u Founded in 1924, the Boston Bruins are one of the “Original Six” teams that made up the league before the first expansion in 1967. The others were the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
u The Bruins currently play in the Northeast division of the Eastern Conference.
u They have won 24 divisional titles and four conference championships (1988, 1990, 2011 and 2013).
u Boston have won the Stanley Cup six times (1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972 and 2011).
u The Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 to win their last Stanley Cup in 2011.
u After winning the championship in 1972, the Bruins lost in five the Stanley Cup Final five times (1974, 1977, 1978, 1988 and 1990) until their triumph in 2011.
u In the first round of play-offs they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime of the deciding Game Seven. In the semi-finals, they cruised past the New York Rangers 4-1 before crushing the highly favoured Pittsburgh Penguins in four straight games in the conference final.
u The Bruins’ head coach is 53-year-old Canadian Claude Julien, a former NHL defenceman who joined Boston in 2007 after being fired by Montreal and then the New Jersey Devils.
u The captain is hulking Slovakian defenseman Zdeno Chara. He has been selected for the NHL All Star Game six times and has been a five-time winner of the ‘Hardest Shot’ event at the annual skills competition. He currently holds the record for the hardest shot, which was timed at 108.8 mph.REUTERS
