1969-1970 Boston Bruins team stats

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1969-1970 Boston Bruins: 40-17-19
Next Season Home record: 27-3-8 (161 goals scored, 86 allowed) Road record: 13-14-11 (116 goals scored, 130 allowed) Head Coach: Harry Sinden Power Play: 81/279 (29.0%) Penalty Killing: 280/360 (77.8%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 13-4 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 183-132 277 goals scored (1st of 12 teams), 216 goals allowed (6th), 1196 PIM (1st) NHL Averages: 2.90 goals/game (220.8 goals/team), 958.8 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
D      4  Bobby Orr            6'0   197   21   76   33   87  120  125  11   4  192   79  100   41  413   8.0  +54
C      7  Phil Esposito        6'1   205   27   76   43   56   99   50  18   1  157   80   69   20  405  10.6  +28
RW    19  John McKenzie        5'9   175   32   72   29   41   70  114   9   1  109   55   48   14  196  14.8  +20
LW     9  Johnny Bucyk         6'0   190   34   76   31   38   69   13  14   0  116   61   38    2  190  16.3  +19
LW    17  Fred Stanfield       5'10  185   25   73   23   35   58   14  13   0  107   63   50   13  254   9.1   +7
RW     8  Ken Hodge            6'2   210   25   72   25   29   54   87   6   0   82   21   53    7  198  12.6  +15
C     16  Derek Sanderson      6'0   185   23   50   18   23   41  118   5   5   56   15   54   21  179  10.1   +8
D/RW  18  Ed Westfall          6'1   197   29   72   14   22   36   28   0   0   63    0   93   50  158   8.9  +20
RW    12  Wayne Cashman        6'1   208   24   70    9   26   35   79   0   0   56    7   34    7  104   8.7  +22
LW    11  Wayne Carleton       6'3   212   23   42    6   19   25   23   0   0   35    6   23    0   80   7.5   +6
D     20  Dallas Smith         5'11  180   28   75    7   17   24  119   1   1   79    1  109   40  160   4.4   +9
C/RW  22  Jim Lorentz          6'0   190   22   68    7   16   23   30   2   0   42    7   21    0   92   7.6  +14
LW    14  Garnet "Ace" Bailey  5'11  192   21   58   11   11   22   82   2   0   35    1   18    1   78  14.1  +17
D     26  Don Awrey            6'0   175   26   63    3   10   13  120   0   0   85    0  100   42   96   3.1  +27
LW    21  Don Marcotte         5'11  183   22   35    9    3   12   14   0   0   17    0   29    9   73  12.3   -3
D     10  Rick Smith           5'11  190   21   69    2    8   10   65   0   0   62    2   66   18   94   2.1  +12
D     25  Gary Doak            5'11  175   23   44    1    7    8   63   0   0   30    1   31    9   36   2.8   +7
LW    28  Ron Murphy           5'11  185   36   20    2    5    7    8   0   0   11    1   12    3   35   5.7   +1
C     21  Jim Harrison         5'11  185   22   23    3    1    4   16   0   1   10    0    9    5   19  15.8   +6
D     24  Bill Speer           5'11  205   27   27    1    3    4    4   0   0   16    1   15    6    5  20.0   +6
G      1  Eddie Johnston       6'0   190   34   37    0    2    2    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---    0
RW    11  Tom Webster          5'10  170   21    2    0    1    1    2   0   0    3    2    2    0    4   0.0   -1
RW    28  Frank Spring         6'3   216   20    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
D     27  Nick Beverley        6'2   185   22    2    0    0    0    2   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
LW    22  Bill Lesuk           5'9   187   23    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    2   0.0   +1
D     27  Barry Wilkins        6'0   190   22    6    0    0    0    2   0   0    1    0    2    0    2   0.0   -1
G     30  Gerry Cheevers       5'11  185   29   41    0    0    0    4  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---    0
LW    23  Danny Schock         5'11  180   21    0    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---    0

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   30  Gerry Cheevers       29   41  2384  108  2.72  24   8   8 1330   .919   0   4
G    1  Eddie Johnston       34   37  2176  108  2.98  16   9  11 1147   .906   0   3

