So the Bruins take on the Habs next Tuesday. Our Viewing Party is still a go at The Place in downtown Boston. We know it's a bit trendier of a venue than what we're all used to, but they offered us their VIP room and some appetizers for free. How could we say no to that? Also, this is our first attempt at throwing an event, so you gotta take what you can. Our good friend, Joe Gill, over at Boston Sports Then & Now has been awesome at coordinating this.

The Place is at 2 Broad St. in Boston. Game is 7:30 start, but we're going to try to get there at like 6:30. Show up whenever you want.

Here's the official Facebook invite. So far we have 50+ RSVPing yes, which is awesome. We'd love to see that number as high as possible. So if you're in Boston (or don't mind schlepping from other parts of the state) and are 21+, swing by. It's a free event to watch the Bruins on the road with other Bruins fans and you don't have to do it at some cruddy Red Sox bar.


Plus, we're raffling off some prizes.

Here are the details:Venue: The Place
Time: 6:30 doors; 7:30 game
Cover: None
Bar: Cash 
Food: Apps
Raffles: Tix are $1
* Seguin T-shirt from Bottom Line Apparel 
* "Rancourt Fistpumps" tshirt from Days of Y'Orr
* Super Boychuk tshirt from Colleen Keenan
* Hockey gear from Supah Fans
* $100 gift card to The Place (lots of drinking)
Age: 21 +

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The Boston Bruins are reporting that Steven Kampfer has suffered a "mild concussion" for the hit he took last night against Tampa. He could be ready in about a week, says Julien via theBruinsBlog.net.
  No idea what language this is in. Russian?
The hit is definitely high but not sure if you can call it dirty. Kampfer was ducking down a little and Ritola might've hit his shoulder first and followed through. Ritola definitely played the body instead of the puck, but that's hockey. Lots of big hits went down.


A concussion would also explain this late night tweet from Kampfer.


Not even sure what this means. Clearly he's delussional from the hit if he thinks the Detroit Lions are going to win anything, ever. Add a comment

The self-proclaimed superior main stream media (MSM) struck again today, getting duped by yet another fake twitter account. You'd think that after the trade deadline practical jokes, the revered memebers of MSM would learn a lesson and not report fake twitter accounts. 

You would think is as far as it goes.

My journalism teachers would've killed me if I ever did what some of these guys have done recently such as:

1) Use Twitter as a source
2) Not fact check the rumor/report myself
3) Report on the fake rumor and not cite the source

All of this has happened over at TSN recently. And it happened again today thanks to the fake handle @NHL_OiIers (that L is actually an i that looks like an l -- font trick!) which said that Taylor Hall is out for the rest of the year with a tendon tear in his ankle. Darren Dreger got hit by the fake account:



So did Bob McKenzie.

A simple Journalism 101 class would've taught these pros where they went horribly wrong. This all stems with reporters wanting to be first instead of right. We saw this go down when Pat Burns allegedly died last year but was still alive and kicking. It's lazyness that the likes of McKenzie and Dreger are getting duped by what are obviously fake twitter accounts. 100% Grade-A lazyness.

But perhaps it's a generational thing and their journalistic skills haven't translated over into the new world of the Internet (it's a series of tubes) and social media.

Have no fear! The Days of Y'Orr staff has created a Using Social Media for Sports Journalists 101 course for the ignorant. Today's first lesson -- how to properly follow the team's official twitter handles. Think you're ready? More after the jump. Add a comment

What a game. Lightning gave the Bruins everything they had. Boston showed Tampa Bay they ain't quite ready for the big time yet. Bruins now in sole posession of second place in the conference and more importantly finish the season series against the Lightning 3-1, winning a key tie breaker should they end up with the same amount of points at the end of the season. 

This game had a little bit of everything. Good action. Good goaltending. Tampa Bay cheapshots. Lucic making Eric Brewer pay for Tampa Bay's cheapshots. Lucic being a beast everywhere on the ice. Bergeron sending Stamkos flying. Boychuk being wanted for murder.


This game had let down written all over it before it started. Bruins aren't great at home this season. They were coming off a six game road trip and facing a good Lightning team. But the Bruins stepped up. They refused to leave the ice without a victory. They hit 30 posts. They didn't stop coming. They scratched and clawed their way to victory. Exactly the type of win you need to learn how to get once the playoffs roll around. 

Win streak hit seven.


We're going streaking.


After the jump.... Lucic is awesome, Thomas is awesome, Boychuk is awesome and Tampa Bay sucks.....

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We got this random email from Mike Mason, the Guardian Project's version of Charlie.

We're not even sure what the point of this email was. There's no links. No additional information. It's now March 3rd and still no further updating from Mason. 

