California Trip Success & Poitras Showing He Belongs
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Revisiting Bruins’ 10-Year Dominance of the Annual California Trip
October 24, 2023 by Ryan Gagne
The Boston Bruins just returned from their annual West Coast trip, visiting all three California teams: San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings, and Anaheim Ducks with three games in four nights. Unsurprisingly, the former Presidents’ Trophy winners swept the state, outscoring their opponents by a 10-4 margin.
Interestingly, this is not the first time in the past decade that the Bruins have swept through California. However, it wasn’t always this easy. Considering Boston has played the Ducks, Kings, and Sharks in consecutive games 15 times before 2023-24, this trip didn’t become a focal point on the schedule until the 2013-14 season.
Bruins News & Rumors: Poitras, DeBrusk, Lucic & Forbort
October 23, 2023 by Michael DeRosa
In this latest edition of Boston Bruins News & Rumors, top prospect Matthew Poitras potted his first two NHL goals against the Anaheim Ducks. In other news, after being scratched for being late to a team meeting, Jake DeBrusk had a nice response game against the Ducks. Lastly, the injury bug has hit the Bruins, as both Milan Lucic and Derek Forbort are sidelined. Let’s discuss all of this in today’s (Oct. 23) Bruins News & Rumors column.
3 Takeaways From Bruins’ Close Win Over Ducks
October 23, 2023 by Hannah Garfield
The Boston Bruins completed their third game of the California section of the first road trip of the season on Sunday, Oct. 22 facing off against the Anaheim Ducks. The Bruins came into the game undefeated so far in the 2023-24 season while the Ducks entered 1-3, their single win coming against the Carolina Hurricanes. But, it was clear from the opening minutes of the game that they were a better team than their record may indicate.
Bruins’ Leading Scorers by Decade
October 21, 2023 by Ryan Gagne
The Boston Bruins will celebrate 100 years of hockey in 2023-24, honoring the players from past eras aiming to bring back as many familiar faces as possible for ceremonies throughout the season. As one of the league’s most respected franchises with a rich history of Hall of Fame skaters who produced some of the game’s most iconic moments, we dug through the record books to figure out who the leading scorer was every decade since the team debuted in 1924.