Boston Bruins
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Atlantic |
| Founded | 1924 |
| History |
Boston Bruins 1924–present |
| Home arena | TD Garden |
| City | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Colors |
Black, gold, white |
| Media |
NESN The Sports Hub (98.5 FM) |
| Owner(s) |
Delaware North Companies (Jeremy Jacobs, chairman; Charlie Jacobs, CEO) |
| General manager | Don Sweeney |
| Head coach | Bruce Cassidy (interim) |
| Captain | Zdeno Chara |
| Minor league affiliates |
Providence Bruins (AHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL) |
| Stanley Cups | 6 (1928–29, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1969–70, 1971–72, 2010–11) |
| Conference championships | 4 (1987–88, 1989–90, 2010–11, 2012–13) |
| Presidents' Trophy | 2 (1989–90, 2013–14) |
| Division championships | 25 (1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14) |
| Official website | www |
Black, gold, white
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and is the oldest in the United States. It is also an Original Six franchise, along with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth most of all-time with the Blackhawks and tied second-most of any American NHL team also with the Blackhawks (behind the Red Wings, who have 11). Their home arena is the TD Garden, where they have played since 1995. The Bruins began play in the NHL on December 1, 1924. The first facility to host them was what was then known as the Boston Arena (today's Matthews Arena) — the world's oldest (built 1909–10) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition — and following the Bruins' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995.
In 1924, at the convincing of Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. Adams had fallen in love with hockey while watching the 1924 Stanley Cup Finals between the NHL champion Montreal Canadiens and the WCHL champion Calgary Tigers. The previous year in 1923, Thomas Duggan received options on three NHL franchises for the United States, and he sold one to Charles Adams, who in turn, persuaded the NHL to grant him a franchise for the city of Boston, which occurred on November 1, 1924. With the Montreal Maroons, the team was one of the NHL's first expansion teams, and the first NHL team to be based in the United States.
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