THE WAIT IS FINALLY
ALMOST OVER.
WE'RE JUST HOURS AWAY
FROM GAME ONE OF THE
STANLEY CUP FINAL
BETWEEN----- THE BRUINS
AND SAINT LOUIS BLUES ...
BRAD MARCHAND WAS
GOOD TO GO AT TODAY'S
MORNING SKATE, AFTER
JAMMING HIS HAND
DURING A SCRIMMAGE
LAST WEEK --
AND THE PARTY IS
ALREADY UNDERWAY IN
BOSTON...
WHERE FANS HAVE
BEGUN GATHERING FOR A
FREE -----OUTDOOR
CONCERT AND VIEWEING
PARTY AT CITY HALL PLAZA
...
WE HAVE IN-DEPTH
COVERAGE TONIGHT ...
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTERS MOREY
HERSHGORDON AND
SHIINA LOSCUITO ARE
STANDING BY WITH MORE
ON -----THE PRE-GAME
EXCITEMENT --
OUR CHASE FOR THE CUP
COVERAGE BEGINS, WITH
SPORTS DIRECTOR YIANNI
KOURAKIS.
YIANNI?
(YK)
IT'S BEEN AN
EMBRASSMENT OF RICHES
FOR US HERE IN NEW
ENGLAND.
THIS MARKS THE 18TH
TIME SINCE THE TURN OF
THE CENTURY THAT A
MAJOR BOSTON SPORTS
FRANCHISE HAS PLAYED
FOR A WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP ...
AND THE BRUINS' THIRD
FINALS APPEARANCE
SINCE 2011.
BUT THEY'RE FACING A
BLUES TEAM THAT'S
STARVING FOR A
CHAMPIONSHIP -- AND
DESPERATE TO BRING
HOME THE FRANCHISE'S
FIRST-EVER STANLEY CUP.
EYEWITNESS SPORTS
REPORTER MOREY
HERSHGORDON JOINS US
LIVE NOW FROM T-D
GARDEN ...
WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT
ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS
HEADING INTO GAME ONE.
MOREY?
(MH)
WELCOME INSIDE T-D
GARDEN IN BOSTON ...
BRUINS MAKING THIRD
APPEARANCE IN THE
STANLEY CUP FINAL IN THE
LAST NINE YEARS
THEIR OPPONENT - ST
LOUIS BLUES - PLAYING IN
THEIR FIRST CUP FINAL IN
49 YEARS SINCE THEY
LOST TO BOBBY ORR AND
THE BRUINS IN 1970
SO ATLEAST ON PAPER --
THE BRUINS HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE EDGE IN THIS
MATCHUP
FIVE PLAYERS ON THE
BRUINS WERE APART OF
THE FRANCHISE'S MOST
RECENT STANLEY CUP IN
2011
AND ALL FIVE ARE
SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT
THE ICE...
BRAD MARCHAND AND
PATRICE BERGERON MAN
THE TOP LINE AND THE
TOP POWER PLAY
DAVID KREJCI ... WHO'S IN
HIS 13TH YEAR WITH THE
BRUINS .. A STEADY HAND
AS A CENTER ON THE
SECOND LINE
WORKING OUR WAY BACK
TO THE BLUE LINE .. IT'S 42
YEAR OLD ZDENO CHARA
THE UNDISPUTED LEADER
OF THE DEFENSE
AND TUUKKA RASK
ROUNDS OUT THE GROUP
IN NET... HE'S PLAYED
LIGHTS OUT TO THIS POINT
... ARGUABLY THE BEST
AND MOST CONSISTENT
BRUIN IN THE PLAYOFFS
THE LEADERSHIP CORE
KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT
IN THE CUP FINAL AND
THEIR UNDERSTANDING
OF THIS MOMENT HAS PAID
DIVIDENDS
["I just believe our guys that
have
been there, guys that have won a
cup and lost a cup should give
us an
edge.
we've relied on our experiences
in
the past and I thinkits all
about
sharing as much as you know what
to expect with the rest of the
group
that's been a strength of our
veteran
group, leadership group. our
young
guys have taken that perspective
and applied it to our own games.
it;s
a very amture group and
experience
is a big factor.
