Torey Krug
Record Breaker
In the Conference semi-finals of 2012/13 playoffs an injury hampered Boston Bruins were forced to call up rookie defenseman Torey Krug to play against the New York Rangers. Despite being undrafted and never having played an NHL game prior to that series he did not fail to disappoint. Krug scored the game-tying goal in the third period of his debut game, the first Bruin to do so since Glen Wesley in 1988. The Bruins went on to win 3-2 in overtime.
The young defenseman didn't stop there, he went on score 3 more times in his next 4 games and became the first ever rookie defenseman to score 4 goals in his first 5 playoff games. The Boston Bruins went on the Stanley Cup finals where they were eventually defeated 4-2 by the Chicago Blackhawks.
On Saturday March 15th 2014 Krug scored his 14th goal of the regular season and surpassed Bobby Orr for most goals by a Bruins rookie defenseman.
2013/14
Krug's first regular season was certainly a successful won. The Bruins won the presidents trophy and secured the top playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. The 23 year old defenseman played in 79 games registering 14 goal and 26 assists with a plus 18 rating. His 40 points were head and shoulders above the next nearest rookie defenseman in scoring, Anaheim's Hampus Lindholm, who had 30 points. With 2 assists already in the 2013/14 playoffs it looks like Torey Krug will be a name we are certain to hear more of in the future.
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