Benedict, Maroons Blank Bruins (1/20/25)

Another game, another loss for the Boston Bruins. Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons outdueled Doc Stewart of the Bruins in a wonderfully played defensive game. Unfortunately the name of the game is offense and the Bruins simply don't have enough of it. Reg Noble scored for the Maroons in the first period and Sam Rotschild scored a powerplay goal in the second period for pretty much the only offense of the game. The Bruins have scored just two goals in the previous two games and have now lost three games in a row including this one 2-0 at the Montreal Forum.

                                                      Jess Willard is disgusted with the Bruins

The Maroons struck first in the first period 12:14 into it. Reg Noble scored for the Maroons to put the Bruins behind again. Doc Stewart and Clint Benedict then went mano e mano as both defenses played shutdown D the rest of the period. The bad news was the B's were behind but the good news is they only trailed 1-0 going into the second period.

                                                            Noble puts the Maroons on top

In the second period Montreal struck again, this time on the powerplay. 8 minutes into the period Ganton Scott dished it to Sam Rothschild who scored to make it 2-0 Montreal. Once again Stewart bore down to not allow another goal but Benedict was just a bit better. Going into intermission Montreal still had a 2-0 lead.

                                                                Rothschild scores

The third period was a total deadlock. Both the Bruins and the Maroons defense stepped up to not allow a single goal. Unfortunately for the Bruins, that meant they put up a goose egg in this one. Clint Benedict pitched a shutout as the Maroons blanked the Bruins 2-0.

                                                             Bruins lose to this guy

Penalties:

Jimmy Herbert - 4 minutes

Stan Jackson - 2 minutes

George Redding - 2 minutes

Reaction:

Well Art Ross has his work cut out for him in the off-season. Defensively he's got some answers with Hitchman, Benson and Redding with Stewart in net. Now he needs to find guys that can score. They're gonna need some playmakers on offense and it'll take some scouting by Ross to get that done. This game was a prime example as they allowed just two goals but couldn't score any of their own. Simply Jimmy Herbert by himself is not going to be enough in this league. Trading Smokey Harris and Carson Cooper getting hurt didn't help, but they have to do SOMETHING to get guys that can put the puck in the net. The loss now drops the Bruins to 2-14 on the season with just 14 games left. Four nights from now the Bruins look to snap their 3 game losing streak against the Toronto St. Patrick's at Mutual Street Arena.