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108-633: The NHL has commissioned the group to compose theme songs for the Boston Bruins and the Colorado Avalanche . The band has toured with the Stanley Cup and fundraised for Matt Cullen 's organization, Cullen Children's Foundation. In deference to the ice resurfacer and Frank Zamboni , The Zambonis are a licensee of the Zamboni Company . The Zambonis debut album, 100% Hockey...and Other Stuff ,

216-591: A 4–2–1 record during the 1910–11 season. In 1915, Art Ross was the Coach of The Canadian Grenadier Guards Hockey Club. Following his playing career, Ross became an NHL referee. He was hired to coach the Hamilton Tigers for the 1922–23 season , and adopted new methods in training camp that emphasized physical fitness, including work off the ice. However, the Tigers finished with a record of six wins and eighteen losses, last in

324-716: A Stanley Cup challenge against a team from Edmonton in December 1908, in which the Wanderers won the two-game, total-goal series 13–10. He finished the season with two goals in nine games. A new league, the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA), was formed in late November 1909. One of the teams, the All-Montreal Hockey Club , hired Ross as a playing manager, but the league only lasted until mid-January 1910 before disbanding. Ross, who scored four goals in four games in

432-681: A career in banking, he moved to Brandon, Manitoba , where he joined the Brandon Wheat City Hockey Club of the Manitoba Hockey League , the senior league in the province. In 1906, his first season, he scored six goals in seven games while he recorded six goals in ten games in 1907. Around this time, the Kenora Thistles , the Manitoba League champions, wanted to strengthen their team for the Stanley Cup challenge against

540-405: A feud between Smythe and Ross which lasted for over 40 years, until Ross' death; while mostly confined to newspaper reports, they refused to speak to each other at NHL Board of Governor meetings. The Bruins finished their first season with six wins in thirty games, one of the worst records in the history of the league. Several records were set throughout the season; the three home wins are tied for

648-503: A free agent and claiming his contract with the Wanderers was no longer valid. Consequently, although having no technical power to do so, Quinn suspended Ross from all organized hockey. The proposed new league failed to materialize and Ross applied for reinstatement to the NHA, which was granted at a meeting of the team owners on December 18, 1914. The owners realized if they suspended Ross, they would also have to suspend all those he signed, hurting

756-516: A league that had never seen a 100-point scorer before the 1968–69 season , the Bruins had four that year. All four (Orr, Esposito, Bucyk and Hodge) were named First Team All-Stars. Boston were favored to repeat as Cup champions but lost to the Canadiens (and rookie goaltender Ken Dryden ) in seven games. While the Bruins were not quite as dominant the next season, Esposito and Orr were once again one-two in

864-583: A local branch. In 1906 Ross resigned from the bank, and instead joined the Wheat City Flour Mills Company. Ross opened a sporting goods store in Montreal, Art Ross & Co. in 1908, and would run that for several decades. In 1928, he served as the traveling secretary of the Boston Braves baseball team, which was owned by Bruins owner Charles Adams. On April 14, 1915, Ross married Muriel Kay,

972-521: A long and difficult reconstruction period in the early to mid-1960s. Weston Adams repurchased the Bruins in 1964 after Brown's death. Adams signed future superstar defenseman Bobby Orr , who entered the league in 1966 . Orr was that season's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the second NHL All-Star Team. Despite Orr's stellar rookie season, the Bruins would miss

1080-766: 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. In the opening round of the 2013 playoffs , the Bruins took on the Toronto Maple Leafs, defeating them in seven games. They went on to beat the New York Rangers in five games and the Pittsburgh Penguins in a four-game sweep to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals and

1188-594: A native of Montreal; they had two sons, Arthur, Jr. and John. During the Second World War, both sons served in the Royal Canadian Air Force . After the war Ross made his son Art the business manager for the Bruins. Ross was named coach and manager of the Boston Bruins in 1924 and moved his family to Brookline, Massachusetts , a suburb of Boston, after being hired. He became a naturalized American citizen on April 22, 1938. On August 5, 1964, Ross died at

