Boston Bruins Tickets

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Their logo is comprised of a black "B" in a black circle with gold spokes radiating from the center. The Bruins got off to a poor start in the new century. Despite a 15 point improvement from the previous season, the Bruins missed the playoffs in 2000-01. They finished with 88 points, which left them out of the playoff picture, in a tie with the 8th place Carolina Hurricanes, behind the coaching of both Pat Burns and Mike Keenan. The 2002-03 season saw very little improvement between the pipes, as the Bruins entered the season with weak goaltending once again. They platooned between the inconsistent Steve Shields and the inexperienced John Grahame for most of the season, but a mid-season trade brought in veteran Jeff Hackett, who showed signs of improvement, but wasn't the answer to the Bruins problems. The Bruins managed to finish 7th and lose to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils in 5 games. The 2004-05 NHL season was wiped out by a lockout, and the Bruins appear to be in good position, with a lot of space in the salary cap that will be implemented in time for the 2005-06 NHL season. The salary cap space was used to bring in big name free agents such as Alexei Zhamnov, Brian Leetch and re-signing Glen Murray. Early in the 2005-2006 season, backup goaltender Hannu Toivonen has displayed his case, in relief of a struggling Raycroft, to be the Bruins number one goalie for years to come. On May 26, 2006, former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Peter Chiarelli was hired as the new General Manager of the team, and was introduced to the public on May 31. However, it was also announced that due to pre-existing obligations to the Senators, he would not be able to fully take over the job until July 15 at the earliest, which is after the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.