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1969 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    3  LW   Don Tannahill            111    222   Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)           [pick acquired from MIN]
  1    4  RW   Frank Spring              61     13   Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)            [pick acquired from PIT]
  1   11  C    Ivan Boldirev           1052          Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  2   22  C    Art Quoquochi                         Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)    
  3   34  LW   Nels Jacobson                         Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)               
  4   46  LW   Ron Fairbrother                       Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)            
  5   58  C    Jeremy Wright                         Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         
  6   69  D    Jim Jones                  2      1   Peterborough Petes (OHA)           

Traded draft picks:


Transactions

06-11-1969	claimed Bill Speer from Penguins in intra-league draft
06-11-1969	North Stars claimed Grant Erickson in intra-league draft
06-11-1969	Penguins claimed Glen Sather in intra-league draft
06-12-1969	Cleveland (AHL) claimed Jean Gauthier in reverse draft
12-10-1969	traded Jim Harrison to Maple Leafs for Wayne Carleton
05-26-1970	traded Jim Lorentz to Blues for St. Louis' #1 pick in the 1970 draft
06-09-1970	Flyers claimed Bill Lesuk in intra-league draft
06-09-1970	claimed Dick Cherry from Flyers in intra-league draft
06-09-1970	sold Steve Atkinson to Hershey (AHL)
07-1970	Ron Murphy retired

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/08/1970   vs New York Rangers          W   8-2 
04/09/1970   vs New York Rangers          W   5-3 
04/11/1970   at New York Rangers          L   3-4 
04/12/1970   at New York Rangers          L   2-4 
04/14/1970   vs New York Rangers          W   3-2 
04/16/1970   at New York Rangers          W   4-1 
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Semifinals
04/19/1970   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   6-3 
04/21/1970   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   4-1 
04/23/1970   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   5-2 
04/26/1970   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   5-4 
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Stanley Cup Finals
05/03/1970   at St. Louis Blues           W   6-1 
05/05/1970   at St. Louis Blues           W   6-2 
05/07/1970   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-1 
05/10/1970   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-3 (OT)

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 7 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 27 14 13 14 27 16 4 0 D 4 Bobby Orr 6'0 197 21 14 9 11 20 14 3 1 LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 34 14 11 8 19 2 4 0 RW 19 John McKenzie 5'9 175 32 14 5 12 17 35 0 0 LW 17 Fred Stanfield 5'10 185 25 14 4 12 16 6 2 0 RW 8 Ken Hodge 6'2 210 25 14 3 10 13 17 0 0 RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 24 14 5 4 9 50 0 0 C 16 Derek Sanderson 6'0 185 23 14 5 4 9 72 1 2 D/RW 18 Ed Westfall 6'1 197 29 14 3 5 8 4 0 1 LW 11 Wayne Carleton 6'3 212 23 14 2 4 6 14 0 0 D 26 Don Awrey 6'0 175 26 14 0 5 5 32 0 0 D 10 Rick Smith 5'11 190 21 14 1 3 4 17 0 0 D 20 Dallas Smith 5'11 180 28 14 0 3 3 19 0 0 LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 22 14 2 0 2 11 0 1 D 24 Bill Speer 5'11 205 27 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 C/RW 22 Jim Lorentz 6'0 190 22 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 29 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 G 1 Eddie Johnston 6'0 190 34 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 23 Danny Schock 5'11 180 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 22 Bill Lesuk 5'9 187 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 23 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 LW 14 Garnet "Ace" Bailey 5'11 192 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 27 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 21 Jim Harrison 5'11 185 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 28 Ron Murphy 5'11 185 36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 28 Frank Spring 6'3 216 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 11 Tom Webster 5'10 170 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 27 Barry Wilkins 6'0 190 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Gerry Cheevers 29 13 781 29 2.23 12 1 385 .925 0 0 G 1 Eddie Johnston 34 1 60 4 4.00 0 1 39 .897 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1969 vs New York Rangers W 2-1 1-0-0 10/15/1969 vs Oakland Seals W 6-0 2-0-0 10/18/1969 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 2-0-1 10/19/1969 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-0 3-0-1 10/22/1969 at Minnesota North Stars W 3-2 4-0-1 10/24/1969 at Oakland Seals W 4-2 5-0-1 10/25/1969 at Los Angeles Kings W 3-2 6-0-1 10/29/1969 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 6-1-1 11/01/1969 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-9 6-2-1 11/02/1969 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 4-4 6-2-2 11/05/1969 vs St. Louis Blues T 4-4 6-2-3 11/08/1969 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-3 6-3-3 11/10/1969 vs Oakland Seals W 8-3 7-3-3 11/13/1969 vs Detroit Red Wings W 3-1 8-3-3 11/15/1969 vs New York Rangers L 5-6 8-4-3 11/16/1969 vs Los Angeles Kings W 7-4 9-4-3 11/21/1969 at Chicago Black Hawks T 2-2 9-4-4 11/23/1969 vs Montreal Canadiens T 2-2 9-4-5 11/26/1969 at New York Rangers L 0-3 9-5-5 11/27/1969 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 6-4 10-5-5 11/29/1969 at Montreal Canadiens T 2-2 10-5-6 11/30/1969 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-1 11-5-6 12/04/1969 at Detroit Red Wings T 4-4 11-5-7 12/06/1969 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-1 12-5-7 12/07/1969 vs Minnesota North Stars T 2-2 12-5-8 12/10/1969 at New York Rangers L 2-5 12-6-8 12/11/1969 vs New York Rangers W 2-1 13-6-8 12/13/1969 at Philadelphia Flyers W 5-3 14-6-8 12/14/1969 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 2-1 15-6-8 12/18/1969 at St. Louis Blues T 3-3 15-6-9 12/20/1969 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-4 16-6-9 12/21/1969 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-5 16-7-9 12/25/1969 vs Los Angeles Kings W 7-1 17-7-9 12/28/1969 at Philadelphia Flyers W 5-4 18-7-9 12/31/1969 at Detroit Red Wings L 1-5 18-8-9 01/03/1970 at Los Angeles Kings W 6-2 19-8-9 01/07/1970 at Oakland Seals W 6-1 20-8-9 01/10/1970 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-4 20-9-9 01/11/1970 vs Oakland Seals W 6-3 21-9-9 01/15/1970 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-3 22-9-9

Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1970 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 0-1 22-10-9 01/18/1970 vs Montreal Canadiens W 6-3 23-10-9 01/22/1970 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 3-3 23-10-10 01/24/1970 at New York Rangers L 1-8 23-11-10 01/25/1970 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-1 24-11-10 01/29/1970 vs Minnesota North Stars W 6-5 25-11-10 01/31/1970 at Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 25-11-11 02/01/1970 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 7-6 26-11-11 02/04/1970 at Chicago Black Hawks L 4-8 26-12-11 02/05/1970 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-1 27-12-11 02/07/1970 vs Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 27-12-12 02/08/1970 vs St. Louis Blues W 7-1 28-12-12 02/11/1970 at St. Louis Blues W 3-2 29-12-12 02/14/1970 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-0 30-12-12 02/17/1970 at Oakland Seals T 3-3 30-12-13 02/18/1970 at Los Angeles Kings T 5-5 30-12-14 02/21/1970 at Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 31-12-14 02/22/1970 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-6 31-13-14 02/26/1970 vs New York Rangers W 5-3 32-13-14 02/28/1970 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 3-0 33-13-14 03/01/1970 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-1 34-13-14 03/04/1970 at St. Louis Blues L 1-3 34-14-14 03/07/1970 at Philadelphia Flyers T 5-5 34-14-15 03/08/1970 vs Montreal Canadiens W 2-0 35-14-15 03/11/1970 at Chicago Black Hawks T 0-0 35-14-16 03/14/1970 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-2 35-15-16 03/15/1970 vs Detroit Red Wings T 5-5 35-15-17 03/19/1970 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 3-1 36-15-17 03/21/1970 at Minnesota North Stars L 4-5 36-16-17 03/22/1970 vs Minnesota North Stars W 5-0 37-16-17 03/25/1970 at New York Rangers W 3-1 38-16-17 03/28/1970 vs Detroit Red Wings T 5-5 38-16-18 03/29/1970 at Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 38-16-19 04/01/1970 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-6 38-17-19 04/04/1970 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-2 39-17-19 04/05/1970 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 3-1 40-17-19

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