The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Over the Rainbow."

Herbert Stothart, who underscored the film, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Some of that underscoring was, of course, based on Harburg and Arlen's songs. Georgie Stoll was the associate conductor and screen credits were given to George Bassman, Murray Cutter (who did "Over the Rainbow"), Ken Darby and Paul Marquardt for orchestral and vocal arrangements. As usual, Roger Edens was heavily involved as the unbilled musical associate of Arthur Freed. Incidental music was contributed by Stoll, Bassman, Robert Stringer and also Conrad Salinger. The music to "Optimistic Voices" was written by Arlen and Stothart.

The songs were recorded in a studio before filming. Several of the recordings were completed while Buddy Ebsen, who was supposed to have played the Tin Man, was still with the cast. So while he had to be dropped from the cast due to illness from the aluminum powder makeup, his singing voice remains on the soundtrack. It is Jack Haley, who eventually played the role, that is seen and heard singing "If I Only Had A Heart", but Ebsen's voice is still heard on the group vocals of "We're Off To See The Wizard". In those vocals, his voice is easy to detect. Ray Bolger (and also Jack Haley) were speakers with a distinct Boston accent and did not pronounce the r in wizard. Buddy Ebsen was a Midwesterner, like Judy Garland, and pronounced the r.

Although an orchestra underscores nearly the entire film, approximately the last third of the movie contains no songs. Once Dorothy and her cohorts are handed the task of killing the Wicked Witch, the mood of the film goes a bit darker. This was not originally intended—the last three songs in the film, "The Jitterbug," the vocal reprise of "Over The Rainbow," and "The Triumphant Return" were all excised from the film before its official release.

Song previews
Most of the songs were first heard on radio on a fifteen-minute program called MGM: Leo Is On the Air a few months prior to the film's release. In what must have been an extremely unusual step at the time, the actual soundtrack versions of the songs were used. Brunswick Records had earlier recorded a single of "Over the Rainbow" as well as "The Jitterbug", a song eventually deleted from the film, but MGM had suppressed the recording because they wanted to preview the songs themselves. The radio preview proved a huge success and, through repeated live radio playings, "Over the Rainbow" soared to the top of the hit parade charts even before audiences saw the film.
An obviously staged "backstage glimpse" at the planning and making of the film, hosted by Robert Young, and featuring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, lyricist E.Y. Harburg, and composer Harold Arlen, was the subject of an episode of the Good News of 1939 radio program. This program also gave a sneak preview of some of the music, but interspersed it with comedy skits by such artists as Fannie Brice. Brice, in her radio persona of Baby Snooks, was featured in a skit in which Lancelot Higgins (Hanley Stafford) tried to tell her the story of The Wizard of Oz, but was constantly interrupted and almost kept from attending the film's premiere by the toddler, who virtually forced him into taking her along. The entire program, as well as the Leo is On the Air episode, is included as a supplement on the Wizard of Oz DVD.

Albums

1940 Decca Studio Album
The first record album of music from the film was not a soundtrack album in the sense that the term is used today, or even an original cast album, although it is sometimes erroneously called so. It was, instead, a U.S. Decca four-record 78 rpm studio cast album of songs from the film released in 1940, featuring Judy Garland as Dorothy but with the Ken Darby Singers in other roles. Darby had also been one of the film's music arrangers, but the arrangements made for the film were not used in this album. This album was about twenty minutes long. There was no overture or finale included, and most of the songs were not placed in the same order that they were heard in the film. The album also used some introductory song verses which had not been included in the motion picture and were not used in the MGM radio previews. Two songs heard in the film as finally released were omitted from the album - "Optimistic Voices" and "If I Were King of the Forest"; however, the album did include the song "The Jitterbug", which had been deleted from the film. It also used, oddly enough, dialogue which never appeared in the movie; at one point, during "The Merry Old Land of Oz", Dorothy says, "We can't go to see the Wizard like this! We're all dirty!", after which the group supposedly enters the Wash and Brush Up room in the Emerald City. The reprise of "Over the Rainbow" and the "Triumphal Return" sequence were also not included.

The orchestra on the album was conducted by Victor Young. In the "Munchkinland" medley, the Ken Darby Singers provided the voices of the Munchkins, but they were not altered to sound "chipmunk"-like, as in the film. The role of Glinda was sung by an unnamed soprano with an operatic voice, the solo part in "If I Only Had a Brain" was performed by composer Harold Arlen, and in the song "If I Only Had A Heart", the role of the Tin Man was sung by a tenor whose voice bordered on falsetto. The two songs Garland sang on the album, "Over the Rainbow" and "The Jitterbug," had already been released as a 78-rpm single in 1939 only a month after the film's premiere, on a single that had nothing to do with the Brunswick Records recording released by MGM, and were incorporated into the 1940 album.

On the rest of the 1940 album, an unnamed soloist took the role of Dorothy.

This album was quite a success, and after being reissued in a 45-rpm version  and as a 10-inch LP, it was finally re-released in 1956  as one side of a 12-inch 33 rpm LP, the other side occupied by cover versions of songs from Disney's Pinocchio (1940), with Cliff Edwards, the film's Jiminy Cricket, as lead soloist. This is also the year that MGM Records first released an authentic soundtrack album of The Wizard of Oz.

The 1940 Decca "cover album" stayed in print throughout the 1950s, even after MGM Records' authentic soundtrack album of The Wizard of Oz was released. Judy Garland's 1939 cover versions of "Over the Rainbow" and "The Jitterbug" were released years later on the 1994 Decca box set The Complete Decca Masters (plus), which featured all of Garland's Decca singles and several alternate takes. The Decca single of "Over the Rainbow" has been released on an MCA compact disc entitled 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection – The Best of Judy Garland, among various other compilations; the entire album was scheduled to be released on CD for the first time in 2014, as part of a 75th anniversary Wizard of Oz collection.

Tracks in the 1940 album, in the order in which they appear:
 Over the Rainbow– Judy Garland, with Victor Young and His Orchestra
 The Jitterbug – Judy Garland with the Ken Darby Singers and Victor Young and his Orchestra
 Munchkinland Medley (referred to as "Munchkinland" on the label) – The Ken Darby Singers with Victor Young and His Orchestra   (This track originally covered two sides of a 78-rpm record – highly unusual for a musical number from a film.)
 If I Only Had a Brain – Harold Arlen, soloist, with the Ken Darby Singers; Victor Young and His Orchestra
 If I Only Had a Heart and If I Only Had The Nerve – Ken Darby soloist on "If I Only Had a Heart", with the Ken Darby Singers with Victor Young and His Orchestra
 The Merry Old Land of Oz – The Ken Darby Singers with Victor Young and His Orchestra
 We're Off To See The Wizard – The Ken Darby Singers with Victor Young and His Orchestra

MGM Soundtrack Album
In 1956 – the year that the film was first shown on TV – MGM Records released their own authentic 40-minute LP soundtrack album from the film. This album featured not only most of the songs, but also enough dialogue for listeners to be able to follow the story, almost exactly as heard on the movie soundtrack. There were a few minor revisions in this 1956 edition, i.e. Aunt Em's two lines "Dorothy, please, we're trying to count!" (referring to their farm chickens) and "Dorothy, Dorothy, we're busy!" were turned into the single line "Dorothy, Dorothy, we're busy! Please, we're trying to count!". The songs "Optimistic Voices" and "The Merry Old Land of Oz", and the Tin Man's instrumental dance to "If I Only Had a Heart", were omitted from the LP release; also gone were half of the orchestral main title music, half of the "Munchkinland" medley, the entire Professor Marvel sequence, the moments during the tornado scene during which Dorothy sees people – including Miss Gulch – flying past her window, the talking apple trees scene, the appearance of the witch on the roof of the Tin Man's cottage, the poppy field sequence, the moment when the Lion reads "Surrender Dorothy" in the sky, and the scene in the Haunted Forest in which the Tin Man is mysteriously lifted into the air. Also gone was the moment in which the Scarecrow says, "They tore my legs off, and they threw them over there", and the Tin Man answers, "Well, that's you all over", and the scene in which Dorothy's friends are scaling the cliff to get to the witch's castle, as well as many other tiny bits from the film.  Perhaps most interesting was the total elimination of any reference to the Ruby Slippers, a very significant and pivotal part of the film.

This soundtrack recording eventually supplanted the 1940 studio album. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, it was constantly reprinted and re-released (each time with different cover art), and the album eventually appeared in an expanded version on CD in 1989, released by CBS Records instead of MGM. The 1989 release also contained the original deleted film version of "The Jitterbug", albeit without its full intro, as a bonus track. In 1998, to coincide with a digitally restored and remastered theatrical reissue, the album was reissued on Rhino Records as The Songs and Story of the Wizard of Oz. The album was edited from the digital stereo soundtrack of the film's 1998 re-release, created from surviving multiple recording stems, and as such was the first album to feature many of the songs in stereo sound.

MGM 1963 Studio Album

In 1963, MGM Records issued an entirely new LP recording featuring four selections from The Wizard of Oz, this one a true cover version with none of the film's cast. Also included on the album were selections from Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland. This album quickly sank into obscurity and has never been issued on CD. It featured such artists as Jackson Beck.

Rhino Records Deluxe Soundtrack Album
In 1995, all previous albums of The Wizard of Oz were supplanted by Rhino Records' extensive, new 2-CD soundtrack album featuring not only all the songs, but also all of Herbert Stothart's background music, as well as outtake pieces of music, the opening and closing credits music, all of the songs cut from the film following its sneak previews, and demos for the songs.  (See track listing below.) In all, this album played for well over two hours, longer than the actual film. All of the songs and music, except for the demos, were presented in the exact order that they would have been heard in the film had it not been slightly trimmed before release.

The 1995 album contains no spoken dialogue. One vocal not heard on the album is the Winkies' chanting of "O – Ee– Oh! Yeoo – Oh!" outside the Wicked Witch's castle, since only the instrumental music track is included. Also unheard is the "Lions and tigers and bears!" chant. Another oddity is that although a full track of the "Cyclone" instrumental is used, in lieu of the film's shortened soundtrack which has an audible edit, only one of the two tracks for the segment was located, so the mix is different from the "normal" version.

A single-disc version was also produced, containing only the vocal selections, the main title, the "Cyclone" instrumental, and the score for the final scene where Dorothy goes home. The single-disc still contained all of the vocal outtakes, with the exception of the "Over The Rainbow" reprise, and extended versions of songs but discarded almost all of the background score. Despite the existence of multi-track recordings, which had been made to create a more full and balanced monaural track for the film, none of the music on either release was mixed in stereo.

