Practice Report: Bruins Olympians Return to Boston, Join Skate
“It was awesome. Just being in the locker room with the guys, speaking your native language, Finnish,” Jokiharju stated of the Olympics. “I had family over there, too. My family came over, my brother’s family came over for a while, and my sister and her husband came over. It was, overall I will say, really one of the best two weeks of my life.”
Korpisalo stuffed one of many nets on Tuesday; Michael DiPietro, who was recalled from Providence on an emergency foundation, was within the different. The Bruins have 16 video games in March and are gearing up for the heavy workload.
“It feels pretty good. Getting back to the US just a couple days ago, getting used to the timezone now. And throughout the tournament, a lot of practice, a lot of practice time. Just getting prepared, getting back to it,” Korpisalo stated. “Whenever the coach offers me the nod, I’ll go in and do my greatest. Now is go time. This final stretch is big. Seeing what number of groups are inside [such] shut factors. Every sport is big.”
The Bruins’ first sport again is on Thursday at TD Garden after they host the Columbus Blue Jackets, who’re 4 factors again from the B’s, preventing for the second wild-card spot within the Eastern Conference.
It will probably be Boston’s first sport motion in 22 days; Their final matchup earlier than the Olympic break was on Feb. 4 in opposition to the Florida Panthers.
“It’s not just for us, I think, for everyone in this league, it is a challenge. You totally get away from the game and from the environment that we have here, but also, the good things that were happening around our team. The focus, the play, on ice, off ice. It was fun to watch,” Sturm stated.
“That is going to be our focus again to have that game one on Thursday. Because you don’t want to lose that. We put ourselves in a very, very good position right now, and we don’t want to lose it. We want to stay in the hunt, and we want to continue to play the same way we did in the past.”
