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Bruins fans get their first up-close look at young Edmonton star Connor McDavid when the Edmonton Oilers visit TD Garden on Thursday night. The home faithful will also get to see old friend Milan Lucic in another uniform for the second time as he returns with the Oilers. McDavid, who turns 20 on Jan. 13, didn't play when the Oilers visited last season because of an injury, but he hits Boston locked in a league scoring battle with a pair of Pittsburgh Penguins. Continue to Article

January 05, 2017 12:40:am EST

Boston Bruins hall of famer Milt Schmidt, who won his first Stanley Cup as a player in 1939 and fourth and final one as a general manager in 1972, died on Wednesday. The legendary Schmidt played centre on the Bruins' famed "Kraut Line" and won the Hart Trophy as the National Hockey League's MVP in 1951 and the Art Ross Trophy as the league scoring champion in 1940. The four-time all star was one of the most skilled players of his generation but he was equally adept as a general manager, orchestrating one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history in 1967 when he brought Phil Esposito to Beantown. Continue to Article

January 04, 2017 8:17:pm EST

(Reuters) - Former National Hockey League most valuable player Milt Schmidt, who won the Stanley Cup as both a player and manager, has died, the National Hockey League said on Wednesday. Hall of Famer Schmidt played 16 seasons in the NHL, all with the Boston Bruins, leading the team to Stanley Cup championships in 1939 and 1941. Just this past weekend as part of the NHL's Centennial celebrations Schmidt was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL players of all-time. Continue to Article

January 04, 2017 6:38:pm EST

(Fixes dropped word in first para) Jan 4 (Reuters) - Former National Hockey League most valuable player Milt Schmidt, who won the Stanley Cup as both a player and manager, has died, the National Hockey League said on Wednesday. Hall of Famer Schmidt played 16 seasons in the NHL, all with the Boston Bruins, leading the team to Stanley Cup championships in 1939 and 1941. Just this past weekend as part of the NHL's Centennial celebrations Schmidt was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL players of all-time. Continue to Article

January 04, 2017 6:37:pm EST

Milt Schmidt, the hockey hall of famer who led Boston to two Stanley Cup championships as the center of the ''Kraut Line,'' served Canada in World War II and returned to the NHL to win its MVP award and two more titles as the Bruins general manager, died on Wednesday, the team said. Schmidt had been the oldest living NHL player. ''It would be a challenge to find anyone who took greater pride in being a Boston Bruin than Milt Schmidt did - be it as a player, an executive or an ambassador over the 80-plus years he served the franchise, the city of Boston and the National Hockey League,'' commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. Continue to Article

January 04, 2017 6:01:pm EST