HockeyZonePlus – When you were playing in Boston, your brother Keith was also on the team. Was that ever a problem or an advantage, or was it simply a non-issue?
Bruce Crowder – It wasn't a problem. Keith and I had been through a lot as kids and if anything it was a plus.

HockeyZonePlus – Do you maintain any ties or friendships with former teammates?
Bruce Crowder – I still see some of the guys but everybody is pretty busy so it is tough to get together. But there is that camaraderie of having played and even if you did not play with someone there is that respect that you made it.

HockeyZonePlus – Can you tell us about a specific, funny anecdote that happened during your career?
Bruce Crowder – Nothing that you can print. There was a lot of great times.

HockeyZonePlus – As far as you are concerned, who is the best player that you ever played with or against?
Bruce Crowder – Ray Bourque

HockeyZonePlus – You retired from the NHL and pro hockey at age 28, which is a relatively young age for a hockey player. What made you retire from pro hockey?
Bruce Crowder – No one wanted me, and I did not want to go down to the minors. I had already done that and at 28 the league was very keen on rushing along the 18 year olds. It just did not make sense to me. At that time I did a quick survey of the league and of all the forwards, 75% were younger than me and the 25% that were my age or older were superstars.

HockeyZonePlus – What was your most memorable moment as a hockey player?
Bruce Crowder – Scoring my first NHL goal in my second NHL game against Buffalo.

HockeyZonePlus – What was the low point of your career?
Bruce Crowder – Finally realizing that it was over. Second was being sent back to the minors after scoring my first NHL goal right after the game.

HockeyZonePlus – You're now the coach of the Northeastern University Huskies. How was the transition from your career as a player to your new career in coaching?
Bruce Crowder – It has been great. At first it was difficult going from what I did naturally to putting it into words, but I have an undergraduate degree and a Master’s in Education so that help me quite a bit.

HockeyZonePlus – What are your career plans/goals down the road? Any interests in an eventual position in minor pro or NHL hockey?
Bruce Crowder – My goal is to make Northeastern hockey one of the premier hockey programs in the country. Whatever the future holds is just that: the Future. I'm very happy in the college game.

HockeyZonePlus – Did you have any specific superstitions as a player?
Bruce Crowder – None

HockeyZonePlus – How was Gerry Cheevers as a coach?
Bruce Crowder – Gerry was great. There is more to coaching than x's and o's and I bring a lot of Gerry Cheevers into my coaching. I have luck to have been around a lot of good coaches and have been a sponge with all of them - taking the good and bad.

HockeyZonePlus – Who was your hockey idol growing up?
Bruce Crowder – Dave Keon

HockeyZonePlus – Which other NHL team would you have liked to play for?
Bruce Crowder – Toronto Maple Leafs

HockeyZonePlus – Which teammates of yours impressed you the most and why?
Bruce Crowder – Terry O’Reilly (Competitiveness), Wayne Cashman (Best Team Guy) and Ray Bourque (Work Horse).

HockeyZonePlus – Any idea what you might have done if you could not have made a living with hockey?
Bruce Crowder – I would have been a carpenter