BOSTON — The Boston Bruins Alumni Affiliation put collectively a stacked lineup for his or her Dec. 7 charity sport towards the Warrior For Life Fund at Warrior Ice Area.
Present Bruins assistant coach Chris Kelly will be part of a few of his 2011 Stanley Cup champion teammates — Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Mark Recchi, Dennis Seidenberg, Johnny Boychuk, Shawn Thornton, Gregory Campbell, Adam McQuaid, Tuukka Rask, Andrew Ference and Tim Thomas — for the marquee matchup.
“It’ll be thrilling,” Kelly informed NESN.com on the Bruins apply facility on Nov. 20. “… It’s at all times a very good occasion. Clearly, it’s one thing new for me, however I’m excited concerning the sport.
“… It’s a particular group. If you’re in a position to win with a bunch, it’s that rather more particular. I inform individuals, trying again on the group whenever you’re within the second, you don’t notice how particular the group is,” Kelly stated. “I discover it very lucky we had been in a position to win as a result of we had a number of character. Loads of large personalities. And, they’ve gone on to do nice issues both in sports activities or different issues.”
The 44-year-old ahead could have a busy day on Saturday. The Bruins host the Flyers at TD Backyard with puck drop scheduled for 1 p.m. ET earlier than Kelly heads over to Warrior for the Alumni sport at 7.
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With Kelly enjoying within the sport, Thomas will keep on the bench and coach the staff as an alternative of placing on the pads and manning the crease. Kelly stated he doesn’t plan on giving his former teammate any tips about teaching.
“I don’t. I can’t give Timmy any ideas,” Kelly laughed. “I’m certain he shall be nice. He was teaching us when he was a participant. He would bark out orders (from the crease), which made it simpler at occasions.”
Kelly made his Alumni debut final season when the Bruins had been in Philadelphia to tackle the Flyers.
The Broad Avenue Bullies had been celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their 1974 Stanley Cup victory over the Bruin throughout their Corridor of Fame weekend final January. To kick off the celebration, the Bruins and Flyers alumni groups competed for bragging rights.
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Retired NHL gamers who sported the Spoked-B throughout their profession — Kevan Miller, Andrew Alberts, PJ Inventory, Mark Mowers, Bryan Smolinski and Tim Schaller — will be part of Kelly and the opposite 2011 gamers on the bench.
