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November 2023
In the November issue of The Hockey News: we celebrate the Boston Bruins centennial by counting down their top 100 players, reliving 20 memorable moments, and we ask six legends to tell us "what it means to be a B?" Also, we find out why Brad Marchand is the perfect fit for the Bruins captaincy, and we travel to Switzerland with Nico Hischier to get a glimpse into where the Devils star was born and raised.
PIOS BROS
THE DENVER PIONEERS ARE one of the top-ranked NCAA teams in the nation, and if you want to get past the Pios, you’ll have to get past the Buium brothers. Junior Shai Buium is a 6-foot-3 defenseman and a second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings, while freshman Zeev Buium is an offensive blueliner and a projected first-round pick in 2024. Zeev now comes in at six-foot, but growing up in San Diego with Shai and eldest brother Ben (who also played hockey) helped harden the youngest child, as his siblings often roughed him up when they were playing together. “Yeah, we did, for sure,” Shai said. “He’s such a tough player on the ice now. Me and my older brother were much bigger than him growing up, and we’d really get…
NEXT MAN UP
COMING OFF THE greatest regular season in NHL history, the Boston Bruins ended last season on a down note. The Presidents’ Trophy winners were upset by the Florida Panthers in the first round of the playoffs, and in the process, it became obvious that legendary center Patrice Bergeron had played his final game with the only NHL team for whom he had ever suited up. The team’s second-best center, David Krejci, also retired in the off-season, blowing what appeared to be a massive hole in the team’s depth chart. Not only would the Bruins have to replace those pivots’ minutes, but with Bergeron gone, they also needed a new captain. The answer came in the form of Bergeron’s longtime left winger Brad Marchand, himself already a franchise legend, whose trophy case…
JERSEY HOUND
COLUMBUS CHILL >1995-96 AS WE GET FURTHER away from the 1990s, it gets easier to appreciate the distinctive designs from that era. Sure, there were some flops, but then you come across this gem from the old Columbus Chill of the ECHL. What makes this jersey so distinctive is the vertical ‘Chill’ logo running up the left side of the sweater. That’s a rare innovation to be sure and a neat design flourish. The spiky stripes on the other side bring in another fun element, and it’s hard to beat the black-and-silver color base. Fun fact: Toronto GM Brad Treliving and Buffalo coach Don Granato were teammates on the Chill during the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons.…
ATLANTIC DIVISION
MATT GRZELCYK carries a cap hit of $3,687,500 until the end of this season – within $12,500 of the magical $3.7-million figure. Grzelcyk inked a four-year, $14.75-million deal with Boston in 2020. That was a big hike from the $1.4 million he’d been making, but he’s been worth it. His 1.06 points per 60 at 5-on-5 tied him for 43rd among the 200 NHL ‘D’ to play at least 1,500 5-on-5 minutes between 2020-21 and ’22-23. And among that same cohort, he was on the ice for the fewest 5-on-5 goals against per hour. After spending parts of five seasons on Boston’s vaunted blueline, CONNOR CLIFTON signed a three-year deal with division-rival Buffalo in July. Clifton isn’t a big scorer – his 23 points last season more than doubled his previous…
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