All In a Good Night's Work

All in one night, the Bruins honored a 92-year-old legend got honored, and they pulled a win against Phil Kessel and the Leafs. Before the puck dropped, the Boston Bruins held a ceremony for legend Milt Schmidt. Schmidt was honored for the 75th anniversary of his signing with the B's. In his time with the team, Schmidt was a player, captain, coach, and general manager for the B's.

After the ceremony, the puck dropped between the two rivals and the game started. Phil Kessel was welcomed to the garden to boo's and taunting from the fans. During the game, Kessel was not able to score a goal with Tim Thomas. With that, his scoreless streak against the B's still stands.

In the meantime, Thomas got his fifth straight win in row to start the season, the fist time a B's goalie has done this since the 1937-38 season. Also, in another milestone of the game, Patrice Bergeron scored the first goal of the game, his first goal of the season, and his 100th goal of his career.

The other Bruins goal was scored by rookie Tyler Seguin, his 2nd of the season. Right after he scored, the Garden crowd started taunting Phil Kessel in cheering "Thank You Kessel". For those who don't know the story, to make it short: Kessel used to play for the Bruins, but in the offseason of '09 he basically wanted to leave, so the B's traded him to the Toronto Maple Leafs (our oponent of the night) for the second overall draft pick in this year's draft. That pick ended up being Tyler Seguin, who scored the goal and thus, the chant.

So in the end, it was a great night. A legend was honored for his service to the team, and he got to watch that team win in a 2-0 shutout against their rivals. Thats what I call a successfull night.