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BOSTON — The Boston Bruins' Stanley Cup winners from 1970 and '72 finally got their chance to raise a banner to the rafters. As part of the club's 100th season celebration, the club honored what was called the "Big Bad Bruins Era" from 1960-76. During that period, they captured Cups in '70 and '72 but they never had a ceremony to raise the banner. On Saturday night before the team faced longtime rival Montreal Canadiens, some of the members of those teams — led by Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Johnny Bucyk — walked onto the ice wearing a jersey and hoisted banners.
