That first season started all right, but the Bruins went downhill from there, placing last for the season. Boston fans would just as soon forget that. They played their first four seasons in what is now the oldest standing indoor hockey arena in the world. It is currently the hockey rink for Northeastern University. It was not until their third season that they were in reach of the coveted Stanley Cup. They did not win, but they reached the finals for the first time.
The following year (1928), the Boston Bruins moved to the Boston Garden. The Garden became famous in Boston and elsewhere. It was a historical treasure by the time it was torn down in 1997, much to the chagrin of Boston history lovers (ahem), but the Bruins called it home for the rest of their early history. The season following their first Stanley Cup playoffs, the Bruins won it. The year after that, they won 38 out of 44 regular season games, setting a record that has never been beat. Like the Red Sox losing streaks and early success, that record served as salve on the wounds of one nearly 30-year and then one nearly 40-year no Stanley Cup streak.
By 1941, the Boston Bruins had won their third Stanley Cup. Thus began their first run of bad luck (or playing, but it was probably luck). Like all sports and teams, hockey and the Boston Bruins were hit hard by World War II. Men were off fighting in a war and American sports were lacking some of the best and bravest the U.S. had to offer. Roughly six years after the team took on the legendary Bobby Orr, they won the cup again (1970). They would win again in the '71-'72 season, but would not see the Stanley Cup after that until a win in 2011 that resulted in a riot in Boston. In total, the team has won six Stanley Cups and numerous accolades.
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