Boston Bruins - Wikipedia Boston Bruins `` The Bruins '' redirects here. For other uses, see Bruin ( disambiguation ). Boston Bruins 2017 -- 18 Boston Bruins season Conference Eastern Division Atlantic Founded 1924 History Boston Bruins 1924 -- present Home arena TD Garden City Boston, Massachusetts Colors Black, gold Media NESN The Sports Hub ( 98.5 FM ) Owner ( s ) Delaware North Companies ( Jeremy Jacobs, chairman ; Charlie Jacobs, CEO ) General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Bruce Cassidy Captain Zdeno Chara Minor league affiliates Providence Bruins ( AHL ) Atlanta Gladiators ( ECHL ) Stanley Cups 6 ( 1928 -- 29, 1938 -- 39, 1940 -- 41, 1969 -- 70, 1971 -- 72, 2010 -- 11 ) Conference championships 4 ( 1987 -- 88, 1989 -- 90, 2010 -- 11, 2012 -- 13 ) Presidents ' Trophy 2 ( 1989 -- 90, 2013 -- 14 ) Division championships 25 ( 1927 -- 28, 1928 -- 29, 1929 -- 30, 1930 -- 31, 1932 -- 33, 1934 -- 35, 1937 -- 38, 1970 -- 71, 1971 -- 72, 1973 -- 74, 1975 -- 76, 1976 -- 77, 1977 -- 78, 1978 -- 79, 1982 -- 83, 1983 -- 84, 1989 -- 90, 1990 -- 91, 1992 -- 93, 2001 -- 02, 2003 -- 04, 2008 -- 09, 2010 -- 11, 2011 -- 12, 2013 -- 14 ) Official website www.nhl.com/bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league 's third - oldest team overall and the oldest in the United States. It is also an Original Six franchise, along with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth most of all - time with the Blackhawks and tied second-most of any American NHL team also with the Blackhawks ( behind the Red Wings, who have 11 ). The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena ( today 's Matthews Arena ) -- the world 's oldest ( built 1909 -- 10 ) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition -- and following the Bruins ' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995, when they moved to the TD Garden. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years ( 1924 -- 1942 ) 1.2 Original Six era ( 1942 -- 1967 ) 1.3 Expansion and the Big Bad Bruins ( 1967 -- 1979 ) 1.4 Ray Bourque era ( 1979 -- 2000 ) 1.5 New Millennium ( 2000 -- 2010 ) 1.5. 1 Rejuvenation in Boston 1.6 Contenders and Stanley Cup champion ( 2010 -- 2014 ) 1.7 Don Sweeney era ( 2014 -- present ) 2 Team information 2.1 Ownership 2.2 Training facilities 2.3 Bruins ' mascots 2.4 Team songs 2.4. 1 Goal song 2.4. 2 Intro song 3 Season - by - season record 4 Players and personnel 4.1 Current roster 4.2 Team captains 4.3 Head coaches 4.4 General managers 4.5 Presidents 5 Team and league honors 5.1 Retired numbers 5.2 Hall of Famers 5.3 Franchise scoring leaders 5.4 NHL awards and trophies 5.4. 1 Team awards 5.5 Franchise individual records 5.6 First - round draft picks 6 Media and broadcasters 7 See also 8 References 8.1 Notes 8.2 Bibliography 9 Further reading 10 External links History Early years ( 1924 -- 1942 ) In 1924, at the convincing of Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. Adams had fallen in love with hockey while watching the 1924 Stanley Cup Finals between the NHL champion Montreal Canadiens and the WCHL champion Calgary Tigers. The previous year in 1923, Thomas Duggan received options on three NHL franchises for the United States, and he sold one to Charles Adams, who in turn, persuaded the NHL to grant him a franchise for the city of Boston, which occurred on November 1, 1924. With the Montreal Maroons, the team was one of the NHL 's first expansion teams, and the first NHL team to be based in the United States. Adams ' first act was to hire Art Ross, a former star player and innovator, as general manager. Ross was the face of the franchise for the next thirty years, including four separate stints as coach. Adams directed Ross to come up with a nickname that would portray an untamed animal displaying speed, agility, and cunning. Ross came up with `` Bruins '', an Old English word used for brown bears ( from the Dutch `` bruin '' meaning brown ) in classic folk tales. The team 's bearlike nickname also went along with the team 's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams ' grocery chain, First National Stores. Eddie Shore as a member of the Boston Bruins. After the WHL collapsed in 1926, the Bruins purchased the rights to some of their players, including Shore. On December 1, 1924, the new Bruins team played their first NHL game against their expansion cousins the Maroons, at Boston Arena, with Canadian skater Smokey Harris scoring the first - ever Bruins goal, spurring the Bruins to a 2 -- 1 win. This would be one of the few high points of the season, as the Bruins proved to be no match for the established NHL teams. At the time, the NHL did not conduct an expansion draft for new teams, there were few American - born hockey players and many Canadian players were initially skeptical of hockey 's long - term prospects in the Eastern United States. Boston was therefore left with a team full of NHL castaways unable to land a spot on the roster of the more established Canadian teams. The Bruins only managed a 6 -- 24 -- 0 record ( to this day, their worst points percentage --. 200 -- in franchise history ) and finished in last place in its first season -- within this timeframe, only one week later on December 8, 1924, what would become one of the NHL 's all - time fiercest rivalries was initiated, as the Montreal Canadiens were the visiting team at the Boston Arena that night, defeating the hometown Bruins by a 4 - 3 score. The Bruins played three more seasons at the Arena, after which they became the main tenant of the famous Boston Garden, while the old Boston Arena facility -- the world 's oldest existing indoor ice hockey venue still used for the sport at any level of competition, and the only surviving rink where an Original Six NHL team began their career in the league -- was eventually taken over by Northeastern University, and renamed Matthews Arena when the university renovated it in 1979. The Bruins ' managed to improve in their second season to a winning record, largely due to the presence of two more expansion teams. Unfortunately for Boston, the NHL did not expand the playoffs for the 1925 -- 26 season and the Bruins missed out on the third and final playoff berth by one point to the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates. In their third season, 1926 -- 27, the organization made some wise personnel moves. Ross took advantage of the collapse of the Western Hockey League to purchase several western stars, including the team 's first great star, a defenseman from Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan named Eddie Shore. The Bruins ' moves were largely counterbalanced by WHL player acquisitions on other NHL teams, and the team 's record was actually slightly worse than the previous season ( the Bruins finished only one game above. 500 ), but Boston nevertheless qualified for the then - expanded playoffs by a comfortable margin. Tiny Thompson was the goaltender for the Bruins from 1928 to 1938. He helped the team win its first Stanley Cup in 1929. In their first - ever playoff run, the Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Final where they lost to the Ottawa Senators in the first Cup Final to be between exclusively NHL teams. In 1929 the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup. Standout players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson. The 1928 -- 29 season was the first played at Boston Garden, which Adams had built after guaranteeing his backers $500,000 in gate receipts over the next five years. The season after that, 1929 -- 30, the Bruins posted the best - ever regular season winning percentage in the NHL ( an astonishing. 875, winning 38 out of 44 games, a record which still stands ) and shattered numerous team scoring records, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Cup Final. The 1930s Bruins teams included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert and Cooney Weiland. The team led the league 's standings five times in the decade. In 1939, the team changed its uniform colors from brown and yellow to the current black and gold, and captured the second Stanley Cup in franchise history. That year, Thompson was traded for rookie goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek had an award - winning season, capturing the Vezina and Calder Trophies, becoming the first rookie named to the NHL First All - Star Team, and earning the nickname `` Mr. Zero. '' The team skating in front of Brimsek included Bill Cowley, Shore, Clapper and `` Sudden Death '' Mel Hill ( who scored three overtime goals in one playoff series ), together with the `` Kraut Line '' of center Milt Schmidt, right winger Bobby Bauer and left winger Woody Dumart. In 1940 Shore was traded to the struggling New York Americans for his final NHL season. In 1941 the Bruins won their third Stanley Cup after losing only eight games and finishing first in the regular season. It was their last Stanley Cup for 29 years. World War II affected the Bruins more than most teams ; Brimsek and the `` Krauts '' all enlisted after the 1940 -- 41 Cup win, and lost the most productive years of their careers at war. Cowley, assisted by veteran player Clapper and Busher Jackson, was the team 's remaining star. Original six era ( 1942 -- 1967 ) Even though the NHL had by 1942 been reduced to the six teams that would in the modern era be called the `` Original Six '', talent was depleted enough that freak seasons could take place, as in 1944, when Bruin Herb Cain would set the then - NHL record