Which Original Six team is based in Boston?

The Boston Bruins are the Original Six NHL team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1924, the Bruins were the NHL’s first American-based franchise. They joined a league that had originally been centered in Canada and helped establish professional hockey in the United States. Boston’s team colors and bear-themed identity led to the name “Bruins,” an old word for a brown bear.

The term “Original Six” refers to the six franchises that made up the NHL from 1942 until expansion in 1967: Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York, and Toronto. The phrase does not mean those were the six teams present when the NHL was founded in 1917; only Montreal and Toronto belong to the league’s earliest group.

The Bruins play at TD Garden and remain one of the league’s historic franchises. Their major rivals include the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, making Boston one of the central clubs in the NHL’s traditional Eastern rivalries.