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Where are they now?: 1989-'90 Boston Bruins

Where are They Now?

Mike Milbury (Head Coach): Hockey Analyst for several TV broadcasts including NESN and NBC

Gord Kluzak: In-Studio Analyst for NESN's Bruins broadcasts and Vice President of the investment firm Goldman Sachs

Lyndon Byers: On-Air Radio Personality for WAAF's Hillman Morning Show

Cam Neely: President of the Boston Bruins

Bob Beers: Radio Color Commentator for 98.5 FM The Sports Hub's broadcasts of Bruins games

Andy Brickley: TV Color Commentator for NESN's broadcast of Bruins games, as well as occasional nationally televised games on Versus

Ray Bourque: Co-Owner of the Italian restaurant Tresca in the North End

Bob Sweeney: Director of Development for The Boston Bruins Foundation; Coaches for the Valley Junior Warriors youth program

Glen Wesley: Director of Defensemen Development for the Carolina Hurricanes

Andy Moog: Former Goaltending Coach and Assistant Coach for the Dallas Stars. Moog suffered a heart attack in December 2010 and is currently re-gaining his health.

Don Sweeney: Assistant General Manager of the Boston Bruins

Reggie Lemelin: Former Goaltending Coach for the Philadelphia Flyers

Craig Janney: Currently resides in the Phoenix, AZ area; Works as a commentator for NESN's Hockey East college hockey broadcasts

Randy Burridge: Resides in the Las Vegas, NV area; Works for a company that coordinates fundraising efforts for non-profit organizations; Still inspiring Rene Rancourt with his "Stump Pump".

Stephane Quintal: Involved in business ventures in the health and fitness industry.

Garry Galley: Works for CBC's Hockey Night in Canada; Owns a company that runs youth hockey camps in Ottawa, ON.

Ken Linseman: Still resides in the Boston area and owns a commercial real estate development firm; Can often be seen surfing at Hampton Beach.

Dave Poulin: Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Bobby Carpenter: Works as a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs

John Carter: Career cut short due to an eye injury; Works for a mental health facility on the North Shore; In 2004, John Carter's estranged 12-year-old daughter and the child's mother were killed inside their Woburn home.

Wes Walz: After retiring from Minnesota Wild in 2007, Walz served as an Assistant Coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2008 to 2010; Current volunteer coach of his son's high school team in Minnesota

Dave Christian: Resides in Minnesota; Inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

Mike Millar: Played 10 seasons in Germany before retiring in 2002

Nevin Markwart: President/CEO of Canoe Financial in Calgary, Alberta

Brian Lawton: Former NHL player agent; Former GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning; Currently looking for a job as an NHL GM; Resides in Minnesota

Brian Propp: Resides in the Philadelphia area; Vice President of a consulting firm

Bruce Shoebottom: Resides in Maine; Works for an electric company

Jarmo Kekalainen: GM of Finnish hockey team Jokerit (Former Bruin Petteri Nokelainen and Former BC standout Ben Eaves played for Jokerit this season).

Bob Joyce: Director of Flight Operations for a pilot training academy in Florida

Greg Johnston: Policeman in Barrie, ON

Ron Hoover: Played just 18 games in the NHL, but had a long minor league career before retiring in 1998

Greg Hawgood: Coached junior hockey after retiring from pro hockey

Bobby Gould: Teacher and Farmer in Ontario

Allen Pedersen: Retired from pro hockey in 1995

Jim Wiemer: Resides in the Rochester, NY area; Was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame in 2010

Peter Douris: Resides in York Beach, Maine; Works as a real estate agent

Lou Crawford: Played just 26 games in the NHL; Retired from pro hockey in 1994; Went on to coach in the OHL and AHL; brother of Marc Crawford

Billy O'Dwyer: The BC alum and Southie native never played another game in the NHL; Retired from pro hockey in 1992; Owns a liquor store in Braintree

Rob Cimetta: Was working for Morgan Stanley in the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2011, but was able to evacuate the building and survive; He now works in real estate development in Toronto.

Graeme Townshend: The Kingston, Jamaica native is now the skating coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Ray Neufeld: Assistant GM/Assistant Coach of the Winnipeg Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League

John Blum: Served as an assistant coach with several minor league teams in the Detroit area; Fun Fact (according to Wikipedia): He played high school hockey with Dave Coulier of "Full House" fame; In 2005, Blum was suspended for 10 games by the UHL for allegedly placing a bounty on a player's head.

Michael Thelven: Has represented Swedish-born NHL players as an agent; Owns a pharmaceutical company; Has worked for European television network Canal + as a commentator

John Byce: Works in commercial real estate in Wisconsin

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Great write-up

Always fascinating to read these kinds of things.

by The Burning Scheyer Jersey on May 29, 2011 5:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Always interesting how diverse the players post-hockey lives are.

by snowboard_kat on May 29, 2011 6:42 PM EDT reply actions  

No John Byce? I only remember him because he scored two goals in Boston’s only win in the Finals.

by Phunwin on May 30, 2011 8:02 AM EDT reply actions  

I knew I was going to miss someone. I went by Hockey Reference’s roster, which was from the regular season. Byce only played in the playoffs.

Byce now works in commercial real estate in Wisconson.