In 1998, when the film received a complete digital video and audio restoration, including a new stereo mix, Rhino Records released The Songs and Story of "The Wizard of Oz", which expanded the 1956 MGM album even further, taking out "The Jitterbug", adding the deleted dance music from "If I Only Had a Brain", and including additional bits of dialogue absent from previous releases. This was also the first time that the Oz songs were made available on CD in stereo, some in simulated stereo, and some in true stereo thanks to the existence of most of MGM's original multi-track recordings of the music from the film.

Music in the film

Songs

The Jitterbug, Over the Rainbow (Reprise), Hail Hail the Witch is Dead, and The Merry Old Land of Oz (Reprise) were all cut from the final film. A brief moment from Hail Hail the Witch is Dead can be seen in the 1949 re-release trailer for the film.

Instrumentals
In addition to the well-known vocals by Harburg and Arlen, nearly the entire film was underscored by arranger Herbert Stothart, using a mixture of instrumental-only leitmotifs composed for some of the characters, instrumental references to some of the vocals, and traditional and classical pieces. Much of the following information (which is by no means an exhaustive list) is taken from the Deluxe CD liner notes.

Composed for the film
Opening credits medley: Glinda's theme, dynamic full-orchestra version, played over the MGM Leo the Lion logo; followed by segments of "Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead" played slowly and majestically, so that the song is almost unrecognizable; they lead into a triumphant, full-orchestra version of "Over the Rainbow", then we hear "It Really Was No Miracle", a triumphant version of "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are", and "It Really Was No Miracle" again, followed by original music while the film's foreword appears on the screen.
Miss Gulch's / Witch's theme – repeated every time Miss Gulch or the witch appears. This repeated seven-note motif is actually a "crippled" variation (inverted and compressed in range) of the musical figure for "We're off to see the Wizard".
Orientale theme – for Professor Marvel and for The Wizard
Glinda's theme – 6-note pattern repeated several times rapidly each time Glinda arrives or leaves in her bubble: G, D, E, B-flat, G, C-sharp.
Closing credits medley: Glinda's theme (full orchestra) / Over the Rainbow

Not composed specifically for the film
"The Happy Farmer", i.e. Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend, "The Happy Farmer Returning from Work" from Schumann's Album for the Young – opening scene, establishing scenes in Kansas, and during "ride" in cyclone
"My Castle's in the Courtyard" (nursery rhyme) – in sequence leading up to "Over the Rainbow"
"The Whistler and His Dog" (by Septimus Winner) a.k.a. "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" – when Toto escapes from Miss Gulch's basket as she pedals on her bicycle to the sheriff
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne) – when Dorothy and the Scarecrow find themselves in an apple orchard
Scherzo Opus 16 #2 (by Mendelssohn) – when Toto escapes from the castle
"Night on Bald Mountain" (by Mussorgsky) – during chase scenes at the witch's castle
"Gaudeamus Igitur" (traditional) – a few bars when the Wizard awards the Scarecrow his honorary degree
"Home! Sweet Home!" (by John Howard Payne and Henry Bishop) – as Dorothy says the words and clicks her heels, and in the final scene in Kansas. In the final moments of this scene, a horn intones "Home Sweet Home" in counterpoint to the final strain of "Over The Rainbow."

Track listing for Rhino deluxe edition

This set does not include any spoken dialogue. Its main purpose is to present the songs as well as the pure audio background music from the movie. The set is quite extensive because it contains many "extended versions" of songs and background music with which most people are familiar. All of the songs from the movie are presented on the set in their full and even some extended, vocal versions. Vocal tracks are identified (vocal) in bold type; other tracks are instrumentals.

Disc one
Main Title
Trouble in School – (extended version)
Farmyard – (outtake)
Over the Rainbow – vocal
Miss Gulch – (extended version)
Leaving Home
Crystal Gazing
Cyclone – (extended version)
Munchkinland
I'm Not a Witch
Come Out, Come Out ... – vocal
It Really Was No Miracle – vocal
We Thank You Very Sweetly – vocal
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead – vocal
As Mayor of the Munchkin City – vocal
As Coroner, I Must Aver – vocal
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise) – vocal
Lullaby League, The – vocal
Lollipop Guild, The – vocal
We Welcome You to Munchkinland – vocal
Threatening Witch – (extended version)
Leaving Munchkinland
Good Fairy Vanishes
Follow The Yellow Brick Road / You're Off To See The Wizard – vocal
Cornfield, The
If I Only Had a Brain – (extended version) – vocal
We're Off to See the Wizard – (duo) – vocal
Apple Orchard, The – (extended version)
If I Only Had a Heart – (extended version) – vocal
Witch on Roof – (extended version)
Bees & Tin Woodman Lament – (partial outtake)
We're Off to See the Wizard – (trio) – vocal
Into the Forest of Wild Beasts
Lion's Confession, The – (outtake)
If I Only Had the Nerve – vocal
We're Off to See the Wizard – (quartet) – vocal
Poppies
Spell, The – (extended version)
Optimistic Voices – vocal
Sign On The Gate / The City Gates Open – (extended version)
Merry Old Land of Oz, The – vocal
Change Of The Guard (Outtake) / Wizard's Exit
If I Were King of the Forest – vocal
At the Gates of Emerald City – (extended version)
Magic Smoke Chords
Terrified Lion

Disc two
Haunted Forest, The – (extended version)
Jitterbug, The – (outtake) – vocal
Jitterbug's Attack, The – (extended version)
Witch's Castle, The – (extended version)
Toto Brings News
 Over The Rainbow (Reprise) – vocal (outtake)
March of the Winkies
Dorothy's Rescue – (extended version)
On the Castle Wall – (extended version)
Ding-Dong! Emerald City – vocal (outtake)
The Wizard's Expose / Emerald City Graduation Exercises
Fill-In Awards / I Was Floating Through Space / Balloon Ascension / Second Cheer
I Hereby Decree
Delirious Escape / Delirious Escape Continued / End Title
Main Title – (alternate take with unused tag)
Over the Rainbow – (partial take) – vocal
Over the Rainbow – (alternate take) – vocal
Cyclone – (final film version)
Munchkinland Insert – (alternate tag)
I'm Not a Witch – (alternate version)
Munchkinland Musical Sequence – (rehearsal demo) – vocal
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead – (alternate a cappella choir version) – vocal
Lollipop Guild, The – (original Munchkin actors' voices) – vocal
Follow The Yellow Brick Road / You're Off To See The Wizard – (orchestral angles)
If I Only Had a Brain – (unused dance music)
If I Only Had a Heart – (unused version) – vocal by Buddy Ebsen
Lion's Confession, The – (alternate take outtake/ alternate arrangement)
Poppies – (alternate version with heavenly choir)
Optimistic Voices – (rehearsal demo) – vocal
Optimistic Voices – (alternate vocal arrangement) – vocal
Merry Old Land of Oz, The – (orchestral angles)
If I Were King of the Forest – (alternate take partial take/alternate vocal tag) – vocal
If I Were King of the Forest – (alternate vocal tag) – vocal
Jitterbug, The – (choreography rehearsal) – vocal
Over the Rainbow (Reprise) – (outtake/ alternate version) – vocal
Ding Dong! Emerald City – (alternate version) – vocal
End Title – (alternate version)

Other studio cast albums
Many other studio cast albums of the songs from the film (aside from the 1940 and 1963 ones) have appeared over the past fifty years, most of them fairly obscure and never issued on compact disc. Golden Records released a seven-minute 45-rpm album of the story with four songs from the film, narrated by Art Carney. The music was sung and played by the Mitch Miller Chorus and Orchestra.

See also
 Stage musicals using most of the songs from the film:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 musical)
The Wizard of Oz (1987 musical)
The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)

Notes

References

External links
The Judy Garland Online Discography Wizard of Oz soundtrack pages
The Judy Garland Online Discography Wizard of Oz on Decca Records pages

Film music
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
Compositions by Herbert Stothart
Scores that won the Best Original Score Academy Award

Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz


Jean Strouse (born 1945) is an American biographer, cultural administrator, and critic. She is best known for her biographies of diarist Alice James and financier J. Pierpont Morgan.

Strouse was an editorial assistant at The New York Review of Books from 1967 to 1969.  She was a book critic at Newsweek magazine from 1979 to 1983, and won a MacArthur Fellowship in September, 2001. She has also held fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has contributed reviews and essays on literary and other topics to the New York Times Book Review, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vogue. In 2003 Strouse was appointed the Sue Ann and John Weinberg Director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.

Strouse's book Alice James: A Biography, appeared in 1980 and won a Bancroft Prize. A sympathetic but objective look at the younger sister of philosopher William James and novelist Henry James, the biography showed how Alice James struggled through various illnesses to create her memorable diary. Strouse's next book, Morgan: American Financier (1999), earned praise for its realistic, unexaggerated portrayal of Morgan's personality and its explanations of complex financial topics in understandable terms. Strouse has also edited two books by Henry James: the Library of America's edition of James' 1864-74 short stories, and the NYRB edition of James' last completed novel, The Outcry.

Strouse graduated from Radcliffe College in 1967.

References

External links
Interview with Jean Strouse on her biography of J. Pierpont Morgan

Announcement of the New York Public Library appointment of Jean Strouse (with photo)
Jean Strouse's introduction to the NYRB edition of The Outcry by Henry James

1945 births
Living people
MacArthur Fellows
American biographers
Radcliffe College alumni
Harvard Advocate alumni
Bancroft Prize winners

Jean Strouse


Leonard Joseph Yochim (October 16, 1928 – May 11, 2013) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played in parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951 and 1954, and later served in the organization for almost four decades. Yochim batted and threw left-handed.

Yochim was born and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. Highly touted by the Pittsburgh Pirates during his career, he was a screwball specialist and had a good curve as well, but a sore arm limited him to pitch in only 28.1 innings. He pitched in two games in 1951 and ten in 1954, ending his major league career with a 1–2 record and a 7.62 ERA in 12 games (three as a starter).

His professional career highlight came on December 8, 1955, when he became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League for the Leones del Caracas club. Helped by catcher Earl Battey, Yochim accomplished the feat in the Caracas 3–0 victory over the Navegantes del Magallanes. Ramón Monzant was credited with the loss.

Besides, he also played in the league for Vargas, Gavilanes and Magallanes, compiling a 29–20 record and a 3.57 ERA in 86 games from 1952 through 1956, while pitching for Caracas in the 1953 Caribbean Series.

Following his playing career, Yochim rejoined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1966 to become a member of their baseball operations department. He served as an area scout, national crosschecker and major-league scout for the Pirates before moving into the front office in 1994. Yochim also worked as a senior adviser for player personnel from 1994 through 2004, when he decided not to return for another season.

He was the older brother of former MLB pitcher and minor league manager and coach Ray Yochim ( 1922–2002).

