WILMINGTON, Mass. — The Bruins hit the ice for practice today at Ristuccia Arena riding something they hadn’t experienced all season until now — a winning streak.
Boston’s 7-0 rout of Toronto was their second consecutive victory, and their most impressive performance of the season.
But they still hit the ice for 50 minutes of drills. However, they were a little shorthanded with Rich Peverley sitting out for a maintenance day for the third straight practice. The rest of the team participated in the session and the lines stayed the same, with healthy scratch Benoit Pouliot filling Peverley’s normal third-line slot.
The Bruins have a chance to get out of the Eastern Conference basement when they take the ice tomorrow night at TD Garden, where they’ll face the New York Islanders. Head coach Claude Julien will be looking for his team to do things even better than they executed against the Maple Leafs.
“I’d say we’re more in the process of turning it around,” said Julien. “You don’t take two wins in a row and say all of a sudden you’re clear because there’s still some things we want to get better at.”









That’s Dion Poof. Remember when he fought Horton last year and right after Horton took the time to unbuckle and remove his helmet before engaging, Phaneuf lunged without removing his own helmet – talk about punk.
The Other Nifty
I agree something must be wrong with Peverley, but he sure played well on the PK. I was hoping that Caron would have got tangled up with Phaneuff. Your right, he just chirped at Thornton.
Agree Nifty – Not crazy about the hit since Kelly was stood up, but hey… Really not crazy about Phoof acting a bit like a punk. If the score is 2-1 – totally different.
It’s obvious Pevs isn’t 100%. I think Cheech would beat him in a foot race. He’s playing and he’s still in the battles so good on him. They may not be clear but like I said before they have some softies this month.
You gotta like the way Kelly jumped up after being guided into the Phagoof train. Another Leaf was already on him. Can’t say I liked it but that’s hockey. In a 7-0 nothing game that will be remembered for the next matchup.
Dionne wanted no part of Thornton but was ready to take on Soup. If he wants to crush someone late in a blowout he should take on all comers.