From everyman to extra to overnight celebrity
The world is about to discover Bruce.
The Washington Capitals' coach will be one of the stories the networks and national media will focus on as a first-round Stanley Cup playoff series with the Philadelphia Flyers begins tonight at Verizon Center.
It will be Alex Ovechkin, the superstar, and Bruce Boudreau, the "Slap Shot" extra, Mr. Everyman or, as the Philadelphia Daily News already described him, "the man who looks more like a high school principal than an NHL coach."