The 2013 Stanley Cup run by the Bruins was one that further united the New England region that had been rocked by tragedies , such as the Boston Marathon bombing and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting . Head coach Claude Julien said after the deciding Game 6 , " You know , at the end of the day , I think that 's what hurts the most is in the back of our minds , although we needed to focus on our team and doing what was going to be the best thing for our team to win a Stanley Cup , in the back of our minds we wanted to do it for those kind of reasons , the City of Boston , what Newtown has been through , that kind of stuff . It hit close to home , and the best way we felt we could try and cheer the area was to win a Stanley Cup . I think that 's what 's hard right now for the players . We had more reasons than just ourselves to win a Cup . " 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
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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