References

External links

Retrosheet
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

1928 births
2013 deaths
Albany Senators players
Atlanta Crackers players
Baseball players from New Orleans
Charleston Rebels players
Gavilanes de Maracaibo players
Hollywood Stars players
Kansas City Athletics scouts
Leones del Caracas players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Navegantes del Magallanes players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
New Iberia Cardinals players
New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Pittsburgh Pirates scouts
Sabios de Vargas players

Lenny Yochim


Indra Bania (; 24 December 1942 – 25 March 2015) was an Indian theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director from Assam. His performance in Jahnu Barua's Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai earned him the Silver Leopard Best Actor's award at the Locarno International Film Festival. He was the recipient of the Natasurya Phani Sarma Award.

Biography

Early life
Bania was born at Dhalpur village in North Lakhimpur, Assam on 24 December 1942 to an indigenous Brittial Bania (an indigenous Assamese community recognised as a Scheduled Caste). After completing his primary education, in 1958, he came to Guwahati for higher education. While continuing his studies, he began his acting career as a stand up comedian. He started to earn a living through popular comedy shows on the stage, performing across Assam. After completing his education, he worked at Assam State Electricity Board until he retired in 2002.

Film and acting career
Bania has been a household name in Assam as well as North East India in the field of drama since the 1960s. A regular artiste with All India Radio, Guwahati since 1964, he grabbed the limelight by playing the lead male role in the 1970s play, Gobardhan Charit. He was known for his performance in All India Radio's play, Moinar Sangbad.

In 1988, Jahnu Barua, the best-known filmmaker from Assam, chose Bania to play the lead role of Raseswar Bora in Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai. He narrowly missed the best actor's award in the national film festival, although, he was chosen for the Silver Leopard Best Actor's award at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Swarna Kamal) award in 1988. In 2007, he portrayed the protagonist in a short film, Freedom at the Edge. The film was based on Machang Lalung, a native of Assam, who was imprisoned for 54 years without trial. The film bagged the Indie Spec Best Documentary Award at Boston International Film Festival in 2007.

Bania had acted in more than 40 Assamese films in a screen career spanning over four decades. he had also directed a few award-winning films besides acting in films and TV serials. He was closely associated with Aikyatan, an amateur theatre group based in Guwahati.

Death
Bania died on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at Hayat Hospital in Guwahati, Assam, aged 72, following a prolonged illness.

Honors and awards
 Silver Leopard Best Actor's award in 1988
 Natasurya Phani Sarma Award in 2010

Filmography
 Aparoopa (অপৰূপা) (1982)
 Agnisnaan (অগ্নিস্নান) (1985)
 Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (হালধীয়া চৰায়ে বাওধান খায়) (1987)
 Haladhar (হলধৰ) (1992)
 Daman (Hindi) (2001)
 Freedom at the Edge (2007)
 Aai Kot Nai (আই ক'ত নাই) (2008)
 Aadalat (আদালত)
 Srimati Mahimamoyee (শ্ৰীমতী মহিমাময়ী)
 Apeksha (Hindi)
 Sendur (সেন্দূৰ)
 Puja (পূজা)
 Suruj (সূৰুয)
 Bohagor Duporia (ব'হাগৰ দুপৰীয়া)
 Jetuki (জেতুকী)
 Papori (পাপৰি)
 Dhrubatara (ধ্ৰুৱতৰা)
 Uttarkaal (উত্তৰকাল)
 Ronga Modar (ৰঙা মদাৰ)
 Mimangsha (মীমাংসা)
 Urvashi (উৰ্বশী)
 Jowane Amoni Kore (যৌৱনে আমনি কৰে)
 Matshyagandha (মৎস্যগন্ধা)
 Sesh Upahaar (শেষ উপহাৰ)
 Koina Mur Dhunia (কইনা মোৰ ধুনীয়া)
 Moromi Hobane Logori (মৰমী হ'বানে লগৰী)
 Jangfai Jonak (জাংফাই জোনাক)
 Dhunia Tirutabur
 Samiran Barua Ahi Ase

See also
 Phani Sarma
 Music of Assam

References

External links

1942 births
2015 deaths
Indian male stage actors
Assamese-language writers
Film directors from Assam
Indian male film actors
Assamese-language actors
Assamese-language film directors
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Screenwriters from Assam
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20th-century Indian film directors

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Los Manlicious is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released in May 2008 in Europe and on August 26, 2008, in Canada.

The record was recorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended to release it first, but Universal Music preferred to release the mellower album first.  Los Manlicious is a return to Hawksley's heavier rock roots, resembling his major label debut, (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves more than his two previous albums, Treeful of Starling and Between the Beautifuls.  As well as Workman himself (credited as HW), several producers were enlisted for this album:  Doc, Andre Wahl, Bob Ezrin, John Southworth, Ken Friesen, Matt DeMatteo, James Paul.

The first single from this album is 'When You Gonna Flower?'.

Los Manlicious' final track, "Fatty Wants to Dance" has been remixed by The Paronomasiac.

While on tour in Europe supporting the record, Workman recorded videos for 8 of its 13 tracks.  These videos were shot on location in various cities on the tour and can be watched on YouTube or on Hawksley Workman's Facebook page.

Track listing
 "When You Gonna Flower?" - 3:18
 "Is This What You Call Love?" - 3:23
 "Girls on Crutches" - 4:25
 "Kissing Girls (You Shouldn't Kiss)" - 4:15
 "It's a Drug" - 3:47
 "In My Blood" - 2:39
 "Lonely People" - 4:27
 "Piano Blink" - 2:23
 "The City is a Drag" - 4:20
 "In the Bedroom in the Daytime" - 2:44
 "Prettier Face" - 4:01
 "Oh You Delicate Heart" - 5:06
 "Fatty Wants To Dance" - 4:15

References

Hawksley Workman albums
2008 albums

Los Manlicious


Lee Chang-sun (born February 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Lee Joon, is a South Korean actor, singer, model and DJ. He is best known as a former member of the South Korean boy band MBLAQ. He had notable roles in Gapdong (2014), My Father Is Strange (2017), The Silent Sea (2021) and Bulgasal (2021).

Career

Beginnings
Before becoming a part of MBLAQ, Lee acted in CFs, had a small non-recurring role in the first episode of the sitcom That Person Is Coming (그분이 오신다), which aired in 2008, and began and completed filming for the 2009 film, Ninja Assassin in which he portrayed the Teenage Raizo.

Music career

After training under Rain and J. Tune Entertainment, Lee became a member of South Korean quintet boyband MBLAQ, serving as a vocalist and main dancer. The group debuted on October 9, 2009 at Rain's Legend of Rainism concert where they performed various songs from their then-unreleased single album Just BLAQ. MBLAQ's first single, "Oh Yeah", was released to the public through a music video on October 14, 2009 with their debut single album, Just BLAQ releasing on the same day. MBLAQ made their broadcast debut with the song "Oh Yeah" on Mnet's M! Countdown.

MBLAQ made their Japanese debut on May 3, 2011, with an event held at the Kanagawa Lazona Kawasaki Plaza which gathered a reported 10,000 fans. A day later, on May 4, they released their first Japanese single "Your Luv" which immediately reached first position of the Oricon Daily Charts, selling more than 11,000 copies.

With MBLAQ, he released three single albums, seven EPs and one studio album. He left the group in October 2014.

On October 18, 2017 ahead of his mandatory military enlistment Lee released his first solo digital single, "What I Want to Give to You", a pop ballad song written by his former MBLAQ band-mate Thunder.

Acting career
In 2010, he was cast in Jungle Fish 2, a youth drama which tackles real life issues about students. He participated in the OST for Jungle Fish 2, singing the song "슬픈예감 (Feeling Sad)" with Hong Jong-hyun.

In 2011, Lee lent his voice for the Korean dub of the film Gnomeo & Juliet.

In 2012 he was cast in Iris II, the sequel to the espionage series Iris.
The same year, he joined the variety show, We Got Married where he was paired up with Oh Yeon-seo in an on-screen marriage.

In 2013, Lee starred in the film Rough Play, produced by Kim Kiduk. The film was unusually risque for a pop idol due to the numerous nude sex scenes he had to perform in it.
He won the Best Male Newcomer award at the 1st Wildflower Film Awards for his performance, and was also nominated for the Best New Actor award at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards and the 23rd Buil Film Awards.

In 2014, Lee had roles in the crime thriller Gap-dong and romance comedy fantasy drama Mr. Back.

In 2015, Lee starred in SBS' black comedy drama Heard It Through the Grapevine, winning accolades at the 8th Korea Drama Awards and 4th APAN Star Awards for his performance. In the same year, he was signed to Prain TPC.

The same year, he featured in the period mystery film The Piper; and lent his voice to the animated zombie film, Seoul Station.

In 2016, Lee starred in OCN's fantasy thriller The Vampire Detective as the title role. The same year, he had a supporting role in MBC's legal drama Woman with a Suitcase. He also co-starred in the action comedy film, Luck Key.

In 2017, Lee Joon starred in KBS2's weekend family drama, My Father is Strange.

In 2021, Lee starred in Netflix Original series The Silent Sea. In the same year, Lee starred in tvN/Netflix fantasy series Bulgasal: Immortal Souls.

In 2022, Lee starred in KBS2' s historical drama Bloody Heart. In Bloody Heart, Lee played the role of Lee Tae who becomes King of Joseon. In same year, Lee Joon held the '2022 Lee Joon Busan Fan Camp' at Busan Metropolitan City's Arpina, Haeundae-gu, Busan.

In 2023, Lee stars in SBS's picaresque revenge drama The Escape of the Seven. In The Escape of the Seven Lee plays the role of Min Do Hyuk who used to be a gangster whose life is filled with a series of betrayals. It was announced that Lee reprises his role in the second season.

Radio career
In 2019, after being discharged from the military, Lee Joon started hosting the radio show Lee Joon's Youngstreet as Joon Haeng Ja on SBS Power FM.

Personal life

Lee Joon was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, and has an older sister. He won second place in a dance competition and thus won a scholarship to Seoul Arts High School. He majored in modern dance at the Korea National University of Arts and attended Kyung Hee Cyber University. Lee has stated that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Lee began his mandatory military service as an active duty soldier on October 24, 2017, attending a five-week basic training in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. Lee completed his training first among 183 comrades. He was assigned to 8th Battalion to complete his duty.

Due to suffering with panic disorder while carrying out his military duties, Lee was deemed inadequate to serve as an active duty soldier, and was transferred to reservist duty. Lee completed his remaining mandatory duty as a public service officer. He was discharged on December 19, 2019.