for points in a season with 82. But the Bruins did not make the playoffs that season, and Cain was out of the NHL two seasons later. The stars returned for the 1945 -- 46 season, and Clapper led the team back to the Stanley Cup Final as player - coach. He retired as a player after the next season, becoming the first player to play twenty NHL seasons, but stayed on as coach for two more years. Brimsek proved to be not as good as he was before the war, and after 1946 the Bruins lost in the first playoff round three straight years, resulting in Clapper 's resignation. Brimsek was traded to the last - place Chicago Black Hawks in 1949, followed by the unexpected lifetime ban of promising young star Don Gallinger on suspicion of gambling. The only remaining quality young player who stayed with the team for any length was forward Johnny Peirson, recognizable to fans of a later era as the Bruins ' television color commentator in the 1970s. During the 1948 -- 49 season, the original form of the `` spoked - B '' logo, with a small number `` 24 '' to the left of the capital B signifying the calendar year in the 20th century in which the Bruins team first played, and a similarly small `` 49 '' to the right of the `` B '', for the then - current season 's calendar year in the 20th century, appeared on their home uniforms -- a nod to the Boston area 's nickname of `` The Hub ''. The following season, the logo was modified into the basic `` spoked - B '' form that was to be used, virtually unchanged ( except for certain proportions within the logo ), through the 1993 -- 94 season. In 1951, Walter A. Brown purchased the Boston Bruins from Weston Adams. The 1950s began with Charles Adams ' son Weston ( who had been team president since 1936 ) facing financial trouble. He was forced to accept a buyout offer from Walter A. Brown, the owner of the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics and the Garden, in 1951. Although there were some instances of success ( such as making the Stanley Cup Final in 1953, 1957 and 1958, only to lose to the Montreal Canadiens each time ), the Bruins mustered only four winning seasons between 1947 and 1967. They missed the playoffs eight straight years between 1960 and 1967. In 1954, on New Year 's Day, Robert Skrak, an assistant to Frank Zamboni, the inventor of the best known ice resurfacing machine of the time, demonstrated a very early model of the machine at Boston Garden to the team management, and as a result, the Bruins ordered one of the then - produced `` Model E '' resurfacers to be used at the Garden, the first known NHL team to acquire one of the soon - to - be-ubiquitous `` Zambonis '' for their own use. The Bruins ' Zamboni Model E, factory serial number 21 -- used as late as the 1980s on an emergency basis -- eventually ended up in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in 1988 for preservation. On January 18, 1958, a milestone in NHL history occurred as the first black person ever to play in the NHL stepped onto the ice for the Bruins, New Brunswick - born left wing Willie O'Ree. He played in 45 games for the Bruins over the 1957 -- 58 and 1960 -- 61 seasons, scoring six goals and ten assists in his NHL career. During this period, the farm system of the Bruins was not as expansive or well - developed as most of the other five teams. The Bruins sought players not protected by the other teams, and in like fashion to the aforementioned signing of Willie O'Ree, the team signed Tommy Williams from the 1960 Olympic - gold medal winning American national men 's hockey team -- at the time the only American player in the NHL -- in 1962. The `` Uke Line '' -- named for the Ukrainian heritage of Johnny Bucyk, Vic Stasiuk and Bronco Horvath -- came to Boston in 1957 and enjoyed four productive offensive seasons, heralding, along with scoring stalwarts Don McKenney and Fleming MacKell, the successful era of the late 1950s. There followed a long and difficult reconstruction period in the early, mid-1960s. Expansion and the Big Bad Bruins ( 1967 -- 1979 ) Weston Adams repurchased the Bruins in 1964 after Brown 's death and set about rebuilding the team. Adams signed a defenseman from Parry Sound, Ontario, named Bobby Orr, who entered the league in 1966 and became, in the eyes of many, the greatest player of all time. He was announced that season 's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the Second NHL All - Star Team. When asked about Orr 's NHL debut game, October 19, 1966, against the Detroit Red Wings, then - Bruins coach Harry Sinden recalled : `` Our fans had heard about this kid for a few years now. There was a lot of pressure on him, but he met all the expectations. He was a star from the moment they played the national anthem in the opening game of the season. '' Despite Orr 's stellar rookie season, the Bruins would miss the playoffs. The next season, they would go on to make the playoffs for 29 straight seasons. The Bruins then obtained young forwards Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield from Chicago in a deal celebrated as one of the most one - sided in hockey history. Hodge and Stanfield became key elements of the Bruins ' success, and Esposito, who centered a line with Hodge and Wayne Cashman, became the league 's top goal - scorer and the first NHL player to break the 100 - point mark, setting many goal - and point - scoring records. Esposito remains one of four players to win the Art Ross Trophy four consecutive seasons ( the other three are Jaromir Jagr, Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe ). With other stars like forwards Bucyk, John McKenzie, Derek Sanderson, and Hodge, steady defenders like Dallas Smith and goaltender Gerry Cheevers, the `` Big Bad Bruins '' became one of the league 's top teams from the late 1960s into the 1980s. Orr is tripped and flies through the air after scoring `` The Goal '' in overtime to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. The image is widely considered to be one of the most famous in hockey history. In 1970, a 29 - year Stanley Cup drought came to an end in Boston, as the Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues in four games in the Final. Orr scored the game - winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup. The same season was Orr 's most awarded -- the third of eight consecutive years he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the top defenseman in the NHL -- and he won the Art Ross Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy, the only player to ever win four major awards in the same season. `` No one, absolutely no one, could have finished a goal in like manner. For years Orr had been described as someone who was graceful, elegant, powerful, without fear -- poetry in motion. All these epithets were captured and immortalized in the photos of the goal that won the 1970 Stanley Cup. '' The 1970 -- 71 season was, in retrospect, the high - water mark of the 1970s for Boston. While Sinden temporarily retired from hockey to enter business ( he was replaced by ex-Bruin and Canadien defenseman Tom Johnson ), the Bruins set dozens of offensive scoring records : they had seven of the league 's top ten scorers -- a feat not achieved before or since -- set the record for wins in a season, and in a league that had never seen a 100 - point scorer before 1969, the Bruins had four that year. All four ( Orr, Esposito, Bucyk and Hodge ) were named First Team All - Stars, a feat matched in the expansion era only by the 1976 -- 77 Canadiens. Boston were favored to repeat as Cup champions, but ran into a roadblock in the playoffs. Up 5 -- 1 at one point in game two of the quarter - finals against the Canadiens ( and rookie goaltender Ken Dryden ), the Bruins squandered the lead to lose 7 -- 5. The Bruins never recovered and lost the series in seven games. While the Bruins were not quite as dominant the next season ( although only three points behind the 1971 pace ), Esposito and Orr were once again one - two in the scoring standings ( followed by Bucyk in ninth place ) and they regained the Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers in six games in the Finals. Rangers blueliner Brad Park, who came runner - up to Orr 's ( then ) five - year monopoly on the Norris Trophy, said, `` Bobby Orr was -- did n't make -- the difference. '' The 1972 -- 73 season saw upheaval at the Bruins. Former head coach Sinden became the general manager. Bruins players Gerry Cheevers, Derek Sanderson and Johnny McKenzie left to join the upstart World Hockey Association. Coach Tom Johnson was fired 52 games into the season, replaced by Bep Guidolin, who had once coached Orr. The Adams family, which had owned the team since its founding in the 1920s, sold it to Storer Broadcasting. The Bruins ' season came to a premature end in a first - round loss to the Rangers in the 1973 playoffs, losing Esposito to injury in that first round. In 1974, the Bruins regained their first place standing in the regular season, with three 100 - point scorers on the team ( Esposito, Orr, and Hodge ). However they lost the 1974 Final in an upset to the Philadelphia Flyers. Terry O'Reilly was drafted by the Bruins 14th overall in the 1971 draft. He played his entire career with the Bruins from 1971 to 1985. Don Cherry stepped behind the bench as the new coach in 1974 -- 75. The Bruins stocked themselves with enforcers and grinders, and remained competitive under Cherry 's reign, the so - called `` Lunch Pail A.C ''., behind players such as Gregg