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Taylor Hall is returning to Boston. The Bruins and the free agent left winger have agreed to a four-year, $24 million contract, per reports.

The Boston Bruins are losing defenseman Jeremy Lauzon to the Seattle Kraken in the NHL Expansion Draft.

“It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, but I could not be happier with my decision to come out.” Luke Prokop wrote on Instagram, Colton Bradford has the story.

Many people are worried that the rise of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which is more contagious than the earlier variants and has become the dominant strain in the U.S., as well as in Massachusetts. Among the questions people have been wondering is whether they need to wear masks inside again indoors, even if they’ve been vaccinated. The...

The Boston Bruins were eliminated from the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs in a 4-2 defeat to the New York Islanders in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series Wednesday night at Nassau Coliseum.

The Boston Bruins are facing elimination for the first time in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs after losing Game 5 to the New York Islanders on Monday night.

After a tough overtime loss on Monday night, the Boston Bruins bounced back with a 2-1 overtime victory against the New York Islanders in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series Thursday night at Nassau Coliseum.

The Bruins are one win away from advancing to the second round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs after beating the Capitals 3-1 in Game 4 of their first-round series Friday night at TD Garden.

Quinn Waters, also known as “The Mighty Quinn,” was named the Boston Bruins honorary banner captain during Wednesday night’s game amid news that his tumors are shrinking. The five-year-old from Weymouth, Massachusetts, is responding to treatment after he began another battle against cancer in February. Quinn was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a tumor on the brain stem, in 2019, according...

Quinn Waters, also known as “The Mighty Quinn,” was named the Boston Bruins honorary banner captain during Wednesday night’s game amid news that his tumors are shrinking.

The Bruins took a 2-1 lead in their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Capitals thanks to a Craig Smith goal in double overtime of Game 3.

The University of Massachusetts won the men’s national college hockey championship Saturday, beating St. Cloud State 5-0. It’s the Minutemen’s first NCAA title, won despite playing part of the tournament short-handed because of coronavirus protocols.

University of Maine hockey coach Red Gendron died unexpectedly Friday, the school announced. He was 63. The Boston native, who took over coaching the Black Bears in 2013, died after suffering a medical emergency, university officials said. “Words cannot express our deep sadness from the tragic, sudden loss of Red Gendron,” athletic director Ken Ralph said. “Our community and the…

Garrett Wait scored in overtime and short-handed Massachusetts beat two-time defending champion Minnesota Duluth 3-2 on Thursday night in the Frozen Four semifinals. UMass (19-5-4) advances to Saturday’s national championship game against St. Cloud State — as both teams seek to make program history with a first title. UMass was without four players due to COVID-19 contact-tracing protocols, including...

A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness

Zdeno Chara returned to TD Garden on Friday night for the Capitals’ matchup vs. the Bruins and received a touching video tribute.

Bishop Feehan High School senior A.J. Quetta, who was seriously injured in a varsity hockey game last month, shared a message with his supporters on Saturday. In the video shared on Twitter, Quetta thanked everyone for their support, saying it has given him a reason to keep fighting on the road to recovery. “I would just like to thank...

A local varsity hockey team sent off their teammate with their own honor guard, holding their hockey sticks in the air as A.J. Quetta left Massachusetts General Hospital for a rehabilitation center in Georgia on Tuesday morning. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, underwent surgery for a spinal cord injury after he slammed head-first into...

AJ Quetta’s teammates donned their green away jerseys in a symbolic gesture to show they are still with him while he’s on the road to recovery in Atlanta.