Author: Matt Barry

Player Profile: Danton Heinen

Danton Heinen was born on July 5, 1995, in Langley, British Columbia. During the 2011-12 hockey season, Heinen competed in the British Columbia Elite Hockey League, where he had a stellar season with 19 goals and 24 assists in 37 games for the Valley West Hawks U18 team as a 16-year-old. The next season, in […]

Morgan Geekie skating for the Boston Bruins

Bruins Forward Is “Week-To-Week” with Injury

Boston Bruins Head Coach Jim Montgomery announced Wednesday that forward Morgan Geekie will be week-to-week with an upper-body injury. Geekie was not at practice Wednesday morning as the Bruins began preparations for Thursday’s game against the New York Islanders at TD Garden in Boston. Geekie played 13:13 of ice time in Monday’s 3-2 win over […]

Bruins Prospect Update: John Farinacci

John Farinacci was a third-round draft pick of the Arizona Coyotes in 2019 and was coming from a hockey family. His uncle Ted Donato played for the Boston Bruins and was Farinacci’s coach at Harvard University, and his cousin Ryan is currently a forward on the Chicago Blackhawks. Hockey is in Farinacci’s blood, and his […]

Player Profile: John Beecher

John Beecher was born on April 5, 2001, in Elmira, New York. As a 15-year-old, the big forward played at the Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut, and scored 12 goals with 12 assists in 30 games during the 2016-17 season. During the following season, Beecher joined the United States National U17 team and flourished. In […]

Bruins-Stars Game Preview With Projected Lines

Bruins Benders Podcast Bruins Game Day Preview Game 12: Boston Bruins (9-1-1) at Dallas Stars (7-2-1) Date: Monday, November 6 Time: 8:00 pm TV: NESN Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines: Toronto -1.5 Boston +1.5 O/U 5.5 Boston Bruins Notes: The Bruins suffered their only regulation loss of the season on Saturday […]

Player Profile: Mason Lohrei

Mason Lohrei was born on January 17, 2001, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2017-18, Lohrei attended Culver Military Academy Prep School in Culver, Indiana, and played 46 games with seven goals and 15 assists. The tall defenseman played 42 games in 2018-19 with 27 points before joining the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL for […]

Cole Spicer at Boston Bruins Development Camp

Bruins Prospect Update – Cole Spicer

Don Sweeney’s drafts have been much maligned over the last few years, but the narrative might be changing, particularly in the later rounds. UMass forward Dans Locmelis is a fourth-round draft pick who has risen up the Bruins prospect charts, and Providence Bruins defenseman Frederic Brunet is an offensive threat who might be a fifth-round […]

Bruins Rookie Defenseman Shines In Shootout Win

Mason Lohrei has always been a workhorse defenseman. In two seasons with the Green Bay Gamblers in the USHL, the 6-foot-4, 210-pound defenseman played 96 games with 96 points and would play heavy minutes. After being named defenseman of the year in the league, Lohrei committed to Ohio State University and again would become the […]

Bruin-Maple Leafs Preview With Projected Lines

Bruins Benders Podcast Bruins Game Day Preview Game 10: Toronto Maple Leafs (5-3-1) at Boston Bruins (8-0-1) 685th game in the all-time series. Boston is 304-269-98-13 all-time against Toronto Date: Thursday, November 2 Time: 7:30 pm TV: ESPN+, Hulu Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines: Toronto +1.5 Boston -1.5 O/U 6 Toronto […]

Bruins Defenseman Facing Possible Suspension

Charlie McAvoy will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Tuesday. The Boston Bruins defenseman is facing discipline for an illegal check to the head against Florida Panthers defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson on Monday. The incident occurred at 9:28 of the first period in the Bruins’ 3-2 overtime win at TD Garden […]