After the Bruins Stanley Cup clinching victory many current NHL players congratulated the Bruins on their accomplishment ^[3]on Twitter:

- Brent Sopel, a defenseman for the Canadians tweeted, “Hooray Black and Gold!”

- Predators center Blake Geoffrion praised Tim Thomas “Congrats to Boston. What a series and what a year for them. Tim Thomas is the man.”

- Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto tweeted, “Congrats to the Canucks and Bruins. Hard fought series and year. Hats off to every player!”

- 2010 No. 1 overall pick Taylor Hall tweeted, “The game gives me chills. When does camp start!?”

- There was also a bit of humor offered up by Phoenix Coyotes forward Paul Bissonnette. When the game was out of reach he tweeted, “”I wonder what Cory Schneider‘s doing right now?”

- Suns guard, and Canucks fan Steve Nash also got involved, “”Congrats Boston. Head up @VanCanucks incredible year. We’ll be back!! Thanks for the thrills.”