Shawn Hutcheon

Nov 25, 2024 | thefourthperiod.com | Shawn Hutcheon

BOSTON, MA — With the Bruins firing head coach Jim Montgomery last week, the question repeatedly asked in and around Boston is will the move be enough to fix a team that is 10-9-3 after 22 games? The answer is: no. For two seasons, Montgomery enjoyed success behind the Bruins’ bench. In 2022-23, the team recorded the best regular season record (65-12-5, 135 points) in NHL history.

Nov 4, 2024 | thefourthperiod.com | Shawn Hutcheon

BOSTON, MA — In the NHL, most coaches divide their team’s seasons into 10-game segments to evaluate whether their club is progressing as planned and fulfilling preseason expectations. After their first 10 games of Boston’s season, the Bruins owned a 4-5-1 record and were in last place in the League’s Atlantic Division. Preseason expectations were not being met. The 2024-25 obituaries were being prepared because the feeling in Boston was that the season was over.

Oct 1, 2024 | thefourthperiod.com | Shawn Hutcheon

BOSTON, MA — If you had the opportunity to watch Cam Neely during his playing days, you saw a player who embodied the prototypical definition of a “power forward.” He would do whatever it took to win. He was an elite goal-scorer and one of the NHL’s most feared body-checkers and fighters. Opponents played against him with two things in mind, keep Neely off the score sheet, and above all else, don’t piss him off.

Sep 5, 2024 | thefourthperiod.com | Shawn Hutcheon

BOSTON, MA — An expression states that “good things come in threes” and while that adage is believed to date back to at least the fourth century, Brad Marchand may disagree here in the 21st Century – and no, we’re not referring to hattricks. On Tuesday, the Boston Bruins held their first captains’ practice where Marchand shared how he spent his summer vacation. “I had three surgeries this summer,” the Bruins’ captain said. “I did my elbow, I tore a tendon.

May 19, 2024 | thefourthperiod.com | Shawn Hutcheon

BOSTON, MA — There is no doubt that by now, you have seen the video from Game 3 of the second-round series between the Florida Panthers and the Boston Bruins. In the video, Panthers’ forward Sam Bennett braces himself as Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is about to throw a body check at Bennett. The video shows Bennett punching Marchand in the side of the head. Marchand fell to the ice and remained down briefly before getting up and taking a seat on the Boston bench.