Boston Bruins

SummaryBoston Bruins Franchise Information

The BostonBruins are an OriginalSix team. They currently play their home games at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, MA.

The Bruins finished the 2006-07 season with a 35-41-6 record good for 76 points, 5th place in the Northeast division, and 13th in the Eastern Conference.

Official Site

http://www.bostonbruins.com

Current Roster

Player Name	Jersey #	Position	Height	Weight	Birthplace	Age	Birthday
Andrew Alberts	41	Defense	6' 4"	218 lbs	Minneapolis, Minnesota	26	6/30/1981
Bobby Allen	38	Defense	6' 0"	200 lbs	Braintree, Massachusetts	28	11/14/1978
PJ Axelsson	11	Left Wing	6' 1"	184 lbs	Kungalv, Sweden	32	2/26/1975
PatriceBergeron	37	Center	6' 0"	197 lbs	Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec	22	7/24/1985
Brandon Bochenski	10	Right Wing	6' 1"	197 lbs	Blaine, Minnesota	25	4/4/1982
Zdeno Chara	33	Defense	6' 9"	260 lbs	Trencin, Slovakia	30	3/18/1977
Andrew Ference	21	Defense	5' 10"	189 lbs	Edmonton, Alberta	28	3/17/1979
Manny Fernandez	35	Goalie	6' 0"	207 lbs	Etobicoke, Ontario	33	8/27/1974
PhilKessel	81	Center	6' 0"	189 lbs	Madison, Wisconsin	20	10/2/1987
Chuck Kobasew	19	Right Wing	6' 0"	195 lbs	Osoyoos, British Columbia	25	4/17/1982
*David Krejci	46	Center	6' 0"	177 lbs	Sternberk, Czech Republic	21	4/28/1986
*Milan Lucic	62	Left Wing	6' 4"	220 lbs	Vancouver, British Columbia	19	6/7/1988
Glen Metropolit	13	Center	5' 10"	193 lbs	Toronto, Ontario	33	6/25/1974
Glen Murray	27	Right Wing	6' 3"	225 lbs	Halifax, Nova Scotia	35	11/1/1972
Jeremy Reich	53	Left Wing	6' 1"	204 lbs	Craik, Saskatchewan	28	2/11/1979
Marc Savard	91	Center	5' 10"	195 lbs	Ottawa, Ontario	30	7/17/1977
Peter Schaefer	72	Left Wing	6' 1"	200 lbs	Regina Grass, Saskatchewan	30	7/12/1977
*Mark Stuart	45	Defense	6' 2"	213 lbs	Rochester, Manitoba	23	4/27/1984
Marco Sturm	16	Left Wing	6' 0"	195 lbs	Dingolfing, Germany	29	9/8/1978
Tim Thomas	30	Goalie	5' 11"	180 lbs	Flint, Michigan	33	4/15/1974
Shawn Thornton	22	Left Wing	6' 2"	217 lbs	Oshawaorough, Ontario	31	7/23/1977
Aaron Ward	44	Defense	6' 2"	215 lbs	Windsor, Ontario	34	1/17/1973
Dennis Wideman	6	Defense	6' 0"	200 lbs	Kitchener, Ontario	24	3/20/1983

* Rookie

Current Injuries

Bruins Staff

Front Office

Jeremy Jacobs (Chairman and CEO)
Harry Sinden (Senior Advisor to the Owner)
Charles Jacobs (Executive Vice President)
Dan Zimmer (Vice President, Business Operations)
Cam Neely (Vice President)
Peter Chiarelli (General Manager)
Amy Latimer (Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing)
Jim Bednarek (Vice President, Finance)
Jim Benning (Director of Player Personnel)
Don Sweeney (Director of Player Development)
Scott Bradley (Director of Amateur Scouting)

Coaches

Claude Julien (Head Coach)
Craig Ramsay (Assistant Coach)
Doug Houda (Assistant Coach)
Jeff Ward (Assistant Coach)
Bob Essensa (Goaltending Coach)

Training Staff

Brant Berglund
John Whitesides
Don DelNegro
Scott Waugh
Mark Dumas
Derek Repucci
Keith Robinson

Minor League Affiliates

ProvidenceBruins (AHL)

LongBeachIceDogs (ECHL)

Team Information

Founded

1924

Retired Numbers

#2 Eddie Shore
#3 Lionel Hitchman
#4 Bobby Orr
#5 Aubrey Clapper
#7 Phil Esposito
#8 Cam Neely
#9 John Bucyk
#15 Milt Schmidt
#24 Terry O'Reilly
#77 Ray Bourque

Captains

Lionel Hitchman 1927-28 - 1930-31
George Owen 1931-32
Aubrey "Dit" Clapper 1932-33 - 1937-38; 1939-40 - 1946-47
Ralph "Cooney" Weiland 1938-39
John Crawford 1946-47 - 1949-50
Milt Schmidt 1950-51 - 1953-54
Ed Sandford 1954-55
Fern Flaman 1955-56 - 1960-61
Don McKenney 1961-62 - 1962-63
Leo Boivin 1963-64 - 1965-66
John Bucyk 1966-67; 1973-74 - 1976-77
Wayne Cashman 1977-78 - 1982-83
Terry O'Reilly 1983-84 - 1984-85
Rick Middleton & Ray Bourque 1985-86 - 1987-88
Ray Bourque 1988-89 - 1999-00
Jason Allison 2000-01
Joe Thornton 2002-03 - 2005-06
Zdeno Chara 2006-07 - present