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 30, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

Game 2

Anyone here from Western Canada, or anyone in general attending Game 2 in Vancouver? I am in Alberta, and probably going to go to it.

by bruinlorr on May 30, 2011 12:08 PM EDT reply actions  

bruinlorr

I live in Vancouver, but foolishly booked a trip to my cabin June 1st – 5th. I’ll be trying to pick up the CBC signal on a black and white TV with a rabbit ear antenna.

by ATHAPAP on May 31, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

dilemma

back in Van for game 5 but it’s my 6 year old daughter’s birthday party that night. I have the firm tickets if I want them. Should I disappoint my daughter or disappoint myself?

by ATHAPAP on Jun 1, 2011 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

She won’t remember next year. ;)

by phonymahoney on Jun 1, 2011 6:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

am I going to hell for saying that?

by phonymahoney on Jun 1, 2011 6:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

Move the party to earlier and rent a pony. Go to the game and be Father of The Year. Problem solved.

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jun 1, 2011 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

Video tape that and you’ll be a youtube sensation

by SkateHitShoot on May 31, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

That was a fascinating blog post and brought back a lot of names I had forgot over time.

by Eric B on May 30, 2011 12:41 PM EDT reply actions  

I work for a liquor distributor and talk to Billy O’Dwyer pretty frequently, it’s definitely interesting to see what some of these guys are up to now.

by phonymahoney on May 30, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Cool.

Some (especially the guys with short NHL careers or common names) were hard to find stuff on. After about 5 hours of googling, this is what I came up with.

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 30, 2011 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah. you really find out more about these guys at alumni games than anywhere else… guys like o’dwyer, douris, etc. kind of disappear after their fifteen minutes.

by phonymahoney on May 30, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bob Beers?

seriously?
that name rules.

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by missy on May 30, 2011 6:56 PM EDT reply actions  

also

you unfortunately forgot that Milbury also participates in the intermission panels for CBC’s HNIC.

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by missy on May 30, 2011 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

For Bruins games they’ve been doing those from the handicapped section below my seat. I got my picture with Ron Maclean!

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 30, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh dear. You guys were coached by Milbury?! And you guys actually managed to WIN?! That’s impressive.

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by Vancouverguy on May 31, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bruins were successful under Coach Cherry too. Hard to believe as that may be.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on May 31, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

scary, right?!

AND Don Cherry.

AND Steve Kasper.

by phonymahoney on May 31, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

You’ve never heard of him?

by phonymahoney on May 30, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wish he and Greg McKegg could be linemates. MOAR TIME TRAVEL!

Still hoping Ryder takes an epic discount so we can have Knight-Ryder.

by TomServo42 on May 30, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ray Bourque also had two sons: Chris (who played briefly with the Washington Caps and a few years with their Hershey farm team) and Ryan (drafted by the Rangers and was a member of the US World Junior hockey team that won in the last 2009/early 2001 time frame. (Also had a daughter named Melissa.)

Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.

by CapsFan75 on May 30, 2011 9:45 PM EDT reply actions  

He actually did that before he was retired, which is probably why it wasn’t included in the “where are they now?”. ;)

by phonymahoney on May 31, 2011 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’m pretty sure everyone on here knows about Bourque’s hockey playing sons.

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 31, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

Right. His goings on are not exactly a secret ’round these parts.

by phonymahoney on May 31, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe the new Canucks fans want to know?

I should also point out that Bartkowski, one of our 7th-10th defensemen, is from the Pittsburgh area.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 31, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

Chris Bourque was drafted pretty high, I kinda figured he was no secret. ;)

by phonymahoney on May 31, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

I won’t pander to those folks, Corny. They are merely guests. I have to write for the core audience.

Holy shit! Bart is from Pittsburgh?!

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 31, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m not saying you have to put it in your story, but it doesn’t hurt that capsfan75 posted about it.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 1, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Oh, you…

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 1, 2011 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Highlight of my hockey playing career…leveled Chris at Center ice in front of a couple hundred people…too bad he Dangled me hard for two goals in that same game

by Dangles-McDonnybrook on May 31, 2011 12:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   2 recs

Ray Bourque?? I am not familiar with this name ;)

by beachguy113 on May 31, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great write up!

I only remember about 1/3 of the names, but nice to see what happened to them.

by jbnysteelerfan on May 31, 2011 7:54 AM EDT reply actions  

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on May 31, 2011 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

enjoyed this immensely

great job, it was very fun to re-visit some of those names from back when I first moved to New England and discovered a love of hockey.

P.S. did anyone else play the “Beers” game while watching the broadcasts back then? Simple… every time Fred or Derek mentioned “Beers” everyone drank a toast!

by dm440c on May 31, 2011 2:38 PM EDT reply actions  

This was a great post. It was fun remembering all those players and I even did a little highlight watching on youtube. God I miss the ol Garden. I liked how every barn was different and had its own character. I know these new arenas are give better sightlines and get more advertising revenue but they just seem so cookie cutter. They are all pretty much the same

by beachguy113 on May 31, 2011 10:10 PM EDT reply actions  

they had WAY cooler names, too:

the great western forum
Le Colisee
the forum
the spectrum
etc., etc., etc!

by phonymahoney on May 31, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

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