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1296-615: A new album, Chippy Sessions , a compilation of rare live cuts, singles and demos. In 2000, the Zambonis single "Hockey Monkey" (co-written by cartoonist James Kochalka ) was featured in the Mr. Wong episode "Meet the Creep, Pt. 2". In 2002, four Zambonis songs were featured on the Midway video game NHL Hitz 20-03 . In March 2006, The Zambonis single "Hockey Monkey" (co-written by cartoonist James Kochalka )

1404-534: A new coach in the summer of 1950, Ross phoned Lynn Patrick , the son of Lester, who had just resigned from the New York Rangers after coaching the team to the Stanley Cup Finals . Lynn had moved his family back to Victoria, British Columbia , where he grew up as a child, intending to coach the Victoria Cougars , a team in the minor professional Pacific Coast Hockey League . Though reluctant to move back to

1512-458: A nickname portraying an untamed animal displaying speed, agility and cunning. With this in mind, Ross named the team the Boston Bruins , after the Old English word for a bear. The team's nickname went perfectly with the original colours of brown and yellow, which were the same colours of Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores. Ross utilized his many hockey connections throughout Canada and

1620-575: A senior league in 1905, joining Montreal Westmount of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), the top amateur league in Canada. He scored ten goals in eight games during the season . His opponents regarded him as one of the best-rushing defencemen. Most defenders at the time either shot the puck down the ice or passed to a forward; in contrast, Ross skated up the ice, taking the puck into the offensive zone. Later that year, wishing to pursue

1728-480: A tactic that became a widespread practice in hockey. Stepping aside as coach in 1934 to focus on managing the team, Ross hired Frank Patrick as coach with a salary of $ 10,500, which was high for such a role. However rumours spread during the season that Patrick was drinking heavily and not being as strict with the players as Ross wanted. After the Bruins lost their playoff series with the Toronto Maple Leafs in

1836-556: A team in Minnesota , despite never watching him play; Ralph "Cooney" Weiland was also brought over from Minnesota. Ross acquired Cy Denneny from Ottawa and made him a player-assistant-coach while he assumed the role of coach and team manager. On November 20, 1928, the Bruins moved to a new arena when the Boston Garden opened. The team played the Canadiens who won the match 1–0 in front of 16,000 fans. The players signed by Ross helped

1944-481: A tie, a record for the fewest ties in a season since the NHL began recording the record in 1926. One of the longest winning streaks was also set during the season. From December 3, 1929, until January 9, 1930, the team won fourteen games in a row, a record that lasted until 1982 and now tied for the third longest, as of October 2010. A home winning streak began the same day and lasted for twenty games, until March 18, 1930, which

2052-564: The 1939–40 NHL season . The Bruins would win the Cup again in 1941 and tied their record of only four away losses all season. Ross once again took over as coach of the team before the 1941–42 season began, as Weiland became coach of the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League , and led the team to 25 wins in 48 games, which was enough to earn third place in the league. By this time

2160-496: The 1974 Stanley Cup Finals in an upset to the Philadelphia Flyers . 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

2268-599: The 1987–88 NHL season , the Bruins defeated their Original Six nemesis Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. In 1991 and 1992 , the Bruins suffered two consecutive conference finals losses to the eventual Cup champion, the 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. Despite finishing with

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2376-419: The Boston Bruins were formed in 1924, Ross was hired as the first coach and general manager of the team. He later coached the team on three separate occasions until 1945, and stayed as general manager until his retirement in 1954. Ross helped the Bruins finish first place in the league ten times and win the Stanley Cup three times; Ross personally coached the team to two of those victories. After being hired by

2484-606: The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). The family had ten children: nine sons and one daughter. Around 1876, Thomas was transferred to a trading post in Northern Ontario close to the Whitefish Lake . Living in a remote outpost, the family would trek 370 kilometres (230 mi) each way twice a year for supplies. Ross spent his early years at the trading post and first learned to skate on the nearby lake. He grew up speaking English, and

