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Lucic Leads the Charge

BostonBruins.com - The Bruins brass knows it, the fans know it, and Milan Lucic knows it: As he goes, so does his team. When the big, bruising forward has his way on the ice, the results are generally positive for the B’s.

So it came as no surprise Monday night that, in the midst of the Bruins third period comeback in a series-deciding Game 7, Lucic was at the forefront leading the charge for Boston.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been part of a game that was anything like that,” Lucic said in the locker room during the postgame. “When you’re looking at the clock wind down with half a period left at 4-1 you start thinking to yourself, ‘Is this the end of this group here?’

“Because it probably would have been if we didn’t win this game, but you’ve got to have bounces.”

Instead, the imposing 6-foot-4 forward kept banging bodies and doing the things that General Manager Peter Chiarelli said make Lucic a “prototypical Bruin.” In the final 20 minutes of regulation, the rugged forward landed seven hits, including one on Toronto defenseman Carl Gunnarson that sent him careening into the boards, and had the TD Garden fans on their feet.

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The tough playoff mentality has been in full force for the Bruins, whether through blocking shots, taking a puck to the face, or getting cuts and stitches - and battling through everything. A quick look around the locker room shows that there aren’t too many members of the Black & Gold without physical evidence that it’s the Stanley Cup Playoffs.“Obviously a little bit of a shiner here on my right eye, but looking forward to tonight,” said Milan Lucic Friday morning, prior to Game 5, after a puck ricocheted and hit above his right eye during the 4-3 OT win in Toronto. “A lot on the line for both teams.”“We know what’s at stake, we know the job that needs to be done, and like I said, there’s lots to look forward to.” “For us, we want to do everything in our power to play well and close it out tonight.”^CS

The tough playoff mentality has been in full force for the Bruins, whether through blocking shots, taking a puck to the face, or getting cuts and stitches - and battling through everything.

A quick look around the locker room shows that there aren’t too many members of the Black & Gold without physical evidence that it’s the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

“Obviously a little bit of a shiner here on my right eye, but looking forward to tonight,” said Milan Lucic Friday morning, prior to Game 5, after a puck ricocheted and hit above his right eye during the 4-3 OT win in Toronto. “A lot on the line for both teams.”

“We know what’s at stake, we know the job that needs to be done, and like I said, there’s lots to look forward to.”

“For us, we want to do everything in our power to play well and close it out tonight.”

^CS

Lucic-Led Physicality More than Just Hits

BostonBruins.com – The physicality of both the Bruins and the Maple Leafs has been on display through the first three games of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. The two squads have combined for 245 hits in the three games, with Toronto holding a 129-116 edge.

“I don’t think it’s pleasant, there’s been lots of hits,” said Andrew Ference pregame, when asked if the playoff series seemed tame compared to the others in the league. “Lots of good, hard hockey, there’s been a couple of fights. I don’t think it’s been tame, I know when they forecheck, they forecheck pretty hard and it still feels like a pretty real hit to me.”

For the Bruins, the physical play has been driven by the line of David Krejci, Nathan Horton and Milan Lucic. Lucic has found his game in the playoffs, following a tough regular season. The winger leads the B’s with six assists in the three games and has registered 11 hits.

Lucic, along with Horton, are using their size and strength to create room for Krejci (two goals, five assists), who leads the team with seven points in the series. The two ‘bash brothers’ are getting in on the forecheck and driving hard to the net to create goals, wreaking havoc on the Maple Leafs.

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Lucic Earns Jacket Assisting B's to Series Lead

TORONTO, ON - Milan Lucic wanted to forget about his regular season.

So he finished his final two games of April with three points, landed five hits, and catapulted himself into postseason play, where the Bruins’ powerful forward has put up six assists in just the first three games. That includes a three-assist, plus-three night on Monday en route to a 5-2 win in Toronto and the 2-1 series lead.

Though, anyone who watches the 6-foot-3, 230-pound forward play, knows that his game is much more than assists. He makes his presence felt, in a big, “Boston Bruins hockey” type of way.

On Monday, Lucic threw three recorded hits, and his heavy one on Leafs’ winger Joffrey Lupul would have drawn cheers from a sea of Black & Gold, had Game 3 been in the confines of TD Garden. He also powered himself down the ice and fired five shots. He was a threat.

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We can say all we want in the dressing room and to you guys in the media, but at the end of the day, it’s just us going out there and playing for each other and doing the right things and playing more consistent, shift in, shift out.
Milan Lucic, on the confidence the Bruins have in finding consistency from game to game

Lucic: We Have A Lot to Prove

BOSTON, MA – It all starts anew on Wednesday night. The Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs will begin their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series at TD Garden – their first playoff meeting since 1974.

After a sluggish end to a short, but exhausting, regular season, the Black & Gold are excited to start the second season with a clean slate and fresh outlook. They also want to redeem themselves after last year’s first round exit to the Washington Capitals in seven games.

“I think we were all looking forward to getting back in the playoffs,” said Milan Lucic. “Just because, personally, and as a team, it was disappointing the way things ended and the early exit [last season]. And for myself, not really being able to get going in a seven game series.”

“I think personally and team-wise we have a lot to prove going into this year’s playoffs, and we’re looking forward to the match-up and playing against a great team like Toronto.”

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Lucic Back on the Board

BOSTON, MA – With the exception of a three-assist game against the Philadelphia Flyers 10 days ago, it has been a frustrating 15-game scoreless stretch for Milan Lucic. Entering Monday night’s contest with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins’ power winger had not scored since February 24 in Florida.

After starting the night on one of Coach’s new lines with Rich Peverley and Jordan Caron, Lucic found his game more and more as the game went along. And at 9:49 of the second period, with the Leafs up 2-0, No. 17 finally broke the streak, cutting the Leafs lead in half with a vintage Lucic goal, in the B’s eventual, 3-2, shootout win.

The goal was all about power. After collecting a quick pass from Peverley, Lucic used his heavy frame to skate through the spoked-B at center ice and blow past Toronto defenseman Cody Franson at the Leafs’ blueline and bust to the net. Lucic, all alone, then fired a shot through the five-hole of goalie James Reimer for his fifth goal of the year.

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Lucic tries to put a shot past Vokoun in this afternoon’s game vs PIT #nhlbruins

Lucic tries to put a shot past Vokoun in this afternoon’s game vs PIT #nhlbruins

Practice 2/19: Lucic Back, Seven B's Missing

BostonBruins.com – It was an unusual day for the Boston Bruins, as they headed back to the ice at Ristuccia Arena, following a rare day off on Monday. The B’s were missing seven players – Patrice Bergeron, Gregory Campbell, Andrew Ference, Nathan Horton, Anton Khudobin, Adam McQuaid, and Daniel Paille – due to flu-like symptoms.

However, Milan Lucic did return after missing Sunday night’s game against Winnipeg, in order to return home to Boston for a personal reason. Lane MacDermid also rejoined the Big Club after a short stint in Providence on a conditioning loan.

The practice took on more of a fun feel, but Dennis Seidenberg said it was still important to focus because there is a game to play on Thursday night in Tampa.

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Bruins Breakdown: Milan Lucic breaks down his timely game-tying goal against the New York Rangers on Jan. 23.