Stanley Cup Championships

1928-1929
1938-1939
1940-1941
1969-1970
1971-1972

All-Time Leaders

Games - Ray Bourque - 1518
Goals - John Bucyk - 545
Assists - Ray Bourque - 1111
Points - Ray Bourque - 1506
Penalty Minutes - Terry O'Reilly - 2095
Shutouts - Tiny Thompson - 74

Bruins All- Time First Round Draft Picks

1963 Orest Romashyma (3rd)
1964 Alex Campbell (2nd)
1965 Joe Bailey (4th)
1966 Barry Gibbs (1st)
1967 Meehan Bonnar (10th)
1968 Danny Schock (12th)
1969 Don Tannahill (3rd), Frank Spring (4th), Ivan Boldirev (11th)
1970 Reggie Leach (3rd), Rick MacLeish (4th), Ron Plumb (9th), Bob Stewart (13th)
1971 Ron Johnson (6th), Terry O' Reilly (14th)
1972 Mike Bloom (18th)
1973 Andre Savard (6th)
1974 Don Larway (18th)
1975 Doug Halward (14th)
1976 Clayton Pachal (16th)
1977 Dwight Foster (16th)
1978 Al Secord (16th)
1979 Raymond Bourque (8th), Brad McCrimmon (15th)
1980 Barry Pederson (18th)
1981 Normand Leveille (14th)
1982 Gord Kluzak (1st)
1983 Nevin Markwart (21st)
1984 Dave Pasin (19th)
1985 No First Round Pick
1986 Craig Janney (13th)
1987 Glen Wesley (3rd), Stephane Quintal (14th)
1988 Robert Cimetta (18th)
1989 Dhayne Stevenson (17th)
1990 Bryan Smolinski (21st)
1991 Glen Murray (18th)
1992 Dmitri Kvartalnov (16th)
1993 Kevyn Adams (25th)
1994 Evgeni Ryabchikov (21st)
1995 Kyle Mclaren (8th), Sean Brown (21st)
1996 Jonathan Aitken (8th)
1997 Joe Thornton (1st), Sergei Samsonov (8th)
1998 No First Round Pick
1999 Nick Boynton (21st)
2000 Lars Jonsson (7th), Martin Samuelsson (27th)
2001 Shaone Morrissonn (19th)
2002 Hannu Toivonen (29th)
2003 Mark Stuart (21st)
2004 No First Round Pick
2005 Matt Lashoff (22nd)
2006 Phil Kessel (5th)
2007 Zach Hamill (8th)

Memorable Moments in history:

April 13, 1927: (Stanley Cup Finals: Bruins vs. Senators)

Bruins player BillyCoutu, in game 4 of the series, attacked referee Jerry Laflamme and tackled referee Billy Bell. Coutu was banned from hockey for life, but was later allowed to play in the minors in 1928-29. He never again played in the NHL, although his ban was lifted in 1932.

December 12, 1933 (Bruins vs. Maple Leafs):

EddieShore is hit hard and hits the boards akwardly. He gets up angrily and not knowing who had hit him charges at the closest TorontoMapleLeafs player to him. That player happened to be the innocent AceBailey. Shore hit him in such a way that Bailey that he was flipped over backwards and he landed on his head. People feared he was going to die. Bailey survived, but was paralyzed and his playing career was ended. Shore was suspended for sixteen games.

May 10, 1970 (Bruins vs. Blues):

In probably the greatest sports picture ever taken, cameraman Ray Lussier of New Hampshire, taking pictures for the Boston Record- American, caught Bobby Orr in midflight after scoring a goal in the Stanley Cup Finals on May 10th, 1970. Bobby Orr, the Bruins defenseman, scored 40 seconds into overtime to end Game 4 of the Finals. After Orr scored, Blues defenseman Noel Picard tripped Orr and Lussier caught the moment in perfect time. Lussier developed the film and his editor told him to print that picture for the paper, even after Lussier claimed it was not his best picture of the night. The picture is now a historical frame in time.

December 26, 1979 (Bruins vs. Rangers)

After the game at Madison Square Garden, a fan stole StanJonathan's stick and hit him with it. TerryO'Reilly, followed by teammates, climbed the glass and proceeded to brawl with fans. The Rangers watched in disbelief.

December 3, 1987:

RayBourque, the Bruins defenseman, takes off his #7 jersey and under has on a #77, signifying he is giving the #7 up to its previous wearer, PhilEsposito. This is all done during a ceremony to retire Esposito's #7, so no other Bruin could ever wear it.

February 21, 2001 (Bruins vs. Canucks):

Bruins defenseman MartyMcSorley swung his stick at DonaldBrashear and hit him in the head, causing Brashear to fall backwards and suffer a concussion. McSorley was suspended for 1 year and was sentenced to 18- months probation on the charge of assault with a weapon in a trial, the first for an on- ice attack in hockey since 1988. He never played in the NHL again.