2592-530: The Montreal Wanderers in Montreal during January 1907 . They paid Ross $ 1,000 to play both matches, a common practice at the time, and the Thistles won the Cup. While failing to score, Ross started many plays and proved an important part of the team. Although he played for the opposing team, he received a good reception from the Montreal crowd. Ross did not play for the Thistles when the two teams played for

2700-589: The National Hockey Association (NHA) and its successor, the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1911, he led one of the first organized player strikes over increased pay. When the Wanderers' home arena burned down in January 1918, the team ceased operations and Ross retired as a player. After several years as an on-ice official , he was named head coach of the Hamilton Tigers for one season. When

2808-605: The Ottawa Senators in the first Stanley Cup Finals between exclusively NHL teams. The Stanley Cup -winning game for the Senators would see Bruins' Billy Coutu attack the referee, earning him a ban from the NHL for life, the only in league history. The 1928–29 season was the first played at Boston Garden . In 1929, the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup in two games. Standout players on

2916-546: The Vancouver Canucks , defeating them in seven games for the team's first Stanley Cup since 1972. The 2010–11 Bruins were the first team in NHL history to win a game 7 three times in the same playoff run. Following their Stanley Cup win, the Bruins lost Mark Recchi to retirement and Michael Ryder and Tomas Kaberle to free agency. The Bruins went on to finish second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points, winning

3024-509: The Vancouver Millionaires . Ross, who finished with three goals in sixteen games in the season, scored one goal in the first match against the Wanderers, a Senators 4–0 victory, and though Ottawa lost the second game 1–0, they won the series, 4–1. To help the Senators stop the Wanderers, who were known for their speed, Ross created a new system of defence. Termed "kitty bar the door", it required three defenders to align themselves across

3132-409: The red line , which was introduced to help speed up the game by removing the ability for defenders to pass the puck from the defensive to offensive zone; until 2006 it was against the rules of hockey to make a two-line pass . More scoring chances resulted as teams could not simply send the puck down the ice with impunity. To help tell the red line and blue lines apart on television, Ross suggested that

3240-408: The " Kraut line " of center Milt Schmidt , right winger Bobby Bauer and left winger Woody Dumart . In the 1939–40 season , 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

3348-449: The " Original Six ". In 1944, Bruins' Herb Cain set the then-NHL record for points in a season with 82. However, the Bruins did not make the playoffs that season. The stars returned from World War II for the 1945–46 season , and Clapper led the team back to the Stanley Cup Finals as player-coach . He retired as a player after the next season, becoming the first player to play twenty NHL seasons. Brimsek proved to be not as good as he

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3456-518: The 1936 playoffs, the result of an 8–1 score in the second game, a newspaper claimed that Patrick had been drinking the day of the game and had trouble controlling the team. Several days later, Ross relieved Patrick of his duties and once again assumed the role of coach. Ross took over an improved team. He had recently signed three players, Milt Schmidt , Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart , who all grew up together in Kitchener, Ontario , and had them play on

3564-471: The Arena, after which they became the main tenant of Boston Garden . The Bruins improved in their second season to a winning 17–15–4 record, which originally held the record for the biggest single-season improvement in NHL history, and is now third. However, they missed out on the third and final playoff berth by one point to the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates . In their third season , Ross took advantage of

3672-746: The Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues in four games in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals . 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 ,

3780-458: The Bruins finishing seventh in the East, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in five games. In 2003–04 , the Bruins won 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 consecutive games, upsetting the Bruins. The 2004–05 NHL season

3888-399: The Bruins more than most teams; Brimsek and the "Krauts" all enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force following the 1941 Cup win, and lost the most productive years of their careers at war. Cowley, assisted by veteran player Clapper and Busher Jackson , became the team's remaining star. The NHL had by 1942 been reduced, for the next 25 years, to the six teams that would come to be called

3996-456: The Bruins team first played, and a similarly small "49" to the right of the "B", appeared on their home uniforms. The following season, the logo was modified into the basic "spoked-B" form that was to be used thereafter. The 1950s began with Charles Adams' son Weston facing financial trouble. He was forced to accept a buyout offer from Walter A. Brown , the owner of the Boston Celtics and

