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The Boston Bruins won’t see any home-ice advantage under the NHL ‘Return To Play Plan’ announced on Tuesday. Given their regular season record as the best team in the NHL, it will be rather unfortunate and some might say slightly unfair for the Boston Bruins not to have the usual home-ice advantage they’d have in […] Boston Bruins: No home ice under NHL’s Return To Play Plan - … [Read more...] about Boston Bruins: No home ice under NHL’s Return To Play Plan

With the league announcing their return to play format, the regular season is now over. Though we don’t know exactly when the Stanley Cup will be handed out, we do know who has won several regular season awards. The league officially announced the winners of the Art Ross, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, William M. Jennings and Presidents’ Trophy today. Leon Draisaitl is your … [Read more...] about NHL Officially Announces Several Awards

This probably should come as little surprise to anyone who has followed his career, but there won’t be much complaining about the NHL’s return to play format from Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara. The Presidents’ Trophy-winning Bruins, relatively speaking, were on the short end of the stick, as the NHL earlier this week announced its plans to return from the COVID-19 pause … [Read more...] about Zdeno Chara Puts Bruins’ Potentially ‘Unfair’ Playoff Scenario Into Perspective

It’s official: The Boston Bruins will take home some hardware this season. (Whether the ultimate hardware eventually returns to Boston remains to be seen, of course.) The NHL on Tuesday cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 regular season while also laying out a detailed return-to-play plan, should it become possible to conduct the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And while subjective … [Read more...] about Bruins Officially Receive These Awards After Cancellation Of Regular Season

We don’t know if the NHL will return this season, but we do know what it’ll look like if it does. The league on Tuesday unveiled its return to play plan, which ends the regular season and establishes a 24-team playoff format. There are many layers to the plan, and in this week’s “NESN Bruins Podcast,” Mike Cole and Logan Mullen sift through them all, particularly as they relate … [Read more...] about Unpacking NHL Return Plan, Its Impact On Bruins | NESN Bruins Podcast Ep. 65

While nothing is guaranteed for the Bruins from here on, the National Hockey League did officially hand them some hardware for what they accomplished in the 2019-20 regular season. David Pastrnak became the first Bruin to win the Rocket Richard Trophy (instituted in 1998-99) for most goals, sharing the honor with nine-time winner Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals. Both … [Read more...] about Bruins earn regular season awards

Zdeno Chara acknowledged that the NHL’s planned 24-team playoff format may not be great for everybody. In fact, it could be argued that his Bruins — well in the lead for the top seed overall at the time of the league’s stoppage — are the team most negatively affected, from a purely hockey standpoint. But Chara, striking his typically statesman-like tone, said that any gripes … [Read more...] about A ‘grateful’ Zdeno Chara eager for hockey’s return

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When National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement Tuesday that the league is looking to move forward with a 24-team tournament this summer, it put an end to the shortened 2019-20 regular season due to the coronavirus pandemic. On March 12 when the league paused the season, the Boston Bruins had 12 regular-season games remaining and were on pace to … [Read more...] about Bruins’ Pastrnak Shares Rocket Richard Trophy