1996–97 Boston Bruins season

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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]

Off-season

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Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

Template:1996–97 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied |1||October 5, 1996||4–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1996–97) ||0–0–1 || T |- Template:Game-lost |2||October 7, 1996||2–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) ||0–1–1 || L |- Template:Game-won |3||October 12, 1996||5–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) ||1–1–1 || W |- Template:Game-won |4||October 14, 1996||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) ||2–1–1 || W |- Template:Game-lost |5||October 17, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) ||2–2–1 || L |- Template:Game-won |6||October 20, 1996||5–1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) ||3–2–1 || W |- Template:Game-lost |7||October 24, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) ||3–3–1 || L |- Template:Game-lost |8||October 26, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) ||3–4–1 || L |- Template:Game-won |9||October 29, 1996||5–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1996–97) ||4–4–1 || W |- Template:Game-tied |10||October 31, 1996||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||4–4–2 || T |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost |11||November 2, 1996||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1996–97) ||4–5–2 || L |- Template:Game-tied |12||November 4, 1996||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) ||4–5–3 || T |- Template:Game-lost |13||November 6, 1996||1–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||4–6–3 || L |- Template:Game-lost |14||November 7, 1996||0–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) ||4–7–3 || L |- Template:Game-won |15||November 9, 1996||4–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) ||5–7–3 || W |- Template:Game-won |16||November 14, 1996||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) ||6–7–3 || W |- Template:Game-won |17||November 18, 1996||4–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1996–97) ||7–7–3 || W |- Template:Game-tied |18||November 19, 1996||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1996–97) ||7–7–4 || T |- Template:Game-lost |19||November 21, 1996||2–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) ||7–8–4 || L |- Template:Game-lost |20||November 23, 1996||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) ||7–9–4 || L |- Template:Game-won |21||November 26, 1996||2–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) ||8–9–4 || W |- Template:Game-won |22||November 29, 1996||7–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) ||9–9–4 || W |- Template:Game-lost |23||November 30, 1996||2–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) ||9–10–4 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |24||December 4, 1996||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) ||10–10–4 || W |- Template:Game-lost |25||December 5, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||10–11–4 || L |- Template:Game-tied |26||December 7, 1996||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1996–97) ||10–11–5 || T |- Template:Game-lost |27||December 9, 1996||2–5 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) ||10–12–5 || L |- Template:Game-lost |28||December 12, 1996||4–7 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1996–97) ||10–13–5 || L |- Template:Game-lost |29||December 14, 1996||0–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) ||10–14–5 || L |- Template:Game-lost |30||December 15, 1996||0–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) ||10–15–5 || L |- Template:Game-won |31||December 17, 1996||6–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) ||11–15–5 || W |- Template:Game-won |32||December 19, 1996||3–0 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) ||12–15–5 || W |- Template:Game-won |33||December 21, 1996||4–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1996–97) ||13–15–5 || W |- Template:Game-tied |34||December 23, 1996||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) ||13–15–6 || T |- Template:Game-lost |35||December 27, 1996||4–6 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1996–97) ||13–16–6 || L |- Template:Game-lost |36||December 29, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) ||13–17–6 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost |37||January 1, 1997||2–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) ||13–18–6 || L |- Template:Game-won |38||January 2, 1997||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||14–18–6 || W |- Template:Game-won |39||January 4, 1997||3–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1996–97) ||15–18–6 || W |- Template:Game-lost |40||January 7, 1997||3–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) ||15–19–6 || L |- Template:Game-won |41||January 9, 1997||5–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) ||16–19–6 || W |- Template:Game-lost |42||January 11, 1997||3–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) ||16–20–6 || L |- Template:Game-lost |43||January 13, 1997||3–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1996–97) ||16–21–6 || L |- Template:Game-lost |44||January 14, 1997||2–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) ||16–22–6 || L |- Template:Game-lost |45||January 20, 1997||2–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1996–97) ||16–23–6 || L |- Template:Game-won |46||January 22, 1997||4–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) ||17–23–6 || W |- Template:Game-lost |47||January 23, 1997||1–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1996–97) ||17–24–6 || L |- Template:Game-won |48||January 25, 1997||4–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) ||18–24–6 || W |- Template:Game-lost |49||January 30, 1997||1–3 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) ||18–25–6 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |50||February 1, 1997||3–0 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) ||19–25–6 || W |- Template:Game-won |51||February 2, 1997||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1996–97) ||20–25–6 || W |- Template:Game-lost |52||February 4, 1997||3–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1996–97) ||20–26–6 || L |- Template:Game-lost |53||February 6, 1997||3–5 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||20–27–6 || L |- Template:Game-tied |54||February 8, 1997||3–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1996–97) ||20–27–7 || T |- Template:Game-lost |55||February 11, 1997||1–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) ||20–28–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost |56||February 12, 1997||3–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) ||20–29–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost |57||February 15, 1997||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) ||20–30–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost |58||February 18, 1997||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) ||20–31–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost |59||February 20, 1997||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) ||20–32–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost |60||February 23, 1997||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) ||20–33–7 || L |- Template:Game-tied |61||February 24, 1997||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1996–97) ||20–33–8 || T |- Template:Game-won |62||February 27, 1997||6–2 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) ||21–33–8 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied |63||March 1, 1997||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) ||21–33–9 || T |- Template:Game-lost |64||March 3, 1997||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) ||21–34–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |65||March 6, 1997||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1996–97) ||21–35–9 || L |- Template:Game-won |66||March 8, 1997||6–4 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) ||22–35–9 || W |- Template:Game-won |67||March 9, 1997||3–1 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) ||23–35–9 || W |- Template:Game-lost |68||March 12, 1997||3–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) ||23–36–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |69||March 13, 1997||0–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) ||23–37–9 || L |- Template:Game-won |70||March 15, 1997||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1996–97) ||24–37–9 || W |- Template:Game-lost |71||March 17, 1997||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) ||24–38–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |72||March 19, 1997||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) ||24–39–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |73||March 22, 1997||4–5 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1996–97) ||24–40–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |74||March 24, 1997||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) ||24–41–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |75||March 27, 1997||3–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1996–97) ||24–42–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |76||March 29, 1997||2–8 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1996–97) ||24–43–9 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost |77||April 3, 1997||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1996–97) ||24–44–9 || L |- Template:Game-won |78||April 5, 1997||4–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1996–97) ||25–44–9 || W |- Template:Game-lost |79||April 8, 1997||1–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) ||25–45–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |80||April 10, 1997||1–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) ||25–46–9 || L |- Template:Game-lost |81||April 11, 1997||0–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) ||25–47–9 || L |- Template:Game-won |82||April 13, 1997||7–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) ||26–47–9 || W |- Template:Game log section end |- | Legend:

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Player statistics

Scoring

No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
16 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 78 21 55 76 −22 14
12 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger C 63 18 52 70 −3 10
21 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 67 25 26 51 −9 37
77 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 62 19 31 50 −11 18
22 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger RW 40 16 14 30 −3 67
19 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 72 13 15 28 −21 82
32 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 82 3 23 26 −5 39
23 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 30 17 8 25 −8 27
43 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 52 10 15 25 −8 22
42 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 36 10 11 21 0 14
33 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 56 8 10 18 −17 30
46 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 50 5 13 18 −7 32
65 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 44 4 14 18 −3 8
27 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger RW 40 7 10 17 −6 49
20 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 31 4 12 16 −12 16
36 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 80 7 8 15 −15 197
29 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 68 6 8 14 −8 155
18 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 58 5 9 14 −9 54
45 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 34 10 3 13 −12 45
11 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger RW 19 8 5 13 −7 2
41 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 19 3 9 12 −3 9
48 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger D 54 3 8 11 −26 71
47 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 41 1 8 9 −9 14
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 59 3 5 8 −16 33
38 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 37 3 5 8 −14 31
34 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 27 3 4 7 0 8
37 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 21 1 2 3 −1 13
28 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 57 0 3 3 −12 171
14Template:Efn Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger D 9 0 2 2 −1 4
49 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 10 0 2 2 −5 12
62 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 3 1 0 1 −2 0
17 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 15 0 1 1 −4 7
26 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 15 0 1 1 −2 4
39 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 8 0 0 0 0
30 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger G 19 0 0 0 0
31 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 2 0 0 0 0
40 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger LW 3 0 0 0 1 0
52 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 5 0 0 0 −1 0
44 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 33 0 0 0 −14 70
30 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger G 37 0 0 0 0
48 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 3 0 0 0 0
35 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 28 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

  • Template:Dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
  • Template:Double-dagger = 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 TOI
30 Bill RanfordTemplate:Double-dagger 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 CareyTemplate:Dagger 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) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Ray BourqueTemplate:Efn [4]
Adam OatesTemplate:Efn
Team Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy Jozef Stumpel [5]
Seventh Player Award Ted Donato [5]
Three Stars Awards Ray Bourque (1st) [6]
Ted Donato (2nd)
Jozef Stumpel (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Mattias Timander October 5, 1996 [7]
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
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Al Iafrate 		To Boston Bruins
Jeff Odgers
1996 PIT 5th-round pick (#132 overall)
Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". To Ottawa Senators
Shawn McEachern 		To Boston Bruins
Trent McCleary
1996 3rd-round pick (#53 overall)
Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". To San Jose Sharks
1997 5th-round pick (#107 overall) 		To Boston Bruins
Rob DiMaio
Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". To Colorado Avalanche
1998 1st-round pick (#19 overall) 		To Boston Bruins
Landon Wilson
Anders Myrvold
Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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)

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Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1996 NHL entry draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[8]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
11 8 Johnathan Aitken D Script error: No such module "flag". Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2 45 Henry Kuster RW Script error: No such module "flag". Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
32 53 Eric Naud LW Script error: No such module "flag". Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
33 80 Jason Doyle RW Script error: No such module "flag". Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (WHL)
4 100 Trent Whitfield C Script error: No such module "flag". Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
54 132 Elias Abrahamsson D Script error: No such module "flag". Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6 155 Chris Lane D Script error: No such module "flag". Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7 182 Thomas Brown D Script error: No such module "flag". Sarnia Sting (OHL)
8 208 Bob Prier RW Script error: No such module "flag". St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
9 234 Anders Soderberg LW Script error: No such module "flag". Modo Hockey (Sweden)
Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Notes

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References

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  5. ↑ a b Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239
  6. ↑ Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40
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