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1976-1977 Boston Bruins: 49-23-8
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-7-6 (169 goals scored, 118 allowed) Road record: 22-16-2 (143 goals scored, 122 allowed) Head Coach: Don Cherry Power Play: 46/217 (21.2%) Penalty Killing: 231/272 (84.9%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-10 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 259-189 312 goals scored (3rd of 18 teams), 240 goals allowed (5th), 1065 PIM (9th) NHL Averages: 3.32 goals/game (265.7 goals/team), 1040.5 PIM/team Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 10 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 36 78 33 61 94 22 8 1 117 27 75 4 186 17.7 +19 C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 24 80 38 48 86 11 6 0 101 17 58 0 207 18.4 +26 C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 27 77 31 36 67 20 8 1 96 34 82 23 247 12.6 +3 D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 28 77 12 55 67 67 4 1 178 42 116 27 238 5.0 +47 RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 25 79 14 41 55 147 1 1 85 4 43 0 137 10.2 +38 RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 31 57 23 29 52 62 4 0 89 19 46 1 177 13.0 +25 RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 31 65 15 37 52 76 3 0 77 21 52 0 105 14.3 +4 LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 29 80 27 18 45 20 3 1 89 9 67 15 176 15.3 +28 LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 41 49 20 23 43 12 6 0 58 21 39 0 98 20.4 -2 RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 23 72 20 22 42 2 0 0 70 8 60 0 128 15.6 +2 LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 21 69 17 13 30 69 1 0 42 2 39 0 71 23.9 +1 C 28 Matti Hagman 6'1 184 21 75 11 17 28 0 1 0 39 7 26 0 71 15.5 +6 D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 24 77 6 18 24 166 0 0 102 4 89 16 89 6.7 +25 D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 28 46 6 16 22 30 0 0 70 1 55 9 72 8.3 +23 D 20 Dallas Smith 5'11 180 35 58 2 20 22 40 0 0 81 2 75 12 66 3.0 +16 RW 27 Earl Anderson 6'1 185 25 40 10 11 21 4 1 0 35 3 30 2 65 15.4 +4 LW 14 Dave Forbes 5'10 180 28 73 9 11 20 47 0 2 30 0 48 31 56 16.1 +13 D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 30 76 3 13 16 107 0 0 91 1 85 10 70 4.3 +15 LW 18 Hank Nowak 6'1 195 26 24 7 5 12 14 0 0 19 1 14 0 36 19.4 +4 LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 23 23 4 6 10 32 0 0 13 0 9 1 24 16.7 +5 D 23 Ray Maluta 5'8 173 22 23 2 3 5 4 0 0 17 3 10 0 24 8.3 +4 D 29 Doug Halward 6'1 200 21 18 2 2 4 6 0 0 16 0 8 1 20 10.0 +9 G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 36 45 0 4 4 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- D 6 Darryl Edestrand 5'11 180 31 17 0 3 3 16 0 0 19 1 16 2 28 0.0 +4 D 29 Joe Zanussi 5'10 180 29 8 0 1 1 8 0 0 8 0 8 1 12 0.0 +1 G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 27 35 0 1 1 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- C/LW 6 Clayton Pachal 5'10 185 20 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 D 20 Al Sims 6'0 182 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 +1 G 31 Jim Pettie 6'0 195 23 1 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    1  Gilles Gilbert       27   34  2040   97  2.85  18  13   3  839   .884   3   1
G   31  Jim Pettie           23    1    60    3  3.00   1   0   0   30   .900   0   0
G   30  Gerry Cheevers       36   45  2700  137  3.04  30  10   5 1161   .882   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
1976 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   16  LW   Clayton Pachal            35          New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  2   34  D    Lorry Gloeckner           13          Victoria Cougars (WCHL)            
  4   70  C    Bob Miller               404          Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  5   88  LW   Pete Vandemark                        Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  6  106  LW   Ted Olson                             Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         

Traded draft picks:

#3 to TOR (Gary McFadyen)

