The Boston Bruins are back on the ice today, and it\u2019s the first of another back-to-back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Bruins have three sets of those in their final 10 games.<\/p>\n
They received some help at practice yesterday, though. A Bruins legend was at Warrior yesterday helping out some Bruins on the ice, but his reach goes beyond the on-ice drills.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in hockey news, there were two NHL games last night, and one of them involved a team pushing for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Two former Bruins, one player and one GM, were in headlines yesterday for their front office roles. Also, a college team that moved up to D-I with the formation of MAAC hockey is calling it quits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are 15 games on the NHL schedule today, including one at the TD Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Happy Saturday, catch up on Bruins and league news in today\u2019s Daily Bean:<\/p>\n
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GAMEDAY<\/a>: The Boston Bruins (40-24-8) are hosting the Minnesota Wild (41-20-12) this evening for the first of their back-to-backs this weekend. The Wild shelled the Bruins last time, 6-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n BERGERON COACHING<\/a>: The Bruins were lifted at practice yesterday. Patrice Bergeron<\/a> was out on Warrior ice helping Morgan Geekie<\/a> and Fraser Minten<\/a>. After practice, Marco Sturm said he has been around this season, and he might have a future in coaching.\u00a0<\/p>\n Spittin Chiclets (video via \ud835\udd4f)<\/a>: Charlie McAvoy joined the Spittin Chiclets podcast, and the interview was released yesterday. Paul Bissonnette asked him about one of the biggest changes from last season: the arrival of Marco Sturm.<\/p>\n Prospects Update<\/p>\n NCAA Tournament Schedule:<\/p>\n Michigan State vs. Wisconsin \u2013 4:30 PM (ESPN2)<\/p>\n North Dakota (1) vs. Quinnipiac (2) \u2013 7:00 PM (ESPN2)<\/p>\n NHL News & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n Detroit Hockey Now<\/a>: In one of the two games last night, the Detroit Red Wings picked up a big 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres. The Red Wings are at 86 points, one out of a playoff spot, but have a game in hand over the Islanders, who occupy the final wildcard.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chicago Hockey Now<\/a>: In the other game, Arvid Soderblom<\/a> was hung out to dry. The New York Rangers picked up a home win, their 10th of the year, and took down the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n Montreal Hockey Now<\/a>: The Canadiens are two points ahead of the Bruins in the Atlantic Division race, and they currently occupy the third spot in the division. They also have a game in hand. With 11 to go, Marc Dumont looks at the math and the schedule as the Canadiens end their season.\u00a0<\/p>\n College Hockey News<\/a>: Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA, is dropping its D-I men\u2019s hockey program. They will keep their women\u2019s team as well as their club team, but D-I is gone. Mercyhurst said it was due to the increased financial demands. Just the day before, their men\u2019s hockey team asked for donations on their \ud835\udd4f<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n NHL.com<\/a>: A former Bruin has been working behind the scenes in Dallas for the last 11 years. Yesterday, Rich Peverley was promoted to the Stars\u2019 Assistant GM\/Player Personnel.<\/p>\n TSN<\/a>: Peter Chiarelli, the old Bruins GM, left his spot in the Blues front office to pursue other opportunities. He is a candidate for the Predators GM job, which opened with Barry Trotz announcing his departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n Today\u2019s NHL Schedule<\/p>\n Senators at Lightning \u2013 1:00 PM<\/p>\n Panthers at Islanders \u2013 1:00 PM<\/p>\n Ducks at Oilers \u2013 3:00 PM<\/p>\n Wild at Bruins \u2013 5:00 PM (NESN, US: NHLN)<\/p>\n Stars at Penguins \u2013 5:00 PM<\/p>\n Devils at Hurricanes \u2013 5:00 PM<\/p>\n Sharks at Blue Jackets \u2013 5:00 PM<\/p>\n Kraken at Sabres \u2013 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Maple Leafs at Blues \u2013 7:00 PM (CA: HNIC)<\/p>\n Canadiens at Predators \u2013 7:00 PM<\/p>\n Jets at Avalanche \u2013 7:00 PM<\/p>\n Flyers at Red Wings \u2013 8:00 PM (US: ABC)<\/p>\n Mammoth at Kings \u2013 9:00 PM<\/p>\n Canucks at Flames \u2013 10:00 PM (CA: HNIC)<\/p>\n Capitals at Golden Knights \u2013 10:30 PM<\/p>\n FOLLOW @JACKSTUDLEY13 ON \ud835\udd4f<\/a>\u00a0 | FOLLOW @BOSHockeyNow ON \ud835\udd4f<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins are back on the ice today, and it\u2019s the first of another back-to-back.\u00a0 The Bruins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5099],"tags":[154,95,5132,530,5,6164,38,3397,4,3046,30941],"class_list":["post-527929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-bruins","tag-boston","tag-boston-bruins","tag-bostonbruins","tag-bruins","tag-hockey","tag-marco-sturm","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-ncaa-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-patrice-bergeron","tag-peter-chiarelli"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116308142353923742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}