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Bruinaura
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I.....uh......well......
Ahem. I guess Bergy's back is feeling better?
Also, just how drunk did they get him before he agreed to do that? lol
Ahem. I guess Bergy's back is feeling better?
Also, just how drunk did they get him before he agreed to do that? lol
Something tells me that Bergy likes to have some fun when he’s around people he knows very well and especially with family something tells me this isn’t the first time this duo has done something like this. I just love it
Just saw the connection of the Sullivan famify with Mac’s wife. Hadn’t realised she was Mike Sullivans daughter. Gonna be some good dinner table discussion over the years to come when the families get together!
Nobody puts Bergy in a corner.
Sheppy
NeelyDan eats corn the long way
I've watched about 20 attempts at this during weddings in my life time and not once have I ever thought "Well, that was actually pretty good"I kind of wanted to see the '' dirty dancing '' move by those two:
80% of the time it ends in absolute chaos.
Former Bruins great Tim Thomas volunteers to help rebuild flood-damaged buildings in Vermont
Former Bruins great Tim Thomas took part in efforts to help rebuild flood-damaged buildings in Vermont on Monday.
www.boston.com
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Sheppy
NeelyDan eats corn the long way
Great to see him getting back out there.Former Bruins great Tim Thomas volunteers to help rebuild flood-damaged buildings in Vermont
Former Bruins great Tim Thomas took part in efforts to help rebuild flood-damaged buildings in Vermont on Monday.www.boston.com
missingchicklet
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That article made my day. Awesome to see Timmy doing so well and giving back to his community. Also great to hear that he is reconnecting with former teammates and getting more involved again with hockey. A ton of Bs fans still feel that he is the primary reason the Bs won the Cup in 2011. An appearance by Timmy at the Garden this centennial season would bring down the house.Former Bruins great Tim Thomas volunteers to help rebuild flood-damaged buildings in Vermont
Former Bruins great Tim Thomas took part in efforts to help rebuild flood-damaged buildings in Vermont on Monday.www.boston.com
Still rubs me the wrong way that some in the media treated him. Those people will forever remain on my shit list. There will never be a Bruins goalie as badass as Timmy.
Some may forget if not for Thomas, the Bruins never would have won the Cup.
Tim is one of my all-time favorite Bruins, and I'm really glad he seems to have things in order these days. It's great to have him back in New England.
I can't imagine that the Bruins won't contact him to participate in the centennial celebration.
That would give us all a chance as fans and dare I say media to demonstrate the respect, appreciation, and affection we have for him. I think it would be good for everyone all the way around, given how things ended.
Welcome back, Timmy.
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Thomas has always had a special connection with Vermont. Though he originally hails from Michigan, Thomas played his collegiate career with the Vermont Catamounts from 1993-97, helping lead his team to the school’s first Frozen Four in 1996.
“I live up here now,” Thomas explained. “Starting to feel like I’m a part of the community. I always did, which is why I came back. I graduated from the university here and my wife’s from Essex. We came up here in the summertime all the time when I was playing for the Bruins. I know people from Barre, I don’t know anybody that was actually personally affected, but it’s affected the whole area. I’m glad to be a part of this.”
Despite his impressive career in Boston and his role in the team’s first Cup title in 39 years, Thomas has largely been out of the spotlight for the past decade. After retiring from the NHL following the 2013-14 season, Thomas was rarely heard from.
The gifted goaltender resurfaced after being named as part of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019, later detailing the brain damage from his playing career that derailed his life long after he decided to hang up his gear.
A year after his retirement, Thomas underwent a brain scan that revealed that two-thirds of his brain was getting less than 5 percent blood flow and the other third was averaging about 50 percent.
“My rebound effect was like, this wasn’t worth it,” Thomas said of the scan results and grappling with post-concussion symptoms. “That’s where I was then. Where I am today is past that. I ended up learning so many lessons out of the experience. It brought me tighter with my family. It taught me a value for life and a value for my brain that I’ve never had before. And I have appreciation for everything that I never had before. I don’t regret anything.”
In the years that followed, Thomas has started to become more visible in the hockey community.
After taking part in the Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup Zoom reunion in 2020, Thomas later told The Athletic that he hopes to begin connecting with his former teammates on a more regular basis moving forward.
“About 16 months ago, I came through the other side, so to speak,” Thomas told The Athletic in 2021. “As I continued to get better and better, I’m looking for things to be involved in that are interesting. I’m looking to reconnect with friends and acquaintances that I built over my life.”
With Thomas and his family now situated in Vermont, it wouldn’t come as much of a surprise if Thomas makes an anticipated return appearance at TD Garden at some point during the Bruins’ centennial season celebrations throughout the 2023-24 campaign.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Thomas told Russo. “I’m looking forward to seeing some old teammates. It seems like Bruins have planned a lot of exciting events and it should be a fun season.”
