1977-1978 Boston Bruins: 51-18-11
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Home record: 29-6-5 (180 goals scored, 94 allowed)
Road record: 22-12-6 (153 goals scored, 124 allowed)
Head Coach: Don Cherry
Power Play: 49/242 (20.2%)
Penalty Killing: 243/296 (82.1%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-2
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 277-163
333 goals scored (3rd of 18 teams), 218 goals allowed (5th), 1237 PIM (7th)
NHL Averages: 3.30 goals/game (263.7 goals/team), 1099.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 26 77 29 61 90 211 5 0 120 28 52 0 166 17.5 +40
C 10 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 37 80 25 59 84 10 3 0 112 16 53 6 158 15.8 +49
C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 25 79 41 39 80 4 5 0 104 16 53 0 227 18.1 +35
D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 29 80 22 57 79 79 9 0 199 46 118 33 225 9.8 +68
RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 32 76 24 38 62 69 1 0 93 9 51 1 134 17.9 +34
RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 24 79 25 35 60 8 2 0 101 10 52 1 171 14.6 +40
C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 28 54 23 36 59 24 5 1 79 25 56 21 160 14.4 +19
RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 32 54 27 27 54 87 4 3 73 23 33 7 174 15.5 +24
LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 30 77 20 34 54 16 4 2 96 14 94 44 159 12.6 +32
LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 22 68 27 25 52 116 0 0 78 11 46 13 121 22.3 +34
C 14 Bob Miller 5'11 180 21 76 20 20 40 41 1 1 52 2 38 4 134 14.9 +16
D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 25 80 8 30 38 151 0 0 135 4 106 27 82 9.8 +52
LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 24 80 16 20 36 181 1 0 65 2 40 0 131 12.2 +23
D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 29 79 7 29 36 69 0 0 140 8 87 25 116 6.0 +70
LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 42 53 5 13 18 4 5 0 28 15 15 0 47 10.6 -2
D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 31 61 4 13 17 50 1 0 83 3 53 10 66 6.1 +37
D 20 Al Sims 6'0 182 24 43 2 8 10 6 0 0 28 0 20 3 55 3.6 +11
C 28 Matti Hagman 6'1 184 22 15 4 1 5 2 3 0 9 6 4 0 13 30.8 -1
D 6 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 28 16 2 3 5 29 0 0 23 0 20 3 15 13.3 +6
D 6 Mike Forbes 6'2 200 20 32 0 4 4 15 0 0 14 3 19 3 22 0.0 -5
RW 27 Dwight Foster 5'10 190 20 14 2 1 3 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 24 8.3 +1
D 29 Doug Halward 6'1 200 22 25 0 2 2 2 0 0 9 3 14 9 18 0.0 +1
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 37 21 0 1 1 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 28 25 0 1 1 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 31 Ron Grahame 5'11 175 27 40 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 29 Jim Pettie 6'0 195 24 1 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 6 Darryl Edestrand 5'11 180 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1
LW 32 Steve Langdon 5'11 175 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 -1
C/RW 7 Sean Shanahan 6'3 205 26 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0.0 -1
C/LW 27 Clayton Pachal 5'10 185 21 10 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.0 -1
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
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Gilles Gilbert 28 25 1326 56 2.53 15 6 2 485 .885 0 2
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 37 21 1086 48 2.65 10 5 2 426 .887 1 1
G 31 Ron Grahame 27 40 2328 107 2.76 26 6 7 850 .874 0 3
G 29 Jim Pettie 24 1 60 6 6.00 0 1 0 26 .769 0 0
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
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1977 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 16 RW Dwight Foster 541 Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2 34 G Dave Parro 77 Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3 52 D Mike Forbes 50 St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
4 70 RW Brian McGregor Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5 88 D Doug Butler St. Louis University (NCAA)
6 106 D Keith Johnson Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
7 122 RW Ralph Cox University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
8 138 D Mario Claude Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
09-07-1977 | sold Tom Edur to Rockies |
10-10-1977 | Capitals claimed Dave Forbes in waiver draft |
10-13-1977 | signed Sean Shanahan and Ron Grahame as free agents |
12-1977 | sold Matti Hagman to Nordiques |
03-10-1978 | claimed Dennis O'Brien on waivers from Barons |
03-13-1978 | sold Darryl Edestrand to Kings |
09-06-1978 | traded Gregg Sheppard to Flames for Dick Redmond |
09-18-1978 | traded Doug Halward to Kings for future considerations |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 2
04/17/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-1
04/19/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 4-3 (OT)
04/21/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks W 4-3 (OT)
04/23/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks W 5-2
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Semifinals
05/02/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 3-2 (OT)
05/04/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 7-5
05/07/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-3
05/09/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers W 4-2
05/11/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 6-3
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Stanley Cup Finals
05/13/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-4
05/16/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-3 (OT)
05/18/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-0
05/21/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-3 (OT)
05/23/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-4
05/25/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-4
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 29 15 9 11 20 14 4 0
C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 25 15 8 11 19 2 0 0
RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 26 15 5 10 15 40 1 0
RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 32 15 7 8 15 11 2 0
C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 28 15 2 10 12 6 0 0
RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 32 15 4 6 10 13 3 0
C 10 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 37 15 3 7 10 0 0 0
LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 30 15 5 4 9 8 1 0
D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 25 15 1 8 9 27 0 0
RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 24 15 5 2 7 0 0 0
D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 29 15 1 5 6 18 0 0
LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 24 15 2 2 4 54 0 0
C 14 Bob Miller 5'11 180 21 13 0 3 3 15 0 0
D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 31 12 1 0 1 4 0 0
D 6 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 28 14 0 1 1 28 0 0
LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 22 15 0 1 1 36 0 0
G 31 Ron Grahame 5'11 175 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 20 Al Sims 6'0 182 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 37 12 0 0 0 6 0 0
LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 42 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 6 Darryl Edestrand 5'11 180 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 6 Mike Forbes 6'2 200 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 27 Dwight Foster 5'10 190 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 28 Matti Hagman 6'1 184 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 29 Doug Halward 6'1 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 32 Steve Langdon 5'11 175 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C/LW 27 Clayton Pachal 5'10 185 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 29 Jim Pettie 6'0 195 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C/RW 7 Sean Shanahan 6'3 205 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 37 12 731 35 2.87 8 4 300 .883 0 1
G 31 Ron Grahame 27 4 202 7 2.08 2 1 66 .894 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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