The Curse of The Boston Bruins

I sit here shaking my head as the Bruins get shut out for the third time in a row.

Something they have not done since 1929, but as Jack Edwards said, “They won the Cup that year!”

Scratch that!

They just scoooooooooooooooooooored(ode to Fred Cusick)!

I can’t believe what I just saw!

That frozen black round thing just beat the Montreal goalie.

Rejoice my hockey brothers and sisters!

However, I digress (oh yeah, they lost in a shoot out!).

The Bruins are still a far cry from contending for any cup.

Coffee cup.

Nope.

Sippy cup.

Not unless they stole it from a sleeping toddler.

Catcher’s cup.

Well they stink like one.

Cupcake.

They are playing like one.

Stanley Cup.

Um no.

Calder Cup.

They have a shot at that…..maybe.

Are the Bruins cursed?

This is a serious question. Just think about it.

They haven’t won Lord Stanley’s cup since 1972 when I wasn’t even a glimmer in my father’s eye.

Too many men on the ice versus Montreal (sorry folks that’s all I got. I wasn’t alive!)

They made it to the cup finals in 1988 and 1990 when they faced the mid-dynasty Edmonton Oilers.

The lights went out at the Garden.

Glen Wesley missed a wide open net in the 57^th overtime(I lost count. Damn you Petr Klima!)

They had a 2-0 series lead in the 1991 Wales Conference Finals (let’s bring back this name. Eastern is soooooo boring) against Pittsburgh and lost.

Boston reached the Conference Finals again in 1992, but they were swept by Mario and the Pens.

Ulfie destroyed Cam's knee and career.

They putted around for the next 7 years with no great success.

The Bruins beat Carolina in the first round before succumbing to Buffalo in the 1999 playoffs.

Then a drought of biblical proportions ensued.

They missed the playoffs which was unthought-of in Boston.

Bourque got traded to the Avs and won a friggin’cup (yeah I went to the stupid rally at City Hall. I had to grab onto something!)!

The Bruins were about to break the first round curse against Montreal in 2004 when they had a 3-1  series lead.

Then Bruins announcer Dave Shea said the stat of death……

“No Bruins team has blown a 3-1 series lead.”

Well thanks alot Jinxersaurus Rex!!!

The Bruins went down in flames in 7 games.

Players strike in 2005, wiped away the whole season. Well look at the bright side! At least the Bruins didn’t lose any playoff rounds.

The Bruins made a courageous comeback in 2008 against the number one seeded Canadiens, only to get blown out in Game 7.

2009…..it happened.

The unthinkable.

The unfathomable.

The Bruins won a playoff series. Not only won it, but dominated it.

Boston swept the hated Canadiens in 4 straight.

Life was good in the Hub of Hockey.

I was in Vegas for work at the MGM and watched the Bruins dominate the Habs in their own house.

And I LOVED it!

Two poor Canadiens fans were crying in French and I handed them a Black and Gold tissue!

Cup Bound Baby!

NOT!

The Bruins played like garbage against Carolina and woke up too late, losing in OT during game 7.

Chime in Def Leppard….”You’re Bringin' On the Heartbreak.”

Then Sports Illustrated had to double curse our beloved hockey team.

That damn sports rag picked Boston to reach and/or win Lord Stanley’s Chalice.

Since then, the Bruins can’t score or get out of their own way.

The power play is abysmal.

Lucic injured.

Savard injured.

Krejci has Swine flu!

FML!

You thought the Red Sox were cursed?

The Black and Gold Curse will be the next batch of witchcraft for Beantown to suffer through.

I just pray to the Hockey Gods, it won’t last 86 years too.

Joe Gill is a featured blogger for Boston Sports Then and Now, Rootzoo.com and Trufan.com