4104-527: The Bruins to another Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1988 against the Edmonton Oilers . The Bruins lost in a four-game sweep. Boston returned to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1990 (with Neely, Bourque, Craig Janney , Bobby Carpenter , and rookie Don Sweeney , and former Oilers goaltender Andy Moog and Reggie Lemelin splitting goaltending duties), but again lost to the Oilers, this time in five games. In

4212-426: The Bruins to improve quickly, and they won the Stanley Cup in 1929 . Denneny retired after the Cup win, and Ross guided the team to several league records in the 1929–30 season . The team won 38 of 44 games for a .875 winning percentage, the highest in league history; the five losses tied a record for the fewest ever, and the four road losses tied a record for the second fewest. The Bruins also only finished one game in

4320-511: The Bruins won the 2010 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. They finished in sixth place in the 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

4428-539: The Bruins won the first ever NHL game played in the United States, hosting the Montreal Maroons at Boston Arena , with 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 lost their next 11 games and only managed a 6–24–0 record, finishing in last place in its first season. The Bruins played three more seasons at

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4536-563: 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 . In 1924, the NHL made the decision to expand to the United States. The previous year in 1923, sports promoter Thomas Duggan received options on three NHL franchises for the United States, and sold one to Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams . The team

4644-426: The Bruins, Ross, along with his wife and two sons, moved to a suburb of Boston, and he became an American citizen in 1938. He died near Boston in 1964. Outside of his association with the Bruins, Ross also helped to improve the game. He created a style of hockey puck still used today, and advocated an improved style of goal nets, a change that lasted forty years. In 1947, Ross donated the Art Ross Trophy , awarded to

4752-559: The CHA, then signed with the Haileybury Comets of the National Hockey Association (NHA), a league formed in December 1909, which proved to be the stronger replacement to the ECAHA as the highest level of hockey in Canada. He received $ 2,700 to play in the 1910 season , which lasted from January to March, playing twelve games for the team and finishing with six goals. Before the following season,

4860-569: 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

4968-594: The Chicago Blackhawks, falling in six games, with three going into overtime. 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 conference finals appearance. Despite winning their first-round series against the Detroit Red Wings,

5076-605: The Cup again in March, which the Wanderers won to take back the Cup. The following year Ross moved back to Montreal. He joined the Wanderers, the team he had helped to defeat, who played in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA), the successor league to the CAHL as the premier league in the country. He scored eight goals in ten games over the two-month season that lasted from January to March. He helped

5184-518: The Garden, in 1951. Although there were some instances of success (such as making the Stanley Cup Finals 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 consecutive years (1960 to 1967). On January 18, 1958, the first-ever black NHL player, Willie O'Ree , stepped onto

5292-467: The NHA imposed a salary cap of $ 5,000 per team. The players, including Ross, were unhappy as this would result in a pay decrease, and began looking to form their league without a cap. Ross wrote to the Montreal Herald , stating "all the players want is a fair deal ... The players are not trying to bulldoze the NHA, but we want to know where we get off at." The plans were abandoned when they realized all

5400-412: The NHL for the third successive year, and Ross did not return the next season. His next coaching appointment arose from meeting Boston grocery store magnate Charles Adams during the 1924 Stanley Cup Finals . Before the 1924 season , the NHL awarded Adams an expansion team . Adams' first move was to hire Ross as vice president, general manager, coach, and scout. Adams instructed Ross to come up with

5508-472: The NHL insisted the team continue to play, and recorded two additional scheduled matches as defaulted losses for the Wanderers, even though the matches were not played. With the Wanderers disbanded, Ross retired as a player. His NHL career yielded one goal in three games played. Ross began his career as a hockey coach during his playing days when at age 25 he led the McGill University Redmen to

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5616-457: The NHL record—as the Bruins made the Cup Finals once more, but lost in six games to Montreal. After that series, John Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins' career longevity and scoring mark to that time. The 1979 semifinals series against the Canadiens 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

