‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' McQuaid fires up Bruins teammates

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WILMINGTON, MAIt seemed inevitable that the Bruins would drag themselves off the mat, and make a showing of it despite falling behind to an ornery New York Rangers bunch on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
That did eventually happen as the Bruins forced things into overtime before salvaging a point in the 4-3 lossthe kind of effort that could be a difference-maker in a short 48-game schedule.
But every hockey club needs a tipping point or a pivotal moment where the moment reverses direction, and Bs teammates credited Adam McQuaid with providing that moment by pummeling Hinghams own Brian Boyle at the end of the first period.
McQuaid had a really nice fight for us and that gave us some of the momentum to come back, said Johnny Boychuk.
The Bruins had been outscored 2-0 and outshot 11-8, and looked as pushed on their heels as all of the numbers would indicate. So perhaps Boyle thought he could push it when he skated over the blue line off-sides and then fired a puck at McQuaid after the whistle had blown the play dead.
But the shot after the whistle proved to be a little too excessive, and McQuaid proceeded to head right for the Rangers center before pounding him with a series of heavy rights and left jabs. Eventually the refs broke things up when it was clear Boyle wanted nothing to do with the flurry of punches, and McQuaid was whistled for a roughing minor on top of his five-minute major for fighting.
This marked the second time in less than a week that Boyle was in the middle of things against the Bruins. Last weekend he was slapped with an extra penalty for jawing with the officials which prompted John Tortorella to tell him to shut his goddamned mouth following that game.
The Bruins killed off the McQuaid roughing penalty and credited the tough guy defensemans bout with snapping them out of their sleepy little funk.
Hes such a mean guy. Its almost scary like with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, said Brad Marchand. Hes so nice off the ice, but when you get on there youd hate to play against him. Hes fun to watch and fun to have on your team.
For a guy that admitted he's still looking to find his game prior to Wednesday night's highly entertaining playoff-style battle with the Rangers, it appears McQuaid is settling right into what he's always been.
Once again the lesson should be learned by the opposition: poking the Bruins bear can be hazardous to your teams winning and losing.

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