In January 1980, the Boston Bruins protested to the NHL over the Penguins proposed change in team colors, from blue and white to black and gold.

The Penguins used the Pirates as an example of a NHL team, other than the Bruins, that used the black & gold color scheme.

After his departure as Bruins ' coach, Cheevers served as a color commentator for the Hartford Whalers from 1986 to 1995 and the Boston Bruins from 1999 to 2002.

The announcers for most of the Bruins games were hall-of-famer Fred Cusick ( on play-by-play ) and Johnny Peirson ( on color commentary ), who was later succeeded by Dave Shea and former Bruin Derek Sanderson.

Following his retirement, Peirson became a prominent broadcast color analyst for the Bruins, first on WBZ radio with Fred Cusick -- with whom as a player he had done a TV demonstration during one of CBS-TV's short-lived weekly NHL telecasts — then on WSBK television, initially with Don Earle and then for many years with Cusick, who had moved from radio to TV.

This is controversial, since Murray shopped himself to other teams during the 2008 off-season claiming to be " healthy ", which could hurt his chances to win the claim, although whether or not this is because he was determined ' fit to play ' by Bruins doctors on July 14 is another important issue in the grievance.

It was one of the most one-sided trades in hockey history – Bucyk went on to play 21 more years with the Bruins.

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the Red Wings set the NHL record for most consecutive wins at home in a single season by winning their 21st home game with a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars, and on Sunday, February 19, 2012, defeated the San Jose Sharks to record their 23rd consecutive home victory, breaking the overall record previously held by the Boston Bruins over two seasons from 1929-1930.

He was one of four black players on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team ; the others were Woody Strode, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett.

With that improvement, the team was sold to Robert Kraft in January 1994 for a ( then ) record price of $ 200, 000, 000 — an astonishing price considering the Pats had generally been considered a laughing-stock and second rate team, had the worst stadium in the league, and couldn't sell out save for select home games resulting in most games going without television coverage — sports in New England centered on the beloved Bruins, Celtics and Red Sox, not the NFL team orphaned in remote Foxborough, Massachusetts, forty miles outside Boston.

** In his final game on the sideline, John Wooden coaches UCLA to its 10th national championship in 12 seasons when the Bruins defeat Kentucky 92-85 in the title game at San Diego, California.

After a loss to the Bruins in the 1928 – 29 finals and a few mediocre seasons in the early 1930s, the Rangers, led by brothers Bill and Bun Cook on the right and left wings, respectively, and Frank Boucher at center, would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1932 – 33 best-of-five finals, three games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup, exacting revenge on the Leafs ' " Kid line " of Busher Jackson, Joe Primeau, and Charlie Conacher.

While attending a basketball game on November 29, 1964, at the Boston Garden, Ed Snider, the then vice-president of the Philadelphia Eagles, observed a crowd of Boston Bruins fans lining up to purchase tickets to see a last-place ice hockey team.

Ramsay, who had been an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins for the previous three seasons, was a former NHL player who had been a teammate of Dudley's on the Buffalo Sabres.

Milan Hejduk scored the first goal of a 2 – 1 victory against the Boston Bruins on October 13, 1999.

Colorado redeemed themselves in game two of the season on October 10, 2011 against the 2011 Stanley Cup champs, the Boston Bruins.

The Oilers would go on to defeat the Bruins in five games, and win their first Cup without Gretzky.

Neely went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Bruins, recording three 50-goal seasons, and Wesley had a solid 20 year career.

* Remarks on the Epistles of Cicero to Bruins ( 1745 ).

* Felix the Cat was featured on the NHL goalie Félix Potvin's helmet while he played for the Boston Bruins.

After beginning the 2003 – 04 season on a line with Selanne centred by Joe Sakic, Kariya suffered a sprained right wrist in a game against the Boston Bruins on October 21, 2003.

The conflict was resolved on February 7, 1992, when the team dealt him to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Craig Janney and Stéphane Quintal.

With the Bruins struggling on the ice and out of playoff contention late in 1996 – 97 season, Oates publicly berated team management: " You go on a trip and everyone says it's a big trip.