5724-646: The Northeast Division title, but losing to the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs in seven games. During the off-season preceding the lockout , Tim Thomas made his decision to sit out the 2012–13 season ; his rights were traded to the New York Islanders . The Bruins battled the Montreal Canadiens for leadership in the Northeast Division all season, before

5832-400: The Philadelphia Flyers. In the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs , the Bruins eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in seven games. On May 6, the Bruins swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to advance to the 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

5940-402: The Rangers. The Bruins made the semifinals again, losing to the Flyers, before losing Orr as a free agent to Chicago in the off-season. Cheevers returned in 1977 , and the Bruins got past the Flyers in the semifinals, but were swept by the Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals . The story repeated itself in 1978 —with a balanced attack that saw Boston have 11 players with 20+ goal seasons, still

6048-457: The Second World War had caused several Bruins players, including the entire Kraut Line and goaltender Brimsek, to enlist in their respective armed forces. The Bruins finished second in the NHL during the 1942–43 season with 24 wins in 50 games and Ross was again named in the Second NHL All-Star team as the second best coach in the league. The Bruins missed the playoffs in 1943–44 , the first time in ten years they failed to qualify, but returned to

6156-403: The United States to sign players. Even so, the team started poorly. Early in the first season the University of Toronto hockey team was in Boston for matches against local universities. The team's manager, Conn Smythe , who later owned and managed the Toronto Maple Leafs , said that his team could easily defeat the Bruins—Ross's team had won only two of their first fifteen NHL games. This began

6264-421: The United States. The Bruins have also won the Presidents' Trophy four times with their most recent win in 2022–23 featuring the Bruins with 135 points—the most in one season in NHL history. The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena (now known as Matthews Arena ), the world's oldest (built 1909–10) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition . Following

6372-412: The back molded into a B-shape, it was better designed to catch pucks and the net was used until 1984, when a modified version was adopted. He also improved the design of the puck. Ross' design had bevel edges, which prevented it from bouncing too much, and used synthetic rubber, rather than the natural rubber previously in vogue. Along with New York Rangers coach Frank Boucher , Ross helped to create

6480-457: The brothers Lester and Frank Patrick , both of whom were later inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . Ross and Lester had a financially successful ticket resale business at the Montreal Arena , buying tickets for thirty-five cents and selling them for up to a dollar. The best hockey players on their high school team, Ross and the Patrick brothers were invited to play occasional games for local league teams in Montreal. Ross first played in

6588-407: The collapse of the Western Hockey League (WHL) to purchase several western stars, including the team's first great star, defenseman Eddie Shore . With the Bruins, he would go on to become one of the greatest players in NHL history. Boston qualified for the then-expanded playoffs by a comfortable margin. In their first-ever playoff run, the Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Finals where they lost to

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6696-420: The eastern United States, Lynn was hired by Ross after he was offered a salary of $ 12,000. He would coach the team for the next four seasons and become the second general manager of the Bruins when Ross retired at the end of October 1954. Aside from his hockey career, Ross was interested in improving the game. Before the start of the 1927–28 season , the NHL adopted a new style of goal net created by Ross. With

6804-401: 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 1982–83 behind a Vezina Trophy -winning season from ex-Flyers goaltender Pete Peeters , with 110 points, but fell short of making the Stanley Cup Finals. Bourque, Cam Neely and Keith Crowder led

6912-419: The family of former Wanderer defender Hod Stuart , who died the previous summer. Aside from his time with the Wanderers, Ross repeated his practice of playing for other teams who paid for his services in important matches. For the 1909 season Ross demanded a salary of $ 1,600. Although he settled for $ 1,200, the average salary of hockey players at the time was $ 600. Ross received a cash bonus of $ 400 to play in

7020-519: The first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver , Dit Clapper , Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson . The season after that, 1929–30 , the Bruins posted the best-ever regular season winning percentage in the NHL (.875, a record which still stands) because of a 38–5–1 record, and shattered numerous scoring records, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals . The 1930s Bruins teams included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert and Cooney Weiland . The team led