Sheppard, Terry O'Reilly, Stan Jonathan, and Peter McNab. This would also turn out to be Orr 's final full season in the league, before his knee injuries worsened, as well as the last time Orr and Esposito would finish 1 - 2 in regular season scoring. The Bruins placed second in the Adams Division, and lost to the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the 1975 playoffs, losing a best - of - three series, two games to one. Continuing with Cherry 's rebuilding of the team, the Bruins traded Esposito and Carol Vadnais for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to the Rangers. That trade was particularly controversial for both Bruins and Rangers fans, as Esposito was one of the most popular Bruins players ( though it was known he disagreed with Cherry 's coaching ), while Park and Ratelle were Rangers stalwarts. However, Boston ended up getting the better of the trade, as Esposito never reached his previous scoring highs with the Rangers, while Ratelle maintained his skill level with the Bruins and was a high scorer for several years more. Particularly, it was Park who reemerged as one of the league 's best defencemen and filled the void left by Orr, who had been sidelined by surgery at the start of 1975 -- 76 and only managed to play ten games before being injured and lost for the rest of the season. The Bruins made the semi-finals again, losing to the Flyers. As an impending free agent, contract talks with Orr and his agent Alan Eagleson had been tumultuous throughout 1975 -- 76. Although insurers would not underwrite Orr and doctors advised he could not play much longer, the Bruins still attempted to re-sign Orr and offered him a five - year deal at US $925,000, or 18.6 percent ownership of the club in 1980. However, Eagleson turned down the offer without informing Orr, instead signing him to the Chicago Black Hawks in 1976 ; Orr was never effective -- having only played 26 games in Chicago -- and retired after many knee operations in 1979. Cheevers returned from the WHA in 1977, and the Bruins got past the Flyers in the semi-finals, but they were swept by the Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals. The story repeated itself in 1978 -- with a balanced attack that saw Boston have eleven players with 20 + goal seasons, still the NHL record -- as the Bruins made the Final once more, but lost in six games to the Canadiens team that had recorded the best regular season in modern history. After that series, Johnny Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins ' career longevity and scoring mark to that time. The 1979 semi-final series against the Habs proved to be Cherry 's undoing. In the deciding seventh game, the Bruins, up by a goal, were called for having too many men on the ice in the late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. Never popular with Harry Sinden, by then the Bruins ' general manager, Cherry was dismissed as head coach but was later hired in the same capacity with the Colorado Rockies. At Madison Square Garden on December 23, 1979, just after the Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4 -- 3, John Kaptain, a Rangers fan from New Jersey, stole Stan Jonathan 's stick and hit him with it during a post-game scrum. When other fans got involved, Terry O'Reilly charged into the stands followed by his teammates. During the fight, Bruin defenseman and future NBC hockey analyst Mike Milbury famously pulled off Kaptain 's shoe and hit him with it. O'Reilly, a future team captain, received an eight - game suspension for the brawl, while Milbury and McNab were suspended for six games and the entire team save for Cheevers was fined $500, while Kaptain was sentenced to six months in prison. In 2012, TSN named the fight, entitled `` Milbury and The Shoe '', as No. 4 on its Top 10 Craziest Hockey Moments. Ray Bourque era ( 1979 -- 2000 ) The 1979 season saw new Head Coach Fred Creighton -- himself replaced by the newly retired Cheevers the following year. The Bruins trade of Ron Grahame to the Los Angeles Kings for a first round pick, that turned out to be eighth overall, enabled the Bruins to draft Ray Bourque, one of the greatest defensemen of all - time and the face of the Bruins for over two decades. The Bruins made the playoffs every year through the 1980s behind stars such as Park, Bourque and Rick Middleton -- and had the league 's best record in 1983 behind a Vezina Trophy -- winning season from ex-Flyer goaltender Pete Peeters -- but always fell short of making the Finals. Ray Bourque, shown in 1981 and before switching to his familiar No. 77, led the Bruins to two Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 1988 and 1990. Bourque, Cam Neely and Keith Crowder led the Bruins to another Cup Final appearance in 1988 against the Edmonton Oilers. The Bruins lost in a four - game sweep, but a memorable moment in the would - be fourth game ensued, when in the second period with the game tied 3 -- 3, a blown fuse put the lights out at the Boston Garden. The rest of the game was cancelled and the series shifted to Edmonton. The Oilers completed the sweep, 6 -- 3, back at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton in what was originally scheduled as Game 5. The event is considered to be the reason the Bruins began work on a new arena. Boston returned to the Stanley Cup Final in 1990 ( with Neely, Bourque, Craig Janney, Bobby Carpenter, and rookie Don Sweeney, and former Oiler goalie Andy Moog and Reggie Lemelin splitting goaltending duties ), but again lost to the Oilers, this time in five games. In the 1987 -- 88 NHL season -- when the Bruins finally broke the Canadiens ' 57 - year - long ( 1930 -- 87 ) playoff win streak against them -- through the 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994 seasons, the Bruins began to amass a playoff series winning streak of their own, in defeating their Original Six nemesis Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs, getting some revenge for a rivalry which had been lopsided in the Canadiens ' favour in playoff action, with Montreal having won 18 consecutive playoff series against the Bruins between 1946 and 1987. In 1991 and 1992, the Bruins suffered two consecutive Conference Final losses to the eventual Cup champion, the Mario Lemieux - led Pittsburgh Penguins. Starting from the 1992 -- 93 NHL season onwards, the Bruins had not gotten past the second round of the playoffs until winning the Stanley Cup after the 2011 season. The 1992 -- 93 season ended disappointingly for several reasons. Despite finishing with the second - best regular season record after Pittsburgh, Boston was swept in the first - round by the Buffalo Sabres. During the post-season awards ceremony, Bruin players finished as runner - up on many of the honors -- Bourque for the Norris, Oates for the Art Ross and Lady Byng Trophy, Joe Juneau ( who had broken the NHL record for assists in a season by a left - winger, a mark he still holds ) for the Calder Trophy, Dave Poulin for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, Moog for the William M. Jennings Trophy and coach Brian Sutter for the Jack Adams Award. Poulin did win the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, while Bourque made the NHL All - Star First Team and Juneau the NHL All - Rookie Team. The 1995 season would be the Bruins ' last at the Boston Garden. The final official match played in the Garden was a 3 -- 0 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 playoffs ; the Bruins went on to play the final game at the fabled arena on September 28, 1995, in an exhibition matchup against the Canadiens. They subsequently moved into the FleetCenter, now known as the TD Garden. In the 1996 playoffs, the Bruins lost their first - round series to the Florida Panthers in five games. In 1997, Boston missed the playoffs for the first time in 30 years ( and for the first time in the expansion era ), having set the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs. The Bruins lost in the first round of the 1998 playoffs to the Washington Capitals in six games. In 1999, the Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in six games during the first round of the playoffs. Nevertheless, they would lose to the Sabres in six games in the second round of the playoffs. In the 1999 -- 00 season, general manager Harry Sinden wanted Bourque to have a chance to close out his career with a Stanley Cup win and decided to pursue a trade with the Colorado Avalanche. Bourque and fellow veteran Dave Andreychuk were sent to Colorado in exchange for Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Påhlsson and a first - round draft pick ( 2000 draft, 27th overall, used to select Martin Samuelsson ). New millennium ( 2000 -- 2010 ) In the 1999 -- 2000 season, the Bruins finished in last place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs. During a game between the Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks on February 21, 2000, Marty McSorley was ejected for using his stick to hit Canucks forward Donald Brashear in the head. McSorely was initially suspended for the remaining 23 games of the season. However, on October 6, McSorely was convicted of assault using a weapon for his attack on Brashear ; he was then sentenced to 18 months of probation. As a result of the conviction, McSorley 's suspension was extended through February 21, 2001. After a 3 -- 4 -- 1 start, the Bruins fired head coach Pat Burns and went with Mike Keenan for the rest of the way. Despite a 15 - point improvement from the