BOSTON - Bruins head coach Claude Julien was not on the ice or behind the bench for the beginning of training camp due to his duties at the World Cup of Hockey, where he served as an assistant for Mike Babcock and Team Canada.

Despite his absence, however, the B's bench boss was never truly detached from the happenings back at Warrior Ice Arena.

Julien watched all three preseason games and was in contact with his staff on a daily basis. Now that he has returned - as a World Cup champion - he is pleased with how the team is progressing.

BRIGHTON - David Backes has already played his share of preseason games this fall. Suiting up for Team USA at the World Cup of Hockey provided the 10-year veteran with quite the tune-up ahead of the 2016-17 season.

But Saturday night's tilt in Philadelphia will deliver perhaps his most important game action to date. It will be the first time Backes will don the Spoked-B and his first chance to build chemistry with his teammates and gain familiarity with the Bruins' system.

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WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY: Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand potted the game-tying and game-winning goals on Thursday night, propelling Team Canada to the 2016 World Cup of Hockey Championship over Zdeno Chara and Team Europe in a 2-1 victory. With Team Canada on the power play, Bergeron deflected a shot from the point with 2:53 left to play to tie the game at 1-1. Then with 0:44 on the clock and Team Canada shorthanded, Marchand took a drop-off pass in the high slot from Jonathan Toews and wristed it high stick-side for the game-winner.

BostonBruins.com - All tournament long, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron showed the rest of the hockey world what so many in Boston already know: they are one of the best tandems in the game.

It was no different in the World Cup finale on Thursday night. Bergeron tallied the tying goal with 2:53 to go, which set up Marchand's winner with 43 seconds remaining, as the Bruins linemates led Team Canada to a 2-1 victory and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey title at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Bruins coach Claude Julien was an assistant for Canada.

BOSTON - The Bruins have announced the roster for their third preseason game, against the Detroit Red Wings, Friday night in Detroit.

BRIGHTON - There was only one other time that came to Bruce Cassidy's mind.

The Washington Capitals - the team for whom he was head coach from 2002-04 - were in a heated battle with the Tampa Bay Lightning for first place in the old Southeast Division.

Washington was called for a face-off violation penalty that put the Caps down 5-on-3. Cassidy did not divulge how the penalty kill turned out, but given that he still remembers the situation, one could venture a guess.

BOSTON - The four goals allowed do not tell the entire story. For Malcolm Subban, Wednesday night's performance was about so much more.

For the first time in almost eight months, the Bruins goaltender suited up for game action.

Sure, it was just preseason. But the Black & Gold's 5-1 loss to Detroit at TD Garden was still an important marker in the Toronto native's recovery from a fractured larynx, suffered in February when he was hit in the throat with a puck.

BOSTON - The Bruins' preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at TD Garden will be live streamed via BostonBruins.com, presented by AT&T.

BostonBruins.com - Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron continued their torrid pace at the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday night, with both notching a goal and an assist to pace Team Canada to a 3-1 win over Team Europe in Game 1 of the best-of-three final series.

BOSTON - The Bruins have announced the roster for their second preseason game, against the Detroit Red Wings, on Wednesday night at TD Garden at 7 p.m.

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