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Ray Bourque

#77 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 28, 1960 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'0", 223 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 8th overall in 1979 by BOS (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2000-01
×5 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1993-94, 1990-91, 1989-90, 1987-88, 1986-87
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2002-03
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 1991-92
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1979-80

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Hatcher PIT · 48 P in 74 GP Al MacInnis STL · 49 P in 71 GP Rob Blake LAK · 50 P in 81 GP Boris Mironov EDM · 46 P in 81 GP Darryl Sydor DAL · 46 P in 79 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801979-80: 65 points6579-801980-81: 56 points561981-82: 66 points6681-821982-83: 73 points731983-84: 96 points9683-841984-85: 86 points861985-86: 77 points7785-861986-87: 95 points951987-88: 81 points8187-881988-89: 61 points611989-90: 84 points8489-901990-91: 94 points941991-92: 81 points8191-921992-93: 82 points821993-94: 91 points9193-941994-95: 43 points431995-96: 82 points8295-961996-97: 50 points501997-98: 48 points4897-981998-99: 57 points571999-00: 52 points5299-002000-01: 59 points59

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 BOS 80 17 48 65 52 73 185 0 0.81
1980-81 BOS 67 27 29 56 29 96 207 0 0.84
1981-82 BOS 65 17 49 66 21 51 211 0 1.02
1982-83 BOS 65 22 51 73 49 20 205 0 1.12
1983-84 BOS 78 31 65 96 51 57 343 0 1.23
1984-85 BOS 73 20 66 86 30 53 333 0 1.18
1985-86 BOS 76 19 58 77 17 68 289 0 1.01
1986-87 BOS 78 23 72 95 44 36 334 0 1.22
1987-88 BOS 78 17 64 81 34 72 344 0 1.04
1988-89 BOS 60 18 43 61 20 52 243 0 1.02
1989-90 BOS 76 19 65 84 31 50 310 0 1.11
1990-91 BOS 76 21 73 94 33 75 323 0 1.24
1991-92 BOS 80 21 60 81 11 56 334 0 1.01
1992-93 BOS 78 19 63 82 38 40 330 0 1.05
1993-94 BOS 72 20 71 91 26 58 386 0 1.26
1994-95 BOS 46 12 31 43 3 20 210 0 0.93
1995-96 BOS 82 20 62 82 31 58 390 0 1.00
1996-97 BOS 62 19 31 50 -11 18 230 0 0.81
1997-98 BOS 82 13 35 48 2 80 264 152 0.59
1998-99 BOS 81 10 47 57 -7 34 262 173 0.70
1999-00 BOS 65 10 28 38 -11 20 217 132 0.58
1999-00 COL 14 8 6 14 9 6 43 32 1.00
2000-01 COL 80 7 52 59 25 48 216 113 0.74
22 seasons Career 1614 410 1169 1579 527 1141 6209 602 0.98

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 BOS 10 2 9 11 4 27 45 0 1.10
1980-81 BOS 3 0 1 1 -2 2 11 0 0.33
1981-82 BOS 9 1 5 6 5 16 31 0 0.67
1982-83 BOS 17 8 15 23 15 10 79 0 1.35
1983-84 BOS 3 0 2 2 -3 0 10 0 0.67
1984-85 BOS 5 0 3 3 1 4 15 0 0.60
1985-86 BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.00
1986-87 BOS 4 1 2 3 -1 0 22 0 0.75
1987-88 BOS 22 3 18 21 16 24 63 0 0.95
1988-89 BOS 10 0 4 4 -1 6 40 0 0.40
1989-90 BOS 17 5 12 17 11 16 64 0 1.00
1990-91 BOS 19 7 18 25 -4 12 84 0 1.32
1991-92 BOS 12 3 6 9 -10 12 51 0 0.75
1992-93 BOS 4 1 0 1 -2 2 20 0 0.25
1993-94 BOS 13 2 8 10 -5 0 64 0 0.77
1994-95 BOS 5 0 3 3 -5 0 15 0 0.60
1995-96 BOS 5 1 6 7 -4 2 28 0 1.40
1997-98 BOS 6 1 4 5 -2 2 42 6 0.83
1998-99 BOS 12 1 9 10 1 14 44 47 0.83
1999-00 COL 13 1 8 9 4 8 28 37 0.69
2000-01 COL 21 4 6 10 9 12 49 35 0.48
21 seasons Playoffs 213 41 139 180 27 169 812 125 0.85