previous season, the Bruins missed the playoffs in 2000 -- 01 by just one point, and Keenan was let go. Centerman Jason Allison led the Bruins in scoring. The following season, 2001 -- 02, the Bruins improved again with another 13 points, winning their first Northeast Division title since 1993 with a core built around Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Brian Rolston, Bill Guerin, Mike Knuble and the newly acquired Glen Murray. Their regular season success did not translate to the post-season, however, as they lost in six games to the underdog eighth - place Montreal Canadiens in the first round. The 2002 -- 03 season found the Bruins platooning their goaltending staff between Steve Shields and John Grahame for most of the season. A mid-season trade brought in veteran Jeff Hackett. In the midst of a late - season slump, general manager Mike O'Connell fired head coach Robbie Ftorek with nine games to go and named himself interim coach. The Bruins managed to finish seventh in the East, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in five games. In 2003 -- 04, the Bruins began the season with ex-Toronto Maple Leaf goalie Felix Potvin. Later in the season, the Bruins put rookie Andrew Raycroft into the starting role. Raycroft eventually won the Calder Trophy that season. The Bruins went on to win another division title and appeared to get past the first round for the first time in five years with a 3 -- 1 series lead on the rival Canadiens. However, the Canadiens rallied back to win three - straight games, upsetting the Bruins. The Bruins acquired Zdeno Chara on July 1, 2006, naming him the new team captain. The 2004 -- 05 NHL season was wiped out by a lockout, and the Bruins had a lot of space within the new salary cap implemented for 2005 -- 06. Bruins management eschewed younger free agents in favor of older veterans such as Alexei Zhamnov and Brian Leetch. The newcomers were oft - injured, and by the end of November, the Bruins team traded their captain and franchise player, Joe Thornton ( who went on to win the Art Ross and Hart Trophies ). In exchange, the Bruins received Marco Sturm, Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau from the San Jose Sharks. After losing 10 of 11 games before the trade, the Bruins came back with a 3 -- 0 victory over the league - leading Ottawa Senators, as rookie goaltender Hannu Toivonen earned his first career NHL shutout. When Toivonen went down with an injury in January, journeyman goalie Tim Thomas started 16 - straight games and brought the Bruins back into the playoff run. Two points out of eighth place at the Winter Olympic break, the Bruins fired general manager Mike O'Connell in March and the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time in five years. Peter Chiarelli was hired as the new general manager of the team. Head coach Mike Sullivan was fired and Dave Lewis, former coach of the Detroit Red Wings, was hired to replace him. The Bruins signed Zdeno Chara, one of the most coveted defensemen in the NHL and a former NHL All - Star, from the Ottawa Senators, and Marc Savard, who finished just three points short of a 100 - point season in 2005 -- 06 with the Atlanta Thrashers, to long - term deals. The 2006 -- 07 season ended in the team finishing in last place in the division. The Bruins traded Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau to the Calgary Flames for Andrew Ference and forward Chuck Kobasew. Rejuvenation in Boston After the disappointing 2007 season, Lewis was fired as coach, and the Bruins announced on June 21, 2007, that former Canadiens and Devils head coach Claude Julien had been named as the new head coach. The Bruins also unveiled a new logo and a brand new shoulder patch closely based on the main jersey logo used until 1932. David Krejci during the 2007 -- 08 season. Younger players on the Bruins roster, including Krejci, broke out during that season. The 2008 campaign saw the Bruins regain some respectability, finishing 41 -- 29 -- 12 and making the playoffs. The season ended on a bright note for the Bruins when they forced the Montreal Canadiens to play a seven - game playoff series, including a memorable Game 6 in which Boston came back to win 5 -- 4. Their performance, despite a 5 -- 0 loss in the seventh game, rekindled interest in the team in New England, where the Bruins had for years been heavily overshadowed by the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics, all of whom had recently won championships in their respective leagues. Although Bruins center Patrice Bergeron was injured with a concussion most of the season, youngsters Milan Lucic, David Krejci, Vladimir Sobotka and Petteri Nokelainen showed promise in the playoffs. After a slow start to the 2008 -- 09 season, the Bruins won 17 of their next 20 games, leading many to see them as a revival of the `` Big Bad Bruins '' from the 1970s and 1980s. During the 2009 All - Star Weekend 's Skills Competition, captain Zdeno Chara fired the NHL 's then - fastest measured `` hardest shot '' ever, with a clocked in speed of 105.4 mph ( 169.7 km / h ) velocity. ( Chara has since broken his own record three times, two of those on the same night. ) The number of injured players in the season saw many call - ups from the Bruins ' American Hockey League ( AHL ) Providence Bruins farm team, with rookie defenseman Matt Hunwick and forward Byron Bitz seeing success. The Bruins went on to have the best record in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs for the fifth time in nine years, facing the Canadiens in the playoffs for the fourth time during that span, defeating them in four games before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference semi-finals. The 2009 summer off - season saw the departure of long - time defensive forward P.J. Axelsson from Sweden, who signed a multi-year contract with his hometown Frölunda HC team. With Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke threatening an offer sheet and Bruins management unable to meet his salary demands, forward Phil Kessel was traded to Toronto for a trio of future draft picks. The Bruins celebrate after winning the 2010 NHL Winter Classic. For the game, the Bruins hosted the Philadelphia Flyers at Fenway Park. On January 1, 2010, the Bruins won the 2010 NHL Winter Classic over the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2 -- 1 overtime decision at Fenway Park, thus becoming the first home team to win an outdoor classic game. However, following the New Year 's Day game, the Bruins, hobbled by injuries, would go through a five - week - long period of lackluster play, with only two wins and compiling ten regulation losses earning them only eight points in the Eastern Conference standings in that 15 - game long period, before breaking the losing streak in an away game against the Canadiens on February 7, with Tuukka Rask shutting out the Habs 3 -- 0. The win over the Canadiens was the first of four successive victories leading into the break in play for the NHL 's participation in the 2010 Winter Olympics, and established Tuukka Rask as the number one goaltender for the Bruins, as Tim Thomas would only start 8 of the 22 games remaining in the post-Olympic period of the season, with Rask winning eight of his post-Olympic starts, including two shutouts. Thomas was on the silver medal - winning U.S. team, with Patrice Bergeron on the gold medal - winning Canadian team. The importance of former Buffalo Sabres forward Daniel Paille 's acquisition by the Bruins, and his emergence as a penalty - killing forward, was emphasized on April 10, 2010, as Paille, Steve Begin and Blake Wheeler combined for the first - ever known trio of short handed goals within one penalty kill, in only 1 : 04 of game time, in a home game against the Carolina Hurricanes, helping the Bruins to sixth place in the NHL Eastern Conference, and a 2010 NHL playoff opening round appearance against the Buffalo Sabres, which they won 4 -- 2. Boston became only the third team in NHL history to lose a playoff series after leading 3 -- 0 when they lost in Game 7 to the Philadelphia Flyers after losing a 3 -- 0 lead in the second round on May 14, 2010, also losing the services of Marco Sturm in the first game and playmaking center David Krejci to injury in the third game of the series. On April 13, 2010, the Boston Bruins received the second overall draft pick for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, having received it via the trade that sent Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the pick, the Bruins selected Tyler Seguin on June 25, 2010. In other off - season moves, Greg Campbell and Nathan Horton joined the team, and Vladimir Sobotka and Dennis Wideman left the Bruins in the 2010 free agency. After the season ended on June 16, 2010, Cam Neely was named the new team president of the Bruins. Contenders and Stanley Cup champion ( 2010 -- 2014 ) On February 15, 2011, the Bruins acquired center Chris Kelly from the Ottawa Senators after Marc Savard 's attempted comeback ended due to another concussion, this one delivered away at Colorado by former Bruin Matt Hunwick. Ottawa received the Bruins ' second - round pick in 2011. Just two days later and on the brink of the trade deadline, the Bruins acquired defenseman Tomas Kaberle in a trade from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for prospect Joe Colborne, a first - round selection in 2011 and a potential second - round pick in 2012 ( which became official on May 27 when the Bruins clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals ). Mark Stuart and Blake Wheeler were also traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for Rich Peverley and Boris Valabik. Milan Lucic holds the Stanley Cup in his hometown of Vancouver after the Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the Finals, their first since 1972. In the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Bruins became the first team in NHL history to win a seven - game series without scoring a power - play goal, as they eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in seven games, and also won their first playoff series after trailing 2 -- 0. On May 6, the Bruins swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992. Boston then defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1990 to face the Vancouver Canucks. The Bruins lost the first two games of the series in very close contests, 1 -- 0, on a goal with less than 19 seconds left in regulation, and then 3 -- 2 in overtime. Game 3 did not start well for the Bruins either, as they lost Nathan Horton to injury at the 5 : 07 mark of the first period following a late hit by Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome that left Horton prone on the ice for nearly ten minutes. Despite losing Horton, the Bruins defeated the Canucks with four goals in each of the second and third periods, twice scoring short - handed goals, and going on to win, 8 -- 1. It was the highest score by one team, and largest winning margin, in a Finals game since 1996. Game 4 saw the Bruins defeating the Canucks in a 4 -- 0 shutout. The home team continued to be the winner, with Game 5 in Vancouver going to the Canucks in a 1 -- 0 shutout, then Game 6 going to the Bruins, who staved off elimination with a 5 -- 2 defeat of the Canucks. The Bruins set a new record for the quickest four goals ever in a playoff series game, scoring in only 4 : 14 of game time in the first period of Game 6. Game 7, which was played in Vancouver on June 15, was the first time the Bruins have ever played in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Bruins shut out Vancouver 4 -- 0 after two goals each from Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand, winning the sixth Stanley Cup in franchise history and breaking a 39 - year Cup drought. The 2010 -- 11 Bruins were the first team in NHL history to win a Game 7 three times in the same playoff run. The championship also meant that all four Boston teams had won their respective championships at least once in the previous decade after the Red Sox won two World Series, the Patriots won three Super Bowls and the Celtics recaptured an NBA championship. Following the Stanley Cup Finals, Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy ranked all seven championships during the decade and ranked the Bruins ' 2011 Stanley Cup triumph as third, behind only the Patriots winning Super Bowl XXXVI ( second ) and the Red Sox winning the 2004 World Series ( first, breaking the `` Curse of the Bambino ''. ) Benoit Pouliot in a game with the Bruins during the 2011 -- 12 season. The Bruins signed Pouliot to a one - year contract in July 2011. Following their Stanley Cup win, the Bruins lost Mark Recchi to retirement and Michael Ryder and Tomas Kaberle to free agency. The Bruins tweaked their roster by adding defenseman Joe Corvo and forward Benoit Pouliot. On October 6, 2011, prior their first home game of the 2011 -- 12 season against Philadelphia, the Bruins raised their 2011 Stanley Cup Champions Banner to the roof at TD Garden. Members of the 1972 Championship Team, with Milt Schmidt and Bobby Orr leading the way, participated in the official Banner Raising Ceremony. The Bruins ' short summer took its toll early, going 3 -- 7 -- 0 in the month of October, before responding with a 21 -- 3 -- 1 record to cap off 2011, highlighted by a near - perfect November in which the team did not lose in regulation. Sophomore forward Tyler Seguin shone the brightest during the streak, eventually paving the way for his first All - Star Game selection, joining teammates Zdeno Chara and Tim Thomas on Team Chara. On January 23, Thomas caused a stir by not attending the Bruins ' visit to the White House, saying the government had `` grown out of control ''. After an 8 -- 4 -- 1 record to begin 2012, the Bruins ' inconsistent form resurfaced for much of February and March, during which they endured key injuries to Nathan Horton ( concussion ) and Tuukka Rask ( groin ), and an impotent power play. At the February 27 trading deadline, they traded for Greg Zanon, Mike Mottau and one - time Bruin Brian Rolston, then signed goalie Marty Turco to add goaltending depth. The Bruins went on to finish second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points, winning the Northeast Division title. They faced the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs. In a seven - game series in which all of the games were decided by only one goal, the Bruins came up short against rookie goalie Braden Holtby and head coach Dale Hunter 's defensive - minded game plan. The seventh game saw Joel Ward deflect the series - winning goal past Tim Thomas in overtime to give the Capitals the victory and end the Bruins ' season. During the off - season preceding the lockout, Tim Thomas made his decision to sit out the 2012 -- 13 season. General manager Peter Chiarelli confirmed Thomas ' decision. Thomas was first suspended for not reporting to training camp, then his rights were traded to the New York Islanders on February 7. The Bruins decided to go with the goaltending pair of Tuukka Rask and Anton Khudobin for the season. Meanwhile, highly touted prospect Dougie Hamilton was promoted to the main roster after spending a season in the juniors. The Bruins were the 2013 Eastern Conference champions, their second Conference title in three years. The Bruins battled the Montreal Canadiens for leadership in the Northeast Division all season, before a loss to the Ottawa Senators in a make - up game following the Boston Marathon bombing on April 28 gave the Canadiens the division title. Boston settled for fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings with 62 points. On April 2, the Bruins acquired former All - Star Jaromir Jagr from the Dallas Stars, after failing to acquire Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames. Jagr would end up being a winger for the Patrice Bergeron -- Brad Marchand forward line, as usual winger Tyler Seguin was transferred to the third line with Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley, to give a more even scoring threat across all four forward lines for the Bruins. In the opening round of the 2013 playoffs, the Bruins took on the Toronto Maple Leafs. After leading the series 3 -- 1 with a pair of wins in Toronto, the Maple Leafs won Games 5 and 6 to force Game 7 in Boston. Toronto led 4 -- 1 in the third period of the decider, before the Bruins came back late with three goals. A goal from Nathan Horton 9 : 18 into the period cut the deficit to two, but the Bruins were unable to cut more into the lead until late in the period, when Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron scored at 18 : 38 and 19 : 09 respectively with the goalie pulled to tie the game at four. Bergeron would score again in overtime, netting the series winner to eliminate the Maple Leafs. Boston 's Game 7 win marked the first time a team came back from a three - goal deficit in the third period to win a playoff game. In the second round, Boston led 3 -- 0 against the New York Rangers before winning the series in five games. Boston then defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals in a four - game sweep to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. In the Finals, they faced the Chicago Blackhawks. The Bruins fell in six games, with three going into overtime, including an epic Game 1 in which a third overtime period was needed before it was settled. The only game Boston lost by more than one goal was Game 5 in which Chicago scored on an empty net in the last 17 seconds. The 2013 Stanley Cup run by the Bruins was one that further united the New England region that had been rocked by tragedies, such as the Boston Marathon bombing and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Head coach Claude Julien said after the deciding Game 6, `` You know, at the end of the day, I think that 's what hurts the most is in the back of our minds, although we needed to focus on our team and doing what was going to be the best thing for our team to win a Stanley Cup, in the back of our minds we wanted to do it for those kind of reasons, the City of Boston, what Newtown has been through, that kind of stuff. It hit close to home, and the best way we felt we could try and cheer the area was to win a Stanley Cup. I think that 's what 's hard right now for the players. We had more reasons than just ourselves to win a Cup. '' In the 2013 -- 14 season, the Bruins won the Presidents ' Trophy after finishing first in the newly formed Atlantic Division with a record of 54 -- 19 -- 9 for 117 points. Their regular season success, however, would not translate into another Eastern Conference Finals appearance. Despite winning their first - round series against the Detroit Red Wings, the team fell to the Canadiens in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals during the 2014 playoffs. In the 2014 -- 15 season, the Bruins finished with a record of 41 -- 27 -- 14 for 96 points, missing out on the playoffs by just two points after the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators clinched the final two playoff spots in the East. The Bruins therefore became only the third team to miss the playoffs after winning the Presidents ' Trophy in the previous season. The 96 points they earned that season broke the record for the most points earned by a team that did not make the playoffs. The Colorado Avalanche finished with 95 points in the 2006 -- 07, which was the previous record. Don Sweeney era ( 2014 -- present ) On April 15, 2015, Peter Chiarelli was fired by the Boston Bruins. On May 20, the Bruins named former player Don Sweeney as the team 's new general manager for the 2015 -- 16 season. One recent all - time franchise achievement the Bruins attained in the 2015 -- 16 season is shared by only their greatest rival, the Canadiens -- a total of 3,000 wins in the team 's existence, achieved by the Bruins on January 8, 2016 in a 4 -- 1 road victory against the New Jersey Devils. The team was seen as a playoff contender throughout the regular season. However, a sub -. 