DON SWEENEY
GENERAL MANAGER & ALTERNATE GOVERNOR

Don Sweeney is in his tenth season as the Bruins General Manager, a post he has held since May 20, 2015. He oversees all aspects of the team’s hockey operations, and he also serves the club as an Alternate Governor on the NHL’s Board of Governors. He is the eighth man to hold that position, is the fourth who also played for the team, and is the first former Bruins draft pick to rise to that post.

The team’s nine-year record at the helm is 425-194-81 for a .665 win percentage, which ranks first in the NHL over that span. He has twice won the President’s Trophy with the league’s top mark, and the team has a current stretch of eight straight playoff appearances. He was voted by his peers as the NHL’s General Manager of the Year in 2018-19. He has been named as General Manager of Team Canada for 2025 NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, a four-team tournament, and he will also serve as Assistant GM for Canada’s 2026 Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team.

Sweeney began his front office career in 2006, progressing from Director of Player Development to Director of Hockey Operations and to Assistant General Manager until assuming his current position. Over his six seasons as the team’s Assistant GM, he oversaw the development of the team’s drafted prospects at the AHL, junior hockey, college, and European levels in addition to having a supervisory role in the day-to-day operations of the hockey department in Boston and their AHL affiliate in Providence. He conceived, organized, and ran the team’s first off-season Development Camp in 2007, giving the prospects the opportunity to learn the level of dedication and training necessary for them to reach the next stage of their careers. The 17th such annual Development Camp took place in July 2024.

Sweeney played four seasons of college hockey at Harvard University from 1984-88. He earned both NCAA East All-American and ECAC First Team All-Star honors with the Crimson and played in the 1986 NCAA Finals before graduating with a degree in Economics. Drafted as Boston’s eighth pick, 166th overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, the defenseman played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League, including 15 in a Bruins uniform. He is one of eight players (and third defenseman) in team history to play over 1,000 games in a Boston sweater and he still ranks fifth on the team’s all-time games played list. He ranks among the club’s all-time leader on defense in all categories with 52 goals (12th), 210 assists (9th), and 262 points (11th).