Discography

As lead artist

As featured artist

Soundtrack appearances

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

 Lee Joon Japan Official Fanclub

1988 births
Living people
Male actors from Seoul
Singers from Seoul
People with bipolar disorder
J. Tune Entertainment artists
K-pop singers
MBLAQ members
South Korean male idols
South Korean dance musicians
South Korean rhythm and blues singers
South Korean male pop singers
South Korean male singers
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male television actors
South Korean male web series actors
21st-century South Korean male actors
21st-century South Korean male singers
Kyung Hee Cyber University alumni
Seoul Arts High School alumni

Lee Joon


Gabor Carelli (born as Krausz, Gábor Pál) (1915 – 22 January 1999) was a Hungarian classical tenor who had an important career in operas and concerts in North America during the mid-20th century. He was notably committed to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1951 to 1974 where he gave a total of 1,079 performances. Music critic Elizabeth Forbes stated that he had "a lyrical voice, a stylish technique and an aptitude for comedy." In 1964 he joined the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, where he taught singing and worked as an ensemble instructor until his death in Manhattan at the age of 83.

Life and career
Born in Budapest, Carelli was the son of Hungarian Jews. He studied singing at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music while simultaneously attending Eötvös Loránd University where he earned a law degree. He pursued further studies in opera in Rome where he was a pupil of Beniamino Gigli for two years.

Carelli made his stage debut in 1938 in Florence as Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème. He spent the next year performing in a variety of Italian theaters before moving to New York City in 1939. He spent the 1940s touring with various opera companies and performing as a recitalist and concert performer throughout North America. He was particularly admired for his work as a soloist in Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, Gioachino Rossini's Stabat Mater, Zoltán Kodály's Psalmus Hungaricus, and Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. In 1951, he sang the role of Dr. Caius for an NBC Radio broadcast of Verdi's Falstaff with conductor Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The performance was  re-issued on CD by the RCA music label in 2010. In 1952 he was the tenor soloist for the United States premiere of Puccini's Messa di Gloria in Chicago.

On 17 November 1951, Carelli made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Don Curzio in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with Cesare Siepi in the title role, Nadine Conner as Susanna, John Brownlee as Count Almaviva, Victoria de los Angeles as Countess Almaviva, and Mildred Miller as Cherubino. He spent the next 23 years at the Met appearing in a variety of parts from supporting tenor buffo roles to leading roles. He portrayed a total of 56 different parts in 39 operas with some of his larger roles being Alfredo in La Traviata, the Captain in Wozzeck, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Count Elemer in Arabella, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rodolfo, Tamino in The Magic Flute, and Tonio in La fille du régiment. However, he was more often seen at the house in smaller to mid-sized roles such as Abbé in Adriana Lecouvreur, Arturo Bucklaw in Lucia di Lammermoor, Gaston in La traviata, the Judge in Un ballo in maschera, Matteo Borsa in Rigoletto, Moser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Pong in Turandot, and Trin in La fanciulla del West. On 16 September 1966, he performed the role of the Soldier of Caesar in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra. His final performance at the Met was on 22 January 1974 as one of the Jews in Richard Strauss's Salome with Grace Bumbry in the title role.

Autobiography
 Utam a Metropolitanbe [in Hungarian, 'My way to the Metropolitan'] Zeneműkiadó Budapest 1979  208 p.

Sources
Gabor Carelli, 83, Opera Singer, Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, January 27, 1999
Obituary: Gabor Carelli, Elizabeth Forbes, The Independent, 29 January 1999
Metropolitan Opera Archives

1915 births
1999 deaths
Hungarian operatic tenors
Manhattan School of Music faculty
Singers from Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
Hungarian Jews
Hungarian expatriates in the United States
20th-century Hungarian male opera singers
20th-century composers

Gabor Carelli


Howard Davis (9 April 1940 – 5 February 2008) was a British violinist, best known as the leader for more than 35 years of the Alberni Quartet. He was greatly respected both as a refined player and as an inspirational and influential teacher. He was a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1958 to 1963 and became professor of violin in 1982.

He played on a Carlo Tononi violin which was sold to the Royal Academy of Music towards the end of his career. He owned many other valuable instruments and many bows.

Howard also had a house in Northern France where he went often in the holidays. He had a concert hall built there to give recitals by himself and his pupils.

Howard Davis died on 5 February 2008 of a respiratory disease. His wife, Virginia Black, and their two sons survive him.

References

1940 births
2008 deaths
British classical violinists
British male violinists
British music educators
20th-century classical violinists
20th-century British musicians
20th-century British male musicians
Male classical violinists

Howard Davis (musician)


CHUT-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 95.3 FM in Lac-Simon, Quebec. A community radio station for the Algonquin Nation Anishinabe du Lac Simon, the station also has a rebroadcaster in Val-d'Or on 92.5 FM (CHUT-FM-1)  and another in Rouyn-Noranda on 98.3 FM with the callsign CHUN-FM.

References

External links

Hut
Hut
Year of establishment missing

CHUT-FM


The Croatian Liberation Movement (, HOP) is a minor far-right political party founded in 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by Ante Pavelić, poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia and its ruling party Ustashe – Croatian Revolutionary Movement from 1941 to 1945, and some Croatian emigrants.

Until the 1970s HOP was a Croatian emigrant organization with more than 80 percent of its members made up of people who had been politically active in some way in the 1941–1945 Independent State of Croatia regime. Originally led by Ante Pavelić, the former poglavnik, other signatories of HOP's first foundation charter included former Independent State of Croatia government officials such as Džafer Kulenović and Vjekoslav Vrančić, which caused it to be considered a successor of the Ustashe, the Croatian fascist movement which ran the Independent State of Croatia.

The stated goal of the organization was the re-establishment of the Independent State of Croatia in its World War II borders, encompassing most of the territory of present-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was at the time of HOP's foundation part of SFR Yugoslavia. Although considered by outsiders to be the most radical Croatian nationalist organization, HOP officially described itself as an anti-communist organization committed to democratic political means.

After the collapse of communism in Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the organization's headquarters were moved from Buenos Aires to Zagreb and it was officially registered as a political party in Croatia in October 1991.

Following registration, HOP ran in the August 1992 parliamentary election with little success. It has remained a marginal political force ever since. Their only other election campaign came six years later for the 2007 election, in which they also fared poorly.

Today, HOP functions as a minor political party in Croatia without holding any seats in the Croatian Parliament or at any other government level. The organization has active branches in Canada (in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver), and Australia (in Melbourne and Sydney).

References

1956 establishments in Argentina
1991 establishments in Croatia
Anti-communism in Croatia
Anti-communist parties
Croatian nationalist parties
Eurosceptic parties in Croatia
Far-right political parties
Far-right politics in Croatia
Neo-fascist parties
Nationalist parties in Croatia
Political parties established in 1956
Political parties established in 1991
Political parties in Croatia
Ustaše

Croatian Liberation Movement


The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making them the third-oldest active team in the NHL, and the oldest in the United States.

The Bruins are one of the Original Six NHL teams, along with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs. They have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth-most of any team with the Blackhawks (trailing the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, and Red Wings, with 24, 13, and 11, respectively), and tied for second-most for an NHL team based in the United States.

The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena (now known as Matthews Arena), the world's oldest (built 1909–10) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition. Following the Bruins' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995, when they moved to the TD Garden.

History

Early years (1924–1942)
In 1924, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. The previous year in 1923, Thomas Duggan received options on three NHL franchises for the United States, and sold one to Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams. The team was one of the NHL's first expansion teams, and the first NHL team to be based in the United States. Adams' first act was to hire Art Ross, a former star player and innovator, as general manager. Ross was the face of the franchise for the next thirty years, including four separate stints as coach.

Ross came up with "Bruins" for a team nickname, a name for brown bears used in classic folk tales. The team's nickname also went along with the team's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores.

On December 1, 1924, the Bruins won the first ever NHL game played on United States soil, against the Montreal Maroons, at Boston Arena, with Smokey Harris scoring the first-ever Bruins goal, spurring the Bruins to a 2–1 win. This would be one of the few high points of the season, as the Bruins only managed a 6–24–0 record and finished in last place in its first season. The Bruins played three more seasons at the Arena, after which they became the main tenant of Boston Garden.

The Bruins improved in their second season to a winning record, but the Bruins missed out on the third and final playoff berth by one point to the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates. In their third season, 1926–27, Ross took advantage of the collapse of the Western Hockey League to purchase several western stars, including the team's first great star, defenseman Eddie Shore. Boston qualified for the then-expanded playoffs by a comfortable margin.

In their first-ever playoff run, the Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Finals where they lost to the Ottawa Senators in the first Stanley Cup Finals to be between exclusively NHL teams. In 1929 the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup. Standout players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson. The 1928–29 season was the first played at Boston Garden. The season after that, 1929–30, the Bruins posted the best-ever regular season winning percentage in the NHL (.875, a record which still stands) and shattered numerous scoring records, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals.

The 1930s Bruins teams included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert and Cooney Weiland. The team led the league five times in the decade. In 1939, the team captured its second Stanley Cup. That year, Thompson was traded for rookie goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek had an award-winning season, capturing the Vezina and Calder Trophies, becoming the first rookie named to the NHL first All-Star team, and earning the nickname "Mr. Zero." The team skating in front of Brimsek included Bill Cowley, Shore, Clapper and "Sudden Death" Mel Hill (who scored three overtime goals in one playoff series), together with the "Kraut Line" of center Milt Schmidt, right winger Bobby Bauer and left winger Woody Dumart.

In 1940 Shore was traded to the struggling New York Americans for his final NHL season. In 1941 the Bruins won their third Stanley Cup after losing only eight games and finishing first in the regular season. It was their last Stanley Cup for 29 years. World War II affected the Bruins more than most teams; Brimsek and the "Krauts" all enlisted after the 1940–41 Cup win, and lost the most productive years of their careers at war. Cowley, assisted by veteran player Clapper and Busher Jackson, was the team's remaining star.

Original Six era (1942–1967)
The NHL had by 1942 been reduced to the six teams that would be called the "Original Six", and in 1944, Bruin Herb Cain set the then-NHL record for points in a season with 82. But the Bruins did not make the playoffs that season.

The stars returned for the 1945–46 season, and Clapper led the team back to the Stanley Cup Finals as player-coach. He retired as a player after the next season, becoming the first player to play twenty NHL seasons. Brimsek proved to be not as good as he was before the war, and after 1946 the Bruins lost in the first playoff round three straight years. After Brimsek was traded to the Blackhawks, the only remaining quality young player was forward Johnny Peirson.

During the 1948–49 season, the original form of the "spoked-B" logo, with a small number "24" to the left of the capital B signifying the calendar year in the 20th century in which the Bruins team first played, and a similarly small "49" to the right of the "B", appeared on their home uniforms. The following season, the logo was modified into the basic "spoked-B" form that was to be used thereafter.

