The December 1, 1977, game between the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins started out as just another typical NHL game in the ’70s -- no helmets and lots of brawls. One showdown that never ...

BOSTON – John Wensink hardly hesitated – and it was before Trent Frederic had notched a goal and dropped the gloves. During the first intermission of the Bruins’ tilt against the New York Rangers – a ...

Legendary AHL-NHL tough-guy winger John Wensink laments the loss of historic old hockey buildings like Boston Garden and Chicago Stadium. So it was a treat for the 61-year-old to return to Hersheypark ...

John Wensink remembers sitting in the dressing room with a befogged head one night in Chicago when he wasn’t sure whether he’d just come off the ice or was about to go back on. “I didn’t say anything, ...

BOSTON — The scoreboard video honoring the “Lunch Pail A.C.” Bruins before Saturday’s game against the New York Rangers showed the players of that era climbing into the Madison Square Garden stands to ...

Last month, the fast guys came to Kodiak. This week, the tough guys are coming. Five former NHL players — including two men who made their living as enforcers, in some cases famously so — are slated ...