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Boston Bruins Hockey
Team Notes
- National Hockey League Stanley Cup Championships:
1928 - 1929: Beat New York Rangers, 2 games to 0 (Best
of three series)
1938 - 1940: Beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to
1 (Best of seven series)
1940 - 1941: Beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 0
1969 - 1970: Beat St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 0
1971 - 1972: Beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
- Boston Bruins founded in 1924 and later became one of the original six National
Hockey League Teams
- During the 1929 - 1930 regular season, the Boston Bruins won an
astonishing 86.4% of their games (38 out of 44) and this record has never been broken
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Franchise individual records
Most Goals in a season: Phil Esposito, 76 (1970–71)
Most Assists in a season: Bobby Orr, 102 (1970–71)
Most Points in a season: Phil Esposito, 152 (1970–71)
Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Jay Miller, 304 (1987–88)
Most Points in a season, defenseman: Bobby
Orr, 139 (1970–71)
Most Points in a season, rookie: Joe Juneau, 102 (1992–93)
Most Wins in a season: Pete
Peeters, 40 (1982–83)
Most Shutouts in a season: Tiny Thompson, 12 (1928–29)
Boston Celtics
Basketball Team Highlights
- Won 17 National Basketball League
Championships, more than any team in the NBA
- Appeared in 20 NBA finals with a record
of 17 wins, 3 losses
- Won 8 straight NBA Championships
from 1959 - 1966 and won 11 NBA championship titles in 13 years from 1957 - 1969
- 46 playoff appearances up to the
2007 - 2008 season
- Won their first NBA title in 1956
- 1957 when they beat the St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
- Most recent title 2007 - 2008
when they beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2
- Arnold "Red" Auerbach coached for
16 seasons with a winning percentage of .667
- Auerbach won 9 NBA Championships
as coach, and won 7 more while acting as General Manager and President, for a total of 16 during his 29 year association
with the team
Boston Red Sox World Series Appearances
- 1903 - Boston Americans beat
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 games to 3 (best of nine games)
- 1912 - Boston Red Sox beat
New York Giants 4 games to 3 (one tie game)
- 1915 - Boston Red Sox beat
Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 1
- 1916 - Boston Red Sox beat
Brooklyn Robins (a/k/a Dodgers) 4 games to 1
- 1918 - Boston Red Sox beat
Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2
- 1946 - St. Louis Cardinals
beat Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3
- 1967 - St. Louis Cardinals
beat Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3. This was the year of the "Impossible Dream" and the team was led by Triple Crown Winner
outfielder Carl Yastrzemski, and Cy Young Award pitcher Jim Lonborg
- 1975 - Cincinnati Reds beat
Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3. Cincinnati was called the
"Big Red Machine" and was led by World Series Most Valuable Player Pete (Mr. Hustle) Rose.
- 1986 - New York Mets beat
Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3. In game 6 of this series, Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner committed an error which forced
a deciding game 7. The Mets won the game 8 - 5, and also won the World Series.
- 2004 - Boston Red Sox beat
St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0. This was the first World Series victory for Boston in
86 years (since 1918), and Red Sox Nation erupted with joyful thanks after such a long drought between World Series victories.
- 2007 - Boston Red Sox beat
Colorado Rockies 4 games to 0. This was the second World Series Championship in 4 years and 7th overall since the baseball
team started in 1901. Second Rolling Rally victory parade took place through the streets of downtown Boston with the team riding Boston's
famous "Duck Boats". Boston pitcher Jonathan Papelbon celebrated by doing his version of "River Dance" on the Rolling Rally
and also at City Hall Plaza, to the delight of the crowd, his teammates, city officials and Red Sox team management.
New England Patriots Super Bowl Facts:
- Super
Bowl XX - January 21, 1986 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Lopsided
Loss to Chicago Bears, 10 - 46
- First
Super Bowl appearance for New England Patriots
- Only
wild card team in National Football League history to get to the Super Bowl by winning three post-season games on the road
- Super Bowl XXXI - January 26, 1997 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans,
Louisiana
- Loss to Green Bay Packers, 21 - 35
- First Super Bowl win for Green Bay Packers in 29 years
- Game Most Valuable Player - Desmond Howard, Green Bay
- Super Bowl XXXVI - February 3, 2002 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans,
Louisiana
- Win over St. Louis Rams, 20 - 17
- First Super Bowl win for New England Patriots
- First time in NFL history that a game was decided on the
final play of the game, a 48 yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri
- Game Most Valuable Player - New England Patriot Quarterback, Tom
Brady
- Super Bowl XXXVIII - February 1, 2004 - Reliant Stadium, Houston,
Texas
- Win over Carolina Panthers, 32 - 29
- Super Bowl Champions for second time in three years
- Regular season record 14 - 2
- Patriots are one of only eleven teams to win third conference
championship (since 1996) in a span of eight seasons
- Game Most Valuable Player - New England Patriot Quarterback, Tom
Brady
- Super Bowl XXXIX - February 6, 2005 - AllTel Stadium, Jacksonville,
Florida
- Win over Philadelphia Eagles, 24 - 21
- World Champions for third time in four years
- Game Most Valuable Player - New England Patriots Wide Receiver Deion
Branch who had 11 catches for 133 yards
- Super Bowl XXLII - February 3, 2008 - U. of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale,
Arizona
- Loss to New York Football Giants, 14 - 17, an upset win over a highly
favored Patriots team
- Patriots regular and post season record 18 - 1
New England Revolution Soccer Team Information
- Home Stadium - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
- Major Soccer League (MLS) appearances - 4
- MLS losses to:
- Los Angeles Galaxy, 2002, score 0-1 in extra time
- Los Angeles Galaxy, 2005, score 0-1 in extra time
- Houston Dynamo, 2006, score 3-4 in shootout
- Houston Dynamo, 2007, score 1-2
- Won Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2007 by beating FC Dallas, 3-2
- Runner up to Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2001, lost to Los Angeles Galaxy,
1-2
- Supporter's Shield runner up in 2005 with regular season record of 17-7-8
- Only MLS team to have every league game televised, home and away
- MLS Most Valuable Player Award winner - 2005, Tayler Twellman, Striker/Forward
- MLS Coach of the Year Award winner - 2002, Steve Nicol
- MLS Defender of the Year Award winner - 2007 Michael Parkhurst
- MLS Golden Boot Award winner (player who scores most regular season goals)
- 2005, Taylor Twellman, 17 goals
- MLS Scoring Champion Award winner (player who scores most points in
regular season) - 2002, Taylor Twellman, 52 points
- MLS Rookie of the Year Award winner - 2004, Clint Dempsey: 2005,
Michael Parkhurst
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