Bob Essensa likes to come in guns blazing. It’s the veteran goalie coach’s way of setting the tone for the day. There’s no angry connotation with his patented finger gesture, however. It’s just ...

BRIGHTON, Mass. — Jim Montgomery knows one thing about his goaltending for Thursday’s regular-season finale against the Canadiens: Linus Ullmark, who left Tuesday’s 5-2 win over the Capitals in the ...

Bob Essensa sat on the Boston Bruins bench on Saturday, ready to play if needed but hoping his team would not be desperate enough to employ a 50-year-old goaltender. With starter Tuukka Rask out of ...

Bob Essensa is on the other end of the line, ready to take a stroll down memory lane. He’s at home in Michigan, watching tape of netminders who could be on the radar for the Boston Bruins whenever the ...

BUFFALO, Aug. 3 -- In the market for a veteran goaltender after trading Dominik Hasek to the Detroit Red Wings, the Buffalo Sabres Friday agreed to terms with free agent Bob Essensa. Terms were not ...

For the second time this season an NHL goalie coach has had to dress in the middle of a game to serve as his team's backup. On Saturday, it was 50-year-old Boston Bruins goalie coach Bob Essensa.

Davison will not be the only Michigan town hosting the Stanley Cup next week. (13 S. Washington St.). Unlike when Thomas brings the Cup to Davison High School next Wednesday, fans will be able to take ...

This has been the year of the emergency backup goaltender – because starters seem to always get injured and forced these 40-something dudes into awkward bench photo ops. He’s 50 years old, and started ...

The red-hot Kings, losers of only three of their previous 18 games, found themselves up against a rusty goaltender Thursday night. It did them little good for two periods, but in the third period they ...

1980: Wayne Gretzky scores the first of his four hat-tricks on the season in a 7-4 Oilers loss to the host Los Angeles Kings. 1995: Kelly Buchberger becomes the Oilers’ all-time leader in penalty ...

Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask left Saturday's game against the New York Rangers 10 seconds into the middle frame for what coach Claude Julien referred to afterwards as a possible case of ...

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