Bruce Driver

Bruce Douglas Driver (born April 29, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1983–84 until 1997–98.

Early life When he was 12, Driver played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the MTHL's Shopsy's, a youth team affiliated with the Toronto Marlies.

When he was 13, Driver was cut from his bantam team because evaluators thought he was too small. Undeterred, he continued to improve his game, and was later drafted by the Oshawa Generals, a major junior team in the Ontario Hockey League, but decided to play college hockey at the University of Wisconsin instead. In his 3 years with the Badgers, the team won 2 NCAA Championships. Driver was team captain by his second year and an NCAA All-Star.

Before he began his NHL career, Driver also played for Team Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. From 1987 onwards, he was a regular on his teams' top power play lines. He left the Devils as the all-time leader in assists by a defenseman, with 317, a record later broken by Stevens. Between 1987 and the end of his career, over half of his goals came on the power play.

Personal life Driver is a resident of Montville, New Jersey. He enjoys playing hockey as a goalie in an adult recreational leagues in New Jersey and coaches a girls' high-school hockey team at Morristown-Beard School that won a state championship in the 2019-20 season. He was also the girls' high-school Hockey Coach of the Year in New Jersey in 2006–07.

Awards and honors Award Year All-WCHA First Team 1981–82 AHCA West All-American 1981–82 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1982 All-WCHA Second Team 1982–83

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1978–79 Royal York Royals OPJHL 49 10 32 42 — — — — — — 1979–80 Royal York Royals OPJHL 43 13 57 70 102 — — — — — 1980–81 University of Wisconsin WCHA 42 5 15 20 42 — — — — — 1981–82 University of Wisconsin WCHA 46 7 37 44 84 — — — — — 1982–83 University of Wisconsin WCHA 39 16 34 50 50 — — — — — 1983–84 Canadian National Team Intl 68 14 18 32 54 — — — — — 1983–84 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Maine Mariners AHL 12 2 6 8 15 16 0 10 10 8 1984–85 New Jersey Devils NHL 67 9 23 32 36 — — — — — 1985–86 New Jersey Devils NHL 40 3 15 18 32 — — — — — 1985–86 Maine Mariners AHL 15 4 7 11 16 — — — — — 1986–87 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 6 28 34 36 — — — — — 1987–88 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 15 40 55 68 20 3 7 10 14 1988–89 New Jersey Devils NHL 27 1 15 16 24 — — — — — 1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 7 46 53 63 6 1 5 6 6 1990–91 New Jersey Devils NHL 73 9 36 45 62 7 1 2 3 12 1991–92 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 7 35 42 66 7 0 4 4 2 1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 83 14 40 54 66 5 1 3 4 4 1993–94 New Jersey Devils NHL 66 8 24 32 63 20 3 5 8 12 1994–95 New Jersey Devils NHL 41 4 12 16 18 17 1 6 7 8 1995–96 New York Rangers NHL 66 3 34 37 42 11 0 7 7 4 1996–97 New York Rangers NHL 79 5 25 30 48 15 0 1 1 2 1997–98 New York Rangers NHL 75 5 15 20 46 — — — — — NHL totals 922 96 390 486 670 108 10 40 50 64

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1984 Canada OLY 7 3 1 4 10 1987 Canada WC 8 0 0 0 4 Senior totals 15 3 1 4 14