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The 1996–97 Boston Bruins season was the team's 73rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins finished with the worst record in the NHL and missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1967.[1][2][3]
1996–97 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 6th Northeast |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
1996–97 record | 26–47–9 |
Home record | 14–20–7 |
Road record | 12–27–2 |
Goals for | 234 |
Goals against | 300 |
Team information | |
General manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Steve Kasper |
Captain | Ray Bourque |
Arena | Fleet Center |
Average attendance | 15,550 (87.1%) Total: 637,575 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Providence Bruins (AHL) Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ted Donato (25) |
Assists | Jozef Stumpel (55) |
Points | Jozef Stumpel (76) |
Penalty minutes | Jeff Odgers (197) |
Plus/minus | P. C. Drouin (+1) |
Wins | Bill Ranford (12) |
Goals against average | Tim Cheveldae (3.22) |
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No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 237 | 208 | 92 |
2 | 6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 285 | 280 | 84 |
3 | 7 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 226 | 234 | 77 |
4 | 8 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 249 | 276 | 77 |
5 | 10 | Hartford Whalers | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 226 | 256 | 75 |
6 | 13 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 234 | 300 | 61 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 231 | 182 | 104 |
2 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 237 | 208 | 92 |
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 274 | 217 | 103 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 221 | 201 | 89 |
5 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 258 | 231 | 86 |
6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 285 | 280 | 84 |
7 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 226 | 234 | 77 |
8 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 249 | 276 | 77 |
9 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 214 | 231 | 75 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 226 | 256 | 75 |
11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 217 | 247 | 74 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 240 | 250 | 70 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 234 | 300 | 61 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
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October: 4–4–2 (home: 1–3–2; road: 3–1–0)
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November: 5–6–2 (home: 4–4–1; road: 1–2–1)
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December: 4–7–2 (home: 2–4–2; road: 2–3–0)
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January: 5–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–5–0)
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February: 3–8–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–6–1)
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March: 3–10–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 2–7–0)
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April: 2–4–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
16 | Jozef Stumpel | C | 78 | 21 | 55 | 76 | −22 | 14 |
12 | Adam Oates‡ | C | 63 | 18 | 52 | 70 | −3 | 10 |
21 | Ted Donato | LW | 67 | 25 | 26 | 51 | −9 | 37 |
77 | Ray Bourque | D | 62 | 19 | 31 | 50 | −11 | 18 |
22 | Rick Tocchet‡ | RW | 40 | 16 | 14 | 30 | −3 | 67 |
19 | Rob DiMaio | C | 72 | 13 | 15 | 28 | −21 | 82 |
32 | Don Sweeney | D | 82 | 3 | 23 | 26 | −5 | 39 |
23 | Steve Heinze | RW | 30 | 17 | 8 | 25 | −8 | 27 |
43 | Jean-Yves Roy | LW | 52 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −8 | 22 |
42 | Tim Sweeney | LW | 36 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 14 |
33 | Sheldon Kennedy | RW | 56 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −17 | 30 |
46 | Barry Richter | D | 50 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −7 | 32 |
65 | Brett Harkins | LW | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −3 | 8 |
27 | Landon Wilson† | RW | 40 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −6 | 49 |
20 | Todd Elik | LW | 31 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −12 | 16 |
36 | Jeff Odgers | RW | 80 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −15 | 197 |
29 | Troy Mallette | LW | 68 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −8 | 155 |
18 | Kyle McLaren | D | 58 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −9 | 54 |
45 | Sandy Moger | RW | 34 | 10 | 3 | 13 | −12 | 45 |
11 | Anson Carter† | RW | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | −7 | 2 |
41 | Jason Allison† | C | 19 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 9 |
48 | Steve Staios‡ | D | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −26 | 71 |
47 | Mattias Timander | D | 41 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −9 | 14 |
25 | Trent McCleary | C | 59 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −16 | 33 |
38 | Jon Rohloff | D | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −14 | 31 |
34 | Bob Beers | D | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
37 | Clayton Beddoes | C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 13 |
28 | Dean Chynoweth | D | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −12 | 171 |
14[lower-alpha 1] | Anders Myrvold† | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
49 | Andre Roy | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 12 |
62 | Evgeny Shaldybin | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
17 | Davis Payne | LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 7 |
26 | Cam Stewart | LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
39 | Scott Bailey | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | Jim Carey† | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | Tim Cheveldae | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | P. C. Drouin† | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
52 | David Emma | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
44 | Dean Malkoc | D | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | 70 |
30 | Bill Ranford‡ | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
48 | Randy Robitaille† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Kevin Sawyer | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Paxton Schafer | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Robbie Tallas | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Regular season | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Bill Ranford‡ | 37 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1,102 | 125 | 3.49 | .887 | 2 | 2,147:09 |
35 | Robbie Tallas | 28 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 587 | 69 | 3.33 | .882 | 1 | 1,243:53 |
30 | Jim Carey† | 19 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 496 | 64 | 3.82 | .871 | 0 | 1,004:01 |
39 | Scott Bailey | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 181 | 24 | 3.66 | .867 | 0 | 393:46 |
31 | Tim Cheveldae | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 3.22 | .848 | 0 | 93:09 |
1 | Paxton Schafer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 4.65 | .760 | 0 | 77:28 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ray Bourque[lower-alpha 2] | [7] |
Adam Oates[lower-alpha 3] | |||
Team | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Jozef Stumpel | [9] |
Seventh Player Award | Ted Donato | [9] | |
Three Stars Awards | Ray Bourque (1st) | [10] | |
Ted Donato (2nd) | |||
Jozef Stumpel (3rd) |
Date | Details | |
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June 21, 1996 | To San Jose Sharks Al Iafrate |
To Boston Bruins Jeff Odgers 1996 PIT 5th-round pick (#132 overall) |
June 22, 1996 | To Ottawa Senators Shawn McEachern |
To Boston Bruins Trent McCleary 1996 3rd-round pick (#53 overall) |
September 30, 1996 | To San Jose Sharks 1997 5th-round pick (#107 overall) |
To Boston Bruins Rob DiMaio |
November 22, 1996 | To Colorado Avalanche 1998 1st-round pick (#19 overall) |
To Boston Bruins Landon Wilson Anders Myrvold |
March 1, 1997 | To Washington Capitals Bill Ranford Adam Oates Rick Tocchet |
To Boston Bruins Jason Allison Jim Carey Anson Carter 1997 3rd-round pick (#63 overall) 1998 Conditional 2nd-round pick (#52 overall) |
Free agents
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Signings
Waivers
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Boston's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[11]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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11 | 8 | Johnathan Aitken | D | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
2 | 45 | Henry Kuster | RW | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
32 | 53 | Eric Naud | LW | Canada | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) |
33 | 80 | Jason Doyle | RW | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (WHL) |
4 | 100 | Trent Whitfield | C | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
54 | 132 | Elias Abrahamsson | D | Sweden | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
6 | 155 | Chris Lane | D | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
7 | 182 | Thomas Brown | D | Canada | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
8 | 208 | Bob Prier | RW | Canada | St. Lawrence University (ECAC) |
9 | 234 | Anders Soderberg | LW | Sweden | Modo Hockey (Sweden) |
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