7128-411: The forthcoming season, in which he finished with four goals and nine points in eighteen games. The next season Ross, again concerned with his salary, began negotiating with other players in the NHA to leave their teams and form a new league that would offer higher wages. These actions resulted in his suspension in November 1914 by Emmett Quinn , president of the NHA. Ross responded by declaring himself

7236-439: The ice 30 feet in front of the goaltender to stop offensive rushes. This style of defence would later be used in a modified version known as the neutral zone trap , later used widely to stop opposition offensive chances. The following year Ross, who had eight goals and eight assists in twenty-one games, was the second highest-paid player on the team; his salary of $ 1,400 was $ 100 less than Frank Nighbor made. Even so, Ross left

7344-410: The ice for the Bruins. He played in 45 games for the Bruins over the 1957–58 and 1960–61 seasons. 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

7452-406: The late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. Cherry was dismissed as head coach thereafter. The 1979–80 season saw a new head coach Fred Creighton , and also included a trade of goaltender Ron Grahame to the Los Angeles Kings for a first-round pick which was used to select Ray Bourque , one of the greatest defensemen of all-time and

7560-436: The leading scorer of the NHL regular season. Ross was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1949. Arthur Howey Ross was born on January 13, 1885, in Naughton, Ontario . His father, Thomas Barnston Ross, was of Scottish descent and originally from Chicoutimi, Quebec , while his mother was Marguerite (Margaret) McLeod. Ross's parents initially lived in Lake St. John, Quebec (now Lac Saint-Jean), where Thomas worked for

7668-527: The league five times in the decade. In 1939 , the team captured its second Stanley Cup. 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

7776-491: The league's top goal scorer and the first NHL player to break the 100-point mark, setting many goal- and point-scoring records. With other stars like forwards Bucyk, John McKenzie , Derek Sanderson , and Hodge, 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. In 1970 , a 29-year Stanley Cup drought came to an end in Boston, as

7884-579: 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 Sinden's rebuilding of the team, the Bruins traded Esposito and Carol Vadnais for Brad Park , Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to

7992-400: The league, selected for the end of season All-Star second team . The next season the Bruins won 36 of 48 games, and won the Stanley Cup in the playoffs ; Ross was named to the first All-Star team as the best coach in the league for the season and the team only tied two games, which is tied for the second-fewest in a season. He hired the recently retired Cooney Weiland to coach the Bruins for

8100-518: The league. However, Ross's actions led to his release by the Wanderers. At first he trained with the Montreal Canadiens , then joined the Ottawa Senators . After the 1914–15 season, the Senators and Wanderers finished with identical records of fourteen wins and six losses. A two-game, total goal series was played to determine the NHA league champion who would contest the Stanley Cup with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association winner,

8208-566: The oldest in the United States. The Bruins are one of the " Original Six " NHL teams, along with the Detroit Red Wings , Chicago Blackhawks , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers , and Toronto Maple Leafs . They have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth-most of any team with the Blackhawks (trailing the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, and Red Wings, with 24, 13, and 11, respectively), and tied for second-most for an NHL team based in

8316-412: The only player to ever win four major awards in the same season. While Sinden temporarily retired from ice hockey before the 1970–71 season to enter business (he was replaced by ex-Bruins and Canadiens 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

8424-482: 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. Art Ross Arthur Howey Ross (January 13, 1885 – August 5, 1964) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive from 1905 until 1954. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers, he

8532-436: The playoffs in 2000–01 , and Keenan was let go. Center Jason Allison led the Bruins in scoring. The following season, 2001–02 , the Bruins won their first Northeast Division title since 1993 with a core built around Joe Thornton , Sergei Samsonov , Brian Rolston , Bill Guerin , Mike Knuble and Glen Murray . They lost in six games to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. The 2002–03 season found

8640-523: The playoffs the next season, something they did for five straight years. On November 11, 1943, Art Ross became the first NHL coach to pull the goaltender for an extra attacker when he pulled goaltender Bert Gardiner for an extra attacker to go for the tie against the Chicago Blackhawks. Clint Smith scored the first empty-net goal in NHL history and the Bruins lost 6–4. In 1949, Ross had signed Georges Boucher as coach, but Boucher did not work well with Ross and team president Weston Adams . Looking to hire