“I live up here now,” Thomas explained. “Starting to feel like I’m a part of the community. I always did, which is why I came back. I graduated from the university here and my wife’s from Essex. We came up here in the summertime all the time when I was playing for the Bruins. I know people from Barre, I don’t know anybody that was actually personally affected, but it’s affected the whole area. I’m glad to be a part of this.”
Despite his impressive career in Boston and his role in the team’s first Cup title in 39 years, Thomas has largely been out of the spotlight for the past decade. After retiring from the NHL following the 2013-14 season, Thomas was rarely heard from.
The gifted goaltender resurfaced after being named as part of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019, later detailing the brain damage from his playing career that derailed his life long after he decided to hang up his gear.
A year after his retirement, Thomas underwent a brain scan that revealed that two-thirds of his brain was getting less than 5 percent blood flow and the other third was averaging about 50 percent.
“My rebound effect was like, this wasn’t worth it,” Thomas said of the scan results and grappling with post-concussion symptoms. “That’s where I was then. Where I am today is past that. I ended up learning so many lessons out of the experience. It brought me tighter with my family. It taught me a value for life and a value for my brain that I’ve never had before. And I have appreciation for everything that I never had before. I don’t regret anything.”
In the years that followed, Thomas has started to become more visible in the hockey community.
After taking part in the Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup Zoom reunion in 2020, Thomas later told The Athletic that he hopes to begin connecting with his former teammates on a more regular basis moving forward.
“About 16 months ago, I came through the other side, so to speak,” Thomas told The Athletic in 2021. “As I continued to get better and better, I’m looking for things to be involved in that are interesting. I’m looking to reconnect with friends and acquaintances that I built over my life.”
With Thomas and his family now situated in Vermont, it wouldn’t come as much of a surprise if Thomas makes an anticipated return appearance at TD Garden at some point during the Bruins’ centennial season celebrations throughout the 2023-24 campaign.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Thomas told Russo. “I’m looking forward to seeing some old teammates. It seems like Bruins have planned a lot of exciting events and it should be a fun season.”
Not that much, necessarily. Marchand's been very good at bringing out Bergy's silly/fun side for a long long time!
Depending upon the weather he may just feel "at home" like in Alaska. Hopefully not and need those 5 fingers for the glove hand! Quick look at the forecast and this isn't a week to be up there IMO.
Hiked all over the NE and did all the President range summits back in the 90's. It can turn fast and once the drizzle / fog sets in it can be a tricky place.
I hiked Washington once with my sister and her guy friend about 10 years ago. Was super fun except it just so happened to be 'bike week' and once we were nearing the summit all out of breath all you could smell was motorcycle exhaust from the group of 100 rednecks that drove up the auto road that day.
Only good note was the 'hall' at the summit was serving hot food, so made me a little less annoyed at the situation.
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This dude deserves a standing ovation like no other.
we went up via cog first week of October. It was mid 60s and sunny at bottom.
It was snowing sideways 60 mph winds, gusts to 90 mph and -17 at the top.
People who had hiked were literally begging for room on cog or any cars to get back down.
It changed conditions in under an hour. No kidding.
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Bruins' Charlie McAvoy Weds College Sweetheart Kiley Sullivan in Boston: 'Best Day of My Life'
Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy married college sweetheart Kiley Sullivan at Boston University, the place where they first met, on Saturday.
Mainehockey33
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I’ve summited Washington once and that was the worst part. I wanted a pic at the summit sign and I had to wait in line with people wearing flip flops eating corn dogsI hiked Washington once with my sister and her guy friend about 10 years ago. Was super fun except it just so happened to be 'bike week' and once we were nearing the summit all out of breath all you could smell was motorcycle exhaust from the group of 100 rednecks that drove up the auto road that day.
Only good note was the 'hall' at the summit was serving hot food, so made me a little less annoyed at the situation.
. I’m working on the NH 48 so I haven’t been back to Washington but I still want to hike Huntington Ravine because it’s supposed to be the hardest trail in the Whites. If I had to pick a favorite it’s probably Adams.I was usually up there in 93/94 Sept thru Nov before the really bad stuff came in. Yes it goes very fast and when it gets to that grey soup like in the pics, the trails disappear and it gets lonely (and dangerous) fast. Mother Nature is not some friendly benevolent thing. It's like one of those Greek Gods that has no care for mortal souls and - not in an evil way or "mean", just unemotional living in the world of eons and not minutes. Same goes on the open sea in storms and bad weather. Nature's not out to get you, it just doesn't care if you are there at all.
So happy this guy who has earned the hard way everything he has is able to have a smile again and live life as fully as possible. It would be amazing to see him back as a part of the centennial given he's the only goalie in half that time to have won the Stanley for the B's - that's worth something and then some!
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