Amalie Benjamin

Features Writer at NHL.com

Features, @NHL. Formerly @BostonGlobe, @NESN, @NorthwesternU. Likes: red wine, dark chocolate, good writing. Hates: mascots. Oh, and it rhymes with family.

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Bruins miss playoffs for 1st time since 2015-16 season

2 weeks ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Slow start, lack of secondary scoring among factors; Pastrnak, young assets provide optimism April 06, 2025 The Boston Bruins failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2015-16 after a run of eight consecutive appearances. The Bruins (31-37-9) were eliminated from contention when the Montreal Canadiens won 3-2 against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Bruins end losing streak with signs of something to build on

2 weeks ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Pastrnak, Geekie each gets 5 points on line with Lindholm, Minten makes Boston debut April 06, 2025 BOSTON -- There has been little excitement around the Boston Bruins of late, not since the NHL Trade Deadline, when five major pieces were shipped out in an acknowledgement that the team was not going to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Leonard joining Capitals during Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky 'dream come true'

2 weeks ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Forward will make NHL debut against Bruins, was No. 8 pick in 2023 April 01, 2025 BOSTON -- Ryan Leonard was in the Boston College locker room, moments from signing with the Washington Capitals, when a text message popped up on his phone. It was Alex Ovechkin. "I read it in the locker room, all the guys were in there," Leonard said at TD Garden on Tuesday after his first NHL morning skate.
Pastrnak impressed with Ovechkin's consistency on cusp of goal record

3 weeks ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Bruins forward calls Capitals captain, who's 5 away from mark, 'motivational' March 31, 2025 BOSTON -- Their names will be forever linked: Alex Ovechkin, 48 goals. David Pastrnak, 48 goals. It was exactly what Pastrnak wanted. Not that there wouldn't have been some bragging rights about beating Ovechkin for the 2019-20 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, given annually to the NHL's top goal-scorer.
Morgan Geekie finding happiness, possibly long-term home, with Bruins

3 weeks ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Forward has NHL career-high 25 goals, can be RFA after season March 28, 2025 BOSTON -- Morgan Geekie came into the season with hope. It was his second season with the Boston Bruins, a place he had come to appreciate while having a career-best season in 2023-24, a place he felt settled. He had had a good summer, readying himself for a season in which he would be a restricted free agent at the end.
Flyers broadcaster Myrtetus using lessons learned in hockey in battle against colon cancer

1 month ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Radio host says, 'I adapt everything I learn in the game to everything that I face in life' March 19, 2025 Jason Myrtetus thought that he was just getting older. He had noticed, at 45, that his vision was diminishing, forcing him into reading glasses and then all-the-time glasses. This, he figured, was more of the same. He endured the symptoms for 18 months, ignoring them as best he could, justifying those he couldn't.
Bruins have 'something brewing' after comeback win against rival Panthers

1 month ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

BOSTON -- In a season that has been disappointing for the Boston Bruins, a season that has seen their captain shipped out of town and their Stanley Cup Playoff chances all but left for dead, there haven’t been a lot of these moments at TD Garden, the ones where the noise swells and the fans stand and the anticipation churns in their stomachs.
Marchand practices with Panthers for 1st time -- in Boston

1 month ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Injured forward experiences ‘different feeling’ on TD Garden ice after trade from Bruins on Friday March 11, 2025 BOSTON -- The sight was both familiar and foreign. Brad Marchand took to the ice at TD Garden on Tuesday, as he has on so many game days, for so many seasons.
Jones to 'fill that void' for Panthers with Ekblad suspended

1 month ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

BOSTON -- The way the Florida Panthers are hoping to withstand being without defenseman Aaron Ekblad for the next 20 games comes down to two words: Seth Jones. Though Jones is still learning to adapt to the Panthers, after being traded from the Chicago Blackhawks on March 1 for goalie Spencer Knight and a conditional first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, that learning curve will need to accelerate.
Marchand trade to Panthers signals end of era for Bruins

1 month ago | nhl.com | Amalie Benjamin

Longtime forward, 2011 Cup champion dealt ahead of Deadline in addition to other team veterans March 08, 2025 BOSTON -- They’re all gone, now. As the years passed, the veterans of the 2011 Stanley Cup team had moved on, to other teams via trades, to retirement, to the Hall of Fame. They had left the NHL, one by one, to join front offices and coaching staffs and TV broadcasts. But through it all, Brad Marchand survived in Boston.