Coach Adam Oates wants Mike ... Call it the Ray Bourque rule, if you will. Oates always respected the Hall of Famer defenseman’s ability to contribute offensively while still being a sound ...

This will be Adam Oates' second Stanley Cup finals, and the 40-year-old center knows it could be his last. This will be Adam Oates' second Stanley ... Oates watched Ray Bourque, ...

The doubts creep into Adam Oates' mind on the rare occasions he loses more faceoffs than he wins or fails to thread a pass to one of his wingers. ... “I actually talked to Ray Bourque about it.

When Capitals coach Adam Oates played with the Boston Bruins, he watched defenseman Ray Bourque work his way to legendary status, and now he's transferring some knowledge over to Mike Green.

In the dying days of the old Boston Garden and into the first year-plus of the venue originally known as the FleetCenter, the Bruins had a steady, endearing troika in captain Ray Bourque, power ...

” Oates asked after a 3-2 OT loss in Denver buried the Bruins deeper in the Northeast cellar. “Our best player (Ray Bourque) is 36 and he’s gotten less and less support every year.

We were next in line, and he was, along with Bourque and Adam Oates, splashed on the poster above my bed. A young Bruins fan was meeting her idol, a one Mr. Raymond Bourque. (Photo courtesy of ...

If you want to classify the offseason Adam Oates had, you could call it the summer of his discontent. ... That spot is currently held by now-retired defenseman Ray Bourque with 1,169.

With Hall of Famers Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito and Johnny Bucyk leading the way early on and then passing the torch to fellow Hall of Famers Ray Bourque, Cam Neely and Adam Oates, the Bruins ...

It took a couple of tries on the ballot, but Adam Oates' wait to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame came to an end Monday as part of the Class of 2012. Taking the stage behind the blanket of ...