Bruins trivia: 70 amazing facts about the ice hockey team!

Bruins or Boston Bruins is a professional ice hockey team that is based in Boston. It was formed in 1924!

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1. The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team
2. It is based in Boston
3. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL)
4. The team has been in existence since 1924
5. And is the league’s third-oldest team overall
6. And the oldest in the United States
7. It is also an Original Six franchise
8. Along with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs
9. The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships
10. Tied for fourth most of all-time with the Blackhawks
11. And tied second-most of any American NHL team also with the Blackhawks
12. Behind the Red Wings, who have 11
13. The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena
14. Today is named Matthews Arena
15. It is he world’s oldest indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition
16. It was built in 1909- 10
17. Following the Bruins’ departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden
18. For 67 seasons
19. Beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995
20. Then they moved to the TD Garden
21. When Boston television station WSBK-TV began broadcasting Bruins games in 1967
22. The producers of the games’ telecasts wanted a suitable piece of music to air for the introduction of each game
23. Perhaps inspired by the Boston Ballet’s annual Christmas performance of The Nutcracker had become closely identified with Boston
24. 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”
25. It was selected as the opening piece of music for Bruins telecasts
26. The song “Nutty” has been identified with the Bruins ever since
27. And is still sometimes played at the TD Garden during Bruins games
28. On ice, “Paree”, a 1920s hit tune written by Leo Robin and Jose Padilla, has been played as an organ instrumental for decades
29. Typically as the players entered the arena just before the start of each period
30. And, for many years, after each Bruins’ goal
31. It was introduced by John Kiley, the organist for the Bruins from the 1950s through the 1980s
32. And is still played during Bruins’ games
33. The current head coach is Bruce Cassidy
34. Who was promoted on an interim basis to the head coaching position on February 7, 2017
35. After Claude Julien was fired
36. And was named head coach permanently on April 26
37. He previously served as the assistant coach for the Bruins
38. And was the head coach for the Bruins’ AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins
39. Following the team’s failure to make the 2015 playoffs, Peter Chiarelli was fired as general manager on April 15, 2015
40. With Don Sweeney hired as Chiarelli’s replacement on May 20, 2015
41. The Boston Bruins presently acknowledge an affiliation with a number of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame
42. Inductees affiliated with the Bruins include 51 former players and seven builders of the sport
43. The six individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame includes former Bruins executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners
44. In addition to players and builders
45. Two broadcasters for the Bruins were also awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame
46. In 1984, Fred Cusick, a play-by-play announcer, was awarded the Hall of Fame’s inaugural Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
47. In 1987, Bob Wilson became the second Bruins’ broadcaster to be awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
48. The Bruins have several team awards that are traditionally awarded at the last home game of the regular season
49. Blades the Bruin is an anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins’ team mascot
50. In January and February, Blades travels around the greater Boston area to raise money for the Bruins Foundation
51. 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
52. The Bruins previously trained and practiced at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Allston, Massachusetts
53. It built in 1956
54. Then moved to the Ristuccia Ice Arena[49] in Wilmington, Massachusetts
55. Itself completed in 1986
56. Before the quite recent completion of the new Warrior Ice Arena in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston
57. There they are currently training
58. During the 2018 – 19 season the Bruins finished the regular season in second place in the division
59. With a 49 – 24 – 9 overall record
60. During the trade deadline the team acquired Charlie Coyle and Marcus Johansson
61. In the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, as in the previous season, they faced the Maple Leafs
62. Defeating them in seven games
63. In a six-game series, the Bruins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round
64. And advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2013
65. The Bruins would later win the Eastern Conference Finals by sweeping out the Carolina Hurricanes in four games
66. Thus winning the Prince of Wales Trophy
67. And advancing to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals
68. For the third time in 10 years
69. The Bruins were the second highest ranked team in the NHL in the 2008 – 09 season
70. And were the top seeded team in the East