62 Days Until Opening Night: Bruins' History Of Number 62

The Boston Bruins are now 62 days away from their season-opener against the Washington Capitals on Oct. 8. With this, we are just over two months away from the start of the regular-season, which is exciting news for all hockey fans.

With the Bruins being 62 days away from their season-opener, let's take a look at each player who has worn No. 62 for the Bruins and how they performed during their time with the Original Six club.

Yevgeny Shaldybin became the first Bruin to wear No. 62 for the Original Six club during the 1996-97 season. However, he would not be a Bruin for very long, as he appeared in just three games with Boston. During them, the 6-foot-2 defenseman recorded one goal and a minus-2 rating.

After playing three games for Boston during the 1996-97 campaign, Shaldybin did not appear in another NHL contest. Instead, he spent the majority of his career playing in Russia, as he did so from the 1999-00 season to the 2013-14 campaign before hanging up the skates.

Andrei Nazarov was the second Bruin to sport No. 62 in franchise history. During his time with the Bruins, the 6-foot-5 winger was well-known for his toughness and heavy style of play. In 110 games over two seasons as a Bruin, he recorded one goal, six assists, seven points, and 364 penalty minutes.

Nazarov's time with the Bruins came to an end during the 2001-02 season when he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes.

Before Milan Lucic wore his well-known No. 17 for the majority of his time with the Bruins, he started his NHL career wearing No. 62 during the beginning stages of the 2007-08 season.

While Lucic did not wear No. 62 for very long, it was the number he broke into the NHL with. 

The next Bruin to wear No. 62 was defenseman Jeff Penner during the 2009-10 season. This season would be the only time that Penner would play at the NHL level. In two games with Boston that season, the 5-foot-10 blueliner recorded zero points, four hits, and four blocks.

Penner's time with the Bruins organization ended during the 2010-11 season when he and forward Mikko Lehtonen were traded to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for goaltender Anton Khudobin. From there, Penner played at the AHL level with the Houston Aeros before hanging up the skates after the 2011-12 season.

Josh Hennessy would be the next player to wear No. 62 for the Bruins, as he sported the number during the 2011-12 season. In three games during his time with Boston, he posted zero points, two penalty minutes, two hits, and a plus-1 rating.

Following his one season with Boston, Hennessy spent the next five seasons overseas from 2012-13 to 2016-17. During that time, he had stints in the KHL, Switzerland's National League, and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He then played his final professional season in the AHL with Providence during the 2017-18 campaign, where he had 10 goals, 17 points, and a plus-2 rating in 52 games.

Former Bruins defenseman Zach Trotman would be the next Boston player to wear No. 62. He sported the number in each of his three seasons with Boston from 2013-14 to 2015-16. In 67 games with the Bruins over that span, the 2010 seventh-round pick recorded three goals, nine assists, 12 points, 22 penalty minutes, 82 blocks, 117 hits, and a plus-1 rating. This included recording career highs with two goals, five assists, and seven points during the 2015-16 season with the Bruins.

Following his time with the Bruins, Trotman ended up playing three more NHL seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2017-18 to 2019-20. In 91 career NHL games over six seasons, he recorded three goals, 10 assists, 13 points, and a plus-1 rating.

Out of all the players on this list, forward Oskar Steen wore No. 62 for the most years for the Bruins. This is because Steen rocked No. 62 in all four of his NHL seasons with the Bruins from the 2020-21 campaign to the 2023-24 campaign.

In 60 games over four seasons with the Bruins, Steen recorded four goals, four assists, eight points, 125 hits, and a minus-4 rating. His time with the Bruins ended during the 2024 NHL off-season, as he signed a five-year contract with Farjestad BK of the SHL.

No. 62 is currently being used by a Bruins player, as prospect Riley Duran sports the number. The 23-year-old forward appeared in his first two NHL games this past season with the Bruins, where he recorded zero points, two penalty minutes, six hits, and a minus-1 rating.

While Duran is still trying to cement himself a full-time spot on the Bruins' roster, the Massachusetts native has the potential to become a nice part of Boston's bottom six in the future.