Vacation Time is Over
SAN JOSE, Calif. — David Pastrnak spent the weeklong break on the beach at a Jamaican resort. Tuukka Rask, Dominic Moore, and Kevan Miller, who grew up around Los Angeles, spent their time off here in the Golden State. Coach Bruce Cassidy took his wife and three kids to Orlando. Team captain Zdeno Chara stayed home, relaxed, and worked out (of course). Patrice Bergeron went home to Quebec City.
“For the warmth,†kidded Bergeron. “I think it was minus-20 my last day there.â€
The Bruins, their scoring hands hot before they went on mid-semester break following last Sunday’s 4-0 win over Montreal, return to work here Sunday night against the Sharks. The Bruins, riding a three-game winning streak, have 24 games to go in the regular season and still cling, somewhat perilously, to one of the eight postseason berths in the Eastern Conference.
“Generally you’re going to be rusty, and it’s usually your hands,†said Cassidy, following a remarkably up-tempo 50-minute workout here at Solar4America Arena, the Sharks’ practice facility. “So puck management will be key. You hope to be able to defend fine, you should have the energy to do that well — you won’t forget that part of it. But your hands might leave you a little bit. You’ll be a little rusty, get behind the play and then make some mistakes with the puck. So we’ll have to guard against that.â€
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