Should we be worried that Deven Dark has caught him? Why is his mask a cross between a knight's helm and a goalie mask? Was this character even part of the NHL All-Star game minishow?

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First off, BGG has Part 2 of  "The NHL's Most Punchable Faces" post. Be sure to read Part I by us.

Bruins and Lightning are tied for second place in the East. Winner takes it tonight. Tampa's 5-3-2 in last 10; Boston's 7-3-0. Not bad.

Tampa's goal differential is pretty horrid for a second-placed team. Maybe it's because things like this happen:


Bruins also scored eight goals that game. That's the type of shenanigans you get when Mike Smith is in net. It's also when Savard made his comeback debut in Boston.

Marc Savard returned and the Bruins celebrated in grand style. They forgot they played hockey and scored a touchdown. Then gave Tampa Bay the finger and went for the two point conversion. They drove one Lightning goalie from the net and embarrassed the other. They held Stamkos pointless. They held St. Louis pointless.

Sadface. We miss Savvy.

Kalman's going to be hosting a live chat event during the game. We'll probably log in. We're going to try to not ruin this happy even for him. We fear the Kal-Man Clutch.



After the jump... projected roster, game day links and game day video...
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In case you missed it this afternoon, Patrice Bergeron was on Gresh & Zoe. Among a variety of hockey related question -- like the Bruins six road game sweep -- they asked him if he's been following the whole Charlie Sheen saga.

What resulted might be one of the funniest and best Bruins audio clips this season -- Bergeron impersonating Charlie Sheen.

For Download/Stream:
Long version -- Q/A
Short version -- just the impersonation

Fucking brilliant.

Feel free to download the files for your phones and such.

We had to record the clip on our iPhone, email it to ourselves, convert it to an MP3 and then edit it down, so sorry if the quality isn't crystal clear. It was a process. But we do it for you because we love you all. And 'cause we're nuts.  Add a comment

It's no secret that we're hated in Buffalo. We've gotten some angry comments. We've gotten hateful emails. Our lives have been threatened (no lie). We relish this shit like.... relish?

Anyways, there's one Sabres fan who doesn't hate our guts. His name is Phil and he rocks the Black & Blue & Gold Blog. He's going to guest post on DOY next week when Boston takes on Buffalo, but for now we've teamed up with for a two-parter blog post -- The NHL's Most Punchable Faces. We have Part 1. He'll have Part 2 tomorrow, so stay tuned.

How did we come up with this list? Simple. Draft. We each took 6 players in a back-and-forth draft. Our last pick was a Sabre; Phil's was a Bruin.

Our strategy? Draft the NHL Goon Squad... kinda. You'll see what we mean.

We're using the Scott Nichols Sucker Punch rating system.


The more Scott Nichols, the more we want to punch the guy in the face. Simple.

After the jump we go over who the DOY Staff wants to punch in the face... the most. Add a comment

Welcome back to another segment of Grindin' Gears. You will be sad to know there are NO Charlie Sheen references in here because I'm already sick of him. You know what pissing me off this week? Well, ah, actually nothing.

Seriously. SERIOUSLY.

I'll wait for the shock to subside. Look at the past week or so for the Bruins. A win in Calgary, a win in Vancouver and last night was the capper to a 6-0 road trip and Tuukka Rask shutout. On the whole, the Bruins played some excellent hockey on the road -- so what can I get mad at?

Flawless!

I could always sit here and blast the power play, but what's the point? I've done it already and if you've followed this team since Claude has been the head coach you already know that it is his Achilles's Heel.

I could talk about how bad the defense has been, but that'd be a lie because they've played particularly well over the past six games (The Edmonton game can be hit or miss depending your views), but unlike when they played Toronto, they weren't allowing guys like Iginla or the Ginger twins to split defenses and score goals.

The fact of the matter is that the Bruins have played good hockey when they need to play good hockey. Because of this 6-0 road trip the Bruins have tied Tampa Bay for second in the Eastern Conference (side note: this makes the match up on Thursday very important) and have a six point lead over Montreal for control in the Northeast Division (with a game on hand).

After the jump, we look at the upcoming schedule and a nice DKM rant...

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This recap is brought to you by the number 6:


Not the best game, nor the most exciting (more on that later), but a win is a win, and the Bruins have won six of the straight.  Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably already heard several comparisons to the last season that the Bruins won six straight on the road.  Not sure if we're ready to go that far yet, but it's still nice to think about...
No denying that the Bruins looked tired tonight. If it weren't for Tuukka and an inexperienced Senators team, the game could have easily looked very different.  The Bs aren't going to have a whole lot of time to rest either with games coming up on both Thursday and Saturday.  For now though, we're content with basking in the glow of a six game road sweep.


After the jump: A rather dull first two periods, and Chris Neil sucks. Add a comment