The 1950s began with Charles Adams' son Weston facing financial trouble. He was forced to accept a buyout offer from Walter A. Brown, the owner of the Boston Celtics and the Garden, in 1951. Although there were some instances of success (such as making the Stanley Cup Finals in 1953, 1957, and 1958, only to lose to the Montreal Canadiens each time), the Bruins mustered only four winning seasons between 1947 and 1967. They missed the playoffs eight straight years between 1960 and 1967.

On January 18, 1958, the first black person ever to play in the NHL stepped onto the ice for the Bruins, Willie O'Ree. He played in 45 games for the Bruins over the 1957–58 and 1960–61 seasons. The "Uke Line"—named for the Ukrainian heritage of Johnny Bucyk, Vic Stasiuk, and Bronco Horvath – came to Boston in 1957 and enjoyed four productive offensive seasons, heralding, along with scoring stalwarts Don McKenney and Fleming MacKell, the successful era of the late 1950s. There followed a long and difficult reconstruction period in the early to mid-1960s.

Expansion and the Big Bad Bruins (1967–1979)
Weston Adams repurchased the Bruins in 1964 after Brown's death. Adams signed future superstar defenseman Bobby Orr, who entered the league in 1966. Orr was that season's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the second NHL All-Star Team. Despite Orr's stellar rookie season, the Bruins would miss the playoffs.

The next season, Boston made the playoffs for the first of 29 straight seasons, an all-time record. The Bruins then obtained forwards Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield from Chicago in a deal celebrated as one of the most one-sided in hockey history. Hodge and Stanfield became key elements of the Bruins' success, and Esposito, who centered a line with Hodge and Wayne Cashman, became the league's top goal scorer and the first NHL player to break the 100-point mark, setting many goal- and point-scoring records. With other stars like forwards Bucyk, John McKenzie, Derek Sanderson, and Hodge, defenders like Dallas Smith and goaltender Gerry Cheevers, the "Big Bad Bruins" became one of the league's top teams from the late 1960s into the 1980s.

In 1970, a 29-year Stanley Cup drought came to an end in Boston, as the Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues in four games in the Final. Orr scored the game-winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup. The same season was Orr's most awarded—the third of eight consecutive years he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the top defenseman in the NHL—and he won the Art Ross Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy, the only player to ever win four major awards in the same season.

While Sinden temporarily retired from hockey before 1970–71 season to enter business (he was replaced by ex-Bruin and Canadien defenseman Tom Johnson), the Bruins set dozens of offensive scoring records: they had seven of the league's top ten scorers—a feat not achieved before or since—set the record for wins in a season, and in a league that had never seen a 100-point scorer before 1969, the Bruins had four that year. All four (Orr, Esposito, Bucyk and Hodge) were named First Team All-Stars. Boston were favored to repeat as Cup champions but lost to the Canadiens (and rookie goaltender Ken Dryden) in seven games.

While the Bruins were not quite as dominant the next season, Esposito and Orr were once again one-two in the scoring standings and Boston regained the Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers in six games in the Finals.

The 1972–73 season saw upheaval for the Bruins. Former head coach Sinden became the general manager. Bruins players Gerry Cheevers, Derek Sanderson, Johnny McKenzie and Ted Green left to join the World Hockey Association. Coach Tom Johnson was fired 52 games into the season, replaced by Bep Guidolin. The Adams family, which had owned the team since its founding in the 1920s, sold it to Storer Broadcasting. The Bruins' season came to a premature end in a first-round loss to the Rangers in the 1973 playoffs. In 1974, the Bruins regained their first-place standing in the regular season, with three 100-point scorers on the team (Esposito, Orr, and Hodge). However, they lost the 1974 Final in an upset to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Don Cherry stepped behind the bench as the new coach in 1974–75. The Bruins stocked themselves with enforcers and grinders, and remained competitive under Cherry's reign, the so-called "Lunch Pail A.C"., behind players such as Gregg Sheppard, Terry O'Reilly, Stan Jonathan and Peter McNab. This would also turn out to be Orr's final full season in the league, before his knee injuries worsened, as well as the last time Orr and Esposito would finish 1–2 in regular season scoring. The Bruins placed second in the Adams Division, and lost to the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the 1975 playoffs, losing a best-of-three series, two games to one.

Continuing with Sinden's rebuilding of the team, the Bruins traded Esposito and Carol Vadnais for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to the Rangers. The Bruins made the semi-finals again, losing to the Flyers, before losing Orr as a free agent to Chicago in the off-season.

Cheevers returned 1977, and the Bruins got past the Flyers in the semi-finals, but were swept by the Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals. The story repeated itself in 1978—with a balanced attack that saw Boston have eleven players with 20+ goal seasons, still the NHL record—as the Bruins made the Final once more, but lost in six games to Montreal. After that series, John Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins' career longevity and scoring mark to that time.

The 1979 semi-final series against the Habs proved to be Cherry's undoing. In the deciding seventh game, the Bruins, up by a goal, were called for having too many men on the ice in the late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. Cherry was dismissed as head coach thereafter.

Ray Bourque era (1979–2000)
The 1979 season saw a head coach Fred Creighton -- and a trade of goaltender Ron Grahame to the Los Angeles Kings for a first-round pick which was used to select Ray Bourque, one of the greatest defensemen of all-time and the face of the Bruins for over two decades. The Bruins made the playoffs every year through the 1980s behind stars such as Park, Bourque and Rick Middleton—and had the league's best record in 1983 behind a Vezina Trophy–winning season from ex-Flyer goaltender Pete Peeters, with 110 points—but fell short of making the Finals.

Bourque, Cam Neely and Keith Crowder led the Bruins to another Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1988 against the Edmonton Oilers. The Bruins lost in a four-game sweep. Boston returned to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1990 (with Neely, Bourque, Craig Janney, Bobby Carpenter, and rookie Don Sweeney, and former Oiler goalie Andy Moog and Reggie Lemelin splitting goaltending duties), but again lost to the Oilers, this time in five games.

In the 1987–88 NHL season, the Bruins defeated their Original Six nemesis Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. In 1991 and 1992, the Bruins suffered two consecutive Conference Final losses to the eventual Cup champion, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Starting from the 1992–93 NHL season onwards, the Bruins had not gotten past the second round of the playoffs until winning the Stanley Cup after the 2011 season.

The 1992–93 season ended disappointingly. Despite finishing with the second-best regular season record after Pittsburgh, Boston was swept in the first round by the Buffalo Sabres. Bourque made the NHL All-Star First Team.

The 1995 season was the Bruins' last at the Boston Garden. The final official match played in the Garden was a 3–0 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 playoffs; the Bruins went on to play the final game at the old arena on September 28, 1995, in an exhibition matchup against the Canadiens. They subsequently moved into the FleetCenter, now known as the TD Garden. In the 1996 playoffs, the Bruins lost their first-round series to the Florida Panthers in five games.

In 1997, Boston missed the playoffs for the first time in 30 years (and for the first time in the expansion era), having set the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs. The Bruins lost in the first round of the 1998 playoffs to the Washington Capitals in six games. In 1999, the Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in six games during the first round of the playoffs. Nevertheless, they would lose to the Sabres in six games in the second round of the playoffs.

The new millennium
In the 1999–2000 season, the Bruins finished in last place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs. During a game between the Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks on February 21, 2000, Marty McSorley was ejected for using his stick to hit Canucks forward Donald Brashear in the head, and subsequently suspended for what resulted in the rest of his career.

After a mediocre start, the Bruins fired coach Pat Burns in favor of Mike Keenan. Despite a 15-point improvement, the Bruins missed the playoffs in 2000–01, and Keenan was let go. Center Jason Allison led the Bruins in scoring. The following season, 2001–02, the Bruins won their first Northeast Division title since 1993 with a core built around Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Brian Rolston, Bill Guerin, Mike Knuble and Glen Murray. They lost in six games to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

The 2002–03 season found the Bruins finishing seventh in the East, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in five games. In 2003–04, the Bruins won another division title and appeared to get past the first round for the first time in five years with a 3–1 series lead on the rival Canadiens. However, the Canadiens rallied back to win three-straight games, upsetting the Bruins.

The 2004–05 NHL season was wiped out by a lockout, and Bruins management eschewed younger free agents in favor of older veterans. The Bruins fired general manager Mike O'Connell in March and the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time in five years.

Peter Chiarelli was hired as the new general manager of the team. Head coach Mike Sullivan was fired and Dave Lewis, former coach of the Detroit Red Wings, was hired to replace him. The Bruins signed star defenseman Zdeno Chara, and center Marc Savard. The 2006–07 season ended in the team finishing in last place in the division.

After the disappointing 2007 season, Lewis was fired as coach, replaced by Claude Julien.

The 2008 campaign saw the Bruins finish 41–29–12 and making the playoffs. Although Bruins center Patrice Bergeron was injured with a concussion most of the season, youngsters Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Vladimir Sobotka showed promise in the playoffs.

After a slow start to the 2008–09 season, the Bruins went on to have the best record in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs for the fifth time in nine years, facing the Canadiens in the playoffs for the fourth time during that span, defeating them in four games before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference semi-finals.

On January 1, 2010, the Bruins won the 2010 NHL Winter Classic over the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2–1 overtime decision at Fenway Park, thus becoming the first home team to win an outdoor classic game. They finished in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, and a 2010 NHL playoff opening round appearance against the Buffalo Sabres, which they won 4–2. Boston became only the third team in NHL history to lose a playoff series after leading 3–0 when they lost in Game 7 to the Philadelphia Flyers.

In the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Bruins eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in seven games. On May 6, the Bruins swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992. Boston then defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1990 to face the Vancouver Canucks, defeating them in seven games for the team's first Stanley Cup since 1972. The 2010–11 Bruins were the first team in NHL history to win a Game 7 three times in the same playoff run.

Following their Stanley Cup win, the Bruins lost Mark Recchi to retirement and Michael Ryder and Tomas Kaberle to free agency. The Bruins went on to finish second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points, winning the Northeast Division title, but losing to the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs in seven games.

During the off-season preceding the lockout, Tim Thomas made his decision to sit out the 2012–13 season; his rights were traded to the New York Islanders. The Bruins battled the Montreal Canadiens for leadership in the Northeast Division all season, before a loss to the Ottawa Senators in a make-up game following the Boston Marathon bombing on April 28 gave the Canadiens the division title.

In the opening round of the 2013 playoffs, the Bruins took on the Toronto Maple Leafs, defeating them in seven games. They went on to beat the New York Rangers in five games and the Pittsburgh Penguins in a four-game sweep to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals and the Chicago Blackhawks, falling in six games, with three going into overtime.

