Yes, that's the Celtics trophy. Bontz explains how he and a friend got into the Celtics draft party after upgrading their Bruins tickets at the Garden.

Dirty Water explains why he hasn't blogged in ten days - he and some friends drove up to Montreal to see game 5 of the Bruins/Canadiens series, which the Bruins won, and:

We are all older and kept to ourselves the entire evening but when the bar closed we were accosted by 5 or 6 skinheads who were screaming at us in French. We were not wearing any Bruins gear ( but a couple of us had Red Sox hats ). I guess I made the mistake of responding in French and I was told after the fact that my response was more vulgar than I intended. I was sucker punched by one, and then as I fell I was kicked in the face and also hit the back of my head on a fire hydrant. Everything went black and I did not wake up until Sunday morning. ...

The Montreal Police said we were simply the victims of hate towards anglophones ( English speaking persons ) and sadly Montreal is overrun by French speaking young punks. ...

Earlier:
Bruins fans knock Canadiens fan into semi-consciousness

Timothy Haroutunian: It is better to try and fail ... then let those damn Canadians take the easy way out.

Boston Blood Sox explains why this year's team is different:

... Unlike the '79 Bruins, who blew a heart-breaking Game 7 lead, or the '71 squad that was one of the favorites to win the Cup; the 2007-08 Bruins may come home in defeat, but they won't come home as losers. ...

Bruce Allen has the media roundup.

Jay Fitzgerald ponders in horror the possibility that the CHB will write a book about a Bruins curse.

Bruins force game 7!

Boston Police report some Bruins fans did to Montrealers what their team has mostly proved unable to do: Beat them.

Around 10:20 p.m., police say they found a semi-conscious man lying in the street at Causeway and Friend streets, bleeding from a cut on his head:

... According to the victim (a self-admitted Canadiens' fan), he was walking down the street celebrating the Canadiens victory over the Bruins when two individuals attacked him. Witnesses stated that one of the suspects was wearing a #41 Jason Allison Bruins' jersey, while the other was wearing a blue running jacket. Witnesses say that both suspects punched and kicked the victim. In short time, officers located the suspect wearing the #41 Jason Allison Bruins' jersey and the suspect wearing the blue running jacket. ...

Arrested: Patrick O'Brien and Jared Callen, both 21 and from Winchester. Both charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (foot). The victim was taken to Mass. General; expected to live.

This was about an hour after police made an arrest inside the Garden, when Matthew Benoit, 24, of Stoneham, allegedly tried to keep officers from arresting another Bruins fan trying to beat up a Canadians fan. Police say Benoit only ceased and desisted when they sprayed him with pepper spray.

Tai Irwin: Some people accuse hockey fans of being big fat drunks who scream too loudly and lose their minds over a crazy game:

This is bogus, not all of them are overweight.

An out-of-town woman who says she flew into Boston to scout out a location for a new business made the mistake of agreeing to stay with some dude she met at the hotel and wound up being forced at gunpoint to give him her money, Boston Police report.

When Rob writes WE BEAT LE SCUM 2-1!!!, he isn't talking about the first series against the Yankees.

Lewis Forman went to the game and reports on what it must be like to be a Baltimore fan when the Sox come into town:

... That was a scary 45 minutes before the start of the game. When we walked into the Garden last night, we were surrounded by Canadiens fans. They cheered louder than the Bruins fans did. French became the predominant language around our seats. The few Bruins faithful huddled together like a group of stranded hikers around one small campfire.

I accept the fact that the Bruins are 4th in line when it comes to Boston sports teams. Sometimes I think we're 5th behind the Revolution but that's for a different day. However this is a playoff game for one of our teams. I don't care that the Yankees were in town for game 13 of the season (out of 162...). It was the playoffs and we almost got out cheered by FANS OF THE VISITING TEAM...

Typical Montreal fan?

Lorianne DiSabato took in Saturday's Bruins game.

The recent winning streak has Teddy Kokoros wondering.