The
Boston Bruins are a professional
ice hockey team based in
Boston,
Massachusetts. The Bruins compete in the
National Hockey League (NHL) as a member club of the league's
Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. The team has been in existence since
1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and is the oldest in the United States. It is also an
Original Six franchise, along with the
Chicago Blackhawks,
Detroit Red Wings,
Montreal Canadiens,
New York Rangers and
Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins have won six
Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth most of all-time with the Blackhawks and tied second-most of any American NHL team also with the Blackhawks (behind the Red Wings, who have 11). Their home arena is the
TD Garden, where they have played since
1995. The Bruins began play in the NHL on December 1, 1924. The first facility to host them was what was formerly known as the Boston Arena (today's
Matthews Arena) — the world's oldest (built 1909–10) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at
any level of competition — and following the Bruins' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the
Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in
1928 and concluding in 1995.