Less than two weeks after his tirade, on March 1, 1997, the Bruins dealt him to the Washington Capitals.

Two other ex-US Olympians on the Whalers roster ( Minnesotans Timothy Sheehy and Tommy Williams ) had spent a significant part of their careers in Boston with Boston College and the Bruins, respectively.

The Whalers went on to face the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs.

The Bruins went on to dispose the Canadiens in five games, then sweep the Capitals in the Wales Conference finals before losing in the Stanley Cup finals to the Oilers.

However, O ' Ree managed to keep it secret, and made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history, appearing in two games that year, and came back in 1961 to play 43 games, playing with smooth Boston centre Don McKenney and winger Jerry Toppazzini.

Shortly after the emergency lease had been approved by the Cambria County War Memorial, head coach Joe Selenski traveled to Canada to find the team uniforms and called War Memorial Marketing Director Dennis Grennell at 3: 00 AM to tell him that the only uniforms he could find were black and gold ( similar to the Bruins ' uniforms of the 1970s ), but he didn't have enough money to buy them.

The new affiliation with the Bruins saw the team's colors changed from Flyers orange and black ( the team never wore the Devils colors during their affiliation ) to Bruins black, gold and white.

The Bruins have had at least one competitor in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception ( 1924 ), and UCLA has won a gold medal in every Olympics since 1932 with the exception of 1980 ( boycott ).

The Boston Bruins are the oldest team to do so, and have always used a yellow " athletic " gold ; they have even worn several gold sweaters throughout the years.

In a January 8 game at Maple Leaf Gardens against the Boston Bruins, the mayor of Port Colborne presented Kennedy and Don Gallinger with gold watches on behalf of his town's citizens.

In 1980, the 13th seeded Penguins took the Bruins to the limit in their first round playoff series.

* Joe Mullen ( born 1957 ), played in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins from 1980 – 1997, winning three Stanley Cups.

The team began auspiciously, signing former Detroit Red Wing star Tom Webster, hard rock Boston Bruins ' defenseman Ted Green ( the team's inaugural captain ), Toronto Maple Leafs ' defensemen Rick Ley, Jim Dorey and Brad Selwood, and former Pittsburgh Penguins ' goaltender Al Smith.

* 1995 – 96: Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins ( through 2005 – 06 ), Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins ( through 1996 – 97 ; would eventually become their regular road shirt ), Vancouver Canucks ( through 1996 – 97 )

The following teams announced the use of third jerseys for the 2008 – 09 NHL season: Atlanta Thrashers, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks ( a vintage jersey for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field ), Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings ( for the 2009 Winter Classic ), Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks.

In his Penguins debut two days later, Hossa injured his medial collateral ligament in a knee-on-knee collision with Glen Murray of the Boston Bruins.

He was subsequently bounced back and forth between the Penguins and Boston Bruins for a couple of months before he stuck with the Penguins.

He has also played for the Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2009.

Oliwa has also played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames.

Mark Louis Recchi ( born February 1, 1968 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 22 years in the National Hockey League ( NHL ), most notably for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins.

Over the course of his career, Recchi was a member of three Stanley Cup-winning teams, the 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins, the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes and the 2011 Boston Bruins.

Undrafted, Brookbank has previously played for the Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League ( WCHL ), the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League ( CHL ), the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ( IHL ), the Grand Rapids Griffins, Providence Bruins, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, Binghamton Senators, Milwaukee Admirals, Norfolk Admirals and Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League ( AHL ), and the Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL.

* Stan Jonathan played for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.

He later played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and the Calgary Flames.

( The club has also had earlier NHL affiliations with the Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres ).

He played played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins between 1980 and 1997.

He left the Penguins following the season, signing a one-year contract as a Free Agent with the Boston Bruins.

He played for the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, and Edmonton Oilers ( in their WHA incarnation ).

He played for the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and Colorado Rockies.

He won two Stanley Cups as a player with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972, and a third in 2009 as senior advisor for hockey operations with the Pittsburgh Penguins, an organization he served in various capacities for 25 years.