CHANNEL 5 IN 1924 SUPERMARKET TYCOON CHARLES ADAMS PAID $15,000 TO BRING A NEW FRANCHISE TO BOSTON. THE BOSTON BRUINS BECAME THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE’S FIRST AMERICAN FRANCHISE WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF THE BRUINS, HAVING STARTED THEIR TEAMS IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH, SAINT LOUIS FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, THE BRUINS HAD AND IN ENORMOUS IMPACT. THEY PROVIDED THE BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER FRANCHISES AND THAT BLUEPRINT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH BEING A BEING TOUGH AND BEING PHYSICAL. ADAMS HIRED ART ROSS AS TEAM’S GENERAL MANAGER. HE WAS THIS INCREDIBLY ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETE. HE CAME TO BOSTON AND IMMEDIATELY WAS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE FRANCHISE. BUT THE FRANCHISE WAS MISSING THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT PLAYERS. THEY HAD TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM IN A MONTH. SO IMAGINE ALL OF THESE CANADIAN GENTLEMEN ARRIVING AT NORTH STATION WITH SKATES OVER THEIR SHOULDERS COMING INTO TOWN. SO THE TRYOUTS BEGAN AND THEY WOULDN’T, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST GOALTENDER FOR THE TEAM WAS A DENTIST. EVERY PLAYER HAD AN OFF SEASON JOB. THE BRUINS PLAYED THEIR FIRST GAME IN DECEMBER OF 1924, A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. TWO FOU