponents. UCLA beat Loyola Marymount 75-44 and Prairie View A&M 82-58. Wyoming beat LMU 62-55 and defeated Prairie View 80-75. GO BRUINS.

The Canes were riding high on a TWO (woo hoo) game win streak when they reached Beantown. After tough wins against Montreal (no whining please) and Florida (y'all too), the Canes looked to continue the momentum as they started on a 3 game road trip. We didn't win the game, but I think that we pro...

By ryebreadraz UCLA, the #14 overall seed, saw their season come to an end this weekend when they lost to #3 Texas in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns and Bruins split the first two set, but Texas won the final two to win the match 25-11, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21. Ali Daley had 14 kills and 14 digs...

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 Bruins responded well to their first loss of the season at #11 Maryland last week as they won both of their games this week. First, the Bruins racked up their first road win of the season at Cal Poly on Wednesday night by a score of 57-48. UCLA was led by Nina Earl's 12 points and Tierra Henders...

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 • Lindy Ruff was not a happy camper after the Buffalo Sabres gave up seven goals to the Boston Bruins last night. "If you want to get focus, you want to get desperate, maybe some players will have to miss games... Really, that's the only choice you have as a coach." [Sabres]

By Chris On top of Lucic’s improved play, they have the ability to roll four very solid lines. In fact, one could argue the line of Shawn Thornton, Stephan Yelle, and Chuck Kobasew (now that he’s back. The real loser in all of this is Petteri Nokelainen who finds himself the odd man out since Koba’s retu...

By MPorter After tomorrow, the Bruins will have played four of five games against Original Six opponents. "If I had my druthers, I would still really appreciate it if we could get a little more Black and Gold, and a lot more of that Red, White and Blue out of the Garden,” said Ward, adding that he heard the...

By Katherine(noreply@blogger.com) I am wicked excited to be a member of the HLOG! My name is Katherine, and I'm joining the HLOG to talk about the Boston Bruins. I honestly adore the TDBanknorth Garden, Phil Kessel, the AHL, and the Boston University Terriers (#1 in the nation as of right now!!!!) More about me after the jump!

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 Matt Baker Sad to say, but it is true. Ask ten random people walking the streets of Boston when the Bruins season starts and you’d be lucky to find five who didn’t think the NHL was still in a lockout. But I have lived here my whole life and now know what it takes to earn respect in Boston.  A championship.

By ryebreadraz Bumped. GO BRUINS. -N Women's Soccer Men's Soccer Men's Water Polo Men's Golf Women's Golf The #2 Bruins had last week off, but get back to action this Friday at the Mason Rudoplh Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee. Cross Country Women's Tennis

By Nestor The aftermath of the 59-0 shellacking Brigham Young laid on UCLA on Saturday had Bruins coaches poring over the film while trying to prop up their players' psyches Sunday. Lastly, it looks like the comparison to Howland’s first year resonated beyond BN. Adam Rose from LAT also brought up CB...

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 I'll have a post as soon as the August 15 signing deadline passes with updates on who has signed and who will be in Westwood next season and I will also have another post detailing how our Bruins fared in their respective summer leagues. Until then I don't expect much baseball news. GO BRUINS!!...

By Menelaus Now that the message is "Head Coach Richard Neuheisel Is the Best CEO in America," the tone of the rhetoric has changed completely –– it’s all positive, all the time –– but the commitment to the message is as staunch as ever. Take the site’s official expectations for Neuheisel’s first seaso...

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 ryebreadraz The Bruins rolled off five consecutive wins to move their record to 6-1, but the Bruins would be blown out in their next wo games versus Fullerton by scores of 7-1 and 13-2. The Bruins pushed their record to 11-5 when they took five of their next seven, but then got swept by Long Beach St. A loss to...

By BruinsRule Bumped. GO BRUINS.-N Let's take a moment to pause and say "Wow." Wow. Wow. Three Final 4s and a program that is in the top 5 in national recognition, perhaps even top 3, with only Duke and UNC getting more national TV appearances over the past 2 years than the Bruins. Unbelievable.

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 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 Guest Blogger Our friend Bruin Blue is back with a little commentary on UCLA hoops following Saturday's game. Please note that the following post represents BB's commentary and not the view of Bruins Nation. I noted to BB that I disagreed with this take slightly because I think, even with the new rules, Ho...

By uclahy In short, in my opinion, RN has been the best candidate for Head Coach at UCLA for many, many years.  Many of us have hoped for years this day would come.  I believe he can be another Vermeil or Prothro or even, heaven forbid, Red Sanders.  Why, I may even see a National Championship at UCLA before...

By Guest Blogger As far as Chow, much the same arguments apply.  Yes, Chow has been a great OC at some places.  So were Norv Turner, Cam Cameron, Paul Hackett, Tollner, Chuck Long--how many do I need to mention?  Being a brilliant OC is not close to being a good head coach--it is really almost like apples and ora...

By Greg Wyshynski Filed under: Boston, General NHL, Bruins, NHL GossipKurt Kauper grew up obsessed with Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr. Now 41, Kauper has seen that obsession to its logical end: Creating a 7 1/2-foot-tall oil painting of Orr's youthful head on another man's nude body (images are SFW). The B...

By Nestor Center Lorenzo Mata-Real won't be ready for today's workout, Howland said, because his sprained right foot hasn't fully healed. "Maybe Monday he can go all out," Howland said. Then out of nowhere, the Bruins basketball coach offered a trivia question. GO BRUINS.

By ryebreadraz Meanwhile, our women's soccer team is the opposite as they continue to steamroll even the nation's best teams. On Friday they traveled to San Diego St. and defeated the Aztecs 5-1 before returning home to face #5 Santa Clara who they disposed of 4-1. This bruin team looks dangerous with Laure...

By Douglas Flynn The Bruins have still yet to confirm it, but the search for a new coach appears all but officially over, with Claude Julien set to take over as Boston’s new bench boss. If Julien does become Boston’s 28th coach, just what kind of coach will the Bruins be getting? How does he fit into the criteri...

By Douglas Flynn Speaking of the trade deadline, my Sunday notes column for the MetroWest Daily News with insight from Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli and Toronto counterpart John Ferguson Jr. is up and can be read here. Yes, that really was the Bruins. Boston did many of the things it’s struggled to do all season – p...

Ottawa SunNHL: Boston 1, Phoenix 0  - BOSTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Ladislav Nagy popped the game-winning goal 30 seconds into overtime to edge the visiting Phoenix Coyotes past the Boston Bruins, 2-1. ... Nagy's OT Goal Beats Bruins Hartford Courant Silver lining with Toivonen Boston Herald