Haggerty: Bruins push over the Sox in Boston
06.10.11
There was no mistaking just how monumentally things have changed for the Boston Bruins this
summer.
When 1.5 million fans decked out in Black and Gold paraphernalia showed up for a hockey “love in” celebrating the Cup-winning B’s in June during their victory parade, it was clear that things have gotten bigger, better and different.
The fans have multiplied by tens and hundreds of thousands over the last eight years as the organization has completed the rocky climb from Eastern Conference punchline to legitimate Cup contender. It’s a byproduct of success, but it’s also an investment return on the Bruins giving their adoring public a likable, entertaining brand on the ice.
The gut-punch losses and playoff disappointment of the previous few years only stoked the flames of B’s interest even higher in Boston, and the Game 7 disappointments all paid off with a cathartic, captivating 25-game romp through last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
That
Source: NECN