If there was any concern that Tim Thomas might be a little sluggish out of the gate after his historic 2010-11 campaign, the veteran netminder has put the doubts to bed.
When a player goes undrafted and starts out his pro career in the ECHL, it isn’t a strong indicator of future big league hockey success.
Yet in Rich Peverley’s case, the Boston Bruins winger turned a blazing set of wheels and old fashioned work ethic into an NHL job and Stanley Cup championship.
When the Boston Bruins skated onto the TD Garden ice Thursday night with the Stanley Cup in captain Zdeno Chara’s arms, fans saw a familiar sight among the faces in the hockey phalanx: Mark Recchi