2007–08 Boston Bruins season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2007–08
Team=Boston Bruins
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=8th
Division=Northeast
DivisionRank=3rd
Record=41–29–12
HomeRecord=21–16–4
RoadRecord=20–13–8
GoalsFor=212
GoalsAgainst=222
GeneralManager=Peter Chiarelli
Coach=Claude Julien
Captain= Zdeno Chara
AltCaptain= Patrice Bergeron
Glen Murray
Arena=TD Banknorth Garden
Attendance=15,384 (87.6%)
GoalsLeader=Marco Sturm (27)
AssistsLeader=Marc Savard (63)
PointsLeader=Marc Savard (78)
PlusMinusLeader=Zdeno Chara (+14)
PIMLeader=Zdeno Chara (114)
WinsLeader=Tim Thomas (28)
GAALeader=Tim Thomas (2.44)

The 2007–08 Boston Bruins season began on October 5, 2007. It is the Boston Bruins' 83rd season in the National Hockey League. Midway in the season, the goal horn was changed.

The Bruins enter the 07–08 season with a new head coach after the team chose to relieve Dave Lewis of his duties shortly before the 2007 draft. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/06/15/lewis-bruins-nhl.html?ref=rss Dave Lewis ousted as Bruins coach] , cbc.ca, June 15, 2007.]

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

*The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23.
*The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Game log

October

Record: 6–4–0; Home: 3–1–0; Road: 3–3–0

January

Record: 8–3–1; Home: 5–2–1; Road: 3–1–0

April

Record:1–1–1 ; Home:0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–1

Player stats

katers

"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes"

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. [2007 NHL Entry Draft Results [http://www.nhl.com/futures/2007draft/ nhl.com] ] The Bruins will pick 8th overall when the draft is held June 22–23.

Farm teams

Providence Bruins

The Providence Bruins remain Boston's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2007–08.

Johnstown Chiefs

On June 18, 2007, during the ECHL Board of Governors Annual Meeting, the Long Beach Ice Dogs membership in the ECHL was immediately terminated due to the Long Beach ownership group being unable to continue to operate in 2007–08. [ECHL.com Ice Dogs membership terminated [http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&id=11279] ] On September 18, 2007, the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL announced they had entered an affiliation agreement with the Bruins for the 2007–08 season.

Roster

ee also

*2006–07 NHL season

References

*Player stats: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/stats?team=bos Boston Bruins player stats] on espn.com
*Game log: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=bos Boston Bruins game log] on espn.com
*Team standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings NHL standings] on espn.com