Tag Archives: Boston Bruins
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Thornton vs. Rosehill — 3/6/12
During what may have very well been the best night of Fisticuffs from the 2011-12 NHL season, last night’s action on the ice provided a total of nine fight. At least half of those were worthy of some consideration for “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night” honors, including Dennis Seidenberg vs. Colby Armstrong, Brandon Dubinsky [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Thornton vs. Boulton — 3/1/12
Two of the NHL’s toughest and best enforcers squared off at center ice inside the TD Gardens last night, as Shawn Thornton and Eric Boulton came to blows during a game between the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils. This type of altercation is certainly nothing new to these two combatants, who have combined [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 2/28/12 — Robin Lehner
After goaltender Craig Anderson went down with a lacerated right pinky finger, the Ottawa Senators were quick to pick up third-string goalie Ben Bishop from the St. Louis Blues in order to help them get through the next couple of weeks without their starter between the pipes. Suddenly, it appears as though they may not [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — McQuaid vs. Crombeen — 2/22/12
Two of the NHL’s top teams squared off in St. Louis last night as the Blues hosted the Boston Bruins. And while everyone knows that these two teams can play hockey, we also learned that they can be quite effective when it comes to dropping the gloves and engaging in some fisticuffs as well. Stepping [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — McQuaid vs. White — 2/15/12
Despite sitting at opposite ends of the Eastern Conference standings, the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens appear to hate each other as much as ever. That has been evident throughout the 2011-12 NHL season, as the two teams, and their fans, have engaged in several altercations already. They added another to their long list [...]
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Bruins’ Brad Marchand Goes Knee-Hunting Again (Video)
Brad Marchand is listed at just 5’9″, which is awfully small for an NHL player. But at times it doesn’t appear to be small enough for his liking, as the Bruins’ super-pest has often displayed a knack for going low during checks in an effort to take out the knees of his opponents. Daniel Sedin [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Lucic vs. Kaleta — 2/8/12
The Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres engaged in a physical affair last night that yielded a total of 90 penalty minutes and three fights. The best bout of the evening took place just over 12 minutes into the first period, as the Patrick Kaleta was looking to get some additional retribution on the Bruins’ [...]
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Want To See A Hockey Player Fly? (Video)
Many people have used the saying “When pigs fly” to describe something that is virtually impossible. Being a sports lover and die-hard hockey fan, I have often used the term “when hockey players fly” to describe the Toronto Maple Leafs chances at winning another Stanley Cup or Scott Gomez’s chances of scoring another goal (it [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Two From The Bruins vs. Sens — 1/31/12
If the Ottawa Senators want to compete in the Northeast Division, they have to show that they can hang in there with the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins. During last night’s meeting between the two teams, the Sens showed that they can go toe-to-toe with Boston both on the scoreboard, and on the fight [...]
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Oliver Wahlstrom Scores Another Amazing Lacrosse-Style Shootout Goal (Video)
The last time we saw young hockey prodigy Oliver Wahlstrom in action, he was dazzling us with him impressive lacrosse-style shootout move during intermission of a Boston Bruins game over two years ago. It appears as though he has been working on some new moves during his two-year hiatus, and all of that practice paid [...]
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Brad Marchand’s Epic Breakaway Fail! (Video)
It had been seven days since the Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand last played a game heading into last night’s contest against the Ottawa Senators, and the effects of the long layoff seemed to linger throughout the opening two periods. Thankfully, Marchand was able to shake off the rust in time to record the game-tying goal [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Two From The Bruins vs. Flyers — 1/22/12
There were three fights that took place during a scrappy game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins yesterday. Two of them were worthy recipients of the “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night” for Sunday, January 22, 2012. The first took place less than two minutes into the game, as the Flyers’ Tom Sestito [...]
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Lightning Mascot Mixes It Up With Bruins Fan (Video)
Oftentimes when we see a mascot fight a fan of the opposing team, the entire act is staged and intended for nothing more than to provide the fans in attendance with an extra bit of entertainment. Some may have figured that was what they were watching unfold during Tuesday night’s game between the Boston Bruins [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Thornton vs. Stuart — 1/10/12
Boston Bruins enforcer Shawn Thornton had himself quite the game against the Winnipeg Jets last night. In addition to scoring a brilliant goal on a penalty shot to tie the game at 2-2, he also dropped the gloves with former teammate Mark Stuart during an entertaining tilt. Thornton would go on to make Stuart’s return [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Thornton vs. Janssen — 1/4/12
Anytime Shawn Thornton or Cam Janssen drop the gloves, and entertaining bout usually ensues. Last night those two enforcers dropped the gloves and squared off with one another during a game between the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils, and as you’d probably expect, the end result was an action-packed bout that is worthy [...]
