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As you may know, Daniel Briere retired from the NHL yesterday. Sure, he was a good-to-great player who played for a long time while also juggling being a single father and attempting to do right by his children. Sure, he played well during most of that time. But the important thing is that, in the 2010 playoffs, he played 7 games against the Bruins and failed to score in one of them:
Note, if this stat box upsets you, just gaze into Chris Kelly's eyes up there. Is he smiling?
| Date | Tm | Opp | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/1/2010 | PHI | @ | BOS | L-OT | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 32 | 27:14 |
| 5/3/2010 | PHI | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 25 | 20:50 |
| 5/5/2010 | PHI | BOS | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 19:49 | |
| 5/7/2010 | PHI | BOS | W | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 35 | 24:32 | |
| 5/10/2010 | PHI | @ | BOS | W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 20:46 |
| 5/12/2010 | PHI | BOS | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 16:36 | |
| 5/14/2010 | PHI | @ | BOS | W | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 17:32 |
So, while this particular later incident was hilarious:
Screw you Danny, stay retired.