In the 2013–14 season, the Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy after finishing first in the newly formed Atlantic Division with a record of 54–19–9 for 117 points. Their regular season success, however, would not translate into another Eastern Conference Finals appearance. Despite winning their first-round series against the Detroit Red Wings, the team fell to the Canadiens in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals during the 2014 playoffs.

In the 2014–15 season, the Bruins finished with a record of 41–27–14 for 96 points, missing out on the playoffs by just two points after the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators clinched the final two playoff spots in the East. The Bruins therefore became only the third team to miss the playoffs after winning the Presidents' Trophy in the previous season. The 96 points they earned that season broke the record for the most points earned by a team that did not make the playoffs.

Don Sweeney era (2015–present)
On April 15, 2015, Peter Chiarelli was fired by the Boston Bruins. On May 20, the Bruins named former player Don Sweeney as the team's new general manager for the 2015–16 season. One recent all-time franchise achievement the Bruins attained in the 2015–16 season is shared by only their greatest rival, the Canadiens – a total of 3,000 wins in the team's existence, achieved by the Bruins on January 8, 2016, in a 4–1 road victory against the New Jersey Devils. The team was seen as a playoff contender throughout the regular season. However, a sub-.500 record on home ice and frequent road losses in the final two months of the regular season resulted in a three-way battle for the final playoff spot in the East. The Bruins had a chance to clinch the final playoff berth with a win over the Ottawa Senators on the second-to-last day of the season, but they lost the game and that combined with a Flyers' win over the Penguins, knocked them out of playoff contention in favor of the Flyers. For the first time since the two seasons following the 2004–05 lockout, the Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs in two consecutive seasons.

During the last two months of the 2016–17 regular season, the Bruins fired head coach Claude Julien and promoted Bruce Cassidy to interim coach. Cassidy's very slight changes in coaching to emphasize the players' speed and hockey skills, as opposed to Julien's, resulted in the Bruins achieving an 18–8–1 record through their remaining regular season games, finishing third in the Atlantic Division and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since the 2013–14 season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bruins lost to the Ottawa Senators in six games.

Cassidy returned as head coach for the 2017–18 season, leading the Bruins to the playoffs for the second straight year. They had a record of 50–20–12, including an 18-game point streak, which lasted from December 14, 2017, to January 25, 2018. They finished one point behind the Tampa Bay Lightning for the top spot in the Atlantic Division. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, 4–3, but ultimately lost to the Lightning in round two, 4–1. The season saw young players perform well, including Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, Ryan Donato, and Charlie McAvoy. The Bruins also acquired veterans Rick Nash, Nick Holden, Brian Gionta, and Tommy Wingels through trades or through free-agent signings.

During the 2018–19 season the Bruins finished the regular season in second place in the division with a 49–24–9 overall record. During the trade deadline, the team acquired Charlie Coyle and Marcus Johansson. In the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, as in the previous season, they faced the Maple Leafs, defeating them in seven games. In a six-game series, the Bruins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2013. The Bruins won the Eastern Conference Finals by sweeping out the Carolina Hurricanes in four games, thus winning the Prince of Wales Trophy and advancing to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in 10 years. They faced the St. Louis Blues in a rematch of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. This time, however, the Blues would emerge victorious, winning in seven games.

During the 2019–20 season, the Bruins consistently had the best record in the Atlantic Division and were near the top of the league. During the trade deadline, they acquired Ondrej Kase and Nick Ritchie, both from the Anaheim Ducks, in two separate trades. On March 12, 2020, the NHL season was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of the pause, the Bruins were first overall in the league, with 100 points. On May 26, Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the 2019–20 regular season was completed and that the league would resume with the playoffs. The Bruins were awarded the Presidents' Trophy for the second time in a decade, while David Pastrňák's 48 goals made him the first Bruin to win the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, which he shared with Alexander Ovechkin. During the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Bruins won the first round against the Carolina Hurricanes in five games, but lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round, also in five games. In the 2020–21 season, the Bruins made the 2021 playoffs, where they defeated the Washington Capitals in five games but lost to the New York Islanders in six games. In the next season, the Bruins clinched the 2022 playoffs as the first wild card team but were defeated by the Hurricanes in seven games. Following the season, head coach Cassidy was fired. They then hired Jim Montgomery, previously the head coach of the Dallas Stars, as their next head coach on July 3, 2022.

During the 2022–23 season, the Bruins broke NHL records and led the Atlantic Division for the entire season. First, they set an NHL record for longest home winning streak from the start of a season (14) from October 15 to December 3. Then on March 2, 2023, the Bruins recorded their 100th standings point of the season in their 61st game, becoming the fastest team to 100 points in NHL history, and surpassing the record previously held by the 1976–77 Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens. Nine days later, they set an all-time NHL record as the fastest team to achieve 50 wins, hitting the mark in 64 games compared to a previous record of 66 games held jointly by the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings and the 2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning. In that same game, the Bruins became the third-fastest team in history to clinch a playoff spot during the era of 82-game seasons, trailing only the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings (59 games) and the 1998–99 Dallas Stars (63 games). On April 9, 2023, the Bruins set the new all-time record for most games won in a season (63), when they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers. Two days later, the Bruins set the new all-time single-season points record (133), when they defeated the Washington Capitals, and they finished the season with 65 wins and 135 points. The Bruins lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games in the opening round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs after giving up a 3–1 series lead.

Team information

Logo and uniforms
Since 1948, the Bruins' logo is an eight-spoked, black and gold wheel with the letter "B" in the center, a nod to Boston's nickname of "The Hub". The logo has been tweaked numerous times over the course of its history, reaching its current form in 2007. The general design, in use since 1949, features the circle and "B" in black with gold spokes; black borders and a gold outer circle were added in 1995 and serifs on the "B" were added in 2007. The block "B" logo itself preceded the "Spoked B" and is currently the logo used in their third jersey.

The Bruins have also used an alternate logo featuring a walking bear surrounded by the full team name. The logo was first used from 1924 to 1932, and a modernized version was adopted as the team's secondary logo in 2007.

The Bruins' colors were originally brown and gold. They wore brown uniforms in their maiden season, but switched to a white uniform with alternating brown and gold stripes the next season. The uniforms were paired with beige pants and either gold or white socks. After the 1932 season the walking bear logo was replaced with a simple block "B" logo.

Starting with the 1935–36 season, the Bruins replaced brown with black, while also sporting gold socks full-time. The "B" logo moved to the sleeves while the uniform number occupied the front. Black pants also replaced the beige pants.

For a majority of the 1940s, the Bruins sported gold numbers on the white uniform. From 1940 to 1944 they also wore a gold uniform with a script "Bruins" wordmark in front. To commemorate their 25th anniversary, the Bruins released a new white uniform featuring the first iteration of the "Spoked B" logo. The gold "B" on the logo was crudely drawn inside a black-spoked wheel, with "24" and "49" added to represent the foundation year and the franchise's 25th year respectively. They also debuted a black uniform with the block "B" logo in front.

Beginning in 1949, the "B" on the "Spoked B" logo was changed to block lettering. They also brought back the black numbers. With a few cosmetic changes in the stripes and yoke along with the addition of the primitive bear head logo in 1977, the Bruins kept this overall design until 1995.

In 1955, the Bruins brought the "Spoked B" logo over to the black uniform; they also released a gold jersey with the "Spoked B" in front. The black uniform crest would feature an inverse version of the "Spoked B", with the gold and black elements reversed, while the gold uniform featured the same logo but in a black circle. During this period, the gold jersey was used as the primary dark uniform while relegating the black uniform (updated with white numbers) into alternate status for several seasons. Also, for a few games between 1958 and 1965, the Bruins wore gold pants.

In 1967, the Bruins retired the gold uniforms and reinstated the black uniforms with gold numbers. As with the white uniforms, they endured several cosmetic changes until 1995. The gold socks, which had numerous striping modifications since 1934, was briefly retired in favor of wearing white socks full-time. It was brought back for the 1969–70 season and would be paired with the regular black uniforms for the next 47 seasons.

Starting with the 1995–96 season, the Bruins released a new uniform set, featuring the updated "Spoked B" logo. The primary uniforms featured a thick contrasting stripe that extended from sleeve to sleeve. In addition, a gold third jersey was released, featuring the infamous "Pooh Bear" logo (an homage to Winnie the Pooh). The gold thirds were used until 2006, after which the Bruins wore throwback black uniforms based on the 1970s design.

Moving to the Reebok Edge template in 2007, the Bruins unveiled new uniforms with the current "Spoked B" logo. The overall design borrowed a few elements from the 1970s uniforms, and also unveiled a new rendition of the original walking bear logo on the shoulders. The following season, they released new black third jerseys with the aforementioned bear logo in front and the "Spoked B" logo on the shoulders.

For the 2010 Winter Classic, the Bruins wore a brown and gold variation of the 1948–49 design. Then for the 2016 Winter Classic, the Bruins wore a black and gold variation of the original brown uniforms, a design they carried over the following season as an alternate.

The Bruins kept much of the same design upon moving to Adidas' AdiZero template in 2017. However, the black uniforms were now paired with black socks, a feature previously reserved on the alternate black uniforms.

For the 2019 Winter Classic, the Bruins wore white uniforms with brown and gold stripes and the "B" logo in front, paying homage to the mid-1930s uniforms. The simple "B" logo also adorned their new black alternate uniform, which was unveiled in the 2019–20 season and paid homage to the team's 1950s uniforms.

Prior to the 2020–21 season, Adidas released its "Reverse Retro" series of alternate uniforms, which were alternate color renditions of throwback uniform designs. The Bruins' version was taken from the team's 1977 to 1995 design, but with a gold base and black accents. A second "Reverse Retro" uniform was released in the 2022–23 season, this time featuring a white version of the 1995–2006 "Pooh Bear" alternates.

Boston's 2023 Winter Classic uniform mixed various styles from the team's uniform history. The black-based uniform featured gold stripes and vintage white letters. The "BOSTON" wordmark was inspired by the 1949 "Spoked B" logo, and the original bear head logo from 1977 to 1995 was positioned below.

For the 2023–24 centennial season, the Bruins unveiled a new set of uniforms, along with a commemorative logo featuring the modern "Spoked B" logo minus the gold outer circle and black borders on the spokes and "B", closely resembling the original design worn from 1949 to 1995. The white uniform would feature the aforementioned logo, while the black uniform would feature an inverted version, with the "B" and circle in gold with black spokes. The gold used on the primary uniforms is a paler shade called "Centennial gold" rather than the traditional yellow gold; the yellow gold version remained in use for promotional purposes. In addition, the three gold stripes on each sleeve represented the six Stanley Cups the team has won, which are accented with thin black and thick white stripes. White numbers returned to the black uniform for the first time since the early 1960s and names featured no additional trim. An alternate beige uniform was also released. This design featured a modern take on the first "Spoked B" logo worn during the 1948–49 25th anniversary season, modified to include the foundation year "1924" along the horizontal spoke. The uniform heavily borrowed elements from the 1967–1974 uniforms which featured a gold yoke, but with brown and white trim. The brown-accented alternates were worn in all home games against Original Six teams, and a road game each at the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.

