Monday, February 13, 2017

THE BEAR IS LOOSE IN BOSTON !




The word "Bruin" is a Dutch word for brown, but it is also associated with a folk term for brown bears. Anyway, the Bear (Boston Bruins Hockey) is loose in Boston!

East Longmeadow's Frank Vatrano
2 Goals, 2 Assists in Last 2 Games !

New interim Coach, Bruce Cassidy, has the Bruins Hockey Team on a roll with 3 wins in a row over San Jose, Vancouver, and Montreal. More that he has brought some excitement to the Bruin's game and has unleashed their offense. Former Coach, Claude Julien, is a good and well respected coach, who placed more emphasis on the defense. Cassidy is willing to take some risk with defense while applying more of an onslaught on the offensive side. To be honest, they are now much more exciting to watch, I love it!  It should be noted that the first 2 goals of the game by the Bruins in their 4-0 win last night over the first place Montreal Canadiens were scored by defensive players Adam McQuaid, and Zdeno Chara.

Cassidy also seems willing  to give his younger players more of a role in Bruins play and that will certainly pay off. He is very familiar with the play of David Pastrnak and Frank Vatrano who he coached with the Providence Bruins. Pastrnak is only 20 years old and already has 25 goals and 23 assists this season in 51 games. Vatrano returning from a pre-season injury has 8 goals and 5 assists in 24 games, but he has scored 2 goals with 2 assists in the last 2 games under Cassidy.

The Bruins Stanley Cup playoff chances look a little brighter as they sit in 3rd place in the Eastern Division Atlantic Conference with 64 points. They are tied in points with the 2nd place Ottawa Senators with 64, but the Senators have played less games.

Lot's of pride in Western Mass for the great play of East Longmeadow's Frank Vatrano! It looks like he will thrive under Bruce Cassidy's offensive minded coaching!

Go Frank Vatrano, Go Bruins !  


Alfredo DiLascia
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