The Bruins’ checking unit of Tomas Nosek, A.J. Greer, and Garnet Hathaway isn’t exactly the trio Jim Montgomery calls on to land punches in the offensive zone.
Rather, their job description usually pivots to doling out pain just about anywhere else on the ice.
And with the Bruins mired in a two-goal deficit just 4:32 into Saturday’s matinee matchup against the Red Wings, Greer knew the task at hand the next time Montgomery sent them over the boards.
“We just told ourselves on the bench that, ‘Hey, we need something to light a spark here and we need to go out there and do something to ignite — not only our team, but the crowd,'” Greer noted.