500 record on home ice and frequent road losses in the final two months of the regular season resulted in a three - way battle for the final playoff spot in the East. The Bruins had a chance to clinch the final playoff berth with a win over the Ottawa Senators on the second - to - last day of the season, but they lost the game. That loss, combined with a Flyers ' win over the Penguins, knocked the Bruins out of playoff contention in favor of the Flyers. For the first time since the two seasons following the 2004 -- 05 lockout, the Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs in two consecutive seasons. During the second - to - last month of the 2016 -- 17 regular season, the Bruins fired head coach Claude Julien and promoted Bruce Cassidy to interim coach. Cassidy 's very slight changes in coaching to emphasize the players ' speed and hockey skills, as opposed to Julien 's, resulted in the Bruins achieving an 18 -- 8 -- 1 record through their remaining regular season games, finishing third in the Atlantic Division and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since the 2013 -- 14 season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bruins lost to the Ottawa Senators in six games. Team information Ownership Team founder Charles Adams owned the team until 1936, when he transferred his stock his son Weston Adams, general manager and minority owner Art Ross and minority owner Ralph Burkard. Weston Adams remained majority owner until 1951, when the Boston Garden - Arena Corporation purchased controlling interest in the team. Under the Garden - Arena Corporation 's management, Boston Celtics founder Walter A. Brown ran the team from 1951 until his death in 1964. After Brown 's death, Weston Adams returned to the role of team president. In 1969, he was succeeded by his son, Weston Adams, Jr. Former Bruins winger and current president Cam Neely, and owner Jeremy Jacobs. On December 7, 1973, Storer Broadcasting, owner of WSBK - TV, and the Garden - Arena Corporation agreed to a merger which resulted in Storer acquiring a 100 % interest in the Bruins. Adams remained as team president. In August 1975, Storer Broadcasting then sold the team to an ownership group headed by Jeremy Jacobs. Jacobs had to promise to keep Bobby Orr as a condition of the purchase. The Bruins and Orr reached a verbal agreement with Jacobs during the summer of 1975, including a controversial agreement for Orr to take an 18.5 % share of the Bruins after his playing days were over. The agreement was to be checked out as to whether it would be legal for tax reasons and whether or not the League would approve it. However, Orr 's agent, the later - notorious Alan Eagleson, rejected the deal. Jacobs represents the club on the NHL 's Board of Governors, and serves on its Executive Committee, and he has chaired the Finance Committee. At the NHL Board of Governors meeting in June 2007, Jacobs was elected chairman of the Board, replacing the Calgary Flames ' Harley Hotchkiss, who stepped down after 12 years in the position. Jacobs has frequently been listed by the Sports Business Journal as one of the most influential people in sports in its annual poll and by Hockey News. His company owns TD Garden and he is partners with John Henry, owner of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox, in the New England Sports Network ( NESN ). After taking over as owner in 1975, the Bruins have been competitive ( making the playoffs for 29 - straight seasons from 1967 -- 68 to 1995 -- 96, 20 of which were with Jacobs as owner ) but have won the Stanley Cup only once, in 2011 and only in his 36th year as owner. Under previous ownerships, the Bruins had won the Stanley Cup five times. Under Jacobs, the Bruins have reached the Stanley Cup Final six times ( twice against the Bruins ' arch - rival Montreal Canadiens in 1977 and 1978, twice against the Edmonton Oilers in 1988 and 1990, finally winning in 2011 against the Vancouver Canucks, and losing in 2013 to the Chicago Blackhawks ). Jacobs ' management of the team in the past earned him spots on ESPN.com 's `` Page 2 '' polls of `` The Worst Owners in Sports, '' and number 7 on their 2005 `` Greediest Owners in sports '' list. Sports Illustrated has suggested longtime star defenseman Ray Bourque, who `` often drawn the ire of the NHLPA for his willingness to re-sign with Boston with minimal negotiations over the years '' instead of setting the `` watermark for defenseman salaries '', requested and received a trade in 2000 since the team 's `` hardline and spendthrift ways '' meant he would have to make the move to get his elusive Stanley Cup ( Bourque holds the record for most games played before winning the Cup ). Prior to the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement signed in 2005, fans felt team management was not willing to spend to win the Stanley Cup. Since 2005, Jacobs ' public image has improved as he invested in the team and rebuilding the front office to make the team more competitive. The Bruins were the second highest ranked team in the NHL in the 2008 -- 09 season and were the top seeded team in the East. With a complete change in management, including now former General Manager Peter Chiarelli -- who lost his position with the Bruins on April 15, 2015, with the May 20 hiring of Don Sweeney -- long - time assistant general manager with the team. Sweeney and team president Cam Neely had continued working with the longest - term Bruins head coach ever, Claude Julien until his firing on February 7, 2017, with Bruce Cassidy being hired as interim head coach with Julien 's firing -- Cassidy would become the permanent head coach of the Bruins as of April 26, 2017. Neely has continued as team president after six seasons had elapsed since the Bruins ' most recent Stanley Cup victory in 2011. The current administrators in the Bruins front office are : Jeremy Jacobs : Owner Charlie Jacobs : Principal Don Sweeney : General Manager Cam Neely : President Harry Sinden : Senior Advisor to the Owner Training facilities The Bruins previously trained and practiced at the Bright - Landry Hockey Center in Allston, Massachusetts ( built in 1956 ), then moved to the Ristuccia Ice Arena in Wilmington, Massachusetts, itself completed in 1986, before the quite recent completion of the new Warrior Ice Arena in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, where they are currently training. Blades the Bruin serves as the official mascot for the Boston Bruins. Bruins ' mascots Blades the Bruin is an anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins ' team mascot. In January and February, Blades travels around the greater Boston area to raise money for the Bruins Foundation. For a sizable amount of the team 's more recent TV and online ads, a different anthropomorphic ursine character simply known as `` The Bear '' appears in official Bruins video advertising. Team songs When Boston television station WSBK - TV began broadcasting Bruins games in 1967, the producers of the games ' telecasts wanted a suitable piece of music to air for the introduction of each game. Perhaps inspired by the Boston Ballet 's annual Christmas performance of The Nutcracker had become closely identified with Boston, The Ventures ' instrumental rock version of the Nutcracker 's overture, known as `` Nutty '', itself thought to be that group 's version of the slightly earlier hit `` Nut Rocker '', was selected as the opening piece of music for Bruins telecasts. The song `` Nutty '' has been identified with the Bruins ever since, and is still sometimes played at the TD Garden during Bruins games. On ice, `` Paree '', a 1920s hit tune written by Leo Robin and Jose Padilla, has been played as an organ instrumental for decades, typically as the players entered the arena just before the start of each period and, for many years, after each Bruins ' goal. It was introduced by John Kiley, the organist for the Bruins from the 1950s through the 1980s, and is still played during Bruins ' games. Goal song `` Kernkraft 400 ( Sport Chant Stadium Remix ) '' by Zombie Nation has been played for a number of seasons now after every Bruins goal scored on home ice, after two short blasts of a Kahlenberg KM - 135 replica boat horn. As an `` influence '' from its use by the Bruins, the Zombie Nation number has also been used by the Red Sox following a Sox batter 's home run at Fenway Park during their most recent MLB season. The