Ownership
The team founder Charles Adams owned the team until 1936, at which point he transferred his stock to son Weston Adams, general manager and minority owner Art Ross and minority owner Ralph Burkard. Weston Adams remained majority owner until 1951, when the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation purchased controlling interest in the team. Under the Garden-Arena Corporation's management, Boston Celtics founder Walter A. Brown ran the team from 1951 until his death in 1964. After Brown's death, Weston Adams returned to the role of team president. In 1969, he was succeeded by his son, Weston Adams, Jr.

On December 7, 1973, Storer Broadcasting, owner of WSBK-TV, and the Garden-Arena Corporation agreed to a merger which resulted in Storer acquiring a 100% interest in the Bruins. Adams remained as team president. In August 1975, Storer Broadcasting then sold the team to an ownership group headed by Jeremy Jacobs. Jacobs had to promise to keep Bobby Orr as a condition of the purchase. The Bruins and Orr reached a verbal agreement with Jacobs during the summer of 1975, including a controversial agreement for Orr to take an 18.5% share of the Bruins after his playing days were over. The agreement was to be checked out as to whether it would be legal for tax reasons and whether or not the league would approve it. However, Orr's agent, the later-notorious Alan Eagleson, rejected the deal.

Jacobs represents the club on the NHL's board of governors, and serves on its executive committee, and he has chaired the finance committee. At the NHL board of governors meeting in June 2007, Jacobs was elected chairman of the board, replacing the Calgary Flames' Harley Hotchkiss, who stepped down after 12 years in the position. Jacobs has frequently been listed by the Sports Business Journal as one of the most influential people in sports in its annual poll and by The Hockey News. His company owns TD Garden and he is partners with John Henry, owner of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, in the New England Sports Network (NESN).

After taking over as owner in 1975, the Bruins have been competitive (making the playoffs for 29-straight seasons from 1967–68 to 1995–96, 20 of which were with Jacobs as owner) but have won the Stanley Cup only once, in 2011 and only in his 36th year as owner. Under previous ownerships, the Bruins had won the Stanley Cup five times. Under Jacobs, the Bruins have reached the Stanley Cup Finals seven times (twice against the Bruins' arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in 1977 and 1978, twice against the Edmonton Oilers in 1988 and 1990, finally winning in 2011 against the Vancouver Canucks, and losing in 2013 and 2019 to the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues). Jacobs' management of the team in the past earned him spots on ESPN.com's "Page 2" polls of "The Worst Owners in Sports," and number 7 on their 2005 "Greediest Owners in sports" list. Sports Illustrated has suggested longtime star defenseman Ray Bourque, who "often drawn the ire of the NHLPA for his willingness to re-sign with Boston with minimal negotiations over the years" instead of setting the "watermark for defenseman salaries", requested and received a trade in 2000 since the team's "hardline and spendthrift ways" meant he would have to make the move to get his elusive Stanley Cup (Bourque holds the record for most games played before winning the Cup). Prior to the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement signed in 2005, fans felt team management was not willing to spend to win the Stanley Cup.

Since 2005, Jacobs' public image has improved as he invested in the team and rebuilding the front office to make the team more competitive. The Bruins were the second highest-ranked team in the NHL in the 2008–09 season and were the top-seeded team in the East. With a complete change in management, including now-former general manager Peter Chiarelli – who lost his position with the Bruins on April 15, 2015, with the May 20 hiring of Don Sweeney – long-time assistant general manager with the team. Sweeney and team president Cam Neely had continued working with the longest-term Bruins head coach ever, Claude Julien until his firing on February 7, 2017, with Bruce Cassidy being hired as interim head coach with Julien's firing – Cassidy would become the permanent head coach of the Bruins as of April 26, 2017. Neely has continued as team president since the Bruins' most recent Stanley Cup victory in 2011.
The current administrators in the Bruins front office are:

 Jeremy Jacobs: Owner
 Charlie Jacobs: Principal
 Don Sweeney: General Manager
 Cam Neely: President
 Harry Sinden: Senior Advisor to the Owner

Training facilities
The Bruins previously trained and practiced at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Allston, Massachusetts (built in 1956), then moved to the Ristuccia Ice Arena in Wilmington, Massachusetts, itself completed in 1986, before the September 2016 completion of Warrior Ice Arena in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, where they are currently training.

Bruins' mascots

Blades the Bruin is an anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins' team mascot. In January and February, Blades travels around the greater Boston area to raise money for the Bruins Foundation. For a sizable amount of the team's more recent TV and online ads, a different anthropomorphic ursine character simply known as "The Bear" appears in official Bruins video advertising.

Team songs
When Boston television station WSBK-TV began broadcasting Bruins games in 1967, The Ventures' instrumental rock version of the Nutcracker's overture, known as "Nutty", was selected as the opening piece of music for Bruins telecasts. The song "Nutty" has been identified with the Bruins ever since.

On ice, "Paree", a 1920s hit tune written by Leo Robin and Jose Padilla, has been played as an organ instrumental for decades, typically as the players entered the arena just before the start of each period and, for many years, after each Bruins' goal. It was introduced by John Kiley, the organist for the Bruins from the 1950s through the 1980s. In 1998, the John Kiley rendition of "Paree" was dropped as a goal song; "Kernkraft 400 (Sport Chant Stadium Remix)" by Zombie Nation is the current one.

Season-by-season record
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Bruins. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Boston Bruins seasons

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team captains

 Sprague Cleghorn, 1925–1928
 Lionel Hitchman, 1928–1931
 George Owen, 1931–1932
 Dit Clapper, 1932–1933; 1939–1944
 Marty Barry, 1933–34
 Nels Stewart, 1934–35
 Eddie Shore, 1935–36
 Red Beattie, 1936–37
 Cooney Weiland, 1937–1939
 Bill Cowley, 1944–1945
 Jack Crawford, 1945–1946
 Bobby Bauer, 1946–1947
 Milt Schmidt, 1947–1954
 Ed Sandford, 1954–1955
 Fernie Flaman, 1955–1961
 Don McKenney, 1961–1963
 Leo Boivin, 1963–1966
 Johnny Bucyk, 1966–1967; 1973–1977
 Wayne Cashman, 1977–1983
 Terry O'Reilly, 1983–1985
 Ray Bourque and Rick Middleton, 1985–1988 (co-captains)
 Ray Bourque, 1988–2000
 Jason Allison, 2000–2001
 Joe Thornton, 2002–2005
 Zdeno Chara, 2006–2020
 Patrice Bergeron, 2021–2023
 Brad Marchand, 2023–present

There is evidence from contemporary newspaper accounts and photographs that Bruins manager Art Ross appointed captains on an annual basis in the 1930s and 1940s, and generally for a single season only.  These include Marty Barry in 1933–34, Nels Stewart in 1934–35, Eddie Shore in 1935–36, Red Beattie in 1936–37, Bill Cowley in 1944–45 and Bobby Bauer in 1946–47. These captaincies had not been acknowledged by the Bruins' organization for many years, which had declined comment on the question. On September 20, 2023, the team confirmed these captaincies, stating there have been 27 captains in franchise history.

Head coaches

On June 30, 2022, the Bruins named Jim Montgomery head coach, replacing Bruce Cassidy.

General managers

Following the team's failure to make the 2015 playoffs, Peter Chiarelli was fired as general manager on April 15, 2015, with Don Sweeney hired as Chiarelli's replacement on May 20, 2015.

Presidents

 Charles F. Adams, November 1, 1924 – 1936
 Weston W. Adams, Sr., 1936–1951
 Walter A. Brown, 1951 – September 1964
 Weston W. Adams, Sr., September 1964 – March 30, 1969
 Weston W. Adams, Jr., March 31, 1969 – September 30, 1975
 Paul A. Mooney, October 1, 1975 – March 24, 1987
 William D. Hassett, Jr., March 24, 1987 – December 1, 1988
 Harry Sinden, December 1, 1988 – August 9, 2006
 Cam Neely, June 16, 2010 – present

First-round draft picks

 1963: Orest Romashyna (3rd overall)
 1964: Alex Campbell (2nd overall)
 1965: Joe Bailey (4th overall)
 1966: Barry Gibbs (1st overall)
 1967: Meehan Bonnar (10th overall)
 1968: Danny Schock (12th overall)
 1969: Don Tannahill (3rd overall), Frank Spring (4th overall), and Ivan Boldirev (11th overall)
 1970: Reggie Leach (3rd overall), Rick MacLeish (4th overall), Ron Plumb (9th overall), and Bob Stewart (13th overall)
 1971: Ron Jones (6th overall) and Terry O'Reilly (14th overall)
 1972: Mike Bloom (16th overall)
 1973: Andre Savard (6th overall)
 1974: Don Larway (18th overall)
 1975: Doug Halward (14th overall)
 1976: Clayton Pachal (16th overall)
 1977: Dwight Foster (16th overall)
 1978: Al Secord (16th overall)
 1979: Ray Bourque (8th overall) and Brad McCrimmon (15th overall)
 1980: Barry Pederson (18th overall)
 1981: Normand Leveille (14th overall)
 1982: Gord Kluzak (1st overall)
 1983: Nevin Markwart (21st overall)
 1984: Dave Pasin (19th overall)
 1985: None
 1986: Craig Janney (13th overall)
 1987: Glen Wesley (3rd overall) and Stephane Quintal (14th overall)
 1988: Robert Cimetta (18th overall)
 1989: Shayne Stevenson (17th overall)
 1990: Bryan Smolinski (21st overall)
 1991: Glen Murray (18th overall)
 1992: Dmitri Kvartalnov (16th overall)
 1993: Kevyn Adams (25th overall)
 1994: Evgeni Ryabchikov (21st overall)
 1995: Kyle McLaren (9th overall) and Sean Brown (21st overall)
 1996: Johnathan Aitken (8th overall)
 1997: Joe Thornton (1st overall) and Sergei Samsonov (8th overall)
 1998: None
 1999: Nick Boynton (21st overall)
 2000: Lars Jonsson (7th overall) and Martin Samuelsson (27th overall)
 2001: Shaone Morrisonn (19th overall)
 2002: Hannu Toivonen (29th overall)
 2003: Mark Stuart (21st overall)
 2004: None
 2005: Matt Lashoff (22nd overall)
 2006: Phil Kessel (5th overall)
 2007: Zach Hamill (8th overall)
 2008: Joe Colborne (16th overall)
 2009: Jordan Caron (25th overall)
 2010: Tyler Seguin (2nd overall)
 2011: Dougie Hamilton (9th overall)
 2012: Malcolm Subban (24th overall)
 2013: None
 2014: David Pastrnak (25th overall)
 2015: Jakub Zboril (13th overall), Jake DeBrusk (14th overall) and Zachary Senyshyn (15th overall)
 2016: Charlie McAvoy (14th overall), Trent Frederic (29th overall)
 2017: Urho Vaakanainen (18th overall)
 2018: None
 2019: John Beecher (30th overall)
 2020: None
 2021: Fabian Lysell (21st overall)
 2022: None

Team and league honors

Retired numbers

Notes:
1 Hitchman was the first player to have his number retired by the Bruins, and the second in both the NHL, and in all of North American professional sports.
 The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's number 99 for all of its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.
 The Bruins are the only Original Six team that have not retired the uniform number 1.

