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Sounds of the game… Bruins 4, Penguins 2

Posted By Mike Petraglia On January 2, 2009 @ 8:25 am In General | No Comments

In team sports, when you hear something hasn’t been done since 1929, one of two things has happened. Either a team is on a historically bad run and is about to get its coach fired. Or a team is blowing away its competition. Well of course, this is Boston, home of the 19-game winning streak in basketball and now the Boston Bruins are trying to equal their Garden co-tenants. And so far, they’re doing a pretty good job of it. Thursday night, the Bruins opened the New Year by turning away Sidney Crosby and the defending Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2, on Causeway Street.

Some nuggets about these men of Black and Gold… The Bruins extended their home win streak to 14 games, their longest since a 16-game run from Jan. 10-Mar. 25, 1976. It’s the longest in the NHL this season and the fifth-longest behind streaks of 20, 19, 16 and 15 games. … The Bruins 10-game winning streak is the longest since a 10-game streak in the 1972-73 season. … The Bruins drew a crowd of 17,565, their eighth sellout of the season, fourth straight and sixth in seven home games. Boston sports fans always could spot a winner. Let’s hear from them.

Coach Claude Julien said the team is doing a good job with its game-to-game focus ^[3].

Julien explains putting Milan Lucic on the third line, producing two goals in his last two games ^[4].

Julien said Thursday was just another good, solid win ^[5].

Marc Savard said the team isn’t looking at chasing records or its own NHL-best 62 points ^[6].

Milan Lucic said winning 10 straight has been no accident ^[7].

Lucic said the Bruins are not taking the winning for granted ^[8].

Captain Zdeno Chara said the winning makes playing fun right now ^[9].

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[3] Coach Claude Julien said the team is doing a good job with its game-to-game focus: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10401

[4] Julien explains putting Milan Lucic on the third line, producing two goals in his last two games: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10402

[5] Julien said Thursday was just another good, solid win: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10403

[6] Marc Savard said the team isn’t looking at chasing records or its own NHL-best 62 points: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10405

[7] Milan Lucic said winning 10 straight has been no accident: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10406

[8] Lucic said the Bruins are not taking the winning for granted: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10409

[9] Captain Zdeno Chara said the winning makes playing fun right now: http://blogs.weei.com/?attachment_id=10411

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