Players you completely forgot were Bruins

[rfournier103]

Has anyone mentioned local guys Jeff Lazaro or John Carter?

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Sean ODonnell

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Has anyone mentioned local guys Jeff Lazaro or John Carter?

Both pretty memorable for guys with short stints here. Both had short lived careers after leaving so with that in mind were decent Bruins looking back. I mean neither had the success Vatrano or Acciari have had in Florida and those wouldn’t be bad comps.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Pat Stapleton and Barry Ashbee

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

mark mowers anyone?

How could anyone forget Dave Lewis’s main binky?

 

[Olden McGroin]

Mike Krushelnyski

 

[pizzafrylover420]

I’m sure it’s been said but always forget Alexei Zhamnov played for the bruins

 

[Trap Jesus]

I’m sure it’s been said but always forget Alexei Zhamnov played for the bruins

That was such a depressing signing, but he did even less than what was expected (obviously considering he just played a handful of games). I remember coming out of the lockout the Bruins looked to be a great team, with only Ottawa looking better. The big thing was getting another center with Rolston leaving via free agency. You had Thornton as the big #1, Bergeron in the middle 6 looking to improve after a good rookie year and a great AHL year, and then Travis Green as the 4C. They had some space to land a big fish and were first in the mix for Forsberg before he went to Philly, then were rumored to be in on Modano before he signed back in Dallas. Then... Zhamnov.

 

[aguineapig]

Terry Crisp was one of many players mired in the Bruin minor league system in the mid sixties. He had a three game call up in 65-66, but like many others found his way to the big leagues via expansion.
He was selected by St. Louis in 1967 and appeared in three straight Cup Finals, all losses the last to Bobby and the Big Bads in 1970.
Expansion struck again in 72 and he was selected by the all time worst Isles, but lady luck intervened and a late season trade to the Flyers for Jean Potvin, Denis brother to appease the No. 1 pick.
The following year he came full circle, and would raise the Cup as the Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Cup against Bobby and the Bruins.
That team had several other members who had also spent their early years in the Bruin system. Ross Lonsberry, Gary Dornhoefer, Joe Watson, Barry Ashbee,
Playoff leading scorer Rick MacLeish and Conn Smythe winner Bernie Parent, as well as Crispy, a good one third of that roster had all been originally in the Bruin stable.

 

[sarge88]

Tom McCarthy

Paul Boutilier

Wade Campbell

Morris Lukowich

I'll always remember Boutilier because he got sucker punched by that scumbag Nilan during the "Brawl in the Hall" game.

 

[rfournier103]

The immortal Ron Hoover.

‘Member him?

 

[Olden McGroin]

Alexei Kasatonov

 

[rfournier103]

Clark Donatelli

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Andy Delmore

 

[rfournier103]

Andy Delmore

Good one!!!

And congratulations, by the way!

God bless you all.

 

[aguineapig]

Tom Webster was among the many Bruin farmhands who could not crack the talented big club in the late sixties. "Hawkeye" was drafted out of Niagara Falls where he was teammates with Derek and Bernie Parent among others.
He was the Ontario league scoring leader in 67-68 and appeared in a handful of games over the next couple of seasons.He was the first player taken in the 1970 expansion draft by the Sabres but was traded immediately to the Wings for Goalie Roger Crozier and popped in 30 goals in 70-71.
In 72 he jumped to WHA with New England. He scored 53 goals that year leading the Whalers to the first Avco Cup.
The Whalers played their home games in the old Boston Garden around the B's schedule. Many of the games were on Channel 56 as they were trying to cash in on the areas Hockey craze and score some ratings vs TV38. It was always strange to watch those games with the spoked B at center ice. He had a hell of a shot, and he could thread a needle with it. Teddy Green was the Captain and another former Bruin Tommy Williams was also aboard.
He went on to Coach the Rangers and LA Kings and later Scouted for Calgary. Hawkeye passed away today at 71 from cancer. Thanks for the memories, Tommy.

 

[aguineapig]

Pat "Whitey" Stapleton was another of the early Sixties Bruin stable that went on to find success elsewhere. A smaller Dman in his day he was 5'8" but was a terrific skater. Ironically he signed with the Hawks out of Jr.'s but was selected by the B'S in the 1961 Intra league Draft, the early name of what would become the waiver draft later. He played for the B's for most of the 61-62 season and 62-63 season he split time with the big club and minors. He would be claimed back by the Hawks in the 65 intra league after a trade to the Leafs. He found a home and in 68-69 he would hold the NHL record for assists by a defenceman ( he had 50) for a year before that was shattered by a fellow named Bobby Orr.

But his finest moment in my view, was his play in the 1972 Summit Series. After the first game shocker, Harry Sinden put the Blackhawk's pairing of Stapleton - Bill White (also a former B's farmhand) together. Bobby could not play having won the Cup and Conn Smythe on Wounded Knee the prior Spring vs Rangers. The Hawks pairing were Canada's best through the rest of the series. Lore has it that Whitey had the Paul Henderson series winning puck .He passed away April 8th. One of the original puck moving Defenceman.

 

[EvilDead]

Anyone remember Andy Hilbert when he was here going in between Boston and Providence and how he was hyped up to be a big deal? This guy does.

 

[Lobster57]

Anyone remember Andy Hilbert when he was here going in between Boston and Providence and how he was hyped up to be a big deal? This guy does.

He's in the same pile as Cameron Mann for me.

 

[McGarnagle]

Anyone remember Andy Hilbert when he was here going in between Boston and Providence and how he was hyped up to be a big deal? This guy does.

He was our top prospect from like 2001-2003, supposed to become some top 6 scoring winger. Wound up being nothing, but found a roster spot on some crappy Islanders teams to extend his NHL service time a little bit.

 

[McGarnagle]

Jonathan Girard is another guy that should be remembered.

Talented young puck-moving defenseman, really quite similar to Matt Grzelcyk. Played on a pairing with Bryan Berard in his first and only full NHL season, to the consternation of play-by-play men. Had a good future in front of him and in the summer after the 2003 season he got into a bad car accident. He missed the entire following season recovering from those injuries, then the lockout took the next year away from him as well. In 2005-2006 he attempted a comeback and even got into a game in Providence, but he ended up retiring - not because he couldn't physically go, but because he would have to forfeit the insurance settlement from his car accident if he played more than a certain amount of professional hockey games again. He had to make the hard choice to pack it in.

 

[rfournier103]

The “other” great Bruins # 4:





Bill Carson.

 

[sarge88]

Here’s one that hasn’t been mentioned and I only remember him because I played against him in roller and street hockey at the rink in Dracut....

Jon Morris

Jon Morris Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Some pretty big years at U Lowell

 

[shelbysdad]

Clark Donatelli

One of the teenage mutant Ninja turtles ?

 

[Sheppy]

Jonathan Girard is another guy that should be remembered.

Talented young puck-moving defenseman, really quite similar to Matt Grzelcyk. Played on a pairing with Bryan Berard in his first and only full NHL season, to the consternation of play-by-play men. Had a good future in front of him and in the summer after the 2003 season he got into a bad car accident. He missed the entire following season recovering from those injuries, then the lockout took the next year away from him as well. In 2005-2006 he attempted a comeback and even got into a game in Providence, but he ended up retiring - not because he couldn't physically go, but because he would have to forfeit the insurance settlement from his car accident if he played more than a certain amount of professional hockey games again. He had to make the hard choice to pack it in.

I had no idea about this. I assumed it was complications with injuries that forced him out of the game...