(MH)
THIS BRUINS TEAM
THRIVES WHEN IT PLAYS
FROM AHEAD
BOSTON HAS SCORED
THE EYEWITNESS SPORTS
TEAM WILL HAVE YOU
COVERED EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY DURING THE
CHASE FOR THE CUP.
MYSELF, MOREY, AND
RUTHIE POLINSKY WILL
BRING YOU LIVE REPORTS
FROM BOTH BOSTON AND
SAINT LOUIS
THROUGHOUT THE
SERIES...
AND WE WILL ALSO BRING
YOU AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-
GAME SHOW TONIGHT --
AND BEFORE EACH GAME
OF THE STANLEY CUP
FINAL -- LIVE ON W-P-R-I
DOT-COM.
THE PRE-GAME SHOWS
BEGIN AT SEVEN P-M ...
AND YOU CAN STREAM
THEM ON ANY SMART
DEVICE.
YIANNI KOURAKIS,
EYEWITNESS SPORTS.
(M)
OF COURSE---- MOST OF
US ARE NOT LUCKY
ENOUGHT TO HAVE---- A
TICKET TO TONIGHT'S BIG
GAME --
BUT THERE'S STILL----
PLENTY OF REASON FOR
BRUINS FANS TO HEAD UP
TO BOSTON ...
INCLUDING THAT BIG
CONCERT -----AND
VIEWING PARTY WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT AT CITY HALL
PLAZA.
OUR IN-DEPTH
COVERAGE OF THE CHASE
FOR THE CUP CONTINUES
LIVE FROM ATTLEBORO
NOW WITH EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER SHIINA
LOSCUITO -- WHO CAUGHT
UP WITH SOME EXCITED
FANS HEADED TO BOSTON
FOR GAME ONE.
WEVE MET A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO OF COURSE
WISH THEY HAD TICKETS
TO GAME- BUT THEYRE
STILL GOING TO BOSTON
TONIGHT- BECAUSE AS
THEY DESCRIBE IT, IT'S
LIKE THE WHOLE CITY IS
HAVING A PARTY.
"Ready for game one, go b's."
"Just go out there and have fun,
and
hopefully the bruins win it."
BRUINS FANS PUSH THROUGH
THE HEAT..PROUDLY WEARING
THEIR BLACK AND GOLD...
"We're too poor to afford
tickets so,
we're just going to go hang
out."
EYEWITNESS NEWS CAUGHT UP
WITH FANS AT THE SOUTH
ATTLEBORO TRAIN STATION
AHEAD OF THEIR JOURNEY INTO
BOSTON..
THESE RHODE ISLANDERS
DIDN'T SCORE TICKETS TO
GAME 1...
"It's like being there even tho
you're
not there."
BUT SAY JUST BEING IN WHAT
THEY CALL "THE CITY OF
CHAMPION" IS ENOUGH...
"It's incredible, like the
atmosphere
is nothing like around Rhode
Island
at all, that's for sure."
IT'S BEEN A LONG 11 DAYS
SINCE THE CONFERENCE
FINALS...
THESE FANS DONT WANT TO
SPEAK TOO SOON- BUT THEY
MIGHT SPEAK FOR A LOT OF US
WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE
READY FOR ANOTHER PARADE
"3 out of four ain't bad."
"I think it's going to be going
to 7 so
..they're pretty good."
(SL)
IF YOU ARE HEADING INTO
BOSTON- CITY OFFICIALS
ASK THAT YOU PACK
LIGHTLY- BECAUSE
THEY'RE EXPECTING A LOT
OF PEOPLE TO BE IN THE
CITY AT THESE EVENTS
THROUGH OUT THE WEEK.
SHIINA LOSCUITO,
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
(M)
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