50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bruins Upend Listless Leafs
The Boston Bruins ended any hopes the Toronto Maple Leafs had of finishing higher than third in the National Hockey League standings last night at the Boston Garden. The Bruins…
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50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bruins No Longer Cellar-Dwellars
The Boston Bruins are enjoying the rarefied air of fifth place in the National Hockey League standings today. The Bruins escaped the NHL basement with a 2-0 shutout win over…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bruins Pit Martin Scores Four Goals
Four weeks ago the Boston Bruins sent veteran winger Parker MacDonald to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a young, smallish centre upon whom the Wings had given up.…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Surging Bruins Win Third Straight
The Boston Bruins, NHL doormats for the past few seasons, suddenly look like they are making progress towards a rebirth of the National Hockey League franchise. The Bruins won their…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Rangers, Bruins Swap Forwards
The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers, the National Hockey League’s two also-rans, got together yesterday and completed a one-for-one trade of forwards. The dissension-ridden Bruins dealt away truculent winger…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Dissension in Beantown?
With the Boston Bruins enduring yet another losing season with a last-place finish almost certainly assured, it seems that management and players are now at odds. Things are going from…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bruins Trade Parker MacDonald
Last summer the offensively challenged Boston Bruins acquired veteran left winger Parker MacDonald from the Detroit Red Wings in a multi-player trade with the express intent of improving their moribund…
Is the Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry Still Relevant?
“Epix is here.” That was the text I got on Monday morning from a fellow writer covering the Bruins’ morning skate. For the next month, every practice, game, and scheduled…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Parent Shines But Bruins Lose
The Boston Bruins went into Chicago last night and despite stellar goaltending by rookie Bernie Parent, dropped a 4-2 decision to the Black Hawks. In the other National Hockey League…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: How the Bruins Bagged Bernie
Perennial cellar dwellers of the National Hockey League Basement, the Boston Bruins sport a rather ignominious record of one win, five losses and one tie so far in the 1965-66…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Goalies Star in Tie Games
Ties by identical 2-2 scores were the order of the day in the National Hockey League Wednesday. At Madison Square Garden in New York the Toronto Maple Leafs and New…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Preview: Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins, who seem to be the National Hockey League’s perennial cellar-dwellers, enter the 1965-66 season with renewed hope and a new attitude. While this fresh outlook may add a…