Transactions
06-11-1976received Peter McNab from Sabres as compensation for their signing of Andre Savard as a free agent
10-1976signed Bill Bennett as a free agent
10-12-1976signed John Wensink as a free agent
10-30-1976signed Tom Cassidy as a free agent
12-20-1976traded Joe Zanussi to Blues for Rick Smith
05-29-1977Capitals claimed Doug Gibson on waivers
09-07-1977sold Tom Edur to Rockies
10-10-1977Capitals claimed Dave Forbes in waiver draft


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Round 2 04/11/1977 vs Los Angeles Kings W 8-3 04/13/1977 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-2 04/15/1977 at Los Angeles Kings W 7-6 04/17/1977 at Los Angeles Kings L 4-7 04/19/1977 vs Los Angeles Kings L 1-3 04/21/1977 at Los Angeles Kings W 4-3 -------------------------------------------------- Semifinals 04/24/1977 at Philadelphia Flyers W 4-3 (OT) 04/26/1977 at Philadelphia Flyers W 5-4 (OT) 04/28/1977 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 2-1 05/01/1977 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 3-0 -------------------------------------------------- Stanley Cup Finals 05/07/1977 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-7 05/10/1977 at Montreal Canadiens L 0-3 05/12/1977 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 05/14/1977 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-2 (OT) Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 10 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 36 14 5 12 17 4 1 0 D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 28 14 2 10 12 4 0 0 RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 31 14 11 1 12 10 4 0 C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 27 14 5 7 12 8 1 1 LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 29 14 5 6 11 10 0 1 RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 25 14 5 6 11 28 0 0 RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 23 13 5 4 9 0 0 0 RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 31 14 1 8 9 18 0 0 D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 28 14 0 9 9 14 0 0 C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 24 14 5 3 8 2 2 0 LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 21 14 4 2 6 24 0 0 D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 24 13 2 2 4 47 0 0 LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 23 13 0 3 3 8 0 0 D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 30 14 0 2 2 26 0 0 C 28 Matti Hagman 6'1 184 21 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 LW 14 Dave Forbes 5'10 180 28 14 0 1 1 2 0 0 G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 27 Earl Anderson 6'1 185 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 20 Al Sims 6'0 182 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 6 Darryl Edestrand 5'11 180 31 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 41 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 29 Doug Halward 6'1 200 21 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 36 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 D 23 Ray Maluta 5'8 173 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 18 Hank Nowak 6'1 195 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C/LW 6 Clayton Pachal 5'10 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Jim Pettie 6'0 195 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 20 Dallas Smith 5'11 180 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 29 Joe Zanussi 5'10 180 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Gerry Cheevers 36 14 858 44 3.08 8 5 327 .865 1 1 G 1 Gilles Gilbert 27 1 20 3 9.00 0 1 7 .571 0 0
Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/07/1976   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   6-2     1-0-0
10/09/1976   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   5-7     1-1-0
10/10/1976   vs Cleveland Barons          W   4-3     2-1-0
10/13/1976   at New York Rangers          W   5-1     3-1-0
10/15/1976   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   5-3     4-1-0
10/17/1976   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   5-3     5-1-0
10/19/1976   at St. Louis Blues           L   5-6     5-2-0
10/20/1976   at Colorado Rockies          W   2-1     6-2-0
10/23/1976   at Los Angeles Kings         W   4-2     7-2-0
10/27/1976   at New York Rangers          W   4-3     8-2-0
10/30/1976   at Montreal Canadiens        W   4-3     9-2-0
10/31/1976   at Buffalo Sabres            L   1-4     9-3-0
11/04/1976   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   7-5     10-3-0
11/07/1976   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   3-1     11-3-0
