Friday, September 23rd marked the beginning of training camp for the Boston Bruins at their new (and very sunny) location, the Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, MA. The practices are being run by assistant coaches Bruce Cassidy, Jay Pandolfo, Joe Sacco and Kevin Dean, while head coach Claude Julien helps coach Team Canada at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto.
With veterans Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and Tuukka Rask also missing camp to participate in the World Cup, surely things felt a bit different in this new facility, but the players’ performance on the ice did not show any hesitation.
Having just returned from playing in the World Cup of Hockey, David Pastrnak arrived at the beginning of the second session, but did not join the group on the ice. Instead, he wandered the halls of the giant new building, asking various fans where he is supposed to go. Classic Pasta.
Also missing from practice was Frank Vatrano, reportedly out with a lower body injury.
Both David Krejci and Torey Krug returned to the ice after spending the summer recovering from surgeries.
Krug and Beleskey led the stretch after the first session. Krejci led after the 2nd.
Group A lines:
Beleskey-Spooner-Mueller
Cehlarik-Moore-Nash
Gabrielle-Schaller-Ferlin
Naclerio-Cave-Hickman
Group A defense pairs:
Grzelcyk—McQuaid
Liles—Carlo
Morrow—Casto
Roach—Krug
Group A goalies:
Khudobin, McIntyre
Group B lines:
Heinen—Krejci—Senyshyn
DeBrusk—Czarnik—Hayes
Hargrove—Acciari—Griffith
Blidh/White—Kuraly—Randell
Group B defense pairs:
Zboril—K. Miller
Cross—C. Miller
Lauzon—O’Gara
Arnesson—Grant
Group B goalies: Subban, Vladar