BOSTON — Just when it seemed like the Bruins-Montreal rivalry had shifted from a war of words back to a hockey battle, Mark Recchi and Milan Lucic took to the airwaves Wednesday and accused the Canadiens of embellishing the severity of Max Pacioretty’s injury.
Lucic lights lamp for 30th time
BOSTON — The Bruins needed some insurance while protecting a one-goal lead tonight against New Jersey.
Bruins’ Lucic explains his attempts to get Habs’ Pouliot to fight

Lucic/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Considering a Montreal player had been rushed to the hospital a period earlier, it seemed a tad inappropriate that at the tail end of the Bruins’ 4-1 loss last night Milan Lucic was trying to challenge Benoit Pouliot to a fight.
Bruins’ Lucic says he let up when going after Lightning’s Moore

Lucic/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — The Tampa Bay Lightning, and specifically center Dominic Moore, might beg to differ, but Bruins forward Milan Lucic says he let up when he went at Moore with his stick high during a second-period scrum last night.
Bruins’ Thornton, Lucic living the rock-star life after video appearance

Thornton/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Playing professional sports comes with more perks than just the ability to make millions playing a game and traveling the country.
Bruin of the Week: Lucic loading up on goal, points in breakout year

Lucic/By S. Bradley
If you were searching for a movie-style title for this Bruins season thus far, one you might consider would be “Lucic Unleashed.”
If HuLK line keeps clicking, Bruins’ championship chances improve
Do the Marc Savard-less Bruins have a legitimate No. 1 line that makes opposing defenses shiver every time it hops over the boards?
Final score: Bruins 3, Calgary 1

Chiarelli has confidence in Lucic & others/By S. Bradley
If you watched the game on NESN tonight, you know that the Calgary Flames were “red hot” and “on fire.”
Bruins’ Lucic needs to heighten his standards when it comes to goals

Lucic/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Milan Lucic said at the start of the season he wanted to reach 20 goals.
It took the Bruins winger just 47 games played to reach that mark.
Successful stints in Garden returns by Bruins’ Stuart, Lucic

Stuart/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Both Mark Stuart and Milan Lucic scored goals in their return to the Bruins’ lineup today at TD Garden.
However, only one of the scores counted.
Bruins’ Lucic won’t be suspended
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli had the following statement today regarding Milan Lucic’s hearing with the NHL about the winger’s match penalty from Thursday night.
Reports: Boxing Day hearing about Bruins’ Lucic’s boxing of Meyer
According to reports, Bruins forward Milan Lucic will meet his day of reckoning Sunday, Boxing Day, with the NHL over his sucker-punch of Atlanta defenseman Freddy Meyer in Thursday night’s third-period melee.
Let the debate begin over Meyer’s brawl-starting hit on Bruins’ Lucic

Lucic/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — All we know for certain now on the night before Christmas Eve is that Freddy Meyer’s high hit on Milan Lucic in tonight’s 4-1 Bruins win at TD Garden earned the Atlanta defenseman elbowing and roughing minor penalties, and Lucic earned a game misconduct and match penalty for his response.
What would HBO Boston Bruins 24/7 look like?
BOSTON – Fans and media types alike rarely get to glance behind the scenes of an NHL franchise the way the HBO cameras are documenting the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins’ trial and tribulations for the 24/7 show leading up to the 2011 Winter Classic.
Poll result: Lucic’s powered-up week earns him Bruin of the Week honors

Lucic/By S. Bradley
Last week, I declared that Bruins winger Milan Lucic might be the best power forward in the game right now.




