The 1996-97 roster for the Bruins included Jozef Stumpel at center, Ted Donato at left wing, Rick Tocchet at right wing, Ray Bourque at defenseman and Bill Ranford at goalie.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Jason Allison J. Allison	C	6'3"	215	5/29/1975	21	North York, Canada
2	Scott Bailey S. Bailey	G	6'0"	195	5/2/1972	24	Calgary, Canada
3	Clayton Beddoes C. Beddoes	C	5'11"	192	11/10/1970	26	Bentley, Canada
4	Bob Beers B. Beers	D	6'3"	208	5/20/1967	29	Pittsburgh, PA
5	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	D	6'0"	223	12/28/1960	36	Montreal, Canada
6	Jim Carey J. Carey	G	6'2"	205	5/31/1974	22	Dorchester, MA
7	Anson Carter A. Carter	RW	6'1"	210	6/6/1974	22	Toronto, Canada
8	Tim Cheveldae T. Cheveldae	G	5'10"	195	2/15/1968	28	Melville, Canada
9	Dean Chynoweth D. Chynoweth	D	6'1"	191	10/30/1968	28	Calgary, Canada
10	Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	C	5'10"	190	2/19/1968	28	Calgary, Canada
11	Ted Donato T. Donato	LW	5'10"	189	4/28/1969	27	Boston, MA
12	Pierre-Claude Drouin P. Drouin	LW	6'2"	205	4/22/1974	22	Quebec City, Canada
13	Todd Elik T. Elik	LW	6'1"	192	4/15/1966	30	Brampton, Canada
14	David Emma D. Emma	C	5'10"	187	1/14/1969	28	Cranston, RI
15	Brett Harkins B. Harkins	LW	6'1"	170	7/2/1970	26	No. Ridgeville, OH
16	Steve Heinze S. Heinze	RW	5'11"	202	1/30/1970	27	Lawrence, MA
17	Sheldon Kennedy S. Kennedy	RW	5'10"	180	6/15/1969	27	Brandon, Canada
18	Dean Malkoc D. Malkoc	D	6'3"	200	1/26/1970	27	Vancouver, Canada
19	Troy Mallette T. Mallette	LW	6'3"	219	2/25/1970	26	Sudbury, Canada
20	Trent McCleary T. McCleary	C	6'0"	180	9/8/1972	24	Swift Current, Canada
21	Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	D	6'4"	235	6/18/1977	19	Coaldale, Canada
22	Sandy Moger S. Moger	RW	6'4"	220	3/21/1969	27	100 Mile House, Canada
23	Anders Myrvold A. Myrvold	D	6'1"	178	8/12/1975	21	Lorenskog, Norway
24	Adam Oates A. Oates	C	5'11"	190	8/27/1962	34	Weston, Canada
25	Jeff Odgers J. Odgers	RW	6'0"	200	5/31/1969	27	Spy Hill, Canada