Posts tagged Nathan Horton

Horton Takes One for the Team, Earns Jacket

BostonBruins.com - With 7:02 left on the clock in overtime four-on-four action at the Air Canada Centre Wednesday night, Nathan Horton took a hit from Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf that clipped him right to the ice.

Horton was pushing up ice after pressure from Zdeno Chara on Phil Kessel had caused the puck to come free along the boards. Catching a glimpse of Phaneuf coming up on him, the forward quickly tried to push the puck to his linemate, David Krejci, as he was absorbing the hit.

“I knew he was coming; I tried get myself around him too when I tipped the puck, and obviously he took me out, and I couldn’t get around him,” Horton said of the Phaneuf hit, as he spoke to reporters Thursday at TD Garden during the Bruins’ optional skate day. “But it worked out well because Dave got it.”

“It happened, but if it wouldn’t have been for Horty - he took that hit to make a play,” said Krejci Wednesday night, after scoring the overtime-winner eight seconds after the hit, to cap off his hat trick in the 4-3 win.”

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Horton Skates with B's, Excited to Hit Refresh

BOSTON, MA - The Bruins were back to practice Tuesday at TD Garden prior to Game 1 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

Nathan Horton joined the team on the ice for the first time, since being out day-to-day with an upper-body injury afar leaving the April 21st game against Pittsburgh. Horton was reunited with Milan Lucic and David Krejci on the line sporting white jerseys.

Though the strong forward has been skating on his own, he was certainly excited to get back with his teammates - and the timing couldn’t be better.

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Horton's Hot Hands Lift Bruins

BOSTON, MA – On yet another day dominated by trade talk – a day in which the Bruins acquired 679-goal scorer, Jaromir Jagr, from the Dallas Stars – there was a game to be played at TD Garden.

Nathan Horton scored the winner – his fourth goal in four games – at 10:21 of the third, and David Krejci and Tyler Seguin also scored to help the Black & Gold come away as 3-2 winners over the Sens, in a game that saw the Bruins and Senators combine for a whopping 97 shots on goal (50 for the B’s).

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Horty's Gordie Powers B's

BOSTON, MA - On his first shift of Saturday’s game, Nathan Horton ignited the TD Garden crowd with a heavy hit along the boards on the Capitals’ Eric Fehr.

That came just 1:36 in, and from the then on, Horton and his teammates set the tone with their physicality.

By the end of the afternoon, Horton would have a Gordie Howe hat trick, with a goal, two assists, and a bout with Matt Hendricks.

“Obviously, we haven’t scored for a while, but I think our line played a lot better tonight,” said Horton from in front of his locker room stall postgame, sporting his signature smile and the B’s new “player of the game” t-shirt.

“Like Claude said, when you’re thinking you’re up and you’re making plays, you make more mistakes when you do that. Just get the puck deep. You saw that on every goal. I chipped the puck to Looch’s corner.”

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-Caryn Switaj ^CS

Momentum Shifters

Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, Adam McQuaid and Tuukka Rask have all put lingering questions to rest on whether they’re ready to battle in 2012-13. And all four showcased their ability to spark momentum swings in games during Wednesday night’s tilt with the New York Rangers in which the B’s managed to fight back and gain a point in the standings. Read the full story by clicking here.