1996-97 Boston Bruins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 26-47-9 - 61 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Steve Kasper (26-47-9)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1996-97 Boston Bruins RosterTeam Record: 26-47-9 - 61 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Steve Kasper (26-47-9)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1996-97 Boston Bruins Results
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 26 wins and 47 losses and 9 ties for 61 points, finishing sixth in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The Bruins scored 234 goals and allowed 300, most in the circuit. Ted Donato netted 25 goals for Boston, and Jozef Stumpel contributed 55 assists. Bill Ranford topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.49 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Steve Kasper coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jozef Stumpel | C | 78 | 21 | 55 | 76 | 14 | -22 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 12.5 |
| Adam Oates | C | 63 | 18 | 52 | 70 | 10 | -3 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 13.0 |
| Ted Donato | L | 67 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 37 | -9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 14.5 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 62 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 18 | -11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 230 | 8.3 |
| Rick Tocchet | R | 40 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 67 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 13.3 |
| Rob DiMaio | R | 72 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 82 | -21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 8.6 |
| Don Sweeney | D | 82 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 39 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 2.7 |
| Steve Heinze | R | 30 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 27 | -8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 17.7 |
| Jean-Yves Roy | R | 52 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 22 | -8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 10.0 |
| Tim Sweeney | L | 36 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 15.4 |
| Sheldon Kennedy | R | 56 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 12.3 |
| Barry Richter | D | 50 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 32 | -7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 6.3 |
| Brett Harkins | C | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | -3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 |
| Landon Wilson | R | 40 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 49 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 9.2 |
| Todd Elik | C | 31 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5.6 |
| Jeff Odgers | R | 80 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 197 | -15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 8.3 |
| Troy Mallette | L | 68 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 155 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 9.8 |
| Kyle McLaren | D | 58 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 54 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Sandy Moger | R | 34 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 45 | -12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.5 |
| Anson Carter | C | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 15.7 |
| Jason Allison | C | 19 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Steve Staios | D | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 71 | -26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 5.4 |
| Mattias Timander | D | 41 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 1.6 |
| Jon Rohloff | D | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Trent McCleary | R | 59 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 33 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Bob Beers | D | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Clayton Beddoes | C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Dean Chynoweth | D | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 171 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Andre Roy | L | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Anders Myrvold | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Yevgeny Shaldybin | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Davis Payne | R | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Cam Stewart | L | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Bill Ranford | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Carey | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Malkoc | D | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Randy Robitaille | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Cheveldae | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Tallas | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.C. Drouin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Scott Bailey | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paxton Schafer | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Emma | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1570 | 234 | 392 | 626 | 1365 | -295 | 46 | 88 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2427 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Ranford | 37 | 2147 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 3.49 | 1102 | 977 | .887 |
| Robbie Tallas | 28 | 1244 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 3.33 | 587 | 518 | .882 |
| Jim Carey | 19 | 1004 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 3.82 | 496 | 432 | .871 |
| Scott Bailey | 8 | 394 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3.65 | 181 | 157 | .867 |
| Paxton Schafer | 3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.68 | 25 | 19 | .760 |
| Tim Cheveldae | 2 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.23 | 33 | 28 | .848 |
| Totals | 97 | 4959 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 293 | 3.55 | 2717 | 2424 | .892 |