Patriots use the Bruins recording of the horn for every third down at Gillette Stadium. Prior to 2007, the team used an actual horn in the then Fleet Center that sounded exactly the same as the MBTA Orange Line train. but the horn was positioned awkwardly up into the arena, when the Bruins scored, the horn was almost unrecognizable. By 2007, they used a recording of the horn. Records show that the real model horn was bought by the Bruins, but was never installed. From 1970 until 1995 in the old Boston Garden, the team used The Nutcracker also known as Nutty as a goal song. From 1995 to 1999 when the song was used after goals, the team used an organ version of `` Paree '' by organist John Kiley followed by Rock and Roll Part 2. From 1999 to 2006, the team used Song 2 by Blur as the goal horn. Intro song Currently `` Cochise '' by Audioslave is played whenever the Bruins enter the ice. `` Joker and the Thief '' by Wolfmother is played before the opening faceoff. Conversely, after every Bruins ' win at the TD Garden ( as with the NESN - covered Boston Red Sox when winning a baseball game at Fenway Park ), `` Dirty Water '', by The Standells, is played. During the month of December, the team uses The Nutcracker, a traditional song with the Bruins. Quincy punk rock band Dropkick Murphys wrote their song `` Time to Go '' ( released in their 2003 album Blackout ) as a Bruins rally tune, and has performed their own version of The Ventures ' song `` Nutty '' at games. Although it did not come with the band 's guarantee to help bring home a championship, as they did with their song `` Tessie '' for the Red Sox, it is still a part of the team 's culture and is played during third period TV timeouts. Two other Dropkick Murphys songs which are sometimes played at the TD Garden to rally the home crowd are `` I 'm Shipping Up to Boston '' and `` The Boys Are Back. '' Season - by - season record This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Bruins. For the full season - by - season history, see List of Boston Bruins seasons Note : GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season GP OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs 2012 -- 13 48 28 14 6 62 129 105 2nd, Northeast Lost in Stanley Cup Finals, 2 -- 4 ( Blackhawks ) 2013 -- 14 82 54 19 9 117 261 177 1st, Atlantic Lost in Second Round, 3 -- 4 ( Canadiens ) 2014 -- 15 82 41 27 14 96 213 211 5th, Atlantic Did not qualify 2015 -- 16 82 42 31 9 93 240 230 4th, Atlantic Did not qualify 2016 -- 17 82 44 31 7 95 234 212 3rd, Atlantic Lost in First Round, 2 -- 4 ( Senators ) Players and personnel Current roster view talk Updated April 1, 2018. # Nat Player Pos S / G Age Acquired Birthplace 7001550000000000000 ♠ 55 United States ! Acciari, Noel Noel Acciari 4.0 ! 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D 24 2012 Charlestown, Massachusetts 7001430000000000000 ♠ 43 Canada ! Heinen, Danton Danton Heinen 4.0 ! C 22 2014 Langley, British Columbia 7001440000000000000 ♠ 44 Canada ! Holden, Nick Nick Holden 2.0 ! D 30 2018 St. Albert, Alberta 7001350000000000000 ♠ 35 Russia ! Khudobin, Anton Anton Khudobin 1.0 ! G 31 2016 Ust - Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union 7001460000000000000 ♠ 46 Czech Republic ! Krejci, David David Krejci ( A ) 4.0 ! C 31 Šternberk, Czechoslovakia 7001470000000000000 ♠ 47 United States ! Krug, Torey Torey Krug 2.0 ! D 26 2012 Livonia, Michigan 7001520000000000000 ♠ 52 United States ! Kuraly, Sean Sean Kuraly 4.0 ! C 25 2015 Dublin, Ohio 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 Canada ! Marchand, Brad Brad Marchand 6.0 ! LW 29 2006 Halifax, Nova Scotia 7001730000000000000 ♠ 73 United States ! McAvoy, Charlie Charlie McAvoy 2.0 ! D 20 2016 Long Beach, New York 7001540000000000000 ♠ 54 Canada ! McQuaid, Adam Adam McQuaid 2.0 ! D 31 2007 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 7001860000000000000 ♠ 86 United States ! Miller, Kevan Kevan Miller 2.0 ! D 30 2011 Los Angeles, California 7001610000000000000 ♠ 61 Canada ! Nash, Rick Rick Nash 7.0 ! RW 33 2018 Brampton, Ontario 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 Canada ! Nash, Riley Riley Nash 4.0 ! C 28 2016 Consort, Alberta 7001880000000000000 ♠ 88 Czech Republic ! Pastrnak, David David Pastrnak 7.0 ! RW 21 2014 Havířov, Czech Republic 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 Finland ! Rask, Tuukka Tuukka Rask 1.0 ! G 31 2006 Savonlinna, Finland 7001590000000000000 ♠ 59 United States ! Schaller, Tim Tim Schaller 4.0 ! C 27 2016 Merrimack, New Hampshire 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 United States ! Wingels, Tommy Tommy Wingels 7.0 ! RW 29 2018 Evanston, Illinois Team captains Sprague Cleghorn, 1925 -- 1928 Lionel Hitchman, 1928 -- 31 George Owen, 1931 -- 1932 Dit Clapper, 1932 -- 1938 Cooney Weiland, 1938 -- 1939 Dit Clapper, 1939 -- 1946 John Crawford, 1946 -- 1950 Milt Schmidt, 1950 -- 1954 Ed Sandford, 1954 -- 1955 Fernie Flaman, 1955 -- 1961 Don McKenney, 1961 -- 1963 Leo Boivin, 1963 -- 1966 John Bucyk, 1966 -- 1967 ; 1973 -- 1977 Wayne Cashman, 1977 -- 1983 Terry O'Reilly, 1983 -- 1985 Ray Bourque and Rick Middleton, 1985 -- 1988 ( co-captains ) Ray Bourque, 1988 -- 2000 Jason Allison, 2000 -- 2001 Joe Thornton, 2002 -- 2005 Zdeno Chara, 2006 -- present Head coaches Further information : List of Boston Bruins head coaches The current head coach is Bruce Cassidy, who was promoted on an interim basis to the head coaching position on February 7, 2017, after Claude Julien was fired, and was named head coach permanently on April 26. He previously served as the assistant coach for the Bruins and was the head coach for the Bruins ' AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. General managers Further information : List of Boston Bruins general managers Following the team 's failure to make the 2015 playoffs, Peter Chiarelli was fired as general manager on April 15, 2015, with Don Sweeney hired as Chiarelli 's replacement on May 20, 2015. Presidents Charles F. Adams, November 1, 1924 -- 1936 Weston W. Adams, Sr., 1936 -- 1951 Walter A. Brown, 1951 -- September 1964 Weston W. Adams, Sr., September 1964 -- March 30, 1969 Weston W. Adams, Jr., March 31, 1969 -- September 30, 1975 Paul A. Mooney, October 1, 1975 -- March 24, 1987 William D. Hassett, Jr., March 24, 1987 -- December 1, 1988 Harry Sinden, December 1, 1988 -- August 9, 2006 Cam Neely, June 16, 2010 -- present Team and league honors See also : List of Boston Bruins award winners Retired numbers Banners of the Bruins ' retired numbers hang at the Garden. Boston Bruins retired numbers No. Player Position Career No. retirement Eddie Shore 1926 -- 1940 January 1, 1947 Lionel Hitchman 1925 -- 1934 February 22, 1934 Bobby Orr 1966 -- 1976 January 9, 1979 5 Aubrey `` Dit '' Clapper RW, D 1927 -- 1947 February 12, 1947 7 Phil Esposito 1967 -- 1975 December 3, 1987 8 Cam Neely RW 1986 -- 1996 January 12, 2004 9 Johnny Bucyk LW 1957 -- 1978 March 13, 1980 15 Milt Schmidt 1936 -- 1955 March 13, 1980 24 Terry O'Reilly RW 1972 -- 1985 October 24, 2002 77 Ray Bourque 1979 -- 2000 October 4, 2001 Notes : Hitchman was the first player to have his number retired by the Bruins, and the second in both the NHL, and in all of North American professional sports. The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky 's No. 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All - Star Game. The Bruins are the only Original Six team not to have retired uniform number 1. Hall of Famers Boston Bruins Hall of Famers Hall of Fame Players Dave Andreychuk Johnny Bucyk Roy Conacher Fernie Flaman Brian Leetch Adam Oates Babe Pratt Eddie Shore Rogie Vachon Marty Barry Billy Burch Bun Cook Frank Frederickson Harry Lumley Harry Oliver Bill Quackenbush Babe Siebert Cooney Weiland Bobby Bauer Gerry Cheevers Bill Cowley Busher Jackson Mickey MacKay Bobby Orr Jean Ratelle Hooley Smith Leo Boivin Dit Clapper Cy Denneny Tom Johnson Sylvio Mantha Brad Park Mark Recchi Allan Stanley Raymond Bourque Sprague Cleghorn Woody Dumart Duke Keats Joe Mullen Bernie Parent Terry Sawchuk Nels Stewart Frank Brimsek Paul Coffey Phil Esposito Guy Lapointe Cam Neely Jacques Plante Milt Schmidt Tiny Thompson Hall of Fame Builders Charles Adams Art Ross Weston Adams Harry Sinden Walter A. Brown Murray Costello Jeremy Jacobs Frank Patrick Franchise scoring leaders Recording 793 points as a Bruins, Wayne Cashman is the sixth highest point leader in the franchise. These are the top - ten point - scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. * -- current Bruins player Points Player Seasons Position GP Pts PPG + / − PIM Ray Bourque 1979 -- 2000 1,518 395 1,111 1,506 0.99 494 1,087 Johnny Bucyk 1957 -- 1978 1,436 545 794 1,339 0.93 146 436 Phil Esposito 1967 -- 1976 625 459 553 1,012 1.62 313 512 Rick Middleton 1976 -- 1988 881 402 496 898 1.02 224 124 Bobby Orr 1966 -- 1976 631 264 624 888 1.41 589 924 Wayne Cashman 1967 -- 1983 1,027 277 516 793 0.77 281 1,041 Ken Hodge 1967 -- 1976 652 289 385 674 1.03 265 620 Patrice Bergeron * 2003 -- present 899 259 412 671 0.75 122 316 Terry O'Reilly 1971 -- 1985 891 204 402 606 0.68 212 2,095 Cam Neely 1986 -- 1996 525 344 246 590 1.12 138 921 NHL awards and Trophies Stanley Cup 1928 -- 29, 1938 -- 39, 1940 -- 41, 1969 -- 70, 1971 -- 72, 2010 -- 11 Presidents ' Trophy 1989 -- 90, 2013 -- 14 Prince of Wales Trophy 1927 -- 28, 1928 -- 29, 1929 -- 30, 1930 -- 31, 1932 -- 33, 1934 -- 35, 1937 -- 38, 1938 -- 39, 1939 -- 40, 1940 -- 41, 1970 -- 71, 1971 -- 72, 1973 -- 74, 1987 -- 88, 1989 -- 90, 2010 -- 11, 