11/10/1976   at Detroit Red Wings         W   6-4     12-3-0
11/11/1976   vs New York Islanders        T   2-2     12-3-1
11/14/1976   vs Colorado Rockies          W   5-3     13-3-1
11/18/1976   vs Washington Capitals       W   3-2     14-3-1
11/19/1976   at Washington Capitals       W   4-1     15-3-1
11/21/1976   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   4-2     16-3-1
11/24/1976   at Pittsburgh Penguins       W   4-0     17-3-1
11/25/1976   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   4-2     18-3-1
11/27/1976   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   2-4     18-4-1
11/30/1976   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   2-6     18-5-1
12/01/1976   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   5-3     19-5-1
12/03/1976   at Atlanta Flames            L   1-3     19-6-1
12/05/1976   vs Washington Capitals       T   5-5     19-6-2
12/09/1976   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-3     19-7-2
12/11/1976   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   3-4     19-8-2
12/12/1976   vs Detroit Red Wings         L   3-5     19-9-2
12/16/1976   vs St. Louis Blues           W   5-2     20-9-2
12/18/1976   at Cleveland Barons          L   4-6     20-10-2
12/19/1976   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   6-3     21-10-2
12/21/1976   at New York Islanders        L   0-3     21-11-2
12/23/1976   vs New York Rangers          T   3-3     21-11-3
12/26/1976   vs Cleveland Barons          W   6-3     22-11-3
12/29/1976   at Vancouver Canucks         W   8-1     23-11-3
01/01/1977   at Los Angeles Kings         L   2-5     23-12-3
01/05/1977   at Cleveland Barons          W   3-2     24-12-3
01/08/1977   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-3     24-13-3
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/09/1977   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   4-2     25-13-3
01/11/1977   at Washington Capitals       W   3-2     26-13-3
01/13/1977   vs Los Angeles Kings         W   4-3     27-13-3
01/15/1977   vs Minnesota North Stars     T   3-3     27-13-4
01/17/1977   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   7-3     28-13-4
01/20/1977   vs New York Islanders        L   3-4     28-14-4
01/21/1977   at Cleveland Barons          W   5-2     29-14-4
01/23/1977   vs Atlanta Flames            W   3-0     30-14-4
01/27/1977   vs Colorado Rockies          L   4-6     30-15-4
01/29/1977   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       T   3-3     30-15-5
01/30/1977   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   2-5     30-16-5
02/01/1977   at St. Louis Blues           T   3-3     30-16-6
02/03/1977   vs St. Louis Blues           W   5-4     31-16-6
02/04/1977   at Atlanta Flames            L   3-6     31-17-6
02/06/1977   vs Washington Capitals       W   5-2     32-17-6
02/10/1977   at Buffalo Sabres            L   3-4     32-18-6
02/12/1977   at Montreal Canadiens        L   3-8     32-19-6
02/13/1977   vs Cleveland Barons          W   4-2     33-19-6
02/16/1977   at Vancouver Canucks         W   7-3     34-19-6
02/19/1977   at Los Angeles Kings         L   0-2     34-20-6
02/23/1977   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-2     34-21-6
02/25/1977   at Colorado Rockies          W   5-2     35-21-6
02/27/1977   at Pittsburgh Penguins       T   2-2     35-21-7
03/01/1977   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   8-3     36-21-7
03/03/1977   at New York Rangers          W   4-1     37-21-7
03/05/1977   vs Buffalo Sabres            W   3-1     38-21-7
03/06/1977   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   6-2     39-21-7
03/08/1977   vs Atlanta Flames            W   3-2     40-21-7
03/10/1977   vs New York Rangers          W  10-3     41-21-7
03/12/1977   at Philadelphia Flyers       W   3-1     42-21-7
03/13/1977   vs Los Angeles Kings         T   2-2     42-21-8
03/17/1977   vs Buffalo Sabres            W   4-2     43-21-8
03/21/1977   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   1-5     43-22-8
03/23/1977   at Detroit Red Wings         W   6-0     44-22-8
03/24/1977   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   2-6     44-23-8
03/26/1977   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   7-5     45-23-8
03/27/1977   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   3-0     46-23-8
03/30/1977   at Buffalo Sabres            W   4-3     47-23-8
04/02/1977   at New York Islanders        W   5-3     48-23-8
04/03/1977   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   7-4     49-23-8

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