“Last year we went 4-8, the year before, we weren’t much better. This felt like a cleansing, a surreal moment. This isn’t the ’08 Bruins, this is 2009. Seeing everyone’s emotions out there, you can see it that everyone is honed in. The young guys, the old guys – everybody’s ready for a change.”

“It was a really emotional win for me and my brother, with my grandfather passing. To see my mom up there, crying in the stands, Korey and I just looked at each other, and we started tearing up a bit. We know he was watching. Wish he could have been here.”