8748-424: The playoffs. The next season, Boston made the playoffs for the first of 29 consecutive seasons, an all-time record. The Bruins then obtained 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

8856-468: The playoffs. After a slow start to the 2008–09 season , 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 semifinals. On January 1, 2010,

8964-411: 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, and subsequently suspended for what resulted in the rest of his career. After a mediocre start, the Bruins fired coach Pat Burns in favor of Mike Keenan . Despite a 15-point improvement, the Bruins missed

9072-539: 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 1999–2000 season , the Bruins finished in last place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for

9180-481: The red line be striped. Regarded throughout his playing career as one of the best defenders in hockey, Ross was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1949, selected for his playing career rather than his work as an executive. A ceremony for his induction was held before a Bruins game on December 2, 1949, where he was given his Hall of Fame scroll and a silver tray with the emblems of the six NHL teams on it. In 1975 he

9288-404: The reputation Ross had as a tough player unwilling to back down from any opponent. The following season Ross had eleven goals in nineteen games as the Wanderers improved to second in the league. Before the 1913–14 NHA season , Ross refused to sign a contract for the Wanderers, requesting a salary increase. As one of the top players on the team, the Wanderers agreed to his demands of $ 1,500 for

9396-507: The same line, soon nicknamed the Kraut Line about the German heritage of all three. Along with them, Ross had acquired a new goaltender in 1938, Frank Brimsek ; after Brimsek earned six shutouts in his first eight games, the Bruins traded away Tiny Thompson to allow Brimsek to play. With these players the Bruins finished first in the league in 1937–38 ; Ross was named as the second best coach in

9504-468: The scoring standings and Boston regained the Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers in six games in the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals . The 1972–73 season saw upheaval for the Bruins. Former head coach Sinden became the general manager. Bruins players Gerry Cheevers , Derek Sanderson , Johnny McKenzie and Ted Green left to join the World Hockey Association (WHA). Coach Tom Johnson

9612-629: The second-best regular season record after Pittsburgh, Boston was swept in the first round by the Buffalo Sabres . Bourque made the NHL All-Star First Team. The 1995 season was 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 old arena on September 28, 1995, in an exhibition matchup against

9720-464: The second-fewest ever, and an eleven-game losing streak from December 8, 1924, until February 17, 1925, set a record for longest losing streak, surpassed in 2004 and now second longest in history. With 17 wins in 36 games the following season , the team greatly improved and finished one point out of a playoff spot. In 1926 the Western Hockey League , the other top professional hockey league,

9828-466: The suitable arenas would be unavailable as they were owned or leased by the NHA. Ross scored four goals in eleven games with the Wanderers, who finished fourth in the five-team league. During a match against the Quebec Bulldogs on February 25, 1911, Ross knocked out Eddie Oatman in a fight, provoking a massive brawl between the two teams, which the police had to break up. The fight helped to increase

9936-405: The team fell to the Canadiens in seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals 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

10044-406: The team finishing in last place in the division. After the disappointing 2006–07 season , Lewis was fired as coach, replaced by Claude Julien . The 2007–08 campaign saw the Bruins finish 41–29–12 and making the playoffs. Although Bruins center Patrice Bergeron was injured with a concussion most of the season, youngsters Milan Lucic , David Krejci and Vladimir Sobotka showed promise in

10152-458: The team in 1916, returning to Montreal to look after his sporting goods store, and rejoining the Wanderers. He scored six goals and had two assists in sixteen games for the team. The Wanderers, along with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Arenas , Quebec Bulldogs, and Ottawa Senators dissolved the NHA and founded the National Hockey League (NHL) in November 1917. Before the start of the season, Ross

10260-411: The team to finish first in the ECAHA and retain the Cup in 1908 with challenges from Ottawa , Winnipeg and Toronto . The Wanderers were Cup champions throughout these challenges, so Ross became the second player to win the Cup with different teams in consecutive years, after Jack Marshall in 1901 and 1902. In January 1908, he participated in the first all-star game in sports history, a benefit for

