1978-1979 Boston Bruins team stats

1978-1979 Boston Bruins: 43-23-14
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Home record: 25-10-5  (171 goals scored, 123 allowed)
Road record: 18-13-9  (145 goals scored, 147 allowed)
Head Coach: Don Cherry

Power Play: 59/249 (23.7%)
Penalty Killing: 213/285 (74.7%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 6-9
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 251-189

316 goals scored (5th of 17 teams), 270 goals allowed (6th), 1222 PIM (6th)

NHL Averages: 3.50 goals/game (279.8 goals/team), 1159.7 PIM/team

Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
RW    16  Rick Middleton       5'11  170   25   71   38   48   86    7  12   1  117   29   69   14  152  25.0  +33
C      8  Peter McNab          6'3   210   26   76   35   45   80   10   4   0  119   20   71    1  200  17.5  +29
RW    24  Terry O'Reilly       6'1   200   27   80   26   51   77  205   3   0  106   23   76    0  120  21.7   +7
C     10  Jean Ratelle         6'1   180   38   80   27   45   72   12  11   0  100   32   61   10  137  19.7  +17
RW    12  Wayne Cashman        6'1   208   33   75   27   40   67   63  10   0  110   39   55    0  133  20.3  +16
C     14  Bob Miller           5'11  180   22   77   15   33   48   30   0   0   67    2   51    6  149  10.1  +20
LW    21  Don Marcotte         5'11  183   31   79   20   27   47   10   2   4   71    4  113   52  156  12.8   +6
LW    18  John Wensink         6'0   200   25   76   28   18   46  106   0   0   77    6   51    0  131  21.4  +20
RW    11  Bobby Schmautz       5'9   172   33   65   20   22   42   77   6   1   69   24   73   27  199  10.1   -1
D     22  Brad Park            6'0   200   30   40    7   32   39   10   3   0   87   34   35   10   96   7.3  +28
D     26  Mike Milbury         6'1   200   26   74    1   34   35  149   0   0  113    9  120   39   76   1.3  +23
D      6  Dick Redmond         5'11  178   29   64    7   26   33   21   4   0   88   38   68   18  144   4.9    0
D     29  Al Sims              6'0   182   25   67    9   20   29   28   0   0   91   16   92   39  128   7.0  +22
D     23  Rick Smith           5'11  190   30   65    7   18   25   46   0   0   83    0   78   15   78   9.0  +20
RW    27  Dwight Foster        5'10  190   21   44   11   13   24   14   2   0   33    7   34    7   57  19.3   -1
LW    20  Al Secord            6'1   205   20   71   16    7   23  125   0   0   33    0   26    0   80  20.0   +7
D     25  Gary Doak            5'11  175   32   63    6   11   17   28   1   0   76    4   71   11   64   9.4  +12
LW    17  Stan Jonathan        5'8   175   23   33    6    9   15   96   0   0   30    2   22    2   32  18.8   +8
D     28  Dennis O'Brien       6'0   195   29   64    2    8   10  107   0   0   75    1   83   25   73   2.7  +16
C     27  Mike Walton          5'10  175   33   14    4    2    6    0   0   0    7    0    9    1   15  26.7   -1
LW     7  Bill Bennett         6'5   235   25    7    1    4    5    2   0   0    6    0    2    0    4  25.0   +4
RW    19  Tom Songin           6'3   195   25   17    3    1    4    0   1   0    5    2    6    0   16  18.8   -3
G     30  Gerry Cheevers       5'11  185   38   43    0    2    2   23  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     19  Graeme Nicolson      6'0   185   20    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
D     19  Ab DeMarco           6'0   170   29    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    1    0    5   0.0    0
G     31  Jim Pettie           6'0   195   25   19    0    0    0   17  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Gilles Gilbert       6'1   175   29   23    0    0    0   16  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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       38   43  2509  132  3.16  23   9  10  981   .865   1   1
G    1  Gilles Gilbert       29   23  1254   74  3.54  12   8   2  567   .869   1   0
G   31  Jim Pettie           25   19  1037   62  3.59   8   6   2  432   .856   0   1

