Savard/By S. Bradley

Up until yesterday, the only Boston Bruins players I was aware of on Twitter were Tyler Seguin (@tylerseguin92) and Steven Kampfer (@stevekampfer47), plus a handful of Providence, major-junior and collegiate prospects.

But then one of my loyal followers pointed out @MSavvy91.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — The words came out of Nathan Horton and at first they carried an ominous message.

“I’m still trying to get my game back. I obviously don’t feel 100 percent out there,” Horton said after practice Wednesday at TD Garden. “I’m not myself, you know? I’m just trying to get that back. Last game, I thought we played better. Hopefully we can build off it.”

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WILMINGTON, Mass. — After taking a rare mid-week day off yesterday, the Bruins returned to practice today at Ristuccia Arena.

Every healthy player hit the ice, with one minor tweak in the forward lines.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

BOSTON – For the first time since Game 3 of last June’s Stanley Cup Final, Bruins forward Nathan Horton is going to get into a game.

The veteran, whose season was ended by a concussion suffered in that pivotal contest, is scheduled to be in the lineup tonight when the Bruins battle Montreal in a preseason game in Halifax, N.S. Horton, who also played through all of last year’s playoffs with a separate shoulder, sat out Boston’s first two preseason games.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — Nathan Horton had claimed for several weeks that his concussion symptoms were gone.

But today he proved that was the case by going through his physical and conditioning tests on the first day of Bruins training camp at TD Garden.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

BOLTON, Mass. — Last year around this time, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli announced the shocking news that center Marc Savard wouldn’t be able to begin training camp with the team because of post-concussion syndrome symptoms.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

LOWELL, Mass. — A year ago, the Bruins were on the verge of finding out that Marc Savard wouldn’t be able to participate in training camp because of post-concussion syndrome symptoms.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

LOWELL, Mass. — Bruins forward Nathan Horton feels fully recovered from the concussion he suffered in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final in June.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

Talk about plans that work out perfectly.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

Considering he only had six career regular-season fighting majors in the NHL when he arrived with the Bruins this season, and he hadn’t recorded a fight since November 2007, Nathan Horton wasn’t expected to bring much punch beyond his offensive contributions to the Bruins.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — It took a severe concussion to knock Bruins forward Nathan Horton out of the lineup in the Stanley Cup Final.

A severe shoulder separation, however, didn’t stop him from playing the hero during the first three rounds of Boston’s run to the Cup championship.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — The Bruins lost only a handful of man-games to injury during their run to the 2011 Stanley Cup championship.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

VANCOUVER — So Nathan Horton was on the Bruins’ trip to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final for more than just his upbeat attitude and winning smile.

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Horton/By S. Bradley

VANCOUVER — Despite rumors to the contrary, Bruins forward Nathan Horton did not take the warm-up with the club tonight before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena.

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VANCOUVER — It seems Nathan Horton had more than just motivational words for his teammates in mind when he took the trip from Boston with the club for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Canucks.

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