Hall of Famers
The Boston Bruins acknowledge an affiliation with a 58 inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame: 52 former players and 6 builders of the sport. The six individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame includes former Bruins executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners. In addition to players and builders, two broadcasters for the Bruins were also awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1984, Fred Cusick, a play-by-play announcer, was awarded the Hall of Fame's inaugural Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. In 1987, Bob Wilson became the second Bruins' broadcaster to be awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.

Players

Builders

Franchise leaders

All-time regular season scoring leaders
These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
  – current Bruins player
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

All-time playoff scoring leaders
These are the top-ten playoff point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
  – current Bruins player
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

All-time leading goaltenders
These players rank in the top ten in franchise history for wins as of the end of the 2021−22 season. Figures are updated after each completed NHL season.
  – current Bruins player
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OT = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; * = current Bruins player

NHL awards and trophies

Stanley Cup
 1928–29, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1969–70, 1971–72, 2010–11

Presidents' Trophy
 1989–90, 2013–14, 2019–20, 2022–23

Prince of Wales Trophy
 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2018–19

Art Ross Trophy
 Phil Esposito: 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74
 Bobby Orr: 1969–70, 1974–75
 Joe Thornton*: 2005–06

(* traded to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005–06 season)

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
 Charlie Simmer: 1985–86
 Gord Kluzak: 1989–90
 Cam Neely: 1993–94
 Phil Kessel: 2006–07

Calder Memorial Trophy
 Frank Brimsek: 1938–39 (trophy known as "Calder Trophy")
 Jack Gelineau: 1949–50
 Larry Regan: 1956–57
 Bobby Orr: 1966–67
 Derek Sanderson: 1967–68
 Ray Bourque: 1979–80
 Sergei Samsonov: 1997–98
 Andrew Raycroft: 2003–04

Conn Smythe Trophy
 Bobby Orr: 1969–70, 1971–72
 Tim Thomas: 2010–11

Frank J. Selke Trophy
 Steve Kasper: 1981–82
 Patrice Bergeron: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23

Hart Memorial Trophy
 Eddie Shore: 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
 Bill Cowley: 1940–41, 1942–43
 Milt Schmidt: 1950–51
 Phil Esposito: 1968–69, 1973–74
 Bobby Orr: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
 Joe Thornton*: 2005–06

(* traded to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005–06 season)

Jack Adams Award
 Don Cherry: 1975–76
 Pat Burns: 1997–98
 Claude Julien: 2008–09
 Bruce Cassidy: 2019–20
 Jim Montgomery: 2022–23

James Norris Memorial Trophy
 Bobby Orr: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75
 Ray Bourque: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94
 Zdeno Chara: 2008–09

King Clancy Memorial Trophy
 Ray Bourque: 1991–92
 Dave Poulin: 1992–93
 Patrice Bergeron: 2012–13

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
 Bobby Bauer: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1946–47
 Don McKenny: 1959–60
 John Bucyk: 1970–71, 1973–74
 Jean Ratelle**: 1975–76
 Rick Middleton: 1981–82

(** traded from the New York Rangers during the 1975–76 season)

Lester B. Pearson Award
 Phil Esposito: 1970–71, 1972–73
 Bobby Orr: 1974–75

Lester Patrick Trophy
 Charles F. Adams: 1966–67
 Walter A. Brown: 1967–68
 Eddie Shore: 1969–70
 Cooney Weiland: 1971–72
 John Bucyk: 1976–77
 Phil Esposito: 1977–78
 Bobby Orr: 1978–79
 Milt Schmidt: 1995–96
 Harry Sinden: 1998–99
 Willie O'Ree: 2002–03
 Ray Bourque: 2002–03
 Cam Neely: 2009–10

Mark Messier Leadership Award
 Zdeno Chara: 2010–11
 Patrice Bergeron: 2020–21

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy
 David Pastrnak: 2019–20

NHL Foundation Player Award
 Patrice Bergeron: 2013–14

NHL Leading Scorer (prior to awarding of Art Ross Trophy)
 Herb Cain: 1943–44
 Bill Cowley: 1940–41
 Milt Schmidt: 1939–40
 Cooney Weiland: 1929–30

Vezina Trophy
 Tiny Thompson: 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1937–38
 Frank Brimsek: 1938–39, 1941–42
 Pete Peeters: 1982–83
 Tim Thomas: 2008–09, 2010–11
 Tuukka Rask: 2013–14
 Linus Ullmark: 2022–23

William M. Jennings Trophy
 Andy Moog and Rejean Lemelin: 1989–90
 Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez: 2008–09
 Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak: 2019–20
 Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman: 2022–23

Team awards
The Bruins have several team awards that are traditionally awarded at the last home game of the regular season.

 Elizabeth C. Dufresne TrophyBest player in home games
 Seventh Player AwardPlayer performing most beyond expectations
 Eddie Shore AwardPlayer with most hustle and determination
 John P. Bucyk AwardCommunity service
 Bruins Radio Network Three-Star AwardsMost three-star selections

Franchise individual records
 Most goals in a season: Phil Esposito, 76 (1970–71)
 Most assists in a season: Bobby Orr, 102 (1970–71)
 Most points in a season: Phil Esposito, 152 (1970–71)
 Most penalty minutes in a season: Jay Miller, 304 (1987–88)
 Lowest goals against average in a season: Frank Brimsek, 1.56 (1938–39)
 Most points per game in a season: Bill Cowley, 1.97 (1943–44)
 Most points in a season, defenseman: Bobby Orr, 139 (1970–71)
 Most points in a season, rookie: Joe Juneau, 102 (1992–93)
 Most wins in a season: Pete Peeters, 40 (1982–83); Linus Ullmark, 40 (2022–23)
 Most shutouts in a season: Hal Winkler, 15 (1927–28)
 Consecutive games streak: John Bucyk, 418 (January 23, 1969 – March 2, 1975)
 Longest point scoring streak: Bronco Horvath, 22 games, (1959–60)
 Highest save percentage in a season: Tim Thomas, .938 (2010–11)
 Longest winning streak by a goaltender, one season: Gilles Gilbert, 17 (1975–76)

Media and broadcasters

 NESN (New England Sports Network)
Jack Edwards: TV play-by-play
Andy Brickley: TV color analyst
Sophia Jurksztowicz: Rinkside reporter
 98.5 The Sports Hub
Judd Sirott: Radio play-by-play
Bob Beers: Radio color analyst

See also
 Bruins–Canadiens rivalry
 List of Boston Bruins award winners
 List of Boston Bruins records
 Sports in Massachusetts
 Sports in Boston
 The Sports Museum (at TD Garden)

Notes

References

Bibliography

Further reading

 Booth, Clarke. Boston Bruins: Celebrating 75 Years. Tehabi Books.

External links

 Boston Bruins Alumni veteran exhibition team

National Hockey League teams
1924 establishments in Massachusetts
Atlantic Division (NHL)
Ice hockey clubs established in 1924
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National Hockey League in New England
Delaware North

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Mona Elly Hou Vangsaae (24 April 1920 – 17 May 1983) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and instructor. At the Royal Danish Theatre, thanks to her excellent technique and dramatic versatility she became a soloist in 1942, taking roles in Bournonville's productions and in works by the Danish choreographers Nini Theilade and Harald Lander. The roles of Julie in Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet and Aili in Birgit Cullberg's The Moon Reindeer were created for her. After retiring from the stage in 1962, she became an instructor for Bournonville's ballets together with her son Peter Schaufuss.

Biography
Born in Copenhagen on 24 April 1920, Mona Elly Hou Vangsaae was the daughter of the shoe maker Albert Carl Hou Vangsaae (1896–1981) and Boline Vilhelmine Elise Kappen Andersen (1898–1971). She married twice, first in 1942 with the hairdresser Børge Angelo Jahncke (1911–1975) and then in 1946 with the principal dancer and ballet master Frank Schaufuss (1921–1997). She had two children: Liselotte (1943) and Peter (1949) who became an artistic director.

Vangsaae attended the ballet school at the Royal Danish Theatre from the age of six. She was trained in the Bournonville tradition by Valborg Borchsenius and Harald Lander. She found the training hard work but slowly became accustomed to performing on stage. She joined the Royal Theatre company in 1938 and became a soloist in 1942. After taking a number of small roles, she performed Teresina in Bounonville's Napoli and the señorita in La Ventana but it was not until 1948 that she reached her peak, performing the street dancer in Léonide Massine's Le Beau Danube. She went on to perform as the woman in Metaphor by Nini Theilade in 1950 and in 1955 the cocotte in George Balanchine's La sonnambula. She was particularly effective as Aili in Birgit Cullberg's The Moon Reindeer in 1957.

On retiring from the stage in 1962, together with her former husband Frank Schaufuss she was co-director of the Danish Dance Academy (Det danske ballet akademi) at Det Ny Teater until 1974. As a choreographer, in 1958 she created both Spektrum and the Mozart-based work Et Nodeblad. She was particularly successful from 1971 to 1973 with her production of Bounonville's Le Conservatoire for the London Festival Ballet. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she helped her son Peter with productions of La Sylphide and Napoli in Toronto, Marseille, Stuttgart and Berlin. She later taught girls at London's Royal Ballet School until a month before she died.

Mona Vangsaae died in Copenhagen on 17 May 1983.

Awards and honours
Vangsaae was honoured as a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1953.

References

1920 births
1983 deaths
Dancers from Copenhagen
Danish ballerinas
Danish choreographers
Danish women choreographers
Ballet choreographers
Royal Danish Ballet dancers
Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog
Burials at the Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen

Mona Vangsaae