Founded in 1924, the Boston Bruins entered the league as the first US expansion team. They are a part of the “Original Six” who along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers Montreal Canadians and the Chicago Blackhawks formed the National Hockey League. It was not until the 1967 expansion that another six franchises were added.

As an American team, the franchise holds the second most Stanley Cup Championships with five (Detroit has eleven). The franchise originally played at the Boston Garden until 1995 when they (and the NBA Celtics) moved to the Fleet Center (now known as TD Garden Center).

The 2009/10 Bruins season will be their 85th season in the National Hockey League coached by the 2009 Jack Adams Award recipient Claude Julien, who took his team into the 2nd round of the NHL Playoffs. The Award is awarded not only to the best coach in the NHL but the coach who most valuable to his team’s success.

The 2009 draft saw the Bruins pick up Jordan Caron, a QMJHL superstar who last played for Rimouski Oceanic.

Led by Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference and Marco Sturm, look for the Bruins to get back to the playoffs and possibly past the 2nd round.