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The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1924, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. As a long-time hockey hotbed, Boston was a natural choice for the NHL's first American team. Adams' first act was to hire Art Ross as general manager. Ross stayed with the team for thirty years, including four separate stints as coach.

Unfortunately, World War II decimated the Bruins worse than most teams and lost the most productive years of their careers at war. Cowley, assisted by Clapper and Busher Jackson, was the team's remaining star. Even though the NHL had by 1943 pared down to the six teams that were erroneously called the "Original Six", talent depleted enough that freak seasons could predominate, as in 1944, when Bruin Herb Cain set the NHL record of 82 points. But the Bruins didn't make the playoffs that season, and Cain was out of the NHL two years later.

During this period, the system of the Bruins was not as well-developed as most of the other five teams. The Bruins sought players unprotected by the other teams and in 1958 signed Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL. In like fashion, the team signed Tommy Williams from the 1960 Olympic-gold medal winning only American national men's hockey team in 1962. Boston fans were desperate to have something to take their minds off a very long Stanley Cup drought. The "Uke Line" — named for the Ukrainian heritage of Johnny Bucyk and Vic Stasiuk, came to Boston and enjoyed four productive offensive seasons even as the Bruins were struggling overall.

Weston Adams repurchased the Bruins in 1964 after Brown's death and rebuilded the team. Adams drafted a defenseman from Parry Sound, Ontario named Bobby Orr, who entered the league in 1966 and became the greatest player of all times. He was announced that season's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the Second NHL All-Star Team. When asked about Orr's NHL debut game, October 19, 1966, against the Detroit Red Wings, then-Bruins coach Harry Sinden recalled. Cheevers returned from the WHA in 1976, and the Bruins got past the Flyers in the semifinals, but lost to the Canadiens in the Final for the Cup. The story repeated itself in 1978 as the Bruins made the Final once more, but lost to a Canadiens team that recorded the best regular season in modern history, after which Johnny Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins' career longevity and scoring mark to that time.

The 1979 semifinal series against the Habs proved to be Cherry's undoing. In the deciding seventh game, the Bruins, up by a goal, were called for having too many men on the ice in the late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. The Bruins' general manager, Cherry left the team in the off-season for the Colorado Rockies.

In an infamous incident at Madison Square Garden, on December 26, 1979, a New York Rangers fan stole Stan Jonathan's stick, hitting him with it during a post-game scrum. When other fans got involved, Terry O'Reilly charged into the stands followed by his teammates. O'Reilly, a future team captain, received an eight-game suspension for the brawl.

1995-2007Despite a fifteen-point improvement from the previous season, the Bruins missed the playoffs in 2000-01. Leading scorer Jason Allison led the Bruins. The following season, 2001-02, saw the Bruins with a thirteen-point improvement, winning their first Northeast Division title since 1993 under a core built around Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Brian Rolston, Bill Guerin, and the newly acquired Glen Murray. Their regular season success didn't translate to the postseason, though, as they bowed out in six games to the eighth-place Canadiens in the first round. The 2002-03 season found the Bruins platoon their goaltending staff between Steve Shields and John Grahame for most of the season. A mid-season trade, however, brought in veteran Jeff Hackett. The Bruins managed to finish seventh in the East, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils in five games. Adams directed Ross to think of a nickname portraying an untamed animal exhibiting speed, agility, and cunning. "Bruins," was selected after the brown bear. The team finished last in its inaugural season, but rebounded to finish just a point out of the playoffs a year later.

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