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 13 35 48 2 80 264 152 0.59 4.9 26:36

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 19, 1998 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 16:00
Apr 18, 1998 @ PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 24:25
Apr 15, 1998 @ MTL W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 26:03
Apr 13, 1998 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 16:43
Apr 11, 1998 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 26:05
Apr 9, 1998 vs NYI W 4-1 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 28:27
Apr 7, 1998 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 30:55
Apr 6, 1998 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 28:49
Apr 3, 1998 @ BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:11
Apr 1, 1998 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 29:09
Mar 30, 1998 vs COL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 29:27
Mar 28, 1998 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 33:02
Mar 26, 1998 vs PHI W 4-2 0 2 2 3 0 4 2 31:07
Mar 22, 1998 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 28:07
Mar 21, 1998 @ BUF W 2-1 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 31:12
Mar 19, 1998 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 3 17 4 0 31:52
Mar 16, 1998 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 27:41
Mar 14, 1998 vs NYR W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 22:48
Mar 12, 1998 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 4 3 2 29:30
Mar 10, 1998 @ DET W 6-3 1 1 2 -2 0 4 2 16:55
Mar 7, 1998 vs CHI L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 4 3 2 30:49
Mar 5, 1998 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 32:21
Mar 3, 1998 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 30:38
Mar 1, 1998 @ NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 3 2 6 3 16:23
Feb 28, 1998 vs PIT W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 16:14
Feb 26, 1998 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 29:47
Feb 7, 1998 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 25:25
Feb 5, 1998 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:37
Feb 4, 1998 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 27:58
Feb 1, 1998 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 33:06
Jan 31, 1998 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 27:03
Jan 29, 1998 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 10:59
Jan 27, 1998 vs OTT W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 19:29
Jan 25, 1998 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 9 1 27:43
Jan 24, 1998 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 7 0 28:42
Jan 21, 1998 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 16:40
Jan 14, 1998 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:22
Jan 12, 1998 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 27:55
Jan 8, 1998 vs PHX W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 31:41
Jan 7, 1998 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 34:19
Jan 3, 1998 vs SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 28:47
Jan 1, 1998 vs OTT T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 24:11
Dec 31, 1997 @ TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31:02
Dec 28, 1997 @ NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 -3 0 5 2 31:44
Dec 27, 1997 @ TBL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 28:23
Dec 22, 1997 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 30:13
Dec 20, 1997 vs NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 16:46
Dec 18, 1997 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:42
Dec 17, 1997 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 31:57
Dec 15, 1997 @ FLA W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 5 0 29:08
Dec 13, 1997 vs MTL W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 16:29
Dec 11, 1997 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 30:48
Dec 6, 1997 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:06
Dec 3, 1997 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 31:45
Dec 1, 1997 @ CAR L 1-3 1 0 1 -2 2 8 0 28:59
Nov 29, 1997 vs WSH T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 31:58
Nov 28, 1997 vs VAN L 2-5 0 2 2 -2 0 2 1 23:23
Nov 26, 1997 @ FLA L 5-10 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 28:37
Nov 22, 1997 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 26:08
Nov 20, 1997 vs BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 31:11
Nov 19, 1997 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 30:55
Nov 17, 1997 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 29:12
Nov 15, 1997 vs OTT T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 26:46
Nov 13, 1997 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:15
Nov 12, 1997 @ DAL T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 30:39
Nov 8, 1997 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 29:25
Nov 6, 1997 vs WSH W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 29:36
Nov 2, 1997 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 29:55
Nov 1, 1997 vs EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 7 19:10
Oct 30, 1997 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 4 30:30
Oct 25, 1997 vs FLA L 4-5 1 1 2 1 2 5 7 29:43
Oct 23, 1997 vs TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 34:57
Oct 21, 1997 @ EDM W 2-1 1 0 1 0 2 7 3 16:28
Oct 18, 1997 @ CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29:12
Oct 17, 1997 @ VAN W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 28:35
Oct 15, 1997 @ LAK W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 31:55
Oct 13, 1997 @ ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 24:36
Oct 11, 1997 @ SJS L 2-5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 22:59
Oct 8, 1997 @ PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 31:08
Oct 7, 1997 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 22:07
Oct 4, 1997 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 6 29:16
Oct 2, 1997 vs LAK W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 28:30