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Peter Chiarelli enters his first season as the team's General Manager, becoming just the seventh man in club history to hold that position when he was named to the post on May 26, 2006. He is in charge of every aspect of the team's hockey operations. He officially began his position in Boston on July 8, 2006.
Chiarelli came to the Bruins following seven seasons with the Ottawa Senators, five as their Director of Legal Relations and two as Assistant General Manager. He was involved in all aspects of that team's hockey operations, including contract research and negotiations, salary arbitration and all player personnel matters. He was also involved in overseeing Ottawa's top developmental affiliate, the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League. The Senators had four 100+ point seasons during his tenure and never finished below 94 points and they finished with the League's top record in 2002-03 and the best record in the Eastern Conference in 2005-06 with 113 points in each of those seasons.
A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Chiarelli played four seasons of college hockey at Harvard University, where he served the team as captain. He had 21 goals and 28 assists for 49 points with 70 penalty minutes in 109 career college games and earned his degree in Economics in 1987. He obtained his law degree from the University of Ottawa. He was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1993 and spent six years as a lawyer and player agent prior to joining the Senators front office.
Chiarelli (pronounced shuh-RELL-ee), 41, and his wife Alicia reside in Sudbury with their daughter Talia and son Cameron. | 