Who would have thought that a city would be in a frenzy about a hockey team that endured an epic collapse?
Who could even ponder that 25,000 rabid Bruins fans would pile in the Garden over two nights to watch the young cubs of the Black and Gold?
If you are a hockey fan it’s easy to understand. If you are Bruins fan, your hunger for Lord Stanley never goes away.
Every year is the year.
The Spoked B has become the red-headed step child of the Boston sports scene.
The Boston Bruins were the fat kid that no one wants on their kickball team.
As the Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics went to the championship prom, the Bruins stayed at home dateless, doing their homework, wondering why not us?
But the hardcore Bruins fanatics never dumped their hockey sweetheart.
They suffered through the heartbreak at the hands of the feisty Flyers.
The fans came back after the Hurricanes blew away the Bruins in another seventh game letdown the season before.
Who could forget the winter of no hockey of ’04-’05? It made you feel like your dog ran away.
You felt ...
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