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

1978 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   16  LW   Al Secord                766          Hamilton Fincups (OHA)             
  2   35  D    Graeme Nicolson           52          Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)            
  3   52  D    Brad Knelson                          Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)          
  4   68  RW   George Buat                           Seattle Breakers (WCHL)            
  5   85  LW   Darryl MacLeod                        Boston University (NCAA)           
  6  102  LW   Jeff Brubaker            178     12   Peterborough Petes (OHA)           
  7  119  G    Murray Skinner                        Lake Superior State Univ. (NCAA)   
  8  136  C    Bobby Hehir                           Boston College (NCAA)              
  9  153  C    Craig MacTavish         1093          University of Lowell (NCAA)        

Traded draft picks:

#10 to STL (Dan Lerg)
#11 to STL (John Sullivan)
#12 to STL (Gerd Truntschka)
#13 to STL (Mike Pidgeon)

Transactions

09-06-1978	traded Gregg Sheppard to Flames for Dick Redmond
09-18-1978	traded Doug Halward to Kings for future considerations
10-09-1978	traded Ron Grahame to Kings for Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1979 draft
10-09-1978	signed Tom Songin as a free agent
10-09-1978	signed Gary Burns as a free agent
10-11-1978	traded Clayton Pachal to Rockies for Mark Suzor
10-23-1978	signed Ab DeMarco as a free agent
12-05-1978	signed Mike Walton as a free agent
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Mark Howe prior to expansion draft
06-09-1979	Whalers claimed Mark Howe as an expansion draft priority selection
06-13-1979	Oilers selected Mike Forbes in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Whalers selected Al Sims in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Whalers selected Bill Bennett in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected Dave Parro in expansion draft
08-1979	sold Rick Hodgson to Salt Lake City (CHL)
09-1979	signed Jim Stewart as a free agent

Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Round 2 04/16/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-2 04/18/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 04/21/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 2-1 04/22/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-1 -------------------------------------------------- Semifinals 04/26/1979 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 04/28/1979 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-5 05/01/1979 vs Montreal Canadiens W 2-1 05/03/1979 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-3 (OT) 05/05/1979 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 05/08/1979 vs Montreal Canadiens W 5-2 05/10/1979 at Montreal Canadiens L 4-5 (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 38 11 7 6 13 2 2 0 RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 25 11 4 8 12 0 2 0 RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 33 10 4 5 9 8 1 0 LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 31 11 5 3 8 10 0 0 C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 26 11 5 3 8 0 0 0 D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 26 11 1 7 8 7 0 0 RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 27 11 0 6 6 25 0 0 LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 23 11 4 1 5 12 0 0 D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 30 11 1 4 5 8 0 0 RW 27 Dwight Foster 5'10 190 21 11 1 3 4 0 0 0 D 6 Dick Redmond 5'11 178 29 11 1 3 4 2 0 1 RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 33 11 2 2 4 6 1 0 D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 30 11 0 4 4 12 0 0 D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 32 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 C 14 Bob Miller 5'11 180 22 11 1 1 2 8 0 0 D 29 Al Sims 6'0 182 25 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 25 8 0 1 1 19 0 0 LW 20 Al Secord 6'1 205 20 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 7 Bill Bennett 6'5 235 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 19 Ab DeMarco 6'0 170 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 19 Graeme Nicolson 6'0 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 28 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Jim Pettie 6'0 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 19 Tom Songin 6'3 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 27 Mike Walton 5'10 175 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Gerry Cheevers 38 6 360 15 2.50 4 2 137 .891 1 0 G 1 Gilles Gilbert 29 5 314 16 3.06 3 2 161 .901 0 0

