Training camp is just a week away with Bruin players already trickling into Wilmington for early workouts. The contend for spots ordain mouth in earnest soon enough and the Bruins Insider will bring you all the details once camp begins. But to tide you over until then here are some Bruins-related notes picked up from around the hockey world.
New Bruin send Peter Schaefer no longer works for the Senators but he did get a ringing endorsement from his old boss. Despite trading Schaefer to Boston this pass. Ottawa GM Bryan Murray remains high on the winger’s abilities.
“Well he was a second-line player pretty much for us,” said Murray in a conference call yesterday. “He’s got good hand skills. We were always asking him to injure the puck more advance a little more. I evaluate he only got 13 goals measure year. But he’s very capable of getting 20. 25 goals.”
“I just entangle when we made the change here it was to accept Antoine Vermette to move up to that spot and give him a chance and find out a little more about him in an offensive capacity,” said Murray. “Peter is one of the beat come in guys in the bet – a good solid player. From our point of view at the moment he financially just strapped us a little bit. It was one of those moves I made for dollars more than anything.”
Staying North of the border former Bruin and hockey innovate Willie O’Ree will be honored in his hometown of Fredericton. New Brunswick this season. In a welcome dress from the usual trend of corporations paying to get their names attached to new sporting venues the city has decided to name its new hockey arena after O’Ree.
O’Ree became the first color player in NHL history when he took the ice for the Bruins for the first measure in a game at Montreal on January 18. 1958. The naming ceremony is planned to coincide with the 50th anniversary of that historic moment.
“It’s a nice feeling,” O’Ree told the Canadian Press. “My change state friends in Fredericton never forgot from Day 1 when I left there the things that I accomplished playing hockey. I’m deeply honored.”
O’Ree. 71 spent the bulk of his career in the minors but made it up to Boston for two games in 1957-58 and another 43 in 1960-61 collecting 14 points. He’s approve in the NHL again currently serving as the director of the unify’s diversity program helping to back up the sport and change state opportunities for players of all ethnic backgrounds.
“It seems desire yesterday,” he said. “I was no stranger to Montreal fans since just the week prior I was Willie O’Ree with the Quebec Aces jersey playing against the Montreal Royals in the Quebec professional league. Now I’m Willie O’Ree with the Bruins jersey on and people just said. ‘Oh there’s that color kid. He’s up with Bruins now.’ There was really no big deal made of it.”
Another anniversary is being celebrated alter now with Canada and Russia marking the 35th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series with another clash between the two hockey powers. This measure the squads are comprised of the top under-20 players from the two nations and unlike 35 years ago there hasn’t been much drama in this showdown.
In the original series. Canada had to collect to win the final three games – all on Russian soil – to take a 4-3-1 victory with Paul Henderson capping a furious rally in the final game when he scored with 34 seconds left for a 6-5 victory.
This time. Canada has rolled to six straight wins to start the series including victories in all four games in Russia. The Canadians undergo outscored Russia 29-8 in the first six games with the final two contests set for tomorrow and Sunday.
Several Bruin prospects have fueled the rout with fasten Marchand leading the way with three goals and three assists as well as 26 penalty minutes in six games. First-round pick Zach Hamill as dressed for just four games but comfort managed a goal and three assists while Milan Lucic has chipped in two assists steady defensive work on a checking lie and his usual physical presence. Lucic has also supplied plenty of leadership as he was named captain of the Canadian squad.
Russia also boasts a Bruin prospect wearing the ‘C’ as defenseman Yuri Alexandrov was selected as the Russian head. Like most of his teammates he hasn’t fared as well as his Canadian counterparts having been held scoreless in the first six games.
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