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The Boston Bruins, who were eliminated from the playoffs after the first round, and the New York Rangers, who missed the 1959...

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(Photo: YouTube) It’s true what they say—playoff hockey is a completely different style of hockey. During the...

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For the penultimate Original-Six season, 1965-66, the final regular-season games were played on April 3rd. Two of the three games...

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Nearly a quarter century apart, March 31st saw the first NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs game decided in overtime (in 1927) and...

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(Photo: YouTube) The Boston Bruins joined the NHL at the beginning of the 1924-25 season. They...

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The reigning Stanley Cup champions of 1952, the Detroit Red Wings, were hoping to raise the silver chalice again in 1953. To...

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Some people are givers – like Ray Bourque offering up a record-setting 19 shots. Others are takers – like goalie

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Forget the Irish. St. Patrick’s Day in 1940 was all about the Germans, as in the Boston Bruins’ “Kraut Line.” As...

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Traditionally there is the “three-goal lead curse” in hockey. So many teams who have achieved such a lead have eased up the...

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People like Phil Esposito really know how to get the birthday party started. Born on February 20, 1942, for three...