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

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/12/1978   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   8-2     1-0-0
10/14/1978   at Pittsburgh Penguins       T   4-4     1-0-1
10/15/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   4-2     2-0-1
10/18/1978   at Los Angeles Kings         W   3-2     3-0-1
10/20/1978   at Vancouver Canucks         W   5-1     4-0-1
10/22/1978   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   5-6     4-1-1
10/24/1978   at St. Louis Blues           W   7-2     5-1-1
10/25/1978   at Minnesota North Stars     T   2-2     5-1-2
10/28/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   5-3     6-1-2
11/02/1978   vs New York Islanders        W   4-1     7-1-2
11/04/1978   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   3-7     7-2-2
11/05/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        T   1-1     7-2-3
11/09/1978   vs Washington Capitals       W   6-2     8-2-3
11/11/1978   at Detroit Red Wings         L   1-7     8-3-3
11/12/1978   at Buffalo Sabres            T   4-4     8-3-4
11/16/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   4-6     8-4-4
11/17/1978   at Atlanta Flames            W   6-2     9-4-4
11/19/1978   vs St. Louis Blues           W   5-2     10-4-4
11/23/1978   vs Buffalo Sabres            W   5-2     11-4-4
11/25/1978   at Washington Capitals       T   5-5     11-4-5
11/26/1978   vs Atlanta Flames            W   4-2     12-4-5
11/30/1978   at Buffalo Sabres            W   4-3     13-4-5
12/02/1978   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W   5-3     14-4-5
12/03/1978   at New York Rangers          W   3-2     15-4-5
12/05/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   5-1     16-4-5
12/07/1978   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   6-5     17-4-5
12/09/1978   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   2-9     17-5-5
12/10/1978   vs Minnesota North Stars     T   4-4     17-5-6
12/12/1978   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   7-3     18-5-6
12/14/1978   vs Washington Capitals       W   5-2     19-5-6
12/16/1978   vs New York Rangers          W   4-1     20-5-6
12/17/1978   at New York Rangers          W   4-1     21-5-6
12/21/1978   vs Colorado Rockies          W   4-2     22-5-6
12/23/1978   vs Buffalo Sabres            W   6-4     23-5-6
12/27/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       T   1-1     23-5-7
12/30/1978   at Montreal Canadiens        L   1-6     23-6-7
12/31/1978   at Buffalo Sabres            W   7-3     24-6-7
01/03/1979   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   6-3     25-6-7
01/05/1979   at Colorado Rockies          W   5-3     26-6-7
01/06/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     W   5-2     27-6-7

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/11/1979   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   6-4     28-6-7
01/13/1979   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   3-5     28-7-7
01/14/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   3-6     28-8-7
01/16/1979   at St. Louis Blues           L   2-5     28-9-7
01/18/1979   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-0     29-9-7
01/20/1979   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   1-2     29-10-7
01/22/1979   vs Atlanta Flames            W   3-1     30-10-7
01/25/1979   vs New York Islanders        L   2-4     30-11-7
01/27/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        L   1-3     30-12-7
01/28/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   3-5     30-13-7
01/31/1979   at Chicago Black Hawks       T   2-2     30-13-8
02/01/1979   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   6-1     31-13-8
02/03/1979   at New York Islanders        T   4-4     31-13-9
02/04/1979   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   6-1     32-13-9
02/14/1979   at New York Rangers          L   1-5     32-14-9
02/15/1979   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   3-5     32-15-9
02/17/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     T   3-3     32-15-10
02/20/1979   at Colorado Rockies          W   5-3     33-15-10
02/21/1979   at Los Angeles Kings         L   1-3     33-16-10
02/24/1979   at Vancouver Canucks         W   4-3     34-16-10
02/27/1979   vs Colorado Rockies          L   2-4     34-17-10
03/01/1979   vs Philadelphia Flyers       T   4-4     34-17-11
03/03/1979   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   5-0     35-17-11
03/04/1979   at Detroit Red Wings         W   6-4     36-17-11
03/08/1979   at Atlanta Flames            L   5-7     36-18-11
03/10/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     W   4-3     37-18-11
03/11/1979   vs New York Islanders        T   4-4     37-18-12
03/13/1979   at New York Islanders        L   2-7     37-19-12
03/15/1979   vs New York Rangers          L   4-7     37-20-12
03/17/1979   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   4-2     38-20-12
03/19/1979   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   4-3     39-20-12
03/22/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   1-3     39-21-12
03/24/1979   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   5-2     40-21-12
03/28/1979   at Buffalo Sabres            L   2-9     40-22-12
03/29/1979   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   7-4     41-22-12
03/31/1979   at Washington Capitals       W   4-1     42-22-12
04/01/1979   vs Montreal Canadiens        T   3-3     42-22-13
04/04/1979   at Toronto Maple Leafs       T   3-3     42-22-14
04/05/1979   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   3-9     42-23-14
04/08/1979   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   6-3     43-23-14

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