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Bob Sweeney
Selected in
sixth round
No. 123 overall by Boston Bruins
Born
January 25, 1964
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-3 Weight:
180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Acton-Boxborough (Mass. H.S.)
Birthplace:
Concord, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown: Boxborough, Massachusetts |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Acton-Boxborough | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1980-81 |
Acton-Boxborough | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Acton-Boxborough | Mass. H.S. |
46 | 44 |
36 | 80 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Mass. High
School All-State First Team: 1980-81, 1981-82 (A-B)
Mass. Dual County League All-Star First Team:
1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82 (Acton-Boxborough)
Acton-Boxborough Captain:
1981-82
Mass. High School Points
Leader: 1981-82 (Acton-Boxborough) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 24, 1987 (Calgary at Boston)
Numbers: 42, 20 (Boston);
20
(Buffalo); 20 (NYI); 17 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 2001 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1987-1996 |
BOS, BUF, NYI, CGY | 639 |
125 | 163 |
288 | 799 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1987-1996 |
Boston, Buffalo, Calgary |
103 | 15 |
18 | 33 |
197 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1988, 1990 (Boston)
Boston Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1992 (25)
Miscellaneous: Had assist in his first NHL game, which he played in his
hometown arena, the Boston Garden. ... Scored his first NHL goal against
former Acton-Boxborough High School teammate Tom Barrasso, who was playing
for Buffalo, on Jan. 26, 1987. ... Was only Boston player to appear in all
80 games in 1987-88 season. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with back
spasms, an injury suffered in November 1988. ... Began playing right wing,
as well as center, for Boston during 1989-90 season. ... Missed parts of
1989-90 season with strained, an injury suffered in December 1989, and with
shoulder injury, suffered in February 1990. The shoulder injury required
off-season surgery during the summer of 1990. ... Missed part of 1991
playoffs with left shoulder injury, suffered during Game 4 of Boston's
second-round series at Montreal on April 23, 1991. ... Scored for Boston on
his first NHL penalty shot when he beat goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz during
Boston's Dec. 12, 1990 game at Hartford. It was the first time a Bruins
player had scored on a penalty shot since Rick Middleton achieved feat on
Feb. 27, 1979. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with sprained knee, an
injury suffered during Boston's Feb. 6, 1992, game at Philadelphia. The
injury required surgery on Feb. 10, 1992, and Sweeney did not return to
action until Boston's March 5, 1992, game vs. Vancouver. ... Scored two
goals in his first game with Buffalo on Oct. 10, 1992, at Hartford. ... Tied
NHL record (since broken) for career regular-season overtime goals with his
seventh goal -- scored for Buffalo at Philadelphia on Jan. 26, 1993. ...
Suspended three games by NHL for coming off the bench to join on-ice brawl
at the end of Buffalo's Oct. 9, 1993, game at Montreal. He got a game
misconduct on the play, and the NHL announced his suspension two days later
on Oct. 11, 1993. Initially, he was going to be suspended 10 game for
leaving the bench, but a review found that he was coming onto
the ice for a line change when the fight started, and the NHL reduced his mandatory suspension to
three games. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with rib injury, suffered
in Buffalo's Nov. 7, 1993, game vs. Boston. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with right knee injury, suffered during Buffalo's March 9, 1994, game
at Anaheim. He did not return to action until Buffalo's April 14, 1994, game
vs. Washington. ... Missed part of 1995 season with bruised shoulder,
suffered during Buffalo's Jan. 22, 1995, game at Tampa Bay. ... Left unprotected by
Buffalo for 1995 NHL Waiver Draft. He was claimed by N.Y. Islanders on Oct.
2, 1995. ... Never missed playoffs during his NHL career. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Boston College (ECAC/HE); Moncton (AHL); Maine (AHL); Quebec (IHL); Ratingen,
Frankfurt, Munich
(Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Germany Championship: 2000 (Munich)
NCAA All-America East Second Team:
1984-85 (Boston College)
Beanpot
Tournament Most Valuable Player: 1983 (Boston Coll.)
Hockey East All-Star Second Team: 1984-85 (Boston College)
New England All-Star First Team: 1984-85 (Boston College)
Acton-Boxborough Colonial Club (Hall of Fame): Inducted
1993
Education: Majored in marketing at
Boston College.
Miscellaneous: Demoted by Boston to Maine (AHL)
for one game in 1991-92 season, which he played on Nov. 4, 1991, scoring
a goal. He was recalled on Nov. 9 and never again demoted during NHL
career. ... Helped found Madeline A. Sweeney Foundation after the Sept. 11,
2001, death of his sister-in-law. ... Became active in Oldtimers charity
hockey after his retirement, playing on Boston Bruins Alumni team. ...
Acton-Boxborough High School retired Sweeney's jersey.
Personal: Full name is Robert Emmett Sweeney. ... One of seven children, five of
whom were girls. ... Brother-in-law of Madeline Amy Sweeney, an American
Airlines flight attendant killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
She was married to Bob's brother Michael. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVERS:
Boston waived Sweeney, and he was claimed by Buffalo on October 9, 1992. The
Sabres won Sweeney's rights after a dispute with Calgary, which had also
tried to claim him off waivers. The dispute arose over the order in which
teams were eligible to choose players on the waiver wire. Since the season
had not yet begun when Sweeney was waived, there was no set claim order
based on reverse position in the standings. Thus, claim order was based on
the 1991-92 season's finish, when both Buffalo and Calgary had 31 wins and
74 points. Based on a tiebreaker procedure, the NHL ruled that the Sabres
had finished below the Flames and were entitled to claim Sweeney first. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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