2012 -- 13 Art Ross Trophy Phil Esposito : 1968 -- 69, 1970 -- 71, 1971 -- 72, 1972 -- 73, 1973 -- 74 Bobby Orr : 1969 -- 70, 1974 -- 75 Joe Thornton * : 2005 -- 06 ( * traded to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005 -- 06 season ) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Charlie Simmer : 1985 -- 86 Gord Kluzak : 1989 -- 90 Cam Neely : 1993 -- 94 Phil Kessel : 2006 -- 07 Calder Memorial Trophy Frank Brimsek : 1938 -- 39 ( trophy known as `` Calder Trophy '' ) Jack Gelineau : 1949 -- 50 Larry Regan : 1956 -- 57 Bobby Orr : 1966 -- 67 Derek Sanderson : 1967 -- 68 Ray Bourque : 1979 -- 80 Sergei Samsonov : 1997 -- 98 Andrew Raycroft : 2003 -- 04 Conn Smythe Trophy Bobby Orr : 1969 -- 70, 1971 -- 72 Tim Thomas : 2010 -- 11 Frank J. Selke Trophy Steve Kasper : 1981 -- 82 Patrice Bergeron : 2011 -- 12, 2013 -- 14, 2014 -- 15, 2016 -- 17 Hart Memorial Trophy Eddie Shore : 1932 -- 33, 1934 -- 35, 1935 -- 36, 1937 -- 38 Bill Cowley : 1940 -- 41, 1942 -- 43 Milt Schmidt : 1950 -- 51 Phil Esposito : 1968 -- 69, 1973 -- 74 Bobby Orr : 1969 -- 70, 1970 -- 71, 1971 -- 72 Joe Thornton * : 2005 -- 06 ( * traded to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005 -- 06 season ) Jack Adams Award Don Cherry : 1975 -- 76 Pat Burns : 1997 -- 98 Claude Julien : 2008 -- 09 James Norris Memorial Trophy Bobby Orr : 1967 -- 68, 1968 -- 69, 1969 -- 70, 1970 -- 71, 1971 -- 72, 1972 -- 73, 1973 -- 74, 1974 -- 75 Ray Bourque : 1986 -- 87, 1987 -- 88, 1989 -- 90, 1990 -- 91, 1993 -- 94 Zdeno Chara : 2008 -- 09 King Clancy Memorial Trophy Ray Bourque : 1991 -- 92 Dave Poulin : 1992 -- 93 Patrice Bergeron : 2012 -- 13 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Bobby Bauer : 1939 -- 40, 1940 -- 41, 1946 -- 47 Don McKenny : 1959 -- 60 John Bucyk : 1970 -- 71, 1973 -- 74 Jean Ratelle : 1975 -- 76 Rick Middleton : 1981 -- 82 ( * * traded from the New York Rangers during the 1975 -- 76 season ) Lester B. Pearson Award Phil Esposito : 1970 -- 71, 1972 -- 73 Bobby Orr : 1974 -- 75 Lester Patrick Trophy Charles F. Adams : 1966 -- 67 Walter A. Brown : 1967 -- 68 Eddie Shore : 1969 -- 70 Cooney Weiland : 1971 -- 72 John Bucyk : 1976 -- 77 Phil Esposito : 1977 -- 78 Bobby Orr : 1978 -- 79 Milt Schmidt : 1995 -- 96 Harry Sinden : 1998 -- 99 Willie O'Ree : 2002 -- 03 Ray Bourque : 2002 -- 03 Cam Neely : 2009 -- 10 Mark Messier Leadership Award Zdeno Chara : 2010 -- 11 NHL Foundation Player Award Patrice Bergeron : 2013 -- 14 NHL Leading Scorer ( prior to awarding of Art Ross Trophy ) Herb Cain : 1943 -- 44 Bill Cowley : 1940 -- 41 Milt Schmidt : 1939 -- 40 Cooney Weiland : 1929 -- 30 Vezina Trophy Tiny Thompson : 1929 -- 30, 1932 -- 33, 1935 -- 36, 1937 -- 38 Frank Brimsek : 1938 -- 39, 1941 -- 42 Pete Peeters : 1982 -- 83 Tim Thomas : 2008 -- 09, 2010 -- 11 Tuukka Rask : 2013 -- 14 William M. Jennings Trophy Andy Moog and Rejean Lemelin : 1989 -- 90 Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez : 2008 -- 09 Team awards The Bruins have several team awards that are traditionally awarded at the last home game of the regular season. Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy Best player in home games Seventh Player Award Player performing most beyond expectations Eddie Shore Award Player with most hustle and determination John P. Bucyk Award Community service Bruins Radio Network Three - Star Awards Most three - star selections Phil Esposito holds the franchise record for most goals in a season ( 76 ) and most points in a season ( 152 ). Franchise individual records Most goals in a season : Phil Esposito, 76 ( 1970 -- 71 ) Most assists in a season : Bobby Orr, 102 ( 1970 -- 71 ) Most points in a season : Phil Esposito, 152 ( 1970 -- 71 ) Most penalty minutes in a season : Jay Miller, 304 ( 1987 -- 88 ) Lowest goals against average in a season : Frank Brimsek, 1.56, ( 1938 -- 39 ) Most points per game in a season : Bill Cowley, 1.97 ( 1943 -- 44 ) Most points in a season, defenseman : Bobby Orr, 139 ( 1970 -- 71 ) Most points in a season, rookie : Joe Juneau, 102 ( 1992 -- 93 ) Most wins in a season : Pete Peeters, 40 ( 1982 -- 83 ) Most shutouts in a season : Hal Winkler, 15 ( 1927 -- 28 ) Consecutive games streak : John Bucyk, 418 ( January 23, 1969 -- March 2, 1975 ) Longest point scoring streak : Bronco Horvath, 22 games, ( 1959 -- 60 ) Highest save percentage in a season : Tim Thomas,. 938 ( 2010 -- 11 ) Longest winning streak by a goaltender, one season : Gilles Gilbert, 17 ( 1975 -- 76 ) First - round draft picks See also : List of Boston Bruins draft picks 1963 : Orest Romashyna ( 3rd overall ) 1964 : Alex Campbell ( 2nd overall ) 1965 : Joe Bailey ( 4th overall ) 1966 : Barry Gibbs ( 1st overall ) 1967 : Meehan Bonnar ( 10th overall ) 1968 : Danny Schock ( 12th overall ) 1969 : Don Tannahill ( 3rd overall ), Frank Spring ( 4th overall ), and Ivan Boldirev ( 11th overall ) 1970 : Reggie Leach ( 3rd overall ), Rick MacLeish ( 4th overall ), Ron Plumb ( 9th overall ), and Bob Stewart ( 13th overall ) 1971 : Ron Jones ( 6th overall ) and Terry O'Reilly ( 14th overall ) 1972 : Mike Bloom ( 16th overall ) 1973 : Andre Savard ( 6th overall ) 1974 : Don Larway ( 18th overall ) 1975 : Doug Halward ( 14th overall ) 1976 : Clayton Pachal ( 16th overall ) 1977 : Dwight Foster ( 16th overall ) 1978 : Al Secord ( 16th overall ) 1979 : Ray Bourque ( 8th overall ) and Brad McCrimmon ( 15th overall ) 1980 : Barry Pederson ( 18th overall ) 1981 : Normand Leveille ( 14th overall ) 1982 : Gord Kluzak ( 1st overall ) 1983 : Nevin Markwart ( 21st overall ) 1984 : Dave Pasin ( 19th overall ) 1986 : Craig Janney ( 13th overall ) 1987 : Glen Wesley ( 3rd overall ) and Stephane Quintal ( 14th overall ) 1988 : Robert Cimetta ( 18th overall ) 1989 : Shayne Stevenson ( 17th overall ) 1990 : Bryan Smolinski ( 21st overall ) 1991 : Glen Murray ( 18th overall ) 1992 : Dmitri Kvartalnov ( 16th overall ) 1993 : Kevyn Adams ( 25th overall ) 1994 : Evgeni Ryabchikov ( 21st overall ) 1995 : Kyle McLaren ( 9th overall ) and Sean Brown ( 21st overall ) 1996 : Johnathan Aitken ( 8th overall ) 1997 : Joe Thornton ( 1st overall ) and Sergei Samsonov ( 8th overall ) 1998 : None 1999 : Nick Boynton ( 21st overall ) 2000 : Lars Jonsson ( 7th overall ) and Martin Samuelsson ( 27th overall ) 2001 : Shaone Morrisonn ( 19th overall ) 2002 : Hannu Toivonen ( 29th overall ) 2003 : Mark Stuart ( 21st overall ) 2004 : None 2005 : Matt Lashoff ( 22nd overall ) 2006 : Phil Kessel ( 5th overall ) 2007 : Zach Hamill ( 8th overall ) 2008 : Joe Colborne ( 16th overall ) 2009 : Jordan Caron ( 25th overall ) 2010 : Tyler Seguin ( 2nd overall ) 2011 : Dougie Hamilton ( 9th overall ) 2012 : Malcolm Subban ( 24th overall ) 2013 : None 2014 : David Pastrnak ( 25th overall ) 2015 : Jakub Zboril ( 13th overall ), Jake DeBrusk ( 14th overall ) and Zachary Senyshyn ( 15th overall ) 2016 : Charlie McAvoy ( 14th overall ), Trent Frederic ( 29th overall ) 2017 : Urho Vaakanainen ( 18th overall ) Media and broadcasters Main article : List of Boston Bruins broadcasters NESN Jack Edwards : TV play - by - play Andy Brickley : TV color analyst Alex Kraemer : Rinkside reporter 98.5 The Sports Hub Judd Sirott : Radio play - by - play Bob Beers : Radio color analyst See also Rene Rancourt, singer of the national anthem for most Bruins home games. The Sports Museum ( at TD Garden ) Boston Bruins Ice Girls References Notes Jump up ^ `` Club Directory ''. Boston Bruins. Retrieved February 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Russo, Eric ( June 21, 2017 ). `` The Evolution of the Boston Bruins Sweaters ''. Boston Bruins. Retrieved December 9, 2017. When the Bruins take the ice this fall they 'll be doing so with a bit of a different look - although one only the savviest of fans may recognize. On Tuesday night, the National Hockey League and adidas debuted their partnership by unveiling the league 's new ADIZERO jerseys in Las Vegas. The Black & Gold 's new threads contain only subtle variations from the sweaters they have worn since 2007, when Reebok took over the NHL 's uniform design. Jump up ^ `` Northeastern University Athletics Official Website ''. Gonu.com. Retrieved March 18, 2011. Jump up ^ Katy Fitzpatrick ( October 2, 2009 ). `` '' New Season Brings Renovated Arena for Northeastern, '' USCHO.com, October 2, 2009 ``. Uscho.com. 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At 3 : 30 of the second period he took a pass from Carson `` Shovel Shot '' Cooper and beat Maroons goaltender Clint Benedict to open the scoring. Exactly 6 minutes later Cooper scored the only other goal of the night, securing the Bruins a 2 - 1 victory in their very first game. Jump up ^ `` Canadiens Downed Boston, Rallying in Final Period ''. The Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. December 9, 1924. p. 16. Retrieved June 12, 2017. The world champion Canadiens defeated Boston in a fast game here tonight, 4 - 3, incidentally giving 5,000 Boston hockey fans the best exhibition of the Canadian game on record here. Jump up ^ `` NHL hockey came to the U.S. on Dec. 1, 1924 ''. NHL.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Boston Bruins Anniversary Logo -- National Hockey League ( NHL ) -- Chris Creamer 's Sports Logos Page -- SportsLogos.Net ''. www.sportslogos.net. Retrieved November 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Zamboni Story '', Zamboni.com. 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Question: when was the last time boston bruins won the stanley cup
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