The Bruins are 1-1 at the beginning of the 07-08 NHL hockey season. Their loss against the Dallas Stars showed that they can be shut down against a good defense and a good goalie. Last night's win against the Phoenix Coyotes showed that they can take advantage of the mistakes made by a younger inexperienced team and capitalize on those chances. In both of the games so far this season, the Bruins have shown grit, teamwork, and not allowing themselves to be pushed around. Shawn Thornton and Milan Lucic both got into fights in the Stars game. Although they didn't drop the gloves against the Coyotes, they made their presence felt with some good physical play. Thornton currently has a sore hand from his fight against the Stars' Todd Fedoruk, so that may have influenced Thornton to not fight last night. It was also good to see Bruins' captain Zdeno Chara play physical and get in the face of Coyotes' captain Shane Doan a few times last night. That was something we didn't see much of last season from Chara. One bad note about last night was that All-Star center Marc Savard was injured late in the second period with a "core injury" which is a muscle strain in his midsection. Hopefully it's not anything serious.
The Bruins next game is against the defending Stanley Cup champs Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Shawn Thornton will be playing against his former team. It should be a good physical game.
The Bruins next game is against the defending Stanley Cup champs Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Shawn Thornton will be playing against his former team. It should be a good physical game.
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