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) |
Off-season
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Regular season
editFinal standings
editNo. | 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
Schedule and results
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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) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
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[a] | 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 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
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 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ray Bourque[b] | [7] |
Adam Oates[c] | |||
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) |
Transactions
editTrades
editDate | 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 agentsedit
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Signingsedit
Waiversedit
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Draft picks
editBoston'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) |
- Notes
- The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 26, 1994 that sent Glen Wesley to Hartford in exchange for first-round picks in 1995, 1997 and this pick.
- The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent Shawn McEachern to Ottawa in exchange for Trent McCleary and this pick.
- The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 17, 1995 that sent David Shaw to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
- Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 17, 1995 that sent Marc Bergevin and Ben Hankinson to Detroit in exchange for Shawn Burr and this pick.
- The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 21, 1996 that sent Al Iafrate to San Jose in exchange for Jeff Odgers and this pick.
- San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 20, 1996 that sent Kevin Miller to Pittsburgh in exchange for this pick.
- The Bruins first-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on January 11, 1996 that sent Bill Ranford to Boston in exchange for Mariusz Czerkawski, rights to Sean Brown and this pick (19th overall).
- The Bruins third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on August 1, 1995 that sent Shawn McEachern and Kevin Stevens to Boston in exchange for Glen Murray, Bryan Smolinski and this pick (72nd overall).
- The Bruins fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on December 9, 1995 that sent Dean Chynoweth to Boston in exchange for this pick (128th overall).
Notes
edit- ^ Myrvold wore number 41 in his first six games.
- ^ Bourque was voted to the starting lineup.[6]
- ^ Oates was an injury replacement for Jaromir Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins.[8]
References
edit- "Boston Bruins 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- "1996-97 Boston Bruins Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ Elliott, Helene (April 8, 1997). "From Bruins to Ruins : After 30 Years, Another Boston Tradition--Playoff Hockey--Crumbles Beneath Weight of Inept Team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ Smith, Michael. "The 5 Most Painful Seasons in Boston Bruins History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "ESPN.com - NHL - It's a shame about Ray ... and the Bruins". www.espn.com. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1996-97 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "1997 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Injured Jagr to Miss The All-Star Game". The New York Times. January 17, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239
- ^ Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40
- ^ "1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.