Kathleen Kiely

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Leanna Scachetti |Kathleen Kiely

HERE’S TED REINSTEIN. SO A BEAR WALKS INTO A ZOO. NO, NOT THAT KIND OF BEAR AND NOT A JOKE. I’M MARK KASTELIC. MY NORMAL DAY JOB IS I PLAY FOR THE BRUINS. ON A TYPICAL DAY, YOU CAN FIND MARK KASTELIC GRINDING IT OUT ON THE ICE FOR THE BOSTON BRUINS IN UNUSUAL JOB ITSELF. I PRACTICE IN THE MORNING AND THEN GO TO THE RINK AROUND 3 OR 4, AND YOU’RE THERE UNTIL 11:00 AT NIGHT. BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS LIKE SEVEN YEARS OLD.

Oct 11, 2024 | wcvb.com | Kathleen Kiely

PLAYING IN BOSTON. IT WAS JUST PART OF BEING THE BRUINS. YOU’RE OUT THERE, YOU’RE IN THE HOSPITALS, YOU’RE IN THE ICE RINKS. YOU’RE IN THE COMMUNITIES. YOU’RE AT THE STORE OPENINGS. BOB SWEENEY RUNS THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION. EVERYBODY ASKS, YOU KNOW, WHAT’S THE BEST PART ABOUT YOUR JOB? AND I SAY IT IS BEING ABLE TO HELP OUT INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES OR AN ORGANIZATION. SWEENEY ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A BRUINS ALUM PLAYING FOR THE TEAM INTO THE EARLY 90S.

Oct 11, 2024 | wcvb.com | Kathleen Kiely

ARE STILL THERE AND THEY STILL CARE. AT 9007, PEABODY NATIVE BILL MORGAN HAS SEEN HIS FAIR SHARE OF HOCKEY. HE’S JUST A FEW YEARS YOUNGER THAN THE BOSTON BRUINS FRANCHISE ITSELF. I LIKE THE EXCITEMENT. I LIKE THE GAME ITSELF, THE WAY IT’S PLAYED, AND I JUST LIKE THE BOSTON GARDEN AND THE BRUINS. HIS FAVORITE PLAYER IS OF COURSE, BOBBY OF AND THAT’S THE SHIRT THAT I WEAR AS THE BRUINS CELEBRATE THEIR CENTENNIAL SEASON IN IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PLAYERS KOBE.

Oct 11, 2024 | wcvb.com | Kathleen Kiely

LIKE MATT GRZELCYK OF CHARLESTOWN, CHARLIE COYLE OF WEYMOUTH HAS THE HONOR OF PLAYING FOR HIS HOMETOWN TEAM. UM. IT’S GREAT. YOU CAN’T NOT SMILE AND THINK ABOUT THAT. BEING FROM HERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT IN YOUR DRIVEWAY PLAYING STREET HOCKEY, YOU’RE ENVISIONING HAVING THAT BRUINS JERSEY ON DOING IT. YOU KNOW, SO YOU REALLY PINCH YOURSELF SOMETIMES SAYING LIKE, WOW, THIS IS THIS IS WHERE I AM GROWING UP IN WEYMOUTH, 31 YEAR OLD COYLE WAS RAISED AS A BRUINS FAN.

Oct 11, 2024 | wcvb.com | Kathleen Kiely

SPORTS TO WIN A HOCKEY HALL OF FAMER JOHNNY BUCYK KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF A CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ALL WORKED TO WIN. WE WANTED TO WIN THE CUP, AND WE WERE DETERMINED TO DO IT. AND WE DID IT AT THE AGE OF 88, BUSIC HAS WORKED FOR THE BRUINS IN SOME CAPACITY FOR 67 OF THE ORGANIZATION’S 100 YEARS. I BECAME A BRUIN AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY, WITH THE PEOPLE AND, UH, I KEEP GOING. ESSEX NICKNAME CHIEF, COINED BY A FORMER TEAMMATE. HE SAYS YOU DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY.