The Bruins Finding Their Stride?

The first month of the 2011 NHL regular season could be one the Boston Bruins would like to forget. While it was nice to see the banner raising ceremony, the Bruins apparently forgot that last season is over and this season is out to crown a new champion because they only won three games in the month of October, which put them last in the conference.

Their play showed that the Bruins weren't interested in making the crisp pass or playing the stout defense that they are known for. Basically, the Bruins were still nourishing their Stanley Cup hangover.

With the poor play, questions began to surface as to how to spark the players, as we all knew they had the talent and could put it together from time to time to get the big win, as they did over the Blackhawks in Chicago. Maybe a trade or a coach firing? Cam Neely trusted that the coaching brass would be able to put it together and hopefully a new month meant the page would be turned on last season and ugly October.

Since the turn of the month, the Bruins may have found their stride. After averaging 1.9 goals per game in October, the Bruins have won three straight, scoring an average of six goals per game. The biggest catalyst of the turnaround has been Tyler Seguin, who has five points in the three games, including a great hat trick over the Maple Leafs. He is also the Bruins' leading point scorer this season.

Seguin's production has helped ease the pressing by the Bruins' first line of Krejci, Horton and Lucic. In November, both Krejci and Lucic have six points in three games, whereas Horton has three. This line is expected to produce and set the tone for the rest of the forward lines and if they can continue this trend, the Bruins should have no problem climbing back up the standings.

As for Bruins tickets, it's been pretty stale because of their poor play. Many games during the week have been going for well below face value. But, as the Bruins begin to win, demand has increased so while weekday games are the cheapest, weekend games are still priced at or above face value. Be sure to checkout TicketsofBoston.com for all of your Bruins tickets!