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1996–97 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1996–97
year	1996
Team	Boston Bruins
Record	26–47–9
HomeRecord	14–20–7
RoadRecord	12–27–2
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	13th
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	6th
GoalsFor	234
GoalsAgainst	300
GeneralManager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Steve Kasper
Captain	Ray Bourque
Arena	Fleet Center
Attendance	15,550 (87.1%)
Total: 637,575
MinorLeague	Providence Bruins (AHL)
Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)
GoalsLeader	Ted Donato (25)
AssistsLeader	Jozef Stumpel (55)
PointsLeader	Jozef Stumpel (76)
PlusMinusLeader	P. C. Drouin (+1)
PIMLeader	Jeff Odgers (197)
WinsLeader	Bill Ranford (12)
GAALeader	Tim Cheveldae (3.22)

Total: 637,575 Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) 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 1966–67 season.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 5, 1996||4–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1996–97) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||October 7, 1996||2–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) ||0–1–1 || |- |3||October 12, 1996||5–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) ||1–1–1 || |- |4||October 14, 1996||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) ||2–1–1 || |- |5||October 17, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 20, 1996||5–1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 24, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) ||3–3–1 || |- |8||October 26, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) ||3–4–1 || |- |9||October 29, 1996||5–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1996–97) ||4–4–1 || |- |10||October 31, 1996||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||4–4–2 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

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.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
16	C	78	21	55	76	−22	14
12	C	63	18	52	70	−3	10
21	LW	67	25	26	51	−9	37
77	D	62	19	31	50	−11	18
22	RW	40	16	14	30	−3	67
19	C	72	13	15	28	−21	82
32	D	82	3	23	26	−5	39
23	RW	30	17	8	25	−8	27
43	LW	52	10	15	25	−8	22
42	LW	36	10	11	21	0	14
33	RW	56	8	10	18	−17	30
46	D	50	5	13	18	−7	32
65	LW	44	4	14	18	−3	8
27	RW	40	7	10	17	−6	49
20	LW	31	4	12	16	−12	16
36	RW	80	7	8	15	−15	197
29	LW	68	6	8	14	−8	155
18	D	58	5	9	14	−9	54
45	RW	34	10	3	13	−12	45
11	RW	19	8	5	13	−7	2
41	C	19	3	9	12	−3	9
48	D	54	3	8	11	−26	71
47	D	41	1	8	9	−9	14
25	C	59	3	5	8	−16	33
38	D	37	3	5	8	−14	31
34	D	27	3	4	7	0	8
37	C	21	1	2	3	−1	13
28	D	57	0	3	3	−12	171
14	D	9	0	2	2	−1	4
49	LW	10	0	2	2	−5	12
62	D	3	1	0	1	−2	0
17	LW	15	0	1	1	−4	7
26	LW	15	0	1	1	−2	4
39	G	8	0	0	0		0
30	G	19	0	0	0		0
31	G	2	0	0	0		0
40	LW	3	0	0	0	1	0
52	C	5	0	0	0	−1	0
44	D	33	0	0	0	−14	70
30	G	37	0	0	0		0
48	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	G	3	0	0	0		0
35	G	28	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

- = 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	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
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

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](1997-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Ray Bourque
Adam Oates
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Jozef Stumpel
Seventh Player Award	Ted Donato
Three Stars Awards	Ray Bourque (1st)
Ted Donato (2nd)
Jozef Stumpel (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Mattias Timander	October 5, 1996
Evgeny Shaldybin	November 7, 1996
P. C. Drouin	January 25, 1997
Paxton Schafer	February 11, 1997
Randy Robitaille	March 27, 1997

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
	To [San Jose Sharks](1996-97-san-jose-sharks-season)Al Iafrate
	To [Ottawa Senators](1996-97-ottawa-senators-season)Shawn McEachern
	To [San Jose Sharks](1996-97-san-jose-sharks-season)[1997](1997-nhl-entry-draft) 5th-round pick (#107 overall)
	To [Colorado Avalanche](1996-97-colorado-avalanche-season)[1998](1998-nhl-entry-draft) 1st-round pick (#19 overall)
	To [Washington Capitals](1996-97-washington-capitals-season)Bill Ranford
Adam Oates
Rick Tocchet

Free agents

Date	Player	Team
	Dave Reid	to Dallas Stars
	Jean-Yves Roy	from Ottawa Senators
	Phil Von Stefenelli	to Ottawa Senators
	Barry Richter	from New York Rangers
	Troy Mallette	from Ottawa Senators
	Bob Beers	from New York Islanders
	Sheldon Kennedy	from Calgary Flames
	David Emma
	Tim Cheveldae	from Philadelphia Flyers
	Brett Harkins	from Florida Panthers
	Joe Mullen	to Pittsburgh Penguins
	Ron Sutter	to San Jose Sharks
	P. C. Drouin
	Rick Zombo	to Los Angeles Kings
	Randy Robitaille

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term
	Cameron Mann	3-year
	Bill Ranford	3-year
	Ray Bourque	2-year extension
	Jonathan Aitken	3-year
	P.J. Axelson	2-year
	Hal Gill

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
	Dean Malkoc	from Vancouver Canucks in waiver draft
	Steve Staios	to Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1996 NHL entry draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Round	#	Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
11	8	Johnathan Aitken	D	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2	45	Henry Kuster	RW	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
32	53	Eric Naud	LW	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
33	80	Jason Doyle	RW	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (WHL)
4	100	Trent Whitfield	C	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
54	132	Elias Abrahamsson	D	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6	155	Chris Lane	D	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7	182	Thomas Brown	D	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
8	208	Bob Prier	RW	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
9	234	Anders Soderberg	LW	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

References

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