Bourque led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Final in 1987-88 and 1989-90 with the Bruins losing both times to the Edmonton Oilers. The Avalanche lost the game and the series. Writer with @Gambling and @Bookies. $14.90 shipping. He was the first non-goaltender to win Rookie of the Year and be named to the First All-Star Team.But as mentioned, that was just the beginning. His 1,111 assists and 1,506 points with the Bruins are the most in team history.
Also in 1987, Bourque suited up for the NHL All-Stars In 1998, Bourque was a member of Team Canada again, this time participating in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Bourque’s is a story that brings chills when you hear it. Funeral-home silence. and the very real possibility that there could be no Stanley Cup awarded this season, it got me thinking, who the best Boston Bruins players to never hoist Lord Stanley with the Bruins are? With a Calder trophy under his belt from 1980, it was a few years before Bourque got his name on some hardware again. They were swept by the Wayne-Gretzky-led Oilers in 1988 and then by the Mark Messier-led Oilers in 1990 behind a brilliant performance from Bill Ranford. The crowd cheered for him in the warm-ups, and he took his helmet off to wave to the crowd.
Not a bad consolation prize. Through all of these runs, Bourque proved that he wasn’t just a regular-season player. There’s no way he’s winning the Cup sitting on the bench.’“I didn’t even watch the puck those last 11 seconds. Bourque was named to the First All-Star Team an incredible 13 times, the most of any player in NHL history. The Devils were a very good team in the early 2000s though, you could never count out their trap-style play and goaltender Martin Brodeur. Most of this was playing in the Canada Cup (three times in 1981, 1984, and 1987). Even at his age, he maintained 26:06 average ice time. In these tournaments, he collected two gold medals and a silver, while collecting three goals, 14 assists, and 17 points in 24 games.
He led defensemen in playoff goals, assists, and points in three times (1983, 1990, 1991) and just assists and points in 1988.
They had a harder time in the second round against Blake’s former team, the Kings. In 2019, Bourque was still being recognized for his contributions to the game, being awarded the Keith Magnuson “Man of the Year” Award by the NHL Alumni Association, awarded to an ambassador for the game at all levels through his continued commitment to the community and charitable causes.One aspect of Bourque’s career that we haven’t touched on yet is his track record with the All-Star team and the All-Star Game. Bourque finished his career with the Colorado Avalanche, with whom he won his only Stanley Cup … That picture you see above is of Bourque shaving off his playoff beard, following that Game 7 3-1 Avalanche victory over the New Jersey Devils, June 9, 2001. They were swept by the Wayne-Gretzky-led Oilers in 1988 and then by the Mark Messier-led Oilers in 1990 behind a brilliant performance from Bill Ranford. Bourque played in the All-Star Game 19 times. The Quebec native was nearing the end of his career but had never won the Stanley Cup… Upon the presentation of Stanley Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to team captain Sakic, Sakic gave up his traditional first victory lap with the Cup and called the veteran Bourque over. While it made the organization and the fans love him even more, the NHLPA was less impressed.Bourque was well-known for not wanting to draw out contract negotiations, preferring to quickly and quietly take a deal.
We knew we had opened the door for the Devils to win the Stanley Cup at home. His first season finished with 0.81 points per game. Avalanche captain Joe Sakic immediately gave the Stanley Cup to Bourque and the longtime Bruin finally got to take his lap around the ice with Lord Stanley. For 17 of his 20 years as a hockey and sports reporter, Murph covered the Bruins on essentially a daily basis covering their victorious 2011 Stanley Cup run and their 2013 run to the Final as well. .95 cents of every dollar goes to the cost of getting to and from Avs road games and .5 cents goes to the Thornton Food Bank. First in career shots (6,209) 9.
Half-way through his rookie season, head coach and general manager (GM) Michel Bergeron traded Bourque to Sorel for high-scoring Benoît Gosselin.
Here’s a look back at one of the most storied careers the hockey world has ever seen.Over the course of his 22-season career between the Bruins and the Avalanche, Bourque cemented himself as a hockey legend. That was the shortest meeting I’ve ever been a part of. Raymond Jean Bourque had a lengthy NHL career, nearly entirely with the Boston Bruins.