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Stadium:
TD Banknorth Garden
TD Banknorth Garden is a sports arena in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after its sponsor, TD Banknorth, and is often called simply the Garden, or the traditional Boston Garden and formerly known as the FleetCenter and the Shawmut Center. It is the home arena for the Boston Bruins, an NHL team, and the Boston Celtics, an NBA team. It was formerly home to the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) but in 2008 will be home to another NLL expansion team. It is site of the annual Beanpot, and hosts the annual Hockey East Championships. The arena has also hosted many major national sporting events including the 1999 and 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball First and Second Rounds and the 2006 Women's Final Four. In addition, the facility has hosted the 2001 US Figure Skating Championships, the 1996 and 2000 US Gymnastics Trials, the 2004 and 1998 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship (aka the Frozen Four), the 1996 NHL All-Star Game, and World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania XIV in 1998. It has also hosted the King of the Ring 2000, Royal Rumble 2003, and SummerSlam 2006. Like most sports arenas, it also hosts other events, such as concerts, shows, conventions, graduations, seminars, ice shows, circuses, and most notably the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Seating Chart:
TD Banknorth Garden Seating Chart

Team History:
In 1924, at the convincing of Boston grocery tycoon Charles Adams, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. As a long-time hockey hotbed, Boston was a natural choice for the NHL's first American team. Adams' first act was to hire Art Ross as general manager. Ross would stay with the team for thirty years, including four separate stints as coach. Adams directed Ross to come up with a nickname that would portray an untamed animal displaying speed, agility, and cunning. Ross came up with "Bruins," after the brown bear. The nickname also went along with the team's colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores. The team finished dead last in its inaugural season, but rebounded to finish just a point out of the playoffs a year later.

Season Preview:
Stop us if you've heard this before: The Boston Bruins have re-tooled and look like they could be a team ready to compete for their first Stanley Cup since 1972. Actually, we might have said that last season and lots of folks are saying it this year. But not us. Taking a page from "Jerry Maguire": Show us the money. A year ago, the Bruins loaded up on free agents, then the whole thing turned to mush and GM Mike O'Connell ended up trading the league's scoring champion and MVP to San Jose and was fired before Joe Thornton loaded up on his postseason hardware. Likewise, coach Mike Sullivan got the heave-ho; although the Bruins didn't have the good graces to fire him right away, but waited until after the draft. In their place, Dave Lewis comes over after a disappointing first go-round as a coach in Detroit and Peter Chiarelli takes over the GM's job after learning the ropes as an assistant in Ottawa. Zdeno Chara, Mark Savard, Paul Mara and Phil Kessel will all have an impact, but will the Bruins be a team? For a club that was second-to-last in the NHL in one-goal games last year, a good indication that a team has no clue how to win, we don't think so.

Official Site:
http://bruins.nhl.com/