2005–06 Boston Bruins season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2005–06
Team=Boston Bruins
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=13th
Division=Northeast
DivisionRank=5th
Record=29–37–16
HomeRecord=
RoadRecord=
GoalsFor=230
GoalsAgainst=266
GeneralManager= Mike O'Connell
Jeff Gorton
Coach= Mike Sullivan
Captain= Joe Thornton (Oct-Nov)
"Vacant" (Nov-Apr)
AltCaptain= Hal Gill (Nov-Apr)
Brian Leetch
Glen Murray
Arena=TD Banknorth Garden
Attendance=
GoalsLeader=Patrice Bergeron (31)
AssistsLeader=Brad Boyes (43)
PointsLeader= Patrice Bergeron (73)
PIMLeader=
WinsLeader=
GAALeader=

The 2005–06 Boston Bruins season was the 81st season of the franchise.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

*The 2005 NHL Entry Draft took place in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005.
*The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

* After Joe Thornton voiced his unhappiness with his contract in Boston in 2005, many teams reportedly sent offers to the Bruins. However, Thornton re-signed with the team on August 11, 2005, for a three year deal worth US$20.0 million. On November 30, 2005, Thornton was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a blockbuster four player deal, which sent forwards Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and defenseman Brad Stuart to Boston. Thornton was the team's leading scorer at the time by a substantial margin and many felt that Bruins GM Mike O'Connell had dealt away one of the few players who was truly showing an exemplary effort. On January 10 2006, Thornton returned to Boston as a member of the Sharks, but was ejected for checking Bruins' defenseman Hal Gill from behind at 5:13 of the first period. Thornton received a five minute major and a game misconduct. The misconduct was later rescinded by the NHL.

eason standings

December

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

Goaltenders

"Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average"

Free agents Acquired/Lost

Draft picks

The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft. As a lockout cancelled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick. The draft was only seven rounds in length, compared to nine rounds in years past. The labor dispute caused the shortened draft.

* Boston’s picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Bruins AHL affiliate was the Providence Bruins. The Bruins had 43 wins and 92 points and finished in fourth place in their division. The Bruins were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against Portland. Eric Healey and Tim Thomas were selected to the AHL All-Star Game and Healey was the captain for PlanetUSA. Jonathan Sigalet was nominated for the AHL Man of the Year Award. [http://www.providencebruins.com/files/1Bruins_AHL_Awards.pdf]

Roster

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

ee also

*2005–06 NHL season

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000322006.html Boston Bruins on Hockey Database]
* [http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=BOS&yr=2005 Bruins on Database Hockey]
* [http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=BOS&yr=2005 Boston Bruins Game Log on Database Hockey]