10368-401: Was before the war, and after 1946 the Bruins lost in the first playoff round three consecutive years. After Brimsek was traded to the Blackhawks, the only remaining quality young player was forward Johnny Peirson . 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

10476-575: Was chosen by Fox as the theme song to a new sitcom called The Loop . Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston . The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference . The team has been in existence since 1924 , making them the third-oldest active team in the NHL, and

10584-495: Was fired 52 games into the season, replaced by Bep Guidolin . 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 . 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

10692-405: Was in decline. The Patrick brothers, who controlled the league, offered to sell the remaining five teams for $ 300,000. Ross realized the potential talent available and convinced Adams to pay the money. As a result, the Bruins acquired the rights to several future Hall of Fame players, the most notable being defender Eddie Shore . Ross signed goaltender Cecil "Tiny" Thompson in 1928, who was with

10800-608: Was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame . Along with his two sons he donated the Art Ross Trophy to the NHL in 1947, to be awarded to the leading scorer in the league's regular season. In 1984 he was posthumously awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for service to hockey in the United States. After graduating from high school in 1903, Ross began working at Merchants Bank and occasionally played for their hockey team. When he moved to Brandon Ross transferred to

10908-553: Was living in Victoria, British Columbia , where he died in 1930. In Montreal, Ross attended Westmount Academy , and became active in a variety of sports, though he was best at hockey and Canadian football (which was still very similar to rugby football at the time). He likely first played organized hockey in the 1900–01 season, joining the Westmount Amateur Athletic Association . With this club, he first met

11016-542: Was named coach of the Wanderers, in addition to playing for the team. He played in the first game in NHL history on December 19, 1917, in which the Wanderers defeated the Toronto Arenas 10–9, in Montreal; Ross earned the league's first penalty during the game and also scored his first and only NHL goal. A fire on January 2, 1918, destroyed their home, the Montreal Arena , and forced them to fold after four games. However,

11124-495: Was one of the NHL's first expansion teams, and the first NHL team to be based in the United States. Adams' first act as owner was to hire Art Ross , a former star player and innovator, as general manager. Ross came up with "Bruins" for a team nickname, a name for brown bears used in classic folk tales. The team's nickname also went along with the team's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores . On December 1, 1924,

11232-480: Was one of the first to skate with the puck up the ice rather than pass it to a forward. He was on Stanley Cup championship teams twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons; in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and 1908 with the Montreal Wanderers . Like other players of the time, Ross played for several different teams and leagues, and is noted for his time with the Wanderers while they were members of

11340-760: Was recorded at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut, USA and was released in 1996. The 15-song disc cracked the Top 40 on the CMJ charts, and was added to the NHL , NCAA and minor league hockey arena playlists. In October 1999, the band released its second full-length album, More Songs About Hockey...and Buildings and Food . In 2002, the Zambonis opened the NHL All-Star Game along with Jewel and Five for Fighting . In 2003, The Zambonis released

11448-527: Was taught French by his mother, and later in life claimed he knew Ojibwe and Montagnais . In 1892, the family moved back to Lake St. John, though Margaret left Thomas in 1895, and moved back to Ontario with her younger children. She married Peter McKenzie, who was the Chief Factor for HBC in the region (and thus Thomas' superior) in 1895. They moved again in 1896, settling in the affluent Westmount district of Montreal . Thomas also re-married, and by 1904

11556-424: Was tied for the longest of its kind in 1976. In 1930–31 , the Bruins again lost only one home game, which equalled their previous record. On March 26, 1931, Ross substituted a sixth skater for goaltender Tiny Thompson in the final minute of play in a playoff game against the Montreal Canadiens . Although the Bruins lost the game 1–0, Ross became the first coach to replace his goaltender with an extra attacker ,

11664-527: Was wiped out by a lockout , and Bruins management eschewed younger free agents in favor of older veterans. 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 star defenseman Zdeno Chara